Hawaii is waiving a fee that it charged to review court records.
The state judiciary said that the $5 fee will be suspended because of concerns that it could diminish access to court records.
Administrative Director of the Courts Rodney Maile wrote in a letter that all state courts will suspend collection of the search fee for onsite documents while the judiciary reviews its rules.
Judiciary spokeswoman Marsha Kitagawa says eight other state courts have the authority to charge fees to access court records.
Maile says the courts should be as accessible as possible, and that the fees were never intended to deter retrieval of records.
Instead, he said the fee was imposed to help defray court costs.