(a) The following fees shall be paid to the department director upon the filing of corporate documents:

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-13

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Articles of incorporation: include amended and restated articles of incorporation and articles of merger. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs, unless the context otherwise requires. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
(1) Articles of incorporation, $100;
(2) Articles of amendment, $25;
(3) Restated articles of incorporation, $25;
(4) Articles of conversion or merger, $100;
(5) Articles of merger (subsidiary corporation), $50;
(6) Articles of dissolution, $25;
(7) Annual report of domestic and foreign corporations organized for profit, $25;
(8) Any other statement, report, certificate, application, or other corporate document, except an annual report, of a domestic or foreign corporation, $25;
(9) Application for a certificate of authority, $100;
(10) Application for a certificate of withdrawal, $25;
(11) Reservation of corporate name, $10;
(12) Transfer of reservation of corporate name, $10;
(13) Good standing certificate, $5;
(14) Special handling fee for review of corporation documents, excluding articles of conversion or merger, $25;
(15) Special handling fee for review of articles of conversion or merger, $75;
(16) Special handling fee for certificates issued by the department, $10 per certificate;
(17) Special handling fee for certification of documents, $10; and
(18) For filings relating to registered agents, the fees established by § 425R-2.
(b) All special handling fees shall be credited to the special fund established for use by the department of commerce and consumer affairs in expediting the processing of documents. At least two temporary business registration assistant I positions shall be paid out of the special fund.
(c) The department director shall adjust the fees assessed under this section, as necessary from time to time, through rules adopted under chapter 91.
(d) The department director shall charge and collect:

(1) For furnishing a certified copy of any document, instrument, or paper relating to a corporation, $10 for the certificate and affixing the seal thereto; and
(2) At the time of any service of process on the department director as agent for service of process of a corporation, $10, which amount may be recovered as taxable costs by the party to the suit or action causing the service to be made if the party prevails in the suit or action.
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