Certificate of good standing
Proof from your state that the company exists and is current on its filings. Banks, landlords and other states ask for one. Your state's name for it and your exact total appear once you pick the state.
What you get
- Requested from your state within one business day
- From $50 in total, with the state's fee shown at cost
- Your state's name for the certificate shown once you pick the state
- For LLCs and corporations; some states charge corporations a different fee
Filed in a day. One flat price. Nothing you didn't ask for.
Filed within one business day
One tier, one speed, every order. There is no rush fee here because there is no slow lane to buy your way out of.
A specialist reads every filing
Prepared and checked before it is filed. If your name or address will not clear the state, you hear from us before it goes in.
Registered agent at $99, only if you want one
Optional, and it sits beside a free option to name yourself. Most people never need to buy it.
One price, and nothing starts on its own
$100 to form, $50 flat for every filing after. The only thing that can renew is a registered agent you chose, at the price you chose it for. No tiers, no trial that turns into a charge.
How it works
Tell us about your business
Your exact total is on this page before you type anything, and nothing is charged until the last step.
We prepare and file it
A specialist reads every order and files it within one business day. If something looks wrong, we email you before filing, not after.
You get your documents
Confirmation, your stamped documents, and what to do next, in your inbox and your account as the filing moves.
Common questions
A document from the state confirming that the company exists on its record and is current on its filings. States use different names for it, such as certificate of existence or certificate of status. The order form shows your state's name for it once you pick the state.
Banks, landlords and other states. Registering the company to do business in another state, called foreign qualification, nearly always needs a recent one from your home state.
From $50 in total: $50 when the state fee is $25 or less; otherwise the state fee plus $25, rounded up to the next $5. The state's fee is shown at cost inside that total, and your exact total appears once you pick the state.
We request it from your state within one business day of your order. How long the state then takes to issue it is up to the state; we do not control that, so we do not promise a date for it.
A state generally will not certify a company as in good standing while it is behind on its filings. Filing the missed annual report, or reinstating a company the state has dissolved, usually comes first. We file both.
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FastBusinessFiling is a filing service, not a law firm or an accounting firm, and does not give legal or tax advice, including advice on which entity type, election, or state fits your situation. For that, talk to a licensed professional.
