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Honolulu County, Hawaii, has about 999,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A traffic ticket written in Honolulu County is a court case in the District Court, and the conviction it ends in goes on the driving record kept by the county driver licensing offices. This guide says which court takes the ticket, who writes them and where the driving record lives.
This guide covers where tickets go, who writes them, the driving record, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Honolulu County public records, Honolulu County arrest records, Honolulu County warrants, Honolulu County inmate search, Honolulu County criminal records, Hawaii arrest records and Hawaii inmate search.
Where a Ticket Written in Honolulu County Goes
Tickets in Honolulu County go to the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $40,000. A paid ticket, a dismissal and a trial all end up in that court's records.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.state.hi.us/legal_references/records/search_court_records.
Statewide, eCourt Kokua is the Hawaii State Judiciary's free statewide case search.
Who Writes the Tickets in Honolulu County
The county police department writes the traffic tickets in Honolulu County.
In Hawaii the police for a given address is the county police department, which covers the whole county.
The FBI's agency list also places six state agencies in Honolulu County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Driving Record
The driving record is a separate document from the court file. It is kept by the county driver licensing offices, which adds each conviction the court reports and handles suspensions; the court does not issue driving records.
Paying a ticket is a conviction, reported to the county driver licensing offices like any other; contesting it means a plea of not guilty entered with the court by the date on the ticket.
An OVUII is a criminal charge rather than a ticket, with its own license case before the county driver licensing office (see Honolulu County DUI).
Cities in Honolulu County
Wherever in the county a ticket is written, it is answered in the District Court.
The one city in the county is Urban Honolulu.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I pay a traffic ticket from Honolulu County?
With the District Court.
Who keeps my driving record in Hawaii?
The county driver licensing offices. The court reports each conviction to it, and paying a ticket counts as one.
Which court handles traffic tickets in Honolulu County?
The District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $40,000.
Is this the official Honolulu County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.