Honolulu First Circuit Court Filing Fees and Waivers

The clerk must collect statutory costs and fees and the additional amounts specified in Rule 2.2.

The clerk shall collect costs and fees provided by Chapter 607 of the Hawai‘i Revised Statutes except that the clerk shall collect the amounts specified herein as follows:

Applies to

Transfer of action to circuit court

Transferring an action from district court to circuit court costs $125 in addition to district court fees.

Transfer of an action to circuit court from district court, in addition to district court fees:

Applies to

Motion to set aside dismissal

A motion to set aside dismissal under the specified rules costs $30.

Filing of motion to set aside dismissal pursuant to Rules 12(q), 28, and 29 of these rules:

The court may waive costs and fees when good cause is shown.

The court may waive costs and fees for good cause shown.

Applies to

Court records

Court-record inspection, copying, and transmission fees are generally charged, but the first JEFS-certified copy after filing is free for the party or properly retained attorney, the court may waive fees when justice requires, and unpaid fees generally must be paid before records are released.

Fees for inspecting, copying, and transmitting copies of court records shall be charged in accordance with the provisions of Rule 2.2 of the Rules of the Circuit Courts, Rule 2.2 of the Rules of the District Courts, and Rule 45 of the Hawaiʻi Rules of Appellate Procedure, although no fee shall be charged to a party, or an attorney properly on the case, for the first certified copy of a document requested through the JEFS system subsequent to the filing of that document. A court may also waive costs and fees for copies of its record when justice so requires. Unless a waiver is granted or an exemption applies, no records or copies of records shall be released until full payment of fees for the current request, and any previous unpaid fees, are received.

Applies to

Bulk discrete or compiled electronic information

A requestor must pay reasonable charges for distributing bulk, discrete, or compiled electronic information, including programming, linking, transmission, maintenance, and other attributable costs.

The Administrative Director shall require a requestor to pay reasonable charges to distribute bulk, discrete, or compiled information. A reasonable charge includes charges for programming the computers, linking systems, transmitting the data, and maintenance of the systems providing the data, as well as other costs attributable to the provision of the data in question to the requestor.

Applies to

ADLRO records

Fees for inspecting, copying, and transmitting ADLRO records are governed by the Judiciary’s Schedule of Administrative Fees.

Fees for inspecting, copying, and transmitting copies of ADLRO records shall be in accordance with the Judiciary’s Schedule of Administrative Fees.

Applies to

Electronic records

Fees for electronic access, downloading, bulk distribution, and compilation of electronic information are determined by the Administrative Director.

Fees for electronic access, for electronic downloading, bulk distribution, or compilation of electronic information shall be determined by the Administrative Director.

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Applies to

Paper copies of court records

Paper copies from a court record cost $1.00 for the first page and 50 cents for each additional page.

The fee for paper copies of documents from a court record is: $1.00 for the first page of each document, plus 50¢ for each additional page.

Applies to

Paper copies of ADLRO records

ADLRO paper copies usually cost 15 cents per page for self-service, or 15 cents per page plus a $2 handling fee when the clerk makes the copies; other fees may apply.

The fee for paper copies of documents from an ADLRO record is usually 15¢ per page for self service; 15¢ per page plus a $2 handling fee if the clerk makes the copies. Other fees may apply.