A Hawaii Good Standing Certificate is issued by the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and is often required for loans, to renew business licenses, or for tax or other business purposes in the state of Hawaii or in any other state. A Hawaii Certificate of Good Standing is evidence that your Hawaii business franchise - your Hawaii Corporation, LLC or LP - is in Existence, is authorized to transact business in the state of Hawaii, and complies with all state of Hawaii business requirements and therefore is in "Good Standing" in the state of Hawaii.

Also known as a Hawaii Certificate of Existence, a Hawaii Certificate of Status or a Hawaii Certificate of Authority, a Hawaii Good Standing Certificate is a one page document which looks like a letter and bears the seal of the state of Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. A Hawaii Good Standing Certificate is provided by the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and is conclusive evidence of the existence of your Hawaii business franchise. In most cases a Hawaii Certificate of Good Standing can be valid up to a year depending on the requirements of the Good Standing Certificate requester.

To obtain a Hawaii Good Standing Certificate, your company must be registered as a legal entity with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, i.e., your company is in existence in the state of Hawaii, and cannot be in default of Hawaii corporate rules, or suspended by the state of Hawaii.

Total cost for a Hawaii Good Standing Certificate depends on the type of company - Corporation, LLC, LLP, LP - and how fast you need the Certificate. Choose your options in the Good Standing Certificate Cost Calculator below to determine exactly how much your Hawaii Good Standing Certificate will cost.

• The Hawaii company must be registered as a legal entity with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs as a Corporation, LLC or LP.
• The Hawaii company cannot be in default or suspended as defined by the laws of the state of Hawaii.
• The Hawaii company must have filed all reports required by the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs or any other state of Hawaii agency.

Some states verify that all taxes have been paid and all required reports have been filed. Other states include bare minimum language that confirms only that a company is in existence and has not been dissolved.

Along with the issuance date and signature of the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, a Hawaii Good Standing Certificate includes the following information:

A Corporation, LP or LLC that is registered in the state of Hawaii may require a Hawaii Good Standing Certificate to qualify as a "Foreign Corporation" in a state other than Hawaii.  A Foreign Corporation is a Corporation that is registered with a state agency, usually the Secretary of State, in one state and has the Authority to do business in another state. 

For example, a Corporation registered in the state of California that plans to do business in the state of Hawaii is a "Domestic Corporation" in California and a "Foreign Corporation" in the state of Hawaii.

All states require you to register as a Foreign Corporation with a state agency, usually the Secretary of State, in order to do business in their state.  In order to register as a Foreign Corporation in any state you must provide evidence that you are registered and are in Good Standing in another state as a Domestic Corporation or LLC.  This evidence is a Certificate of Good Standing from the state in which your Corporation or LLC was originally formed.

A Hawaii Good Standing Certificate is legal and official proof of Good Standing from the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

If your Corporation, LLC or LP falls out of Good Standing with the HI Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs it is technically illegal for your company to do business in the state of Hawaii or any other state. This could lead to the piercing of the corporate veil and make the owners of the Hawaii business liable for penalties and law suits.

In order to get back into Good Standing you will have to pay a Reinstatement Fee.

The cost to Reinstate a Hawaii Company depends on the exactly why the Corporation, LLC or LP is not in Good Standing. In some cases the fees for reinstatement of a Hawaii Company may be more expensive that those for walking away from the business and then creating an entirely new company.

A Hawaii Good Standing Certificate is issued by the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs for business entities that have registered with the state of Hawaii.  A Sole Proprietorship or DBA is not normally registered with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs so a Hawaii Certificate of Good Standing cannot be issued for them.

If you own a Hawaii business and have not registered as a Corporation, LLC, LP or other legal entity with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, then you are a Sole Proprietor by default.  Nothing needs to be filed with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to create a Sole Proprietorship.  If you plan to use a name different from your first and last name then you would register in the Hawaii county in which you do business with your first and last name "Doing Business As" (DBA) the name of your business (for example: Sue Smith, DBA Sue's Hawaii Business).

A Hawaii Good Standing Certificate may be referred to by another name.

Yes. Each Hawaii Good Standing Certificate includes a unique Authentication Code which may be used to verify the Certificate with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

Yes.  A Hawaii Good Standing Certificate includes the Date of Incorporation for a Hawaii Corporation or the Date of Organization for a Hawaii LLC.

If you place your order for a Hawaii Good Standing Certificate before 1 PM Hawaii time we can get your Hawaii Good Standing Certificate as fast as 2-3 hours. We will send you a scanned copy of your Hawaii Good Standing Certificate by email and put a paper copy of your Certificate in the mail as soon as we get it from the HI Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs reserves the right to extend expedite periods in time of extreme volume, staff shortage or equipment malfunction.  We are dependent on, and have no control over, the staff and systems of the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.  In our experience the time specified is the time it usually takes the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to process Good Standing Certificate orders.  We get your Hawaii Good Standing Certificate request to the HI Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs ASAP.  Once it is at the state we have very little or no control over the Hawaii Good Standing Certificate process.

A valid expiration date is not written on a Hawaii Good Standing Certificate.  The validity of a Hawaii Certificate of Good Standing is usually determined by the intended recipient of the Good Standing Certificate.

Some institutions may request that a Hawaii Good Standing Certificate be less than a certain number of days old.  Generally the information included on a Hawaii Certificate of Good Standing is implied to be valid for 60-90 days but it really depends on the nature of the business for which the Hawaii Good Standing Certificate is being used.

Each Hawaii Good Standing Certificate comes with a Authentication Code.  A Hawaii Certificate of Good Standing may be verified using the Authentication Code on the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs web site.

We can email you a copy of your Hawaii Good Standing Certificate the same day, usually within 2-3 hours after we get your order.  If the recipient of your Hawaii Certificate of Good Standing requires official validation, they can go to the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs web site for quick verification.  The web address to verify a Hawaii Certificate of Good Standing on the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs web site is printed on each Hawaii Good Standing Certificate.

If you need to verify that all outstanding tax liabilities for a Hawaii Corporation or Hawaii LLC have been paid then you need a Hawaii Tax Status Compliance Certificate.

In Hawaii a Tax Status Compliance Certificate is called a Tax Clearance Application. A Hawaii Tax Clearance Application is issued by the Hawaii Department of Taxation and is sometimes called a Tax Clearance Certificate or an Entity Status Letter or a Certificate of Account Status.

If you need a Good Standing Certificate from the highest Court in the state of Hawaii for a Hawaii Attorney we can help.

If you are ready to order a Hawaii Good Standing Certificate now, simply fill in the Good Standing Certificate Order Form below and press the Place Order button. If you have any questions you can call us at 855-771-2477 or email us at CorpServices@AllBizDocs.com.