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HRS §414D-241

How incorporators or initial directors can dissolve a corporation

This section lets a majority of a corporation's incorporators or initial directors dissolve the corporation if it has no members and hasn't started business. They must file articles of dissolution with the department director, listing required details. Any approval needed by the articles or bylaws must be obtained first.

The statute, as written — Dissolution by incorporators, initial directors, and third persons

A majority of the incorporators or initial directors of a corporation that has no members and has not commenced business, subject to any approval required by the articles or bylaws, may dissolve the corporation by delivering to the department director articles of dissolution that set forth: (1) The name of the corporation; (2) The date of its incorporation; (3) That the corporation has no members and that the corporation has not commenced business; (4) That a plan of dissolution, indicating to whom the assets owned or held by the corporation shall be distributed after all creditors have been paid, has been adopted; and (5) That a majority of the incorporators or initial directors authorized the dissolution.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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