HI registered agent

Hawaii. $1 a year.

Hawaii law requires a registered agent. The text is below. Read it or do not.

what Hawaii does about it

The state's remedies, quoted. No commentary.

dissolution

... dissolve a corporation if the corporation fails to: (1) Pay any fees prescribed by law; (2) File its annual report for a period of two years; (3) Appoint ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: HRS sec. 414-401(3)-(4); sec. 428-809(3)-(4)

revocation

... a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State if: (1) The corporation fails to: ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: HRS sec. 414-461(1)(C); sec. 428-1006(a)(1)(C)

also

... its existence temporarily but may carry on only business necessary to wind up ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: HRS sec. 428-810(c)-(d); sec. 414-402(c)-(d)

no court

... corporation transacting business in this State without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any court in this State until it obtains a certificate ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: HRS sec. 414-432(a), (d); sec. 428-1008(a), (e)

the rule

rule

Hawaii says:

... agent, who shall have a business address in this State and may be: (1) An individual who resides ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: HRS sec. 414-61; sec. 428-107; sec. 425R-3

the lawsuit

service

... can be found within the State, and the corporation has not filed with the department director, pursuant to this chapter, the name of a registered agent upon ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: HRS sec. 414-64(a)-(c); sec. 428-110(a)-(c); sec. 414-440(b) (foreign corporations)

coming back

reinstatement

... years after the effective date of dissolution. The application shall: (1) Recite the name of the corporation and the effective date of its administrative dissolution; (2) Contain ...

Source: state statute, via incFACTS: HRS sec. 414-403(a); sec. 428-811(a); sec. 428-1301(a)(7)

compliance

No.

the annual report

Not verified for Hawaii. We could not be bothered.

incFACTS captured this 2026-08-01 and verified it 2026-08-10. It may have changed. We would not know.

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