Hawaii · Uniform Information Practices Act

Hawaii UIPA's binding OIP appeal, built in

AccessPoint manages Uniform Information Practices Act requests under HRS ch. 92F — the 10-business-day Notice to Requester, the § 92F-13 exceptions and § 92F-14 privacy balancing test, and the binding Office of Information Practices appeal — pre-configured for Hawaii and running inside your own Microsoft 365 tenant.

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Hawaii at a glance

Response standard
A Notice to Requester within 10 business days of the request, extendable to 20 business days in extenuating circumstances
Enforcement
Appeal a denial to the Office of Information Practices within one year of the agency's decision
Exemptions
The five § 92F-13 exceptions, including the § 92F-14 balancing test weighing privacy against the public interest
Charges
Search and review/segregation fees of $2.50 and $5 per 15 minutes; the first $30 (or $60 for public-interest requests) is waived
Oversight
OIP decisions bind the agency; court action remains available within two years
Languages
English

Built for Hawaii

One platform for the whole access-and-privacy mandate, pre-configured for this regime and running in your own Microsoft 365 tenant.

UIPA request lifecycle

Intake to release under HRS ch. 92F — the 10-business-day Notice to Requester, extension notices, and release — all on Microsoft 365.

The five § 92F-13 exceptions

Five statutory exception categories plus the § 92F-14 privacy balancing test, applied and documented per record.

The Notice to Requester clock

10 business days from the request, extendable to 20 in extenuating circumstances — computed and reminded.

Redaction under the privacy test

Apply the § 92F-14 balancing test line by line on a colour-coded, audit-trailed redaction record.

Search, review, and the fee waiver

Bill search and review/segregation time at $2.50 and $5 per 15 minutes, with the first $30 (or $60 for public-interest requests) waived automatically.

In your own tenant

Every request and record stays inside your own Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant — no third-party cloud, no cross-border transfers, and no per-user fees.

An appeal that actually binds the agency

In Hawaii, OIP's word is final — its appeal decisions bind the agency, not just recommend.

Most open-records oversight bodies in the U.S. can only recommend. Hawaii's Office of Information Practices is different: appeal a denial within one year, and OIP's decision binds the agency — no second round of agency discretion. A requester who still disagrees can go to court, but has two years to do it, one of the longest windows in the country. Every denial runs through the five § 92F-13 exceptions and, where privacy is at stake, the § 92F-14 balancing test. AccessPoint documents both and routes appeals to OIP automatically.

Five exceptions, one balancing test § 92F-13's five categories, plus the § 92F-14 test weighing privacy against the public interest.
OIP appeals bind the agency Appeal within one year — OIP's decision is binding, not advisory.
Two years to sue Court action remains available for two years after the agency's decision.

Configured out of the box

Installing the us-hi-uipa jurisdiction pack seeds your tenant with everything this regime needs — a starting point you can adjust, not a lock-in.

Pack content last reviewed: 2026-09-03

Related guide: FOI Workflow Quick Check
  • The Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act (HRS ch. 92F) as the legal-authority and citation spine
  • The Hawaii state-holiday calendar and the 10-business-day Notice to Requester clock, with the 20-business-day extenuating-circumstances extension
  • The five § 92F-13 exception categories and the § 92F-14 privacy balancing test, tagged and documented per record
  • The binding Office of Information Practices appeal workflow, tracked against the one-year filing window
  • Court-action tracking against the two-year window for requesters who appeal beyond OIP
  • Search and review/segregation fee billing at $2.50 and $5 per 15 minutes, with the $30 / $60 waiver applied automatically
  • UIPA correspondence templates with statutory wording
  • Hawaii timeliness tracking against the Notice to Requester standard
A jurisdiction pack's detail panel in AccessPoint settings, showing the pack description, version, what's new, and the checklist of items it imports: legal authorities, calendars, request statuses, request types, extension reasons, requestor categories and consultation types Click to enlarge
What a pack looks like in Settings (the Ontario municipal pack shown): the description, the version and what changed in it, and every item it imports with its statutory basis. Anything you have customized is never overwritten on update.

Hawaii Questions

How quickly must a Hawaii agency respond to a UIPA request?
An agency must send a Notice to Requester within 10 business days of the request, stating whether the record will be disclosed and when. In extenuating circumstances, that window extends to 20 business days. AccessPoint computes both deadlines and drafts the notice.

What makes Hawaii different — a binding OIP appeal?
Yes. In most states, an open-records oversight body can only recommend. Hawaii's Office of Information Practices decides denial appeals within one year of the agency's decision, and its ruling binds the agency. A requester who still disagrees can pursue a court action, with a two-year window to do so.

What can a Hawaii agency charge, and what exceptions apply?
Search time is billed at $2.50 per 15 minutes and review/segregation time at $5 per 15 minutes, with the first $30 waived automatically (up to $60 for requests found to be in the public interest). Disclosure exceptions run through the five categories in § 92F-13, including the § 92F-14 test balancing privacy against the public interest.

Where does data reside?
Entirely within your own Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant. Requests, documents, and audit history never leave your control — no third-party cloud, no vendor access, and no cross-border data transfers.

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Flat annual pricing, published in full. Every feature in every size — access requests, privacy impact assessments, breach response, complaints, video & audio redaction, and AI Assist. No per-user or per-module fees.

  • Under 500 employees$2,990/yr
  • 500–2,000 employees$7,990/yr
  • Over 2,000 employees$14,990/yr

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