Hawaii Corporation Foreign Registration in Idaho

To do business in Idaho, a corporation formed in Hawaii registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $103.50 in state fees. Idaho may ask for Hawaii's Good Standing Certificate ($5). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services from your Hawaii records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Hawaii and Idaho each ask for

	Hawaii formed here	Idaho registering here
Document	Hawaii Good Standing Certificate	Foreign Registration Statement (Business Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$5	$103.50 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Hawaii: online	Filed online with Idaho
Paid expedite		$40
Office	Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Business Registration Division	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	cca.hawaii.gov	sos.idaho.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $15, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	Last day of the quarter in which the corporation was incorporated	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Agent	Your Hawaii registered agent	Our Idaho registered agent

How Hawaii companies register with Idaho

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Idaho registered agent, with your Hawaii name and formation date. If Idaho wants the Hawaii certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your Hawaii corporation is registered with Idaho.

Will your Hawaii name work for Idaho?

If Idaho's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Hawaii company. We search Idaho's records for Hawaii's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Idaho agent and the Hawaii one

Hawaii and Idaho both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Hawaii; ours takes Idaho's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Idaho and Hawaii

Each year your corporation files Hawaii's Annual Report ($15) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Hawaii plus Idaho comes to $164 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Hawaii to Idaho

An LLC formed in Hawaii files its own registration with Idaho ($103.50 in state fees, the same, plus the Good Standing Certificate ($5)). After that come Hawaii's Domestic Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form C5) ($12.50) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). See the LLC filing.

Common questions: Hawaii to Idaho

Does my Hawaii company need to register in Idaho?

Yes, once a Hawaii business operates there; Idaho registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Idaho calls it registration for Hawaii corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does it cost to register a Hawaii corporation in Idaho?

$302.50 at checkout; Idaho may also want Hawaii's Good Standing Certificate, at extra cost.

How long does the Idaho registration take?

Idaho's standard processing takes about 3 to 5 days from the date of filing, plus time for Hawaii's certificate if Idaho asks for it. Paid expedite: $40.

What are the yearly costs for Hawaii and Idaho?

$164 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $15 to Hawaii and nothing to Idaho for the yearly reports.

Does Idaho require a registered agent?

Yes: the Hawaii registered agent stays, and ours covers Idaho for year one, with a street address there.

Will Idaho accept my Hawaii name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Hawaii name at home.

Can I form a new Idaho corporation instead?

Yes, but Hawaii keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee), and the original keeps Hawaii's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Idaho later?

Hawaii companies leave by filing a Withdrawal of Foreign Registration Statement; until then, Idaho's report stays due alongside Hawaii's filings.

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