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Hawaii LLC Foreign Registration in South Dakota

To do business in South Dakota, an LLC formed in Hawaii registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $750 in state fees. South Dakota also wants Hawaii's Good Standing Certificate ($5). We file it with the Secretary of State using your Hawaii records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Hawaii and South Dakota each ask for

	Hawaii formed here	South Dakota registering here
Document	Hawaii Good Standing Certificate	Application for Certificate of Authority (Foreign LLC) (no form number)
State fee	$5	$750 at order
How it is handled	Hawaii: online	Filed online with South Dakota
Paid expedite		$50
Office	Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Business Registration Division	South Dakota Secretary of State
Official page	cca.hawaii.gov	sdsos.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Domestic Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form C5), $12.50, every year	Annual Report, $55, every year
Due	Last day of the quarter in which the LLC was organized (Q1 organized -> Mar 31	During the entity's anniversary month each year
Late yearly filing	$100 late fee	$50 late fee
Agent	Your Hawaii registered agent	Our South Dakota registered agent

From Hawaii to South Dakota, step by step

Order the Hawaii certificate
The Good Standing Certificate ($5) is ordered from Hawaii separately; it is not part of our South Dakota order. South Dakota wants the Hawaii certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your South Dakota registered agent, with your Hawaii name and formation date and the certificate attached. The Hawaii certificate comes first; then the South Dakota filing goes in. Once South Dakota approves it, the Hawaii company can do business there.

South Dakota costs for Hawaii companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$750
Good Standing Certificate, paid to Hawaii	$5
Our service, with a year of South Dakota registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Hawaii certificate included	$954

South Dakota's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Will your Hawaii name work for South Dakota?

South Dakota accepts your Hawaii name if it includes 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.). If the Hawaii name already ends in LLC, it meets the rule. If another South Dakota company uses the Hawaii name, an alternate name is allowed. South Dakota can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Your South Dakota agent and the Hawaii one

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

Yearly filings: South Dakota and Hawaii

Each year your LLC files Hawaii's Domestic Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form C5) ($12.50) and South Dakota's Annual Report ($55). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Hawaii plus South Dakota comes to $216.50 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Hawaii to South Dakota

A corporation formed in Hawaii files its own registration with South Dakota ($750 in state fees, the same, plus the Good Standing Certificate ($5)). After that come Hawaii's Annual Report ($15) and South Dakota's Annual Report. See the corporation filing.

Registering a South Dakota company in Hawaii

An LLC formed in South Dakota that registers with Hawaii files Form FLLC-1 with $51 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing/Existence ($20) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Hawaii to South Dakota

Does my Hawaii company need to register in South Dakota?

Yes, once a Hawaii business operates there; South Dakota law lists 10 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the South Dakota registration cost?

$949 at checkout plus $5 to Hawaii for the Good Standing Certificate, $954 in all (checkout is $750 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Hawaii's certificate of good standing?

Yes: South Dakota wants it ($5), current at filing.

How long does the South Dakota registration take?

South Dakota approves online filings immediately, once Hawaii's certificate is in hand. Paid expedite: $50.

What are the yearly costs for Hawaii and South Dakota?

$216.50 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $12.50 to Hawaii and $55 to South Dakota for the yearly reports.

Does South Dakota require a registered agent?

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

Will South Dakota 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. South Dakota names must include 'limited liability company', 'limited company', or one of the abbreviations L.L.C., LLC, L.C. or LC (limited may be written Ltd. and company Co.).

Can I form a new South Dakota LLC instead?

Yes, but Hawaii keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files South Dakota's Annual Report ($55), and the original keeps Hawaii's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from South Dakota later?

Hawaii companies leave by filing a Notice of Cancellation of Certificate of Authority, Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, South Dakota's report stays due alongside Hawaii's filings.

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