ROH §6-11.1
Fees for copies and searches of public records
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗This section sets the fees you must pay to get copies, extracts, or certified copies of public records from the city. It lists specific charges for different services, like copying pages, maps, voter data, and medical examiner reports. Some records are free for certain people, like next-of-kin.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Charges for extracts, certified copies, and searches of public records
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, a copy or extract of any public document or record that is open to inspection by the public must be furnished to any person applying for the same by the public officer having custody or control thereof pursuant to the following schedule of fees:
Service
Fee
Service
Fee
(a) Duplicated copy of any record (by duplicating machines including but not limited to microfilm printer, Thermofax, Verifax, Xerox, etc.)
For the first page of each document or record
$0.50
Each additional page or copy thereof
$0.25
(b) Abstract of information from public record
Each page
$0.50
Each additional copy
$0.25
(c) Typewritten copy of any record
Per 100 words or fraction thereof
$1
(d) Copy of map, plan, diagram
Black and white reproductions
Up to 22 in. x 36 in. size; per sheet
$5
Larger than 22 in. x 36 in. size; prevailing commercial rate, with minimum charge per sheet
$5
Color reproductions
Up to 8-½ in. by 14 in.; per sheet
$1
Up to 11 in. x 17 in.; per sheet
$2
Larger than 11 in. x 17 in.; prevailing commercial rate, with minimum charge per sheet
$25
Black and white or color custom prints
For each 10 minutes or fraction thereof of searching, creation, and printing of document; per sheet
$5
(e) Photograph or photograph enlargement
Prevailing commercial rate
(f) City clerk’s certificate of voter registration
$10
(g) Countywide voter data or any portion thereof (as may be available)
$750 per data export
Voter data subscription (6 data exports)
$4,000
(h) Certified copy of medical examiner’s report and autopsy report
First copy of report for a designated next-of-kin or a law enforcement, government, or medical and health agency
No charge
For other requestors:
Cases created prior to January 1, 1998
$75
Cases created on or after January 1, 1998
$25
(i) Medical information extracted from city records for insurance companies and other firms
$50
(j) Certified statement attesting to veracity of information obtained from public records
Per 100 words of statement or fraction thereof
$1
(k) Certification by public officer or employee as to correctness (or in attestation that document is a true copy) of any document, including maps, plans, and diagrams
Per document
$5
(l) Use of motion picture film for the purpose of producing a copy, subject to the terms, conditions, and covenants contained in an agreement between the city and the party seeking to use the film for the purpose stated herein
Per minute of film
$2
(m) Searches, typing, and redaction of real property tax records
For each 15 minutes or fraction thereof of searching, typing, and redaction
$7.50
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