§846E-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
"Agency having jurisdiction" means that agency with the authority to direct the release of a person serving a sentence or term of confinement or place a person on probation, supervised release, or parole and includes the department of corrections and rehabilitation, the Hawaii paroling authority, the courts, and the department of health.
"Attorney general" means the attorney general of the State of Hawaii, the department of the attorney general, or an authorized representative of the attorney general.
"Chief of police" means the county chief of police, the county police department, or an authorized representative of the chief of police.
"Clean record" means no conviction for a felony or covered offense, if placed on probation or parole, completion of probation or parole without more than one revocation, and, for sex offenders, successful completion of an appropriate sex offender treatment program, if such program was ordered.
"Conviction" means a judgment on the verdict, or a finding of guilt after a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, excluding the adjudication of a minor, and occurs on the date judgment is entered.
"Covered offender" means a "sex offender" or an "offender against minors", as defined in this section.
"Covered offense" means a criminal offense that is:
"Crime against minors" excludes "sexual offenses" as defined in this section and means a criminal offense that consists of:
"Foreign conviction" means a conviction under the laws of:
"Offender against minors" means a person who is not a "sex offender", as defined in this section, and is or has been:
"Out-of-state conviction" means a conviction in any other state of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the five principal United States territories, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands.
"Parent" means a parent, legal guardian, or a person who has a substantial familial or hanai relationship with the minor.
"Permanent residence" means a building, permanent structure or unit therein, or watercraft where the covered offender resides and intends to reside indefinitely, or at least for the next one hundred eighty days, and which the offender owns, rents, or occupies with the consent of the owner.
"Registration information" means the information specified in section 846E-2(d) and (e).
"Release" means release from:
whichever is later.
"Repeat covered offender" means:
"Sex offender" means:
"Sexual offense" means an offense that is:
"Temporary residence" means a building, permanent structure or unit therein, watercraft, emergency shelter, or transitional housing facility where the covered offender resides, but does not intend to reside for more than one hundred eighty days.
"Tribal conviction" means a conviction by a tribal court of an Indian tribe recognized by the government of the United States. [L 1997, c 316, pt of §2; am L 1998, c 194, §1; am L 2003, c 62, §3; am L 2004, c 59, §1; am L 2005, c 45, §3; am L 2006, c 60, §5 and c 106, §1; am L 2008, c 80, §4; am L 2009, c 11, §10; am L 2011, c 125, §1; am L 2013, c 64, §§3, 4 and c 247, §5; am L 2021, c 68, §14; am L 2022, c 278, §29; am L 2025, c 149, §2]