Hawaii LLC status check

What keeps a Hawaii LLC or corporation in good standing, what happens if a filing is missed, and how to check your status yourself. Taken from the official rules published by Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Business Registration Division (BREG).

Check your Hawaii status

On the state’s own site: open the official business search (Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Business Registration Division (BREG)). Search your exact registered name and read the status field.

The way a lender sees it: a lender’s system doesn’t just read your status — it matches your exact legal name, your filing, your domain and your email against each other. Run the same checks below.

Free check: what a lender’s system sees

Standing in Hawaii, exact legal-name match, time in business, domain age, website and business email. No account, no card, under a minute.

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What Hawaii requires to stay in good standing

	LLC	Corporation
Filing	Annual Report	Annual Report
How often	Annual	Annual
When it’s due	Filing period is the calendar quarter tied to the entity's registration date (Q1 Jan-Mar, Q2 Apr-Jun, Q3 Jul-Sep, Q4 Oct-Dec). File any time during that quarter; due by midnight HST on the quarter's last day.	Same quarterly rule as LLCs: file during the calendar quarter tied to the registration date; due by midnight HST on the quarter's last day.
State fee	$12.50 online (DCCA 2026 release). DCCA's Chapter 428 fee schedule lists a $15.00 annual report filing fee without stating method; paper fee not separately confirmed.	$12.50 online for profit corporations (DCCA 2026 release). DCCA profit-corporation fee schedule lists $15.00 annual report filing fee without stating method.

Fee conflict between DCCA sources: press releases say $12.50 online; fee schedule pages say $15.00 (method unspecified, likely the non-online fee). Do not publish a single fee without the online/other distinction. Due date is by quarter, not by exact anniversary date.

Missed it? What happens, and how to fix it

If a filing is missed

$10.00 late fee per year delinquent (DCCA release). Continued non-filing can lead to involuntary/administrative dissolution (DCCA reinstatement form); the official timeline was not confirmed.

Getting back in good standing

Application for Reinstatement (Form X-4) — state fee $25.00 for an LLC or profit corporation (nonrefundable). Domestic entities only. Must apply within two years after the effective date of involuntary dissolution; file all delinquent annual reports, pay delinquent fees/penalties, and include a Hawaii Department of Taxation tax clearance certificate.

Why lenders check this before anyone reads your application

An automated know-your-business check compares what you put on an application against the state’s record. A status that isn’t active and in good standing, or a legal name that differs from your filing by a comma or a suffix, is a common silent reason for a decline.

Fixing your status costs nothing beyond the state’s own fees; you don’t need to pay anyone to do it for you.

Common questions

When is the Hawaii LLC Annual Report due?

Filing period is the calendar quarter tied to the entity's registration date (Q1 Jan-Mar, Q2 Apr-Jun, Q3 Jul-Sep, Q4 Oct-Dec). File any time during that quarter; due by midnight HST on the quarter's last day. The state fee is $12.50 online (DCCA 2026 release). DCCA's Chapter 428 fee schedule lists a $15.00 annual report filing fee without stating method; paper fee not separately confirmed..

How do I reinstate a Hawaii LLC?

Hawaii calls it Application for Reinstatement (Form X-4). The state fee is $25.00 for an LLC or profit corporation (nonrefundable). Domestic entities only. Must apply within two years after the effective date of involuntary dissolution; file all delinquent annual reports, pay delinquent fees/penalties, and include a Hawaii Department of Taxation tax clearance certificate.

What happens if I miss the Hawaii filing deadline?

$10.00 late fee per year delinquent (DCCA release). Continued non-filing can lead to involuntary/administrative dissolution (DCCA reinstatement form); the official timeline was not confirmed.

How do I check if my Hawaii LLC is in good standing?

Search your exact registered name on Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Business Registration Division (BREG)'s business entity search (https://hbe.ehawaii.gov/documents/search.html) and read the status field. To see what a lender's verification system sees - status, exact legal-name match, domain and business email - run Peak Discounters' free fundability check.

Sources

Fees and deadlines change. Always confirm on Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Business Registration Division (BREG)’s own site before you file. Last reviewed October 16, 2026.

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