Ocean Pointe Deed Records
Ocean Pointe deed records are filed with the Hawaii Bureau of Conveyances, the single statewide recording office that processes all land documents for every island in Hawaii. A planned residential community in the Ewa District of Oahu, Ocean Pointe features newer construction, homeowners association governance, and an active resale market that keeps deed recording activity steady. This guide covers how to search Ocean Pointe deed records, how to work with Honolulu County assessment offices, and what property owners in this Ewa community need to know about taxes and exemptions.
Ocean Pointe Overview
Where Ocean Pointe Deed Records Are Filed
All deed recording in Hawaii runs through one office: the Bureau of Conveyances (BOC), located in the Kalanimoku Building at 1151 Punchbowl Street, Suite 120, Honolulu, HI 96813. Ocean Pointe has no local recording office, and Honolulu County has no county recorder. When a property in Ocean Pointe changes hands, the deed goes to the BOC in downtown Honolulu, where it is stamped with the date and time of receipt, indexed, and stored. That timestamp establishes legal priority for the new owner against any later-recorded competing claims.
Recording fees start at $26 for the first five pages and $5 for each page after that. Every deed must be submitted with a conveyance tax form. Taxable transfers use Form P-64A, and exempt transfers use Form P-64B. Conveyance tax rates range from $0.10 per $100 of the purchase price up to $1.25 per $100 for high-value transactions. Ocean Pointe homes have generally appreciated in value over the years of this planned community's existence, so many transactions here will fall in the mid-to-upper range of the conveyance tax schedule. The BOC website at dlnr.hawaii.gov/boc has the current fee schedule, form downloads, and staff contact information. Documents can be filed in person or sent by mail.
Deed recording in Hawaii is governed by Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 502. That statute covers what must be in a recordable document, how recording priority works between competing interests, and the grounds for rejecting a submission. If the BOC returns a deed, it will include a note explaining the specific deficiency. The most common issues are missing or improper notarization, an incomplete conveyance tax form, or a fee that does not match the actual page count of the submitted document.
Searching Ocean Pointe Deed Records Online
The Ocean Pointe community association website provides resources for residents and prospective buyers in this Ewa District planned community.
RecordEASE is the online portal for searching Hawaii deed records. You can reach it at bocdataext.hi.wcicloud.com. The system covers documents from 1976 forward. You can search by grantor name, grantee name, or Tax Map Key number. Ocean Pointe properties are under TMK Zone 1, which covers all of Oahu. Searching by Zone 1 along with the parcel number keeps results focused on Oahu. Because Ocean Pointe is a newer community, most of the deed history you find in RecordEASE will cover the past two to three decades, starting with original conveyances from the developer and moving through subsequent resales and financing documents.
Each RecordEASE search result displays the recording date, document type, and party names. Viewing a document image costs $1 per page by credit card. A standard Ocean Pointe residential deed runs three to seven pages, so viewing the full document will typically cost a few dollars. If you are doing title research and need to trace the full chain of ownership, budget for pulling multiple documents. For records predating 1976, which would predate Ocean Pointe's development entirely, the BOC maintains older manual indexes accessible through in-person visits.
Two other tools are useful for Ocean Pointe property research. The Honolulu Real Property portal at realproperty.honolulu.gov shows the assessed value, ownership, property classification, and exemptions for each parcel. The qPublic portal at qpublic.net/hi/honolulu pulls the same data with ownership updates on a weekly schedule and billing data updated daily. Both are good starting tools when you have an address and need the TMK before moving into RecordEASE for deed documents.
Honolulu County RPAD and the Kapolei Office for Ewa Residents
The Real Property Assessment Division (RPAD) of the City and County of Honolulu manages property valuations for all Oahu parcels, including those in Ocean Pointe. The main RPAD office is at 842 Bethel Street, Basement, Honolulu, HI 96813, with a phone number of (808) 768-3799. For Ewa District residents, the Kapolei satellite office at 1000 Ulu'ohi'a Street, Suite 206, Kapolei, HI 96707, is the closer option by a significant margin. This is the only RPAD office on the leeward side of Oahu, and it serves not just Kapolei but all surrounding Ewa and leeward communities, including Ocean Pointe. Making the shorter trip to Kapolei rather than driving to downtown Honolulu is the practical choice for most Ocean Pointe property owners who need in-person assistance.
The RecordEASE portal provides online access to Ocean Pointe deed records filed with the Hawaii Bureau of Conveyances since 1976.
RPAD assigns assessed values to Ocean Pointe parcels based on comparable sales and market data from the Ewa District. Values here have climbed as the Ewa area has grown in popularity, and they tend to be higher than some older central Oahu communities while remaining lower than many coastal Honolulu neighborhoods. When a deed is recorded for an Ocean Pointe property, the new owner appears on the RPAD parcel record after the division processes the transfer, which typically happens within a few weeks. New owners should check the Real Property portal after a month or so to confirm that ownership has updated and that the prior owner's exemption, if any, has been removed.
