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How to get a copy of a deed in Hawaii

Who holds it: State, not county: the Bureau of Conveyances (BOC), Department of Land and Natural Resources, Honolulu, records all deeds statewide for both the Regular System and the Land Court (registered title) system; there are no county recorders.1

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On this page
  1. How to search and order
  2. Fees
  3. Older records and indexes
  4. Related records in Hawaii
  5. How Hawaii handles it
  6. Deeds in Hawaii counties with a full guide
  7. Official warnings
  8. Official copies vs look-alike sites
  9. Sources

Copy fee

$1.00 per page (uncertified), in person or by online download; online subscriptions: Unlimited $1,000/month or Public $50/month + $3 per document. Pre-1976 documents by written request: $35.00 per document + $10.00 processing fee.2

Statewide search

BOC Document Search & Ordering system bocdataext.hi.wcicloud.com (vendor-hosted, linked from BOC); free account required; search by grantor/grantee name or document number for documents from 1976; previews are blurred/watermarked until purchased.3

Free search, fee for copies

How to search and order

How to search
Online at the BOC document search (1976-present, by grantor/grantee name or document number; to find a document number from a tax map key use the county real property tax site); pre-1976 records in the BOC Public Reference Room (Room 123, 1151 Punchbowl St., 8:15 a.m.-3:30 p.m. business days) or by written request with book & page.4

Fees

Certified copy fee
$10.00 plus $1.00 per page plus $10.00 processing fee; certified copies can be ordered online and generally take 7-10 business days before mailing.2
Recording fee
Regular System: $41.00 per document up to 50 pages, $106.00 for 51+ pages. Land Court: $36.00 per document up to 50 pages, $101.00 for 51+ pages; Certificate of Title issuance $50.00; each additional memorandum on Certificates $5.00. Effective 2/27/2017. State conveyance tax may also apply (Department of Taxation).2

Older records and indexes

Years online
1976 to present (documents recorded since January 1, 1976 can be downloaded online).5
Liens: federal tax liens
Federal (IRS), state tax and CSEA liens are recorded at the Bureau of Conveyances and searchable in the BOC document system (instrument code 'NL' = Notice of Lien); BOC does not create or remove liens.5
Maps: state GIS portal
Hawaii Statewide GIS Program (Office of Planning and Sustainable Development): the Hawaii Statewide GIS Program open data portal geoportal.hawaii.gov (listed on the OPSD page as "Hawaiʻi Open Data Portal"), downloads and REST services geodata.hawaii.gov/arcgis/rest/services. Parcel maps: county real property sites (e.g., County of Maui Parcel Viewer).6

How Hawaii handles it

  • Single statewide recording office: all deeds, mortgages, liens and UCC filings for every island are recorded at the state Bureau of Conveyances in Honolulu (Regular System and Land Court); there are no county recorders or registers of deeds.1
  • Kalawao County (Kalaupapa peninsula, Molokai) is a fifth county whose operation is a collaboration of several state and federal agencies; DOH cares for the remaining Kalaupapa registry patients and Maui County provides law enforcement, EMS and fire aid by agreement with DOH. Its records go through the statewide offices (BOC, DOH) and the Second Circuit Court (Molokai).7
  • Courts are organized by circuit (island), not county; there is no Fourth Circuit.8

Deeds in Hawaii counties with a full guide

The local office, its official online search and its own fee, for each county with a full guide. Local fees can differ from the statewide figures above.

CountyOfficeSearch onlineFee
Hawaii CountyState of Hawaii Bureau of Conveyances, statewide10Search9Free search, fee for copies$1.00 per page (uncertified)11
Honolulu CountyBureau of Conveyances13Search12Free search, fee for copies$1.00 per page (uncertified), in person or by online download; online subscriptions: Unlimited $1,000/month or Public $50/month + $3 per document. Pre-1976 documents by written request: $35.00 per document + $10.00 processing fee.14
Maui CountyBureau of Conveyances16Search15Free search, fee for copies$1.00 per page (uncertified)17

For any other county, see the county list on the Hawaii guide.

Official warnings

  • Property Watch: free alert against fraudulent recordings (Bureau of Conveyances)18

Official copies vs look-alike sites

A certified copy comes only from the office that holds the record; reports and "research copies" sold by commercial sites are not issued by any Hawaii office. How to tell an official record source from a paid look-alike.

Rules in other states: deeds and land records in every state. Everything else in Hawaii: Hawaii public records guide.

Sources

Every fact above links to the official page it comes from. Fees and rules change, so check the office's own page before you pay or travel.

  1. Bureau of Conveyances homeDLNR Bureau of Conveyanceschecked November 4, 2026
  2. Recording FeesDLNR Bureau of Conveyanceschecked November 4, 2026
  3. Online ServicesDLNR Bureau of Conveyanceschecked November 4, 2026
  4. General PublicDLNR Bureau of Conveyanceschecked November 4, 2026
  5. FAQsDLNR Bureau of Conveyanceschecked November 4, 2026
  6. Hawaii Statewide GIS ProgramOffice of Planning and Sustainable Developmentchecked November 4, 2026
  7. Kalaupapa UpdatesHawaii Department of Healthchecked November 4, 2026
  8. How the Courts are StructuredHawaii State Judiciarychecked November 4, 2026
  9. FAQsDLNR Bureau of Conveyanceschecked November 4, 2026
  10. Bureau of Conveyances homeDLNR Bureau of Conveyanceschecked November 4, 2026
  11. Recording FeesDLNR Bureau of Conveyanceschecked November 4, 2026
  12. Online ServicesDLNR Bureau of Conveyanceschecked November 6, 2026
  13. Bureau of Conveyances homeDLNR Bureau of Conveyanceschecked November 6, 2026
  14. Recording FeesDLNR Bureau of Conveyanceschecked November 6, 2026
  15. Online ServicesDLNR Bureau of Conveyanceschecked November 4, 2026
  16. Office of the County ClerkCounty of Mauichecked November 4, 2026
  17. Recording FeesDLNR Bureau of Conveyanceschecked November 4, 2026
  18. Property WatchDLNR Bureau of Conveyanceschecked November 4, 2026