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Foreign registration · Form FLLC-1

Indiana LLC Foreign Registration in Hawaii

To do business in Hawaii, an LLC formed in Indiana registers there on Form FLLC-1, with $51 in state fees. Hawaii also asks for Indiana's Certificate of Existence ($15), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Business Registration Division from your Indiana records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Indiana and Hawaii each ask for

	Indiana formed here	Hawaii registering here
Document	Indiana Certificate of Existence	Form FLLC-1, Application for Certificate of Authority for Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$15	$51 at order
How it is handled	Indiana: online through INBiz, emailed after payment and kept in the INBiz documents list	Filed with Hawaii
Office	Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Business Registration Division
Official page	inbiz.in.gov	cca.hawaii.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Business Entity Report, $32, every two years	Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form C6), $15, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month, every 2 years	Last day of the quarter in which the foreign LLC was registered in Hawaii
Agent	Your Indiana registered agent	Our Hawaii registered agent

From Indiana to Hawaii, step by step

Order the Indiana certificate
The Certificate of Existence ($15) is ordered from Indiana separately; it is not part of our Hawaii order. Hawaii counts 60 days from the day Indiana issues it, so the order goes in shortly before filing.
We prepare and file Form FLLC-1
It names us as your Hawaii registered agent, with your Indiana name and formation date and the certificate attached. The Indiana certificate comes first; then the Hawaii filing goes in. Once Hawaii approves it, the Indiana company can do business there.

First-year cost, Indiana to Hawaii

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$51
Certificate of Existence, paid to Indiana	$15
Our service, with a year of Hawaii registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Indiana certificate included	$265

Your Indiana name and Hawaii's rules

We search Hawaii's records for Indiana's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Hawaii agent and the Indiana one

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

Yearly filings: Hawaii and Indiana

Indiana wants the Business Entity Report every two years ($32); Hawaii wants the Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form C6) every year ($15). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

The other way: Hawaii into Indiana

An LLC formed in Hawaii that registers with Indiana files State Form 56369 with $105 in state fees, plus the Good Standing Certificate ($5) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Indiana to Hawaii

Does my Indiana company need to register in Hawaii?

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

How much does the Hawaii registration cost?

$250 at checkout plus $15 to Indiana for the Certificate of Existence, $265 in all (checkout is $51 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Indiana's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Hawaii wants Indiana's Certificate of Existence ($15), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Indiana and Hawaii?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Indiana's report ($32, every two years) and Hawaii's report ($15).

What if I don't register with Hawaii?

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

Does Hawaii require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Hawaii LLC instead?

Yes, but Indiana 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 Indiana's Business Entity Report.

How do I withdraw from Hawaii later?

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

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