(a) If the department director determines that one or more grounds exist under § 414-461 for revocation of a certificate of authority, the department director shall give written notice of the department director’s determination by mailing the notice to the foreign corporation at its last known address appearing in the records of the department director.
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-462
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
Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit incorporated under a law other than the law of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 414-3
(b) If the foreign corporation does not correct each ground for revocation or demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the department director that each ground determined by the department director does not exist within sixty days after the date of mailing of the department director’s written notice, the department director may revoke the foreign corporation’s certificate of authority by signing a certificate of revocation that recites the ground or grounds for revocation and its effective date.(c) Upon revoking any certificate of authority, the department director shall issue a certificate of revocation that shall be filed in the department director’s office, and the authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in this State shall immediately cease thereafter.(d) Revocation of a foreign corporation’s certificate of authority does not terminate the authority of the registered agent of the corporation.
