Good Standing Certificates (general content)

Obtaining a Good Standing Certificate or Certificate of Status for any legal entity in any of the 50 U.S. states is a smooth and cost-effective process with DBI Global Filings, LLC.

Our service fee is $35 plus state filing fees. In many cases, we can secure your Good Standing certificate in some states in as little as 2-3 hours. DBI Global Filings, LLC is the trusted choice for certified documents.

General Information about Certificates of Good Standing aka Existence, Compliance, Status

A certificate of good standing is issued by a state for a limited liability company (LLC), corporation, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability limited partnership, etc.

Good standing simply means that a company has paid all franchise taxes or fees and that any annual reports have been filed with the jurisdiction where the company is incorporated.

Reasons to obtain a certificate of good standing include:

• to foreign qualify your company in another state
• opening a bank account
• leasing office or warehouse space
• obtaining credit from a bank or leasing company
• prove to a court of other entity

Even though a company may be in good standing in the state where it is incorporated, the company may still be involved in any one or more of the following:

• investigation for labor law violations
• an audit for unpaid payroll. unemployment, and/or trust-fund taxes
• having its property seized for unpaid state and federal income taxes
• delinquent on its property taxes
• convicted of multiple felony crimes
• under suspicion for securities fraud
• in bankruptcy
• being sued for causing people to die due to its products being defective, and
• have the entire board of directors indicted for suspected criminal behavior

Why order your Certificates of Good Standing from DBI Global Filings, LLC?

• Easy to order online, by phone or live chat
• Transparent pricing -- our processing fee plus state fees -- no hidden fees
• Experienced document retrieval staff
• Same business day processing in most cases
• Email and/or hard copy delivery
• All major credit cards, Western Union and bank wires accepted
• In business since 1986
• Lifetime customer support

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