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Hawaii annual report: the real fee, the real deadline, and the letters to ignore
The real Hawaii LLC report costs $12.50 every year and goes to the Hawaii Secretary of State, due Last day of the quarter in which the LLC was organized. Any letter from another sender that asks for more than that is adding its own charge.
The real filing
- Report
- Domestic Limited Liability Company Annual Report
- Fee
- $12.50
- How often
- Every year
- Due
- Last day of the quarter in which the LLC was organized
- Late fee
- $10
- Filed with
- Hawaii Secretary of State
How to read a Hawaii letter
- Check the sender against the state office named above.
- Compare any total with the state’s own charge ($12.50).
- Pay only on the state’s own site, which you reach by typing the address yourself.
More in the full checklist.
Having it done for you
Mainstay Filing prepares and files the annual report as part of $199 a year, with Hawaii’s fee passed through at cost. The agent-only plan ($149) does not include it. Your agent itself is a separate matter: changing it in Hawaii costs $25 (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 428-107).
What is the Hawaii LLC annual report fee?
$12.50, every year, to the Hawaii Secretary of State.
Is a Hawaii “annual report due” letter from a company real?
Only the state sets the Hawaii fee and due date. A letter from anyone else asking for more than $12.50 includes that sender’s own charge.
Sources
- Hawaii DCCA Business Registration Division release of July 1, 2026 ($12.50 online, $15 on paper; $10 late fee per year delinquent, which supersedes the $100-per-30-days maximum printed on the older Form C5): cca.hawaii.gov/breg/third-quarter-hawaii-annual-business-reports-due-2026/, checked October 1, 2026
- Hawaii yearly filing: Annual report: fee, official source read 2026-10-01: files.hawaii.gov/dcca/breg/registration/forms/c5.pdf, checked October 1, 2026
- Hawaii registered agent statute (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 428-107): www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol08_Ch0401-0429/HRS0425R/HRS_0425R-0004.htm, checked October 20, 2026