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- HRS Chapter 414 – Hawaii Business Corporation Act
- HRS Chapter 414D – Hawaii Nonprofit Corporation Act
- HRS Chapter 415A – Professional Corporation Act
- HRS Chapter 419 – Corporations Sole For Ecclesiastical Purposes
- HRS Chapter 420D – Sustainable Business Corporations
- HRS Chapter 421 – Agricultural Cooperative Associations
- HRS Chapter 421C – Consumer Cooperative Associations
- HRS Chapter 421H – Limited-Equity Housing Cooperatives
- HRS Chapter 421I – Cooperative Housing Corporations
- HRS Chapter 425 – Partnerships
- HRS Chapter 425E – Uniform Limited Partnership Act
- HRS Chapter 428 – Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
- HRS Chapter 482 – Trademarks, Prints, Labels, and Trade Names Registration and Protection Of
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- Can I submit my document(s) for filing via email or fax?
- How can I access business registration forms?
- How can I find out who the officers/directors, partners, members, managers or registered agents of a company are?
- How can I request a Good Standing Certificate (Certificate of Compliance), Copy or Certified Copy?
- How do I register a Hawaii business?
- How do I request a copy or certified copy of a document filed with the Department?
- How do I view TIF/TIFF images?
- How will I be informed if there is a problem with forms I submit?
- What business types must register?
- What is a registered agent?
- When is my annual report or annual statement filing due and will I be notified when it is due?
- Limited Liability Companies
- Name Reservations
- Profit Corporations
- Are there rules regarding specifying an effective date/time for mergers?
- If my corporation is no longer in business, how do I take it off record with the Department?
- What are the filing requirements for mergers between foreign corporations and domestic corporations?
- What form should I use to file a corporation merger?
- What is the difference between the Articles of Amendment, Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, and Restated Articles of Incorporation?
- Trade Name, Trademark, Service Mark
- Does registering my trade name with the Department mean that I own that trade name?
- If I have checked and found no use of the name I want in the State but have also found a registration for that name, can I get the Department to revoke the earlier registration?
- If I want to register a trade name that I have been using for a while and find that someone else has already registered that name, can I get that registration revoked?
- If more than one person has chosen the same (or very similar) trade name, who has ownership of the name?
- If my registration is accepted, how long is that registration valid?
- If registering my trade name does not give me ownership rights, why should I bother with registering the name at all?
- Is there a difference between a corporate name and a trade name?
- What are specimens for trademarks and service marks?
- What are the trademark and service mark classifications?
- What is the difference between a Trade Name, Trademark, and a Service Mark?
- Will the Department check to make sure that no one else is using the same name that I want to use?
- Filing Tips
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- General Info on Registering
- How do I cancel my trade name, trademark or service mark registration?
- If my LLC is no longer in business, how do I end my registration with the Department?
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- Purchase a Business Registration Document Online
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- Sustainable Business Corporations
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- United States Patent And Trademark Office
- View/Purchase a Certificate of Good Standing Online
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