Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Honolulu County, Hawaii, has about 999,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Honolulu County comes from a judge of the Circuit Court for Honolulu County or the District Court, is served by whichever agency finds the person, and is recorded in the court file of the case it was issued in. This guide says who issues and serves warrants here, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one and how one is cleared.
This guide covers who issues warrants, who serves warrants, after a warrant arrest, checking for a warrant, clearing a warrant and common questions.
Related guides: Honolulu County public records, Honolulu County arrest records, Honolulu County inmate search, Honolulu County criminal records, Honolulu County court records, Hawaii arrest records and Hawaii inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Honolulu County
In Hawaii an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Honolulu County that means the Circuit Court for Honolulu County, which hears felonies, civil cases over $40,000 and probate; the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $40,000, issues its own warrants on the cases before it.
When a defendant misses a court date the judge issues a bench warrant, and either kind of warrant lives in the court file of the case, kept by the Legal Documents Branch of each circuit.
For Honolulu County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at courts.state.hi.us/legal_references/records/search_court_records (page title: Judiciary | Search Court Records), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, eCourt Kokua is the Hawaii State Judiciary's free statewide case search.
Who Serves Warrants in Honolulu County
The county police department serves warrants 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); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from Honolulu County is whichever one finds the person; an Hawaii warrant is valid across Hawaii.
Honolulu reported 33,503 arrests to the FBI for 2025; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Honolulu County arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Honolulu County Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody is in the custody of the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which runs every jail and prison in Hawaii; its inmate locator is at dcr.hawaii.gov.
How to Check for a Warrant in Honolulu County
Whether a warrant is out from Honolulu County shows in three places:
- The court file of the case, through the Legal Documents Branch of each circuit, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- ECourt Kokua, the Hawaii State Judiciary's free statewide case search, for a case whose register of actions shows a warrant.
- The Prosecuting Attorney, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
Not one of the Honolulu County pages SearchSystems verified (the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) is a list of open warrants, so a check means asking the court or the prosecutor about a case by name.
Clearing a Warrant from Honolulu County
Only the judge who issued a warrant can recall it. For a case from Honolulu County that means appearing before the Circuit Court for Honolulu County or the District Court, with the case put back on the calendar through the Legal Documents Branch of each circuit.
A missed date in a case before the District Court is handled by that court, not by the Circuit Court for Honolulu County.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The Prosecuting Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at honolulu.gov/clerk/clk-prosecuting-attorneys.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Honolulu County?
Not from the Honolulu County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. eCourt Kokua is the Hawaii State Judiciary's free statewide case search, and a case whose register of actions shows a warrant is the record of it. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Legal Documents Branch of each circuit.
Who serves warrants in Honolulu County?
The county police department; an Hawaii warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Honolulu County held?
In a facility of the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which runs every jail in Hawaii.
How is a warrant from Honolulu County cleared?
By appearing before the court that issued it; the judge recalls the warrant in court. The case is put back on the calendar through the Legal Documents Branch of each circuit.
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.