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Foreign registration · Form FLLC-1

Idaho LLC Foreign Registration in Hawaii

An LLC formed in Idaho that wants to do business in Hawaii files Form FLLC-1, with $51 in state fees. Hawaii also asks for Idaho's Certificate of Existence ($10), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Business Registration Division using your Idaho records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Idaho and Hawaii each ask for

	Idaho formed here	Hawaii registering here
Document	Idaho Certificate of Existence	Form FLLC-1, Application for Certificate of Authority for Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$10	$51 at order
How it is handled	Idaho: online or by mail	Filed with Hawaii
Office	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services	Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Business Registration Division
Official page	sosbiz.idaho.gov	cca.hawaii.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, no fee, every year	Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form C6), $15, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	Last day of the quarter in which the foreign LLC was registered in Hawaii
Agent	Your Idaho registered agent	Our Hawaii registered agent

From Idaho to Hawaii, step by step

Order the Idaho certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($10) is ordered from Idaho separately; it is not part of our Hawaii order. Hawaii counts 60 days from the day Idaho issues it, so the order goes in shortly before filing.
We prepare and file Form FLLC-1
It lists us as your Hawaii registered agent, next to your Idaho name and formation date, with the certificate attached. The Idaho certificate comes first; then the Hawaii filing goes in. Once Hawaii approves it, the Idaho company can do business there.

First-year cost, Idaho to Hawaii

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$51
Certificate of Existence, paid to Idaho	$10
Our service, with a year of Hawaii registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Idaho certificate included	$260

Will your Idaho name work for Hawaii?

We check your exact Idaho name against Hawaii's records before filing.

Agents: Hawaii and Idaho

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

Yearly filings: Hawaii and Idaho

Each year your LLC files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee) and Hawaii's Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form C6) ($15). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Idaho plus Hawaii comes to $164 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

The other way: Hawaii into Idaho

An LLC formed in Hawaii that registers with Idaho files Idaho's registration (no form number) with $103.50 in state fees, plus the Good Standing Certificate ($5) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Questions Idaho owners ask about Hawaii

Does my Idaho company need to register in Hawaii?

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

How much does the Hawaii registration cost?

$250 at checkout plus $10 to Idaho for the Certificate of Existence, $260 in all (checkout is $51 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Idaho's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Hawaii wants Idaho's Certificate of Existence ($10), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Idaho and Hawaii?

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

What if I don't register with Hawaii?

An Idaho company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Hawaii require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Hawaii LLC instead?

Yes, but Idaho keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Hawaii's Domestic Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form C5) ($12.50), and the original keeps Idaho's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Hawaii later?

Idaho companies leave by filing Form FLLC-2; until then, Hawaii's report stays due alongside Idaho's filings.

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