Dissolve an LLC in Hawaii: ended at the DCCA, wound down everywhere.
The paperwork of ending a Hawaii company is small: the articles of termination (form llc-11), $25, filed with the DCCA Business Registration Division. Hawaii has no Secretary of State, the ending files at the DCCA, and the wind-down spans every island the company touched. The wind-down around the filing, the vote, the creditors, the final returns, is where endings succeed or fail, and it runs in order. Here is the whole sequence, with nothing left billing you afterward.
The certificate prepared and filed with the Secretary of State, with the wind-down sequenced so nothing keeps billing you afterward.
Four facts cover the whole system
The articles of termination (form llc-11), filed with the DCCA Business Registration Division for $25. It ends the company’s existence on the record; the wind-down around it is what ends its obligations. We prepare and file it →
Hawaii companies end where they began, at the DCCA’s Business Registration Division, there is no Secretary of State here. Form LLC-11, $25, ends the entity; the wind-down around it, the vote, the creditors, the GET account closure at the Department of Taxation, is the part that ends the obligations, across however many islands they accumulated.
The members authorize dissolution the way the operating agreement says, creditors get settled, assets distribute, and the final returns go in, each marked final so the accounts actually close. Hawaii adds no tax-clearance step for LLCs, but skipping the final returns leaves accounts generating questions for a company that no longer exists.
The state charges $25 for the articles of termination (form llc-11). When we handle it, the total is the state fee plus a transaction fee plus our service fee, one-time, itemized on the pricing page before you pay, with the wind-down checklist and the final-return guidance built into the filing.
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Five steps, and nothing bills you after
Hawaii’s exit runs in sequence: authorization, settlement, final returns, then the articles of termination (form llc-11) for $25 with the DCCA Business Registration Division. Done in order, nothing bills you afterward, and the record shows a company that ended on purpose.
Where you stand decides what you do next
Run the sequence, not just the filing: the wind-down checklist puts debts, taxes, and accounts in order, and we prepare and file the dissolution when the company is actually ready to end.
Then the quarter-end reports lapsed and Hawaii’s two-year clock toward involuntary dissolution started, or finished. Either way the GET account and the loose ends survived whatever the state did. The $25 termination plus a real wind-down closes it all, on your schedule instead of the DCCA’s.
The vote comes first and the operating agreement governs it: who can call the question, what majority carries, who signs. If nothing was ever written, the ending inherits the same defaults as everything else, settle the terms before the filing, not after.
The company lived on two islands, the wind-down had to visit both
Ending the Maui–Oahu operation was two goodbyes: the LLC-11 at the DCCA was one $25 filing, but the wind-down crossed the channel, the Oahu accounts, the Maui lease, the GET registration that covered both. The filing took a day; the islands took a season. One form ends the entity. The wind-down has to travel.
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How do I dissolve an LLC in Hawaii?
File the articles of termination (form llc-11) with the DCCA Business Registration Division, $25, after the wind-down: member authorization per your operating agreement, creditors settled, assets distributed, final returns filed. We handle the whole sequence as part of dissolution service.
How much does it cost to dissolve a Hawaii LLC?
The state fee is $25 for the articles of termination (form llc-11). When we handle it, the total is the state fee plus a transaction fee plus our service fee, one-time, itemized on the pricing page before you pay, with the wind-down checklist and the final-return guidance built into the filing.
Does Hawaii require tax clearance to dissolve an LLC?
No tax-clearance certificate gates the filing, but Hawaii’s general excise tax account is the one to close deliberately: final GET returns, the license cancelled, then the $25 LLC-11 at the DCCA. The state’s tax net is broad, and open GET accounts generate questions for companies that no longer exist.
What happens if I never dissolve my Hawaii LLC?
Two missed annual reports and Hawaii involuntarily dissolves the company, the DCCA’s version of an ending, which files no final GET returns, settles no debts, and closes no accounts. The loose ends stay live across every island they touched. The $25 Form LLC-11, after the wind-down, is the ending that actually finishes.
What has to happen before the papers are filed?
Authorization first, the members vote per the operating agreement. Then settlement: creditors paid or provided for, contracts closed, assets distributed. Then the final tax returns, marked final. The dissolution filing is the last domino, not the first; filed early, it ends a company that still owes its wind-down.
What should I do after the dissolution is filed?
Close the bank account, file the final federal return with the box marked final, cancel licenses and registrations that keep renewing, and keep the company records, banks, buyers, and tax authorities ask dissolved companies questions for years, and the file is what answers them.
Can File.Business dissolve my Hawaii LLC for me?
Yes: we prepare and file the dissolution with the wind-down sequenced around it, the checklist, the final-return guidance, and the record kept in your document vault after the ending is official. When we handle it, the total is the state fee plus a transaction fee plus our service fee, one-time, itemized on the pricing page before you pay, with the wind-down checklist and the final-return guidance built into the filing.
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