Urban Honolulu Bench Warrants

Urban Honolulu is the state capital and the main court hub on Oahu, so it holds more active bench warrants than any other city in Hawaii. A judge in the First Circuit Court at 777 Punchbowl Street signs most of them, and the Honolulu Police Department books each one into its warrant file. You can look up Urban Honolulu bench warrants on eCourt Kokua, call the HPD Records line to verify a hit, or walk into the courthouse for a paper copy. This page lays out each step so you can search the right office first.

How to Search Urban Honolulu Bench Warrants

Start with the state court portal. eCourt Kokua lets you look up a case by name or by case number. The tool shows open cases, hearing dates, and warrant status for all First Circuit cases. A bench warrant in Urban Honolulu will show as a warrant entry in the docket. The portal is free. It does not print the full text of the warrant, but it gives you enough to know if you have a hit.

Next, call the HPD Records and Identification Division Warrants Unit at (808) 723-3258. Staff there pull the warrant from the local file and can confirm the case number. The unit sits inside HPD headquarters at 801 South Beretania Street. You can also try the statewide warrants page run by the Hawaii Judiciary, which lists outstanding warrants by name. For a full printout, go to the First Circuit clerk at the Ronald T.Y. Moon Judiciary Complex.

The shot below is from the eCourt Kokua portal.

eCourt Kokua is the fastest free start point for any Urban Honolulu bench warrants lookup.

HPD Headquarters in Urban Honolulu

HPD headquarters is at 801 South Beretania Street in the heart of Urban Honolulu. The main phone line is (808) 529-3111. The Records and Identification Division Warrants Unit works out of this same building. That team adds each new bench warrant to the local file, ties it to a case number, and sends it to the right patrol district. If a person gets picked up on a bench warrant in Urban Honolulu, the paper flows back to this same unit for closing out.

The Downtown Substation is a second key HPD site in the city. Call it at (808) 723-3310. Downtown officers patrol the central business core, including the courthouse block at 777 Punchbowl Street. The Waikiki Substation sits a few miles east at (808) 723-8562. Waikiki officers serve visitors, hotels, and the resort strip. Each substation has a watch commander who can tell you if an Urban Honolulu bench warrant is live in the field.

The image below is from the HPD Warrants Policy page.

HPD policy sets the base rules for how Urban Honolulu officers serve, hold, and return a bench warrant.

HPD also has a full phone list on its site. The public can use the list to find a specific unit. The Central Receiving Division, which logs adult and juvenile arrests, is at (808) 723-3000. Staff there will tell you if a person was booked on an Urban Honolulu bench warrant in the last 14 days. For the daily arrest log, go to the HPD arrest logs page.

First Circuit Court for Urban Honolulu

The First Circuit Court signs most Urban Honolulu bench warrants. The main courthouse is the Ronald T.Y. Moon Judiciary Complex at 777 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. District, family, and circuit divisions all sit in this block. A judge in any of these divisions can issue a bench warrant when a person skips a court date, fails to pay a fine, or breaks the terms of a release order.

Bench warrants in Urban Honolulu follow Hawaii Rules of Penal Procedure Rule 9. Rule 9 says the warrant must name or describe the person, list the offense, state the date and court of issue, and set a bail amount. The broader state law sits in Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 803. HRS § 803-39 lets a judge issue a bench warrant when court terms break.

The courthouse clerk keeps a paper file of every warrant. You can walk in to ask for a copy. The clerk may charge a per-page fee. Some files can also be pulled up on the lobby terminal that runs eCourt Kokua. If the case is sealed, the clerk cannot release the warrant text. Sealed files stay off the public side of the portal too.

HCJDC Public Access in Urban Honolulu

The Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center runs a public access site in Urban Honolulu at 465 South King Street, Room 102. The phone line is (808) 587-3279. Each printout costs $25. The record shows adult convictions but does not list a bench warrant on its own. Still, the past case history can point you to the court and year where a bench warrant may be open. A second HCJDC access site sits inside HPD headquarters at 801 South Beretania Street, phone (808) 529-3191.

For an online read, use the eCrim portal. eCrim runs under HCJDC. A basic lookup is $5. A full criminal history is $12. The tool times out after 30 minutes of no use. Phone support is at (808) 587-3279. Use eCrim when you want a fast check from home before you head to the courthouse.

The image below is from the HCJDC criminal history records check page.

The HCJDC check is the main state tool for adult criminal history in Urban Honolulu.

Clearing an Urban Honolulu Bench Warrant

If you find an Urban Honolulu bench warrant in your name, talk to a lawyer first. A private defense lawyer can file a motion to quash the warrant and set a new court date. The Office of the Public Defender helps those who cannot pay for a lawyer. The First Circuit clerk at 777 Punchbowl Street can also tell you how the judge wants the case handled.

Most Urban Honolulu judges will agree to quash a bench warrant if the person shows up and posts the bail set on the warrant. The judge may set new release terms too. Walking in to HPD headquarters to ask about a warrant is risky. Officers can arrest you on the spot if the warrant is valid. A safer path is to call HPD Records at (808) 723-3258 first, then send a lawyer to the courthouse.

The Oahu Community Correctional Center at (808) 832-1777 is where most people picked up on an Urban Honolulu bench warrant get booked. The center runs intake 24 hours a day. Bail bond agents on Dillingham and Beretania serve this site. If the bail amount on the warrant is low, a bond agent may clear the case inside a few hours. For higher bail, the person may have to wait until the next court call.

Key phone lines for an Urban Honolulu bench warrant case:

• HPD Records and Identification Division (808) 723-3258
• HPD Central Receiving Division (808) 723-3000
• Downtown Substation (808) 723-3310
• Waikiki Substation (808) 723-8562
• Oahu Community Correctional Center (808) 832-1777

County That Handles Urban Honolulu Filings

Urban Honolulu sits in the City and County of Honolulu. All bench warrant filings from the city go through the First Circuit Court and HPD. Visit the Honolulu County bench warrants page for the full county view, including every HPD district line and the core state and county tools for warrant lookup.

Nearby Oahu Cities

Urban Honolulu sits next to several other large Oahu towns. Each one is in the same county and falls under the same circuit court, but the local HPD substation may be a closer first call.