Posted on: Wednesday, March 14, 2007
List of public information resources
Compiled by Advertiser Staff
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| MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION REPORTS
What's in it: Police reports with names, addresses for everyone involved and a brief collision description and diagram. If the accident is serious enough to prompt a criminal investigation, you also will get the face page of that report. Collision reports are available at the main police station on each island. Who can get it: Anyone involved in the accident. Where to get it: Any police station and sometimes at a substation. What you need: A valid ID. What it costs: First page, 25 cents to $1; each additional page, 10 cents to 25 cents Contact number: O'ahu, 529-3271; Big Island, (808) 961-2247; Maui, (808) 244-6345; Kaua'i, (808) 241-1661. Available online: No. |
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| ARREST LOGS
What's in it: A person's name, age and address and offense the person is suspected of committing are listed on a daily public log. Who can get it: General public. Where to get it: At the station where a person was arrested and the records division of the county's main police station. What you need: N/A What it costs: Free to view, but no photocopying is allowed. Contact number: O'ahu, 529-3271; Big Island, (808) 961-2288; Maui, (808) 244-6350; Kaua'i, (808) 241-1660. Available online? No. |
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POLICE REPORTS
What's in it: For closed cases, the entire investigation, including witness statements, is included, but in most counties, all names are blacked out.
Who can get it: General public, but only after a case is closed. An open case requires a subpoena.
Where to get it: At your county's main police station.
What you need: A valid ID.
What it costs: First page can cost 25 cents to $1; each additional page, 10 cents to 25 cents.
Contact number: O'ahu, 529-3271; Big Island, (808) 961-2247; Maui, (808) 244-6350; Kaua'i, (808) 241-1661.
Available online? No. |
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SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
What's in it: Names, photographs, street addresses of certain convicted sex offenders.
Who can get it: General public.
Where to get it: Hawai'i Criminal Justice Data Center Web site.
What you need: Internet access.
What it costs: No charge.
Available online? Yes, at sexoffenders.ehawaii.gov/. |
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TRAFFIC ABSTRACT REPORTS
What's in it: Traffic-related allegations and convictions of all moving citations covered by Hawai'i state law.
Who can get it: General public.
Where to get it: Most District Courts (see above).
What you need: Valid ID of yourself and as much information as possible about the driver you are looking up — name, Social Security number, date of birth, address.
What it costs: $7.
Honolulu Contact number: 538-5500.
Available online? Yes, at jimspss1.courts.state.hi.us/court/. |
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VICTIM VERIFICATION LETTERS
What's in it: Your name and address, and a brief description of the crime, including date, time and location.
Who can get it: Crime victims.
Where to get it: Any police station and sometimes at a substation.
What you need: A valid ID.
What it costs: First page, 25 cents to $1; each additional page, 10 cents to 25 cents.
Contact number: O'ahu, 529-3271; Big Island, (808) 961-2247; Maui County, (808) 244-6350; Kaua'i, (808) 241-1660.
Available online? No. |
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CRIMINAL CONVICTION RECORDS
What's in it: State felony and misdemeanor criminal conviction records.
Who can get it: General public.
Where to get it: Hawai'i Criminal Justice Data Center, 465 S. King St., Room 101; any main police station and Neighbor Island District Courts.
What you need: Name, birth date, Social Security number of individual to be researched.
What it costs: Each location has a public access computer for viewing the records, but a printout will cost you $10 to $15.
Contact number: Data Center, 587-3100. Also, the records sections of local police departments: O'ahu, 529-3271; Big Island, (808) 961-2247; Maui, (808) 244-6350; Kaua'i, (808) 241-1660.
Available online? In some cases after an account has been established with the Hawai'i Criminal Justice Center. |
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