HI registered agent
Hawaii. $7 a year. Shallow end.
The rule is at the bottom of this page. We start with the bill, because that is the part that gets wet first. Every Hawaii company names an agent with a real address in the state. We have the address. We keep a bowl at it.
The bill to climb back out
The climb-out fee
... (3) Contain the payment of all delinquent fees and penalties; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: HRS sec. 414-403(a); sec. 428-811(a); sec. 428-1301(a)(7)
The summons, and where it goes instead
Where the papers go instead
... the name of a registered agent upon whom legal notice and process from the courts of the State may be served, or the person named is not found within the State, service may be made upon the ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: HRS sec. 414-64(a)-(c); sec. 428-110(a)-(c); sec. 414-440(b) (foreign corporations)
How Hawaii drains a company like yours
The state's own remedies for an agent that is furniture. Quoted. We added nothing, which is our specialty.
Drained by the state
The department director may commence a proceeding under section 414-402 to administratively dissolve a corporation if the corporation fails to: (1) Pay any fees prescribed by law; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: HRS sec. 414-401(3)-(4); sec. 428-809(3)-(4)
Out-of-state companies: authority pulled
The department director may commence a proceeding under section 414-462 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State if: (1) The corporation fails to: (A) Pay any fees prescribed by law; ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: HRS sec. 414-461(1)(C); sec. 428-1006(a)(1)(C)
And this
A limited liability company administratively terminated continues its existence temporarily but may carry on only business necessary to wind up and liquidate its business and affairs under section 428-802 and to notify claimants under section 428-807. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: HRS sec. 428-810(c)-(d); sec. 414-402(c)-(d)
Locked out of the courthouse
... this State without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any court in this State until it obtains a ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: HRS sec. 414-432(a), (d); sec. 428-1008(a), (e)
The Hawaii annual report. Also skippable.
incFACTS has not verified the Hawaii annual report fee. We did not wade that far.
Do we do that
We are the bowl. The bowl does not do things.
The rule, at the bottom where we left it
What the state asks
The Hawaii code, word for word:
... or (3) A foreign entity authorized to transact business or conduct affairs in this State.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: HRS sec. 414-61; sec. 428-107; sec. 425R-3
The quoted text was captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01 and checked against the code on 2026-08-10. Laws move. Puddles do not.