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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Hawaii Revised Statutes: Chapter 803 Part IV index (anchor)",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Hawaii's official statute site lists HRS chapter 803, Part IV as 'Electronic Eavesdropping' (sections 803-41 onward).",
      "body": "Hawaii's official statute site lists HRS chapter 803, Part IV as 'Electronic Eavesdropping' (sections 803-41 onward).\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Part IV. Electronic Eavesdropping 803-41 Definitions”\n\nNote: Anchor record. Part IV is the wiretap/interception law.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0803/HRS_0803-.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "Part IV. Electronic Eavesdropping 803-41 Definitions",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "6649-hawaii-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "Hawaii Revised Statutes",
      "topic": "Chapter 803 Part IV index (anchor)",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "HI",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-hi"
        ],
        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
        ],
        "explicitness": "any"
      },
      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
        "reasons": [
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      "id": "learn_r6649_hawaii_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_6649_hawaii_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_s80342_",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 803-42(b)(3)(A): Consent regime: one-party",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Hawaii's wiretap statute is ONE-PARTY consent for a person not acting under color of law: interception is not unlawful when the person is a party to the communication or one party has given prior consent, unless done for a criminal or tortious purpose.",
      "body": "Hawaii's wiretap statute is ONE-PARTY consent for a person not acting under color of law: interception is not unlawful when the person is a party to the communication or one party has given prior consent, unless done for a criminal or tortious purpose.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“(3) (A) It shall not be unlawful under this part for a person not acting under color of law to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication when the person is a party to the communication or when one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to the interception unless the communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States or of this State.”\n\nNote: Operative consent language. Separate rule for private places: see the 711-1111(1)(d) record.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0803/HRS_0803-0042.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "(3) (A) It shall not be unlawful under this part for a person not acting under color of law to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication when the person is a party to the communication or when one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to the interception unless the communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States or of this State.",
      "volatility": "low",
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      "subject": "HRS 803-42(b)(3)(A)",
      "topic": "Consent regime: one-party",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "HI",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-hi"
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        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
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        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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      "id": "learn_r6649_hawaii_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_6649_hawaii_recording_consent_one_party_or_two_party_oral_de",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 803-41: Definition of oral communication",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] An 'oral communication' is protected only if the speaker exhibits an expectation that it is not subject to interception under circumstances justifying that expectation.",
      "body": "An 'oral communication' is protected only if the speaker exhibits an expectation that it is not subject to interception under circumstances justifying that expectation.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“means any utterance by a person exhibiting an expectation that the utterance is not subject to interception under circumstances justifying that expectation, but the term does not include any electronic communication.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0803/HRS_0803-0041.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "means any utterance by a person exhibiting an expectation that the utterance is not subject to interception under circumstances justifying that expectation, but the term does not include any electronic communication.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "6649-hawaii-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "HRS 803-41",
      "topic": "Definition of oral communication",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "HI",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-hi"
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        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
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        "explicitness": "any"
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        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 711-1110.9(4): Penalty class: violation of privacy, first degree",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Violation of privacy in the first degree is a class C felony.",
      "body": "Violation of privacy in the first degree is a class C felony.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“(4) Violation of privacy in the first degree is a class C felony.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0711/HRS_0711-1110_0009.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "(4) Violation of privacy in the first degree is a class C felony.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "6649-hawaii-recording-consent-one-party-or-two-party",
      "subject": "HRS 711-1110.9(4)",
      "topic": "Penalty class: violation of privacy, first degree",
      "applies_to_country": "US",
      "applies_to_scope": "HI",
      "tags": {
        "lane": "any",
        "stage": "setting_up",
        "region": [
          "us-hi"
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        "platform": "any",
        "topic": [
          "unclassified"
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        "explicitness": "any"
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        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] HRS 803-48: Civil remedy for unlawful interception",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A person whose communication is intercepted, disclosed or used in violation of Part IV may recover the greater of actual damages plus profits or statutory damages of $100 a day or $10,000, plus punitive damages and a reasonable attorney's fee.",
      "body": "A person whose communication is intercepted, disclosed or used in violation of Part IV may recover the greater of actual damages plus profits or statutory damages of $100 a day or $10,000, plus punitive damages and a reasonable attorney's fee.\n\nWhat Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“(ii) Statutory damages of the greater of $100 a day for each day of violation or $10,000; (B) Punitive damages, where appropriate; and (C) A reasonable attorney's fee and other litigation costs reasonably incurred.”",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0803/HRS_0803-0048.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-17",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Hawaii State Legislature (Hawaii Revised Statutes)",
      "evidence_quote": "(ii) Statutory damages of the greater of $100 a day for each day of violation or $10,000; (B) Punitive damages, where appropriate; and (C) A reasonable attorney's fee and other litigation costs reasonably incurred.",
      "volatility": "low",
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      "subject": "HRS 803-48",
      "topic": "Civil remedy for unlawful interception",
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        "topic": [
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