HRS §602-5.5
Who decides how court records are kept and stored
The Hawaii Supreme Court decides if court records can be kept electronically and how all court records are stored, kept, or thrown away. A log must be made showing what happened to each record, and copies of that log are filed in specific places.
courtsstate agencies
The statute, as written — Judiciary records
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the supreme court shall determine whether, and the extent to which, the judiciary, will create, accept, retain, or store in electronic form any case, fiscal, and administrative records and convert written case, fiscal, and administrative records to electronic records. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 94-3, the supreme court shall determine the care, custody, and disposition of all judiciary case, fiscal, and administrative records. A record of dispositional activity shall be maintained stating whether a record was retained by the judiciary; transferred to public archives, the University of Hawaii, the Hawaiian Historical Society; or another agency; or destroyed. This record shall be kept on forms specified by the supreme court. One copy of the record shall be filed in the court where the records originated, and the original shall be filed with the administrative director of the courts or an agency designated by the director.
Sections this one refers to
§94-3 Disposing of government records
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