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Foreign registration · no form number

Hawaii LLC Foreign Registration in Alabama

Alabama registers an LLC from Hawaii as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama needs nothing from Hawaii: no Good Standing Certificate. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division using your Hawaii records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Hawaii and Alabama each ask for

	Hawaii formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Hawaii Good Standing Certificate (not needed here)	Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$5	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Hawaii: online	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Business Registration Division	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	cca.hawaii.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	Domestic Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form C5), $12.50, every year	Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report, fee set by the state, every year
Due	Last day of the quarter in which the LLC was organized (Q1 organized -> Mar 31
Agent	Your Hawaii registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How Hawaii companies register with Alabama

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Alabama registered agent, next to your Hawaii name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Hawaii first, so the Alabama filing can go in right away. After approval, your Hawaii LLC is registered with Alabama.

Will your Hawaii name work for Alabama?

Alabama accepts your Hawaii name if it includes limited liability company, L.L.C. or LLC. If the Hawaii name already ends in LLC, it meets the rule. If another Alabama company uses the Hawaii name, an alternate name is allowed. Alabama can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your Alabama agent and the Hawaii one

Hawaii and Alabama both call it a registered agent. Alabama papers come to us; Hawaii's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Alabama and Hawaii

Hawaii wants the Domestic Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form C5) every year ($12.50); Alabama wants the Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report every year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Hawaii to Alabama

A corporation formed in Hawaii files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same). After that come Hawaii's Annual Report ($15) and Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT). See the corporation filing.

Registering an Alabama company in Hawaii

An LLC formed in Alabama that registers with Hawaii files Form FLLC-1 with $51 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($25) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Hawaii to Alabama

Does my Hawaii company need to register in Alabama?

Yes, once a Hawaii business operates there; Alabama registers it as a foreign LLC.

How much does the Alabama registration cost?

$383 at checkout, with nothing to pay Hawaii.

Do I need Hawaii's certificate of good standing?

No, Alabama takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Hawaii and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Hawaii's report ($12.50) and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

What if I don't register with Alabama?

A Hawaii company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

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

Will Alabama 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. Alabama names must include limited liability company, L.L.C. or LLC.

Can I form a new Alabama LLC instead?

Yes, but Hawaii keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report, and the original keeps Hawaii's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

Hawaii companies leave by filing a Foreign LLC Certificate of Withdrawal ($100); until then, Alabama's report stays due alongside Hawaii's filings.

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