Kalawao County Police Blotter

The Kalawao County Police Blotter is an unusual case. Kalawao County sits on the Kalaupapa Peninsula on the north side of Molokai and was founded in 1905 as a leprosy settlement. Fewer than 100 people live there today. The county has no local government, no local police, and no county clerk. Arrest records and the Kalawao County Police Blotter are run through Maui County, the Hawaii Department of Health, the state Sheriff, and the statewide Criminal Justice Data Center. This page shows you which agency to call for each type of record.

Who Holds the Kalawao County Police Blotter

There is no local police force on the Kalaupapa Peninsula. The state shares policing duty with Maui County. For any case that would end up on the Kalawao County Police Blotter, you start with two numbers. The Maui Office of the Hawaii Department of Health runs at (808) 586-4412. The Moloka'i District Court runs at (808) 553-1100. Between those two lines, you can track a Kalawao arrest, warrant, or court case.

Kalawao County is part of the Maui Judicial District. A case search or an outstanding warrant check runs through the Moloka'i District Court at (808) 553-1100. The court uses the state eCourt Kokua portal. Because the county sits inside the Maui Judicial District, any court record tied to a Kalawao County Police Blotter entry will show in the Maui or Second Circuit data set.

The Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center is the main state pull. The HCJDC keeps adult conviction data for every county, including Kalawao. Call (808) 587-3279 for a criminal history record check. An eCrim name search runs $5 online. A printout at any Public Access Site runs $25. The HCJDC is the only place to pull a statewide adult criminal history.

Kalawao Court Records

The Kalawao County courthouse, for the rare direct request, is listed at 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1402, Hilo, HI 96720. Phone (808) 961-8255. Fax (808) 961-8912. That desk can pull criminal, family, and civil case files. Typical records can be sent by fax, email, or mail. Direct Kalawao official records only go out by mail. For most cases, the Moloka'i District Court is the more natural stop.

Appeals run through the Hawaii State Intermediate Court of Appeals. That court reviews any contested decision and can also pull lower court or agency files. A challenge to a Kalawao County Police Blotter entry or any tied court order would move through this appellate path before it could reach the Supreme Court.

Under the Uniform Information Practices Act, chapter 92F of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, all court records stay open unless a statute closes them. Juvenile files are closed under HRS section 571-84(e). Conviction and non-conviction data split at HRS section 846-9. Those are the same rules that run in the other four counties; Kalawao does not have its own records rule.

The OIP portal above holds chapter 92F in full. The Office of Information Practices at (808) 586-1400 is the appeal route if a records desk denies a request tied to a Kalawao County Police Blotter pull.

Kalawao Crime Data

Crime rates are not posted for Kalawao County. The population is too small to run a reliable rate. State and county reports fold Kalawao data into the Maui County total. That rule sits on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs report on Kalawao as well. Users of UCR data need to look at both the Maui line and any Kalawao footnote.

The Kalawao record base does list a set of crimes that can show on a Kalawao County Police Blotter. These include murder, rape, burglary, arson, motor vehicle theft, and assault. A sex offender register is also kept. The register shows any offender who lives, works, or goes to school on the peninsula. The public can view the register at the state level.

Because the law enforcement footprint is so small, most records questions end at the state level. The Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division at (808) 586-1150 is the right stop for Kalawao County Police Blotter data at scale. CPJA runs the statewide UCR program. The NIBRS dashboard and the Crime in Hawaii annual report are both pulled together by the Research and Statistics Branch inside CPJA.

Kalawao County State Resources

The eCrim web site is the online pull for any Kalawao County Police Blotter hit that led to a conviction. A name search is $5. A certified print is $12. The data set covers every adult Hawaii conviction, including any that tie back to the Kalaupapa Peninsula. A first-time user confirms ID with a $1 charge on a valid card.

The eCrim FAQ page above covers name checks versus fingerprint checks. A name check is fast and cheap. A fingerprint check is the gold standard and runs $55 in person or $35 by mail. Fill in the HCJDC-073 form and send it with a clean print card. Processing runs 3 to 5 business days.

The Hawaii Department of Public Safety runs any state jail term tied to a Kalawao County Police Blotter case. DPS also runs the state Sheriff's Division. The Sheriff's Division covers court service and transport for Kalawao, since the county has no local sheriff. An inmate search tool is linked on the DPS home page. Federal offenders are held by the federal Bureau of Prisons, not DPS.

The statutory base for every piece of this chain sits in chapter 846 of the HRS. Chapter 846 sets up the HCJDC, the fingerprint system, the sex offender registry, and the rules for sharing data with other states. Chapter 92F sets the open-records rule. Together, they keep the Kalawao County Police Blotter in the same open-records frame as the other four counties, even with no local force.

For a mail request tied to a Kalawao County Police Blotter pull, send it to: Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center, Attn: CHRC Unit, 465 S. King Street, Room 102, Honolulu, HI 96813. Include the HCJDC-073 form, a copy of a valid photo ID, and a money order or cashier's check payable to "State of Hawaii". Cash is not accepted. A certified copy adds $20. A notary adds nothing. Results run 3 to 5 business days, or 7 to 10 with a notary.

Communities in Kalawao County

Kalawao County has one main settlement, Kalaupapa. A second small spot, Kalawao, gives the county its name. There are no qualifying cities on this page list, so any records search for a Kalaupapa Peninsula resident runs through the Maui Judicial District and the state HCJDC.

For any Kalawao County Police Blotter question, start with the Moloka'i District Court at (808) 553-1100 or the HCJDC at (808) 587-3279.

Other Hawaii Counties

Each of the other four Hawaii counties runs its own Police Blotter feed. Pick the right island for the stop you are tracking.