Hawaii certificate of good standing
Find the official ordering service and document fees for Hawaii. Your recipient may ask for a certificate of status or existence, a certified filing copy, or an apostille; check which document it needs before ordering.
Open official certificate service ↗Hawaii certificate fees and delivery
BREG calls the document a Certificate of Good Standing or Certificate of Compliance. The listed fee is $5.00, with a $10.00 expedited option, and the document can be ordered through the selected business record in Hawaii Business Express. Online availability and delivery depend on the July 2026 portal transition; email, mail, fax, or in-person requests are also accepted and can take longer.
Certified copies of filed documents
BREG lists certification at $10.00 and reproduction at $0.25 per page; the State Archives preservation fee adds $1.00 where applicable. BREG's FAQ also describes a regular-copy flat charge for certain requests and says certified copies add $10.00, so the live document order should be used to distinguish a regular copy from a certified reproduction and calculate the exact total. Online purchase is available from the record's Buy Available Docs tab.
Hawaii apostilles and authentication
Hawaii entity documents are first obtained as certified BREG records and then submitted for state authentication/apostille through the Hawaii Lieutenant Governor's Apostilles and Certifications service, not through the entity-search page. BREG's certification fee is $10.00 plus applicable copying and Archives charges; the apostille office's current fee, mailing address, and processing time were not established from the accessible BREG pages and should be verified at https://ltgov.hawaii.gov/the-office/apostilles-and-certifications/ before filing. The destination country determines apostille versus authentication.
Which document should you order?
- Proof of current registry standing
- Ask for the state’s certificate of status, existence, or good standing. It is different from a public search result and may not establish tax clearance.
- Proof of what was filed
- Order a certified copy of the specific formation document, amendment, or other filing requested.
- A document for use abroad
- Ask the receiving authority whether it requires an apostille or another form of authentication, and whether it accepts electronic documents.
Check the record before ordering
Confirm the legal name, entity number, and recipient’s required issue date. A missed report or other delinquency may need to be resolved before a certificate can be issued.