§803-44 Application for court order to intercept wire, oral, or electronic communications. The attorney general of this State, or a designated deputy attorney general in the attorney general's absence or incapacity, or the prosecuting attorney of each county, or a designated deputy prosecuting attorney in the prosecuting attorney's absence or incapacity, may make application to a circuit court judge, designated by the chief justice of the Hawaii supreme court, or any other circuit court judge or district court judge, if a circuit court judge has not been designated by the chief justice of the Hawaii supreme court, or is otherwise unavailable, in the county where the interception is to take place, for an order authorizing or approving the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications, and such court may grant in conformity with section 803-46 an order authorizing, or approving the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications by investigative or law enforcement officers having responsibility for the investigation of the offense as to which the application is made, when such interception may provide or has provided evidence of murder, kidnapping, or felony criminal property damage involving the danger of serious bodily injury as defined in section 707-700, or involving organized crime and any of the following felony offenses: extortion; bribery of a juror, of a witness, or of a police officer; receiving stolen property; gambling; and distribution of dangerous, harmful, or detrimental drugs. [L 1978, c 218, pt of §2; am L 1986, c 303, §4; am L 1989, c 164, §6]