How to Change Your Registered Agent in Hawaii
To change your registered agent in Hawaii, you must complete and file a Statement of Change of Registered Agent by Entity with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Business Registration Division. The Hawaii Statement of Change of Registered Agent by Entity must be submitted by mail, fax, online, or walk-in and costs $25 to file. When you hire Northwest to be your new registered agent, we will file your Hawaii Statement of Change of Registered Agent paperwork for you and pay the state filing fee.
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$125 Per YearSteps to Changing Your Hawaii Registered Agent
If you would like to change your registered agent in Hawaii, you will need to complete the following three general steps:
- Select a new Hawaii registered agent. If you hire Northwest for our registered agent service, you can just as well stop reading now. We’ll handle the state filing for you and pay your filing fee.
- Notify your former registered agent that you’re moving on.
- Complete and submit your Alaska Statement of Change to the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Business Registration Division.
What are the options and different ways you can change your Hawaii registered agent?
To change your corporation or LLC’s Hawaii Registered Agent, submit the completed Form X-7, Statement of Change of Registered Agent by Entity to the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Business Registration Division (BREG). Hawaii has one universal form for changing the registered agent where you select your type of entity at the top of the form. Make sure you write or type using black ink.
The statement of change form may be filed by mail, fax, online or walk in. Filing fees may be paid to the BREG by mailing in the form with a check or by walk-in with check or credit card. To file by fax, the documents must include legible signatures, the amount of the charge, the sender’s credit card and contact information, and must specify regular or expedited review. Make checks payable to Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.
Hawaii does not allow you to change your registered agent by filing an amendment. You may change your registered agent in your Annual Report.
To ensure your former agent’s service and obligations come to a full stop, check out our Hawaii registered agent resignation page.
Changing Your Hawaii Registered Agent FAQs
There is a $25 filing fee to change your registered agent in Hawaii.
If you are a limited partnership, the filing fee is $10.
Expedited processing requires an additional $25 fee.
Don’t want to pay the change of agent fee? Switch your registered agent to Northwest, and we’ll pay the change of agent fee to switch to us! Just sign up for registered agent service. You’ll see the pre-populated change of agent form in your online account. Fill it out with your company info, sign it, and email or mail it to us, and we’ll get it filed with the state. It’s that simple!
Regular review time for documents is within approximately five business days.
Expedited review takes approximately one to three business days but requires the additional fee.
Yes, it is possible to be your own registered agent in Hawaii. Note, however, that you’ll need to be available to accept documents during regular business hours, and your name and address will become part of the permanent public record of your business.
Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Business Registration Division
King Kalakaua Building
335 Merchant Street, Rm 201
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
P.O. Box 40
Honolulu, Hawaii 96810
Phone: (808) 586-2727
Fax Filing: (808) 586-2733
Form X-7, Statement of Change of Registered Agent is available on the BREG website (see link below) or in your online account immediately, if you sign up for Hawaii registered agent service with Northwest.
Change of agent form:
Hawaii BREG DCCA Business Express Login
BREG home:
Hawaii Business Registration website
Email:
Expect More From a Registered Agent
We have a team of Hawaii experts that know the in-and-outs of all business filings and what the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Business Registration Division requires. As your registered agent we don’t wait around on any legal correspondence we receive on your behalf, we immediately scan it to your secure online portfolio so you can view it anytime, anywhere. Switch to Northwest Registered Agent today and we will file your Statement of Change of Registered Agent form and pay your filing fee, all in less than a business day.
- Instant registered agent services annual price: $125.
- Instant Hawaii forms located directly in your online account to make a filing in Hawaii.
- State resources in your registered agent service account, with self-filing instructions to help you.
- We send multiple annual report reminders, and you can also track your due dates in your online account.
- We locally scan ‘service of process’ and all documents to you in real-time for no added cost.
- And, most importantly…We’re just not annoying™.