HAR §5-25-3. Community notification

(a) Community notification is a free service that notifies a subscriber electronically when a covered offender, within a specified zip code or a specified geographic range of an address provided by the subscriber, registers or updates registration information. The notification consists of a link to the covered offender's public registration record. (b) Any individual or group with a valid email address may sign up for a subscription account at the Hawaii sex offender website at www.sexoffenders.hawaii.gov. (c) The geographic range that may be specified is limited to within either one, two, or three miles of an address. (d) The following information will be required from the subscriber: (1) Email address; (2) Location description; (3) Address; and (4) Geographic range or zip code area. (e) The notification will work in the following manner: (1) When a covered offender's registration record is entered or updated, the registered addresses will be run against the subscription database; (2) When any of the registered addresses falls within the requested geographic range of a subscriber address in the subscription database or matches a requested zip code, an electronic notification will be sent to the subscriber. (f) The department reserves the right to terminate a subscription upon finding misuse of the information by the subscriber. [Eff JUN 29 2012 ] (Auth: HRS §846E-3(c)) (Imp: HRS §846E-3(c)) 25-2 3001