RPAD also handles appeals for Ocean Pointe property owners who believe their assessed value does not reflect market conditions. Assessment notices mail in mid-December each year. The appeal deadline is January 15. Filing an appeal requires a deposit, and hearings are held before the Board of Review. The Kapolei RPAD office can provide the appeal form and explain the deposit requirements. In a market where values shift with each new sales cycle, the appeal process is worth understanding even if you do not end up using it.
Ocean Pointe Planned Community and Deed Record Characteristics
Ocean Pointe is a planned residential development in the Ewa District, part of the broader Ewa Beach and Ewa Gentry growth area on the leeward coast of Oahu. Construction of the community began in the 1990s and continued in phases into the 2000s. Most homes here were built within the past 30 years, which means the deed chain in RecordEASE covers most or all of the property's history. You are unlikely to need pre-1976 manual records for a typical Ocean Pointe home search.
Homeowners association (HOA) governance is a defining feature of Ocean Pointe and many neighboring Ewa District communities. HOA covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs) are recorded as part of the development's master documents at the BOC. These master documents apply to all parcels within the development and run with the land, meaning each deed transfer does not remove or change them. If you are researching an Ocean Pointe property and want to understand any restrictions tied to it, pulling the master CC&R document from RecordEASE gives you the baseline. HOA-related liens or assessments may also appear in the deed record as separately recorded instruments.
Development in the Ewa District continues to add new phases of residential construction near Ocean Pointe. Active development means the neighborhood's character continues to evolve, with new streets, new parcels, and new deed records being added to the BOC system on a rolling basis. If you are researching a newly created parcel, it may not yet appear in the RPAD system or may show a recent conveyance as its only deed history.
Most Ocean Pointe properties are fee simple, meaning the buyer owns both the structure and the land. This is the common ownership type for planned residential communities developed in Hawaii over the past few decades. Fee simple deeds are the standard document type you will find in RecordEASE for Ocean Pointe parcels. The deed body will confirm the ownership type; for any property where fee simple status is a concern, reading the full deed document rather than relying on the index line alone is the safer approach.
Property Tax and Home Exemption Key Dates
Ocean Pointe properties are assessed and taxed under the same Honolulu County framework that applies to all Oahu parcels. For 2024-2025, the Residential tax rate for owner-occupied properties is $3.50 per $1,000 of assessed value. Most Ocean Pointe homes fall into the standard Residential classification. Non-owner-occupied properties with assessed values above $1 million are taxed at the Residential A rate: $4.00 per $1,000 on the first tier and $11.40 per $1,000 on assessed value above the threshold. Given rising values in the Ewa District, some Ocean Pointe investment properties may reach that threshold, making the classification worth checking on the Real Property portal before assuming the standard rate applies.
The home exemption reduces the assessed value used to calculate taxes for owner-occupants. The standard exemption is $120,000 for owners under 65. Owners 65 and older qualify for $160,000. The deadline to file is September 30 each year for the following tax year. New Ocean Pointe homeowners must file a fresh claim after recording their deed. The exemption does not transfer from the seller. This is a step worth doing promptly, since missing the September 30 deadline means waiting until the next cycle. The Kapolei RPAD office at 1000 Ulu'ohi'a Street is the closest in-person location for Ewa District homeowners who need help with the claim form or want to confirm their exemption status.
If a property is transferred into a living trust, a new home exemption claim must be filed even when the beneficial owner does not change. This is a requirement that affects Ocean Pointe homeowners who use trusts as part of their estate planning, and it catches some property owners by surprise when the exemption drops off the following year. File the new claim as soon as the trust transfer deed is recorded.
Key dates for Ocean Pointe property owners: first tax payment due August 20, second payment due February 20, home exemption deadline September 30, assessment notices mail in mid-December, appeal deadline January 15. Taxes can be paid online at rphnlpay.com, which accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, JCB, and Discover cards. A 2.25% convenience fee plus $2.50 applies per transaction. Keeping these dates on a calendar at the start of each year helps avoid late fees and missed exemption windows.
Note: Ocean Pointe properties with short-term rental activity should verify their RPAD classification each year, as misclassification between Residential and Transient Vacation Rental can result in a significant rate difference.
Honolulu County Deed Records
Ocean Pointe is part of Honolulu County, which covers the entire island of Oahu. All deed recording, property assessment, and taxation for Ocean Pointe properties flow through Honolulu County agencies and the state Bureau of Conveyances. The Kapolei RPAD satellite office is the closest in-person resource for most Ewa District property owners.
Nearby Cities
Ocean Pointe sits within a cluster of Ewa District communities that share the same deed recording and assessment systems. Deed record guides for the nearest qualifying cities are below.