HRS §425E-904

Getting your certificate to do business in Hawaii

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If your registration application meets the law and you pay all required fees, the director must give you a certificate allowing you to do business in Hawaii. The certificate is sent back to the person who filed the application or their representative.

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The statute, as written — Issuance of certificate of authority

A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

(a) If the director finds that an application for registration conforms to law and all requisite fees have been paid, the director shall issue a certificate of authority to transact business in this State. (b) The certificate of authority shall be returned to the person who filed the application or that person's representative.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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