§846E-3 Access to registration information. (a) Registration information shall be disclosed as follows:
(1) The information shall be disclosed to law enforcement agencies for law enforcement purposes;
(2) The information shall be disclosed to government agencies conducting confidential background checks;
(3) The attorney general and any county police department shall release relevant information that is necessary to protect the public concerning a specific person required to register under this chapter; provided that the identity of a victim of an offense that requires registration under this chapter shall not be released.
(b) For purposes of this section, "relevant information that is necessary to protect the public" means:
(1) Name and all aliases used by the sex offender or under which the sex offender has been known;
(2) The street name and zip code where the sex offender resides and how long the sex offender has resided there;
(3) The street name and zip code where the sex offender is staying for more than ten days, if other than the stated residence;
(4) The future street name and zip code, if known, where the sex offender is planning to reside, if other than the stated residence;
(5) The street name and zip code of the sex offender's current locations of employment;
(6) The year, make, model, color, and license number of all vehicles currently owned or operated by the sex offender;
(7) A brief summary of the criminal offenses against victims who were minors and the sexually violent offenses for which the sex offender has been convicted or found unfit to proceed or acquitted pursuant to chapter 704; and
(8) A recent photograph of the sex offender.
(c) Relevant information that is necessary to protect the public shall be collected for purposes of making it available to the general public, and a sex offender shall have a diminished expectation of privacy in the information.
(d) The release of relevant information that is necessary to protect the public shall be accomplished by public access to a file containing the relevant information on each registered sex offender, a copy of which shall be provided for inspection upon request at the Hawaii criminal justice data center and at one or more designated police stations in each county, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on weekdays excluding holidays. The chief of police and the attorney general shall provide the relevant information on sex offenders upon payment of reasonable fees. Relevant information on each registered sex offender may also be released from an electronic database maintained by the respective law enforcement agencies that is accessible to users through an interactive computer-based system. [L 1997, c 316, pt of §2; am L 1998, c 194, §3]