Links to Request Certificates of Good Standing by State
To obtain a certificate of good standing, clients will need to contact the business filing agency in their state.
In most cases, this will be the Secretary of State’s office or a related division. However, in some instances, clients may need to reach out to a different agency that handles entity filings and maintains state records.
The process for requesting a certificate varies by state; clients may be able to do so in person, online, by phone, or via mail, email, or fax.
Below are the specific steps and fees for requesting a certificate in each state:
Midwest
Illinois: https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/business_services/business_searches.html
Indiana: https://inbiz.in.gov/business-filings/information-requests/
Iowa: https://sos.iowa.gov/business/certificates.html
Kansas: https://sos.kansas.gov/online-services/certificate-of-good-standing/
Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1631_54330_75088-202258--,00.html
Minnesota: https://mblsportal.sos.state.mn.us/Business/Search
Missouri: https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/LoginWelcome.aspx?lobID=1&ReturnURL=%7e%2fDashboard.aspx
Nebraska: https://sos.nebraska.gov/business-services/business-services-division
North Dakota: https://firststop.sos.nd.gov/
Ohio: https://businesssearch.ohiosos.gov/
South Dakota: https://sosenterprise.sd.gov/BusinessServices/Business/CertOfExistenceInstr.aspx
Wisconsin: https://www.wdfi.org/apps/CorpFormation/corp_order.asp
Northeast
Connecticut: https://business.ct.gov/certificates-of-legal-existence?language=en_US
Maine: https://apps3.web.maine.gov/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS
Massachusetts: https://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corpweb/Certificates/CertificateOrder.aspx
New Hampshire: https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online/BusinessInquire
New Jersey: https://www.njportal.com/DOR/businessrecords/EntityDocs/StandingCerts.aspx
New York: https://dos.ny.gov/certificate-status
Rhode Island: https://www.sos.ri.gov/divisions/business-services/order-certificates
Vermont: https://www.vtsosonline.com/online/Account?referrer=BusinessSearch
South
Alabama: https://www.sos.alabama.gov/business-services/business-entity-records
Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/service/ar-corp-cert-good-standing/
Florida: https://dos.myflorida.com/sunbiz/manage-business/certification/
Georgia: https://ecorp.sos.ga.gov/
Kentucky: https://www.sos.ky.gov/bus/businessrecords/Pages/default.aspx
Louisiana: https://coraweb.sos.la.gov/CommercialSearch/CommercialSearch.aspx
Maryland: https://egov.maryland.gov/businessexpress
Mississippi: https://www.sos.ms.gov/business-services-regulation
North Carolina: https://www.sosnc.gov/divisions/business_registration/online_business_services
Oklahoma: https://www.sos.ok.gov/corp/corpInquiryFind.aspx
South Carolina: https://businessfilings.sc.gov/BusinessFiling/Entity/Search
Tennessee: https://tnbear.tn.gov/Ecommerce/FilingSearch.aspx
Virginia: https://cis.scc.virginia.gov/
West Virginia: https://apps.wv.gov/SOS/BusinessEntitySearch/
Southwest
Arizona: https://ecorp.azcc.gov/
New Mexico: https://portal.sos.state.nm.us/BFS/online/Account
Nevada: https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/online-services
Texas: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/copies.shtml
Utah: https://secure.utah.gov/osbr-user/user/welcome.html
West
Alaska: https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl
California: https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/
Colorado: https://www.sos.state.co.us/biz/BusinessEntityCriteriaExt.do
Hawaii: https://hbe.ehawaii.gov/documents/search.html
Idaho: https://sosbiz.idaho.gov/search/business
Montana: https://sosmt.gov/business/
Oregon: https://secure.sos.state.or.us/cbrmanager/index
Washington: https://ccfs.sos.wa.gov/#/BusinessSearch
Wyoming: https://wyobiz.wyo.gov/Business
Territories
Puerto Rico: https://prcorpfiling.f1hst.com
Guam: https://www.guamtax.com/
US Virgin Islands: https://www.corporationsandtrademarks.vi.gov/