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The administrative records include reports from court appointed administrators, daily journals, calendars, dockets, court transcripts, petitions, ledgers, day books, account books, notary public books, Supreme Court decisions, and various court documents filed with the court clerks. Oaths of district court judges, jury commissioners, and attorneys may also be found. Miscellaneous subjects contain a very small number of documents relating to adoptions, genealogies, land, and naturalizations (on MFL 109). Correspondence includes letters between district magistrates, other circuit judges and court officers relating to cases and administrative issues. Also includes letters from individuals to the court complaining about district magistrates' conduct and rulings. Records relating to estates, bankruptcies, and civil cases, contain reports from court appointed administrators, correspondence, financial documents, orders, and a few criminal cases. Miscellaneous records contain records filed with the clerk such as summons, writs, warrants, petitions, depositions, proceedings, transcripts, briefs and juvenile court petitions. Various court journals contain settlements, petitions, jury lists, daily journal, decisions, day books, account books, and cash books. The notary public books are incomplete and cover 1859-1863 and 1919-1921.

None of the documents have been translated.

Other record books contain minutes of appeals, bankruptcy, criminal, divorce, equity, and law proceedings. Minute book entries contain court date, defendant and plaintiff names, names of attorneys representing the defendant and plaintiff, court proceedings, judgments, sentencing in criminal cases, and appeals. Civil cases were filed in circuit court to adjudicate property claims and to seek monetary compensation in disputes. Criminal proceedings were taken in the courts against persons charged with some violation of the criminal laws. Divorce minute books contain divorce, separation and permission to marry again proceedings.

The Supreme Court minutes are dated 1844 to 1848 and contain appeals from the island courts. The Court of Oahu record book dates from 1846 to 1848 and contains appeals, civil, criminal, divorce and probate proceedings.