Hawaii

Keep your home address private

Hawaii's Address Confidentiality Program (ACP), run by the Department of Law Enforcement, lets participants use a substitute address instead of their home, work, and school addresses. The program receives their first-class, certified, and registered mail at the substitute address and forwards it to them.¹

• Participants can ask state and county agencies to use the substitute address. They show an ACP authorization card.¹
• It is for survivors of domestic abuse, a sexual offense, or stalking who live in Hawaii, or will within 30 days, at an address the person who harmed them does not know.¹
• You do not apply directly. You meet with an application assistant from a certified victim services organization, who helps you fill out the application and sends it in.¹
• The program is free. It can be one part of a larger safety plan.¹

Go to the Address Confidentiality Program (law.hawaii.gov)

Help for victims of crime

The Crime Victim Compensation Commission helps eligible victims of violent crime with certain injuries and losses caused by the crime. The Commission decides who qualifies.²

Go to the Crime Victim Compensation Commission (dcr.hawaii.gov)

Find a lawyer

This site does not give legal advice. For advice about your situation, talk to a licensed Hawaii lawyer.

• The Hawaii State Bar Association runs a Lawyer Referral & Information Service. Referrals are free. Ask the lawyer you are referred to about their terms and costs.³
• If you have a low income, you may be able to get free legal help. Hawaii's courts point people to free legal resources, including the Legal Aid Society of Hawaiʻi and Hawaii Free Legal Answers, where people who qualify can post civil legal questions online at no cost.⁴

Find a lawyer referral service (hsba.org)

Find free legal aid (legalaidhawaii.org)