Hawaii Applicants: Do not answer the criminal history section. Any offer of employment is contingent on completing a post offer questionnaire regarding your criminal history. Please read the instructions carefully before answering questions regarding criminal history. For these instructions, the words ''convicted'' and ''conviction'' include guilty pleas and pleas of ''nolo contendre'' or ''no contest.'' If you question whether your conviction is excluded, consult your own attorney. You are responsible for accurately responding to questions about your criminal history. This instruction applies to both adult and juvenile records and to both felony and misdemeanor convictions. You may answer as if you have no record if the record has been sealed, expunged, or statutorily eradicated. This includes convictions that are judicially dismissed or discharged prior to a final adjudication of guilt. . Your arrest resulted in a diversion program, provided that you satisfied all of the requirements of the diversion program. . Your conviction was pardoned.
Juvenile Convictions: You are not required to disclose juvenile records.
Misdemeanor Convictions: You are not required to disclose misdemeanor convictions except for those crimes involving dishonesty or theft (e.g., fraud, forgery, check kiting, shoplifting, larceny, embezzlement). If you are applying for a position that will require driving, you must also disclose any conviction for driving under the influence.
Time Limits: You are not required to disclose any felony conviction that is more than 10 years old. You are not required to disclose any misdemeanor conviction that is more than five years old unless you have been convicted of another offense during the last five years. If you have been convicted of another offense within the last five years, you must disclose all convictions that occurred within the last 10 years other than those excluded in the above instructions. For purposes of this instruction, if you were incarcerated as a result of your conviction, use the last date of incarceration rather than the date of conviction in calculating the five year or 10 year period.