The document discusses different types of public records available in Hawaii through the Hawaii state records website. It describes that the website provides access to information on public events and government activities in Hawaii. It also defines arrest records, birth certificates, and criminal records that are maintained by Hawaii authorities, providing details on what types of offenses they include and how the records are organized and stored. The records can be accessed to learn more about individuals and their involvement in legal cases or government matters in Hawaii.

1. Hawaii.staterecords.org
If an individual is looking for information on public events, government activities etc. going on in the state of Hawaii, the same
can be accessed through Hawaii court record.
https://hawaii.staterecords.org

2. An arrest record is an official document providing information regarding a
person that has been questioned, apprehended, taken into custody, placed
in detention, held for investigation and/or charged with, indicted or tried
for any felony, misdemeanor or other offense by any law enforcement or
military authority. In Hawaii, a person can be arrested once they commit a
misdemeanor amounting to as minor of an act as a breach of the peace or
they commit a felony where there are reasonable grounds to believe they
committed the crime. The law in Hawaii classifies any crime that is
punishable by a fine of more than $1,000 or imprisonment for more than
one year as a felony, the rest of them fall into misdemeanor.
https://hawaii.staterecords.org

3. When the legislature enacted Hawaii Access to Public Records Act, it
expressively declared that access to information about the conduct of
the people’s business is a fundamental and necessary right of every
person in this state, Accessing Public Records in Hawaii. In Hawaii,
access to the government and court records, in particular, a
fundamental interest in citizenship and has emphasized that maxim
disclosure of the conduct of governmental operations promoted by an
act. By promoting prompt public access to government records, the
Hawaii Access to Public Records Act is to safeguard the government's
accountability to the public.
https://hawaii.staterecords.org

4. A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a child. The term
"birth certificate" can refer to either the original document certifying the birth
or to a certified copy or representation of the original document. The state of
Hawaii divides the birth records catalog into two categories: town records and
state records. In the town records category, all the records were collected from
Hawaii church records and county records of vital statistics, which provide the
earliest evidence of births. The statewide registration began in 1853 and was
complied with by 1915. In the state records category, all the records are
collected from Hawaii’s Family History Library.
https://hawaii.staterecords.org

5. A criminal record is defined as an official document that records a
person’s criminal history including arrest records, warrant records,
felony records, misdemeanor records and sex offender registration
information. The information is assembled and updated from local,
county and state jurisdictions, trial courts, courts of appeals as well as
county and state correctional facilities. The standard for criminal record
collection and storage varies from county to county, but the majority of
Hawaii criminal records are organized in online record depositories that
are available to the public in the form of a Criminal Background Report.
https://hawaii.staterecords.org