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HRS §846-17

Who runs Hawaii's part of the national crime records compact

This section names the Hawaii criminal justice data center as the state's main keeper of criminal history records for the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact. It also names the center's administrator as the state's compact officer, who can make rules for sharing records with other states and the federal government for background checks.

state agencies

The statute, as written — Administration of National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact . ] (a) The Hawaii criminal justice data center is the central repository of criminal history records for purposes of the National Crime

Prevention and Privacy Compact and shall do all things necessary or incidental to carrying out the compact. (b) The administrator of the Hawaii criminal justice data center, or the administrator's designee, is the State's compact officer and shall administer the compact within the State. The administrator may adopt rules and establish procedures for the cooperative exchange of criminal history records between this State and other state governments and with the federal government for the use in noncriminal justice background checks.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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