| Contact Person: |
Criminal History Record Checks Unit (808) 587-3350 |
| Offenders Required to Register: |
Any person convicted of a "sexually violent offense" or a "criminal offense against a victim who is a minor". Any person who is charged with a "sexually violent offense" or a "criminal offense against a victim who is a minor" and is found unfit to proceed due to a physical or mental disease, disorder or defect. Any person who is charged with a "sexually violent offense" or a "criminal offense against a victim who is a minor" and is acquitted due to a physical or mental disease, disorder or defect must register. This includes all such individuals who reside in Hawaii. Further information, including definition of the terms "sexually violent offense" and "criminal offense against a victim who is a minor," can be found in chapter 846E, Hawaii Revised Statutes. |
| Information Collected: |
Photograph, fingerprints and required to sign a statement providing information including name, aliases, citizenship, home address, employment information, motor vehicle information, and a summary of the qualifying offense. |
| Administrating Agency: |
The Department of the Attorney General, Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center is responsible for the sex offender registry. |
| Timeframe for Registration: |
Three working days of any change in registration information |
| Applies to Out of State Offenders: |
Yes. |
| Duration of Requirement: |
A person must register for life unless the person receives a full and free pardon from the Governor of Hawaii or a partial pardon from the Governor of Hawaii that specifically relieves the person from the registration requirement. |
| Verification of Address: |
The Department of the Attorney General mails a verification form to each registrant every 90 days and the registrant is required to verify the information, sign the form, and return it to the department within ten working days. Finally, every five years, the person must report to the chief of police in the county where the person resides for purposes of having a new photograph taken. |
| Penalties for Non-Compliance: |
epending upon the facts in a particular case, someone who fails to register or update registration information can be charged with a class "C" felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.00. In less serious cases, failure to register or update information can be charged as a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $2,000.00. |
| Access to Information: |
A person's registration information shall be made available for public viewing only upon the court's decision that the public release of relevant information is necessary to protect the public. The court shall also determine the duration of public release, which shall be for a minimum of 10 years. A person convicted of a single misdemeanor sex offense or a single misdemeanor crime against a minor is not eligible for public release. |
| Confidentiality Provision: |
Only data for public notification is not confidential. |
| Number Registered: |
Number Registered: 2,365 as of 7/10/07 |
| Percent Compliance: |
Not Known* |
| Internet Access: |
Hawaii Sex Offender Registry
http://sexoffenders.hawaii.gov/index.html
http://pahoehoe.ehawaii.gov/sexoff/index.html
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