Thank you. I had not heard of that provision before. Is this so the record is easily available to the resident in question? I have never heard of that before and maybe it is unique to Hawaii. I know I could not get any kind of copy of my B/C from anywhere except NJ. Now if an out of State or Country B/C is on file with Hawaii I do believe it would not be a privacy violation if that FACT was disclosed. If they can say yes we have a B/C confirming Hawain birth they sure as heck can say we have a B/C confirming Tasmanian birth.
However, most of these privacy statutes have an exception where a court may subpoena the document. In view of the several cases going on around the country concerning Obama's citizenship status, I take it that the Hawaii agency has received subpoena(s) from the plaintiff(s) in these cases and has refused to comply with them, under Lingle's orders.