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HRS §92J-1

Private records of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands

This law keeps certain records held by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands private, so they do not have to be shared with the public. It also lets the Hawaiian Homes Commission discuss these private records in a closed meeting, just like other confidential matters.

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The statute, as written — ‑1] Government records and personal records; department of Hawaiian home lands

(a) The following government records maintained by the department of Hawaiian home lands shall not be required to be publicly disclosed or made open to inspection pursuant to public records requests under section 92F-11: (1) Loan applications, loan prequalification documents, loan approval documents, underwriting findings, financial data forms, and financial assessments except where disclosure is required by section 92F-12(a)(8); (2) Any consent to release personal information permitting the department of Hawaiian home lands to access birth, marriage, and death certificates and other documents in the application or lessee file to assist the family or individual designated by the applicant or lessee with the processing of an application or lease award; (3) Designation of successor to a lease; (4) Designation of successor to application rights for a homestead lease; (5) Requests to succeed to a homestead lease; and (6) Requests to succeed to application rights. (b) The Hawaiian homes commission may hold an executive meeting as provided in section 92-4 for the purpose of discussing the records made exempt from public disclosure by subsection (a) in the same manner as for the purposes listed in section 92-5(a).
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§92-4 Executive meetings

§92-5 When a board may meet privately

§92F-11 Your right to see government records

§92F-12 What government records must be made public

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