Editing Kalawao County, Hawaii (section)

==Government==
Kalawao County lacks a local, county government. Instead, Kalawao County is administered by the [[Hawaii Department of Health]] because of the history of the settlement and current patients living there. Under Hawaiian state law, the Director of the Hawaii Department of Health, who is appointed by the [[Governor of Hawaii|Governor]], also serves as the [[Mayor of Kalawao County]].<ref name="hadvertiser">{{Cite news |last=Dingeman |first=Robbie |date=October 31, 2002 |title=Smallest county to ban smoking |work=[[Honolulu Advertiser]] |url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Oct/31/ln/ln22a.html |access-date=January 2, 2014}}</ref><ref name="time">{{Cite news |last=Rawlings |first=Nate |date=December 12, 2013 |title=Hawaii Official Killed in Plane Crash |work=[[Time Magazine]] |url=https://nation.time.com/2013/12/12/hawaii-official-killed-in-plane-crash/ |access-date=January 2, 2014}}</ref><ref name="khon">{{Cite news |last=Uyeno |first=Kristine |date=December 12, 2013 |title=Hawaii Official Killed in Plane Crash |work=[[KHON-TV|KHON]] |url=http://www.khon2.com/news/loretta-fuddy-committed-to-serving-others |url-status=dead |access-date=January 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104142321/http://www.khon2.com/news/loretta-fuddy-committed-to-serving-others |archive-date=January 4, 2014}}</ref><ref name="hsa">{{Cite news |last=Kakesako |first=Gregg K. |date=December 12, 2013 |title=Pilot described 'catastrophic engine failure' in Molokai crash |work=[[Honolulu Star Advertiser]] |url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/235590541.html?id=235590541 |url-status=live |access-date=January 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221154659/http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/235590541.html?id=235590541 |archive-date=December 21, 2013}}</ref>  The Mayor holds executive powers within the county; the mayor also appoints a county [[Sheriffs in the United States|sheriff]], who is selected from local residents.<ref name="doh">{{Cite web |title=Department of Health Administrative Offices |url=http://hawaii.gov/health/about/doh-info.html |access-date=September 28, 2010 |publisher=State of Hawaiʻi}}</ref> The only county statutes that apply to Kalawao County directly are those on matters of health.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hawaii's 4 (or 5) Counties |url=http://www.chem.hawaii.edu/uham/counties.html |access-date=January 22, 2014 |archive-date=August 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805013928/http://www.chem.hawaii.edu/uham/counties.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Kalawao is part of the First Judicial Circuit, which includes the entire island of [[Oahu]].<ref>[https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/109520NCJRS.pdf "The Judiciary – State of Hawaii – Annual Report – July 1, 1986 to June 30, 1987". pp. 16, 26.]</ref> For the purpose of notarization, the designated venue for the First Judicial Circuit is "State of Hawaii, City and County of Honolulu."