HRS §92F-17
Crimes for leaking or stealing government records
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section makes it a crime for government workers to knowingly share secret records, and for anyone to get secret records by lying, bribing, or stealing. Breaking this rule is a misdemeanor, unless a harsher punishment applies.
employees
The statute, as written — Criminal penalties
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) An officer or employee of an agency who intentionally discloses or provides a copy of a government record, or any confidential information explicitly described by specific confidentiality statutes, to any person or agency with actual knowledge that disclosure is prohibited, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless a greater penalty is otherwise provided for by law. (b) A person who intentionally gains access to or obtains a copy of a government record by false pretense, bribery, or theft, with actual knowledge that access is prohibited, or who intentionally obtains any confidential information by false pretense, bribery, or theft, with actual knowledge that it is prohibited [by] a confidentiality statute, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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