Hawaii

Texas

Foreign registration · Form 301

Hawaii Corporation Foreign Registration in Texas

To do business in Texas, a corporation formed in Hawaii registers there on Form 301, with $767.13 in state fees and a $50 required expedite. Texas may ask for Hawaii's Good Standing Certificate ($5). We file it with the Texas Secretary of State from your Hawaii records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Hawaii and Texas each ask for

	Hawaii formed here	Texas registering here
Document	Hawaii Good Standing Certificate	Form 301, Application for Registration of a Foreign For-Profit Corporation
State fee	$5	$767.13 at order (filing fee $750 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Hawaii: online	Filed with Texas
Required expedite		$50 at order (Texas Express)
Faster options		next-day $500, same-day $750
Office	Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Business Registration Division	Texas Secretary of State
Official page	cca.hawaii.gov	sos.state.tx.us
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $15, every year	Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report, no fee, every year
Due	Last day of the quarter in which the corporation was incorporated	May 15 each year
Late yearly filing	$100 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Hawaii registered agent	Our Texas registered agent

How Hawaii companies register with Texas

We prepare and file Form 301
It names us as your Texas registered agent, with your Hawaii name and formation date. If Texas wants the Hawaii certificate, it is ordered first. Once Texas approves it, the Hawaii company can do business there.

Will your Hawaii name work for Texas?

Texas accepts your Hawaii name if it includes corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them. If Texas's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Hawaii company. We search Texas's records for Hawaii's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Texas agent and the Hawaii one

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

Yearly filings: Texas and Hawaii

Each year your corporation files Hawaii's Annual Report ($15) and Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Hawaii plus Texas comes to $164 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Hawaii to Texas

An LLC formed in Hawaii files Form 304 with Texas ($767.13 in state fees and the $50 required expedite, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Hawaii's Domestic Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form C5) ($12.50) and Texas's Public Information Report + Franchise Tax Report. See the LLC filing.

Questions Hawaii owners ask about Texas

Does my Hawaii company need to register in Texas?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Texas registration cost?

$1,016.13 at checkout, including the $50 required expedite; Texas may also want Hawaii's Good Standing Certificate, at extra cost.

How long does the Texas registration take?

Typically 2 to 3 business days with Texas's required expedite, plus time for Hawaii's certificate if Texas asks for it. Faster state options: next-day $500, same-day $750.

What are the yearly costs for Hawaii and Texas?

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

Does Texas require a registered agent?

Yes: the Hawaii registered agent stays, and ours covers Texas for year one.

Will Texas 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. Texas names must include corporation, incorporated, company, limited, or an abbreviation of one of them.

Can I form a new Texas corporation instead?

Yes, but Hawaii keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Texas's Franchise Tax Report + Public Information Report (no fee), and the original keeps Hawaii's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Texas later?

Hawaii companies leave by filing Form 608; until then, Texas's report stays due alongside Hawaii's filings.

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