Hawaii

Foreign registration · Form FLLC-1

Michigan LLC Foreign Registration in Hawaii

Hawaii registers an LLC from Michigan as a foreign LLC on Form FLLC-1, with $51 in state fees. Hawaii also wants Michigan's Certificate of Good Standing ($10), dated within 60 days. We file it with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Business Registration Division using your Michigan records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Michigan and Hawaii each ask for

	Michigan formed here	Hawaii registering here
Document	Michigan Certificate of Good Standing	Form FLLC-1, Application for Certificate of Authority for Foreign Limited Liability Company
State fee	$10	$51 at order
How it is handled	Michigan: online, emailed to the MiLogin for Business account	Filed with Hawaii
Office	Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations Division	Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Business Registration Division
Official page	michigan.gov	cca.hawaii.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Statement, $25, every year	Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form C6), $15, every year
Due	February 15	Last day of the quarter in which the foreign LLC was registered in Hawaii
Late yearly filing	$10 late fee	$100 late fee
Agent	Your Michigan resident agent	Our Hawaii registered agent

How Michigan companies register with Hawaii

Order the Michigan certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($10) is ordered from Michigan separately; it is not part of our Hawaii order. Hawaii counts 60 days from the day Michigan 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 Michigan name and formation date and the certificate attached. Once Michigan's certificate is in hand, Hawaii's filing goes in. Once Hawaii approves it, the Michigan company can do business there.

Hawaii costs for Michigan companies

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

Your Michigan name and Hawaii's rules

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

Your Hawaii agent and the Michigan one

Hawaii calls it a registered agent; Michigan says resident agent. Hawaii papers come to us; Michigan's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Hawaii and Michigan

Each year your LLC files Michigan's Annual Statement ($25) and Hawaii's Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form C6) ($15). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Michigan plus Hawaii comes to $189 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

Registering a Hawaii company in Michigan

An LLC formed in Hawaii that registers with Michigan files Form CSCL/CD 760 with $50 in state fees, plus the Good Standing Certificate ($5) dated within 30 days. See that filing.

Questions Michigan owners ask about Hawaii

Does my Michigan company need to register in Hawaii?

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

How much does the Hawaii registration cost?

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

Do I need Michigan's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Hawaii wants it ($10), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Michigan and Hawaii?

$189 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to Michigan and $15 to Hawaii for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Hawaii?

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

Does Hawaii require a registered agent?

Yes: the Michigan resident agent stays, and ours covers Hawaii for year one.

Can I form a new Hawaii LLC instead?

Yes, but Michigan 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 Michigan's Annual Statement.

How do I withdraw from Hawaii later?

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

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