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Opinion Letter No. 97-05
June 10, 1997
Access to Arrest History Information
Under section 92F-13(4), an agency is not required
to disclose government records made
confidential under State or federal law. The Hawaii Criminal Justice
Data Center ("HCJDC")
maintains a database of individuals’ criminal history information,
including arrests and convictions.
Although the HCJDC’s conviction information is public, nonconviction
information (including arrest
information which was requested in this instance) is confidential
and can only be disclosed to certain
persons or under certain circumstances as set forth in section 846-9,
Hawaii Revised Statues. As the
person requesting access to the arrest information was not one of
the persons authorized to have
access under section 846-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the UIPA did
not require disclosure of this
confidential information to the requester.
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