Hawai‘i Legal Research

Legislative Branch
Hawaiʻi State Constitution Laws / Statutes Session Laws of Hawaii (Enabling Legislation) Hawaii Revised Statutes (Codification) Session Laws 1843 – 2005 Hawaiʻi Laws 1822 – 1959

Legislative Branch

Hawaiʻi State Constitution

Laws / Statutes

Executive Branch
Administrative Rules and Regulations Administrative Rules Directory Administrative Decisions and Orders Attorney General Opinions Campaign Spending Commission Advisory Opinions (1996-Present) Civil Rights Commission Declaratory Relief Petitions (1992-Present) Contested Case Decisions (1993-Present) Commerce and Consumer Affairs Securities – Administrative Orders of the Commissioner Division of Cable Television (CATV) Decisions & Orders Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) Decisions Labor Relations Board Decisions Land Use Commission Boundary Amendments Declaratory Rulings Special Permits Office of Information Practices (OIP) Opinions (1989-Present) Public Utilities Commission Decisions and Orders, 2002- State Ethics Commission Advisory Opinions, Informal Advisory Opinions, Decisions

Executive Branch

Administrative Rules and Regulations

Administrative Rules Directory

Administrative Decisions and Orders

Judicial Branch
Hawaiʻi Rules of Court Cases Hawaiʻi Supreme Court and Intermediate Court of Appeals – Hawaii appellate courts final case dispositions. eCourt Kokua – Traffic cases; District Court, Circuit Court, and Family Court criminal; District Court, Circuit Court civil, and Family Court civil; Land Court and Tax Appeal Court; and appellate court case information. Court Forms Legislative History Research

Judicial Branch

Hawaiʻi Rules of Court

Cases

Hawaiʻi Supreme Court and Intermediate Court of Appeals – Hawaii appellate courts final case dispositions.
eCourt Kokua – Traffic cases; District Court, Circuit Court, and Family Court criminal; District Court, Circuit Court civil, and Family Court civil; Land Court and Tax Appeal Court; and appellate court case information.

Legislative Branch
County Charters Honolulu Maui Hawaiʻi Island Kauaʻi County Ordinances (Enabling Legislation) Honolulu Maui Hawaiʻi Island – click on “Council Records System”, then select the Ordinances folder. Kauaʻi Codifications Revised Ordinances of Honolulu Code of the County of Maui Hawaiʻi County Code Kauaʻi County Code

Legislative Branch

County Charters

County Ordinances (Enabling Legislation)

Honolulu
Maui
Hawaiʻi Island – click on “Council Records System”, then select the Ordinances folder.
Kauaʻi

Codifications

Executive Branch
Administrative Rules and Regulations Honolulu Board of Water Supply Department of Parks and Recreation Honolulu Liquor Commission Department of Human Resources Civil Service Rules Personnel Manual Neighborhood Commission Office Resources Maui Department of Environmental Management Department of Finance Department of Fire and Public Safety Department of Liquor Control Department of Personnel Services Department of Planning Lānaʻi Planning Commission Maui Planning Commission Molokaʻi Planning Commission Cultural Resources Commission Urban Design Review Board Board of Variances and Appeals Police Department Department of Public Works Engineering Division Department of Water Supply Hawaiʻi Island Department of Environmental Management Department of Liquor Control Department of Parks and Recreation Police Department Department of Water Supply Kauaʻi Department of Liquor Control Department of Human Resources, Civil Service Commission/Merit Appeals Board Department of Water Fire Commission Administrative Decisions and Orders Honolulu Ethics Commission Advisory Opinions

Executive Branch

Administrative Rules and Regulations

Administrative Decisions and Orders

Judicial Branch
Note: Hawaiʻi has a state-wide court system organized into circuits, which reflect the counties. Court Forms First Circuit – Oʻahu Second Circuit – Maui Third Circuit – Hawaiʻi (Big Island) Fifth Circuit – Kauaʻi Rules of Court / Caselaw (see State Judicial Branch listing above)

Judicial Branch

Note: Hawaiʻi has a state-wide court system organized into circuits, which reflect the counties.

Court Forms

Last updated: April 22, 2025