{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-84-17.5","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 84-17.5","heading":"Disclosure files; disposition.","body":"(a) All financial disclosure statements filed by a legislator, employee, or delegate to a constitutional convention shall be maintained by the state ethics commission for a period of six years from the date of the financial disclosure statement's filing. Upon the expiration of the six-year period, the financial disclosure statement and all copies thereof may be destroyed.\n\n(b) Upon the expiration of six years after an election for which a candidate for state elective office or a constitutional convention has filed a financial disclosure statement, the state ethics commission may destroy the candidate's financial disclosure statement and all copies thereof.\n\n(c) Financial disclosure statements provided for in section 84-17(d) shall cease to be public records once the six-year period in subsection (a) or (b) has run.\n\n(d) Nothing herein shall bar the state ethics commission from retaining a financial disclosure statement or copy of a financial disclosure statement that has become part of a charge case or advisory opinion request, or is part of an ongoing investigation.","path":["HI Code","Division 1","Title 7","Chapter 84"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol02_Ch0046-0115/HRS0084/HRS_0084-0017_0005.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"3da0a182ab91e119840aa908f3e990509a5b43f737d8c47b563786524938c63e","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-84-17","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-84-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}