An Arizona Good Standing Certificate is issued by the Arizona Corporation Commission and is often required for loans, to renew business licenses, or for tax or other business purposes in the state of Arizona or in any other state. An Arizona Certificate of Good Standing is evidence that your Arizona business franchise - your Arizona Corporation, LLC or LP - is in Existence, is authorized to transact business in the state of Arizona, and complies with all state of Arizona business requirements and therefore is in "Good Standing" in the state of Arizona.

Also known as an Arizona Certificate of Existence, an Arizona Certificate of Status or an Arizona Certificate of Authority, an Arizona Good Standing Certificate is a one page document which looks like a letter and bears the seal of the state of Arizona Corporation Commission. An Arizona Good Standing Certificate is provided by the Arizona Corporation Commission and is conclusive evidence of the existence of your Arizona business franchise. In most cases an Arizona Certificate of Good Standing can be valid up to a year depending on the requirements of the Good Standing Certificate requester.

To obtain an Arizona Good Standing Certificate, your company must be registered as a legal entity with the Arizona Corporation Commission, i.e., your company is in existence in the state of Arizona, and cannot be in default of Arizona corporate rules, or suspended by the state of Arizona.

Total cost for an Arizona Good Standing Certificate depends on the type of company - Corporation, LLC, LLP, LP - and how fast you need the Certificate. Choose your options in the Good Standing Certificate Cost Calculator below to determine exactly how much your Arizona Good Standing Certificate will cost.

• The Arizona company must be registered as a legal entity with the Arizona Corporation Commission as a Corporation, LLC or LP.
• The Arizona company cannot be in default or suspended as defined by the laws of the state of Arizona.
• The Arizona company must have filed all reports required by the Arizona Corporation Commission or any other state of Arizona agency.

Some states verify that all taxes have been paid and all required reports have been filed. Other states include bare minimum language that confirms only that a company is in existence and has not been dissolved.

Along with the issuance date and signature of the Arizona Corporation Commission, an Arizona Good Standing Certificate includes the following information:

A Corporation, LP or LLC that is registered in the state of Arizona may require an Arizona Good Standing Certificate to qualify as a "Foreign Corporation" in a state other than Arizona.  A Foreign Corporation is a Corporation that is registered with a state agency, usually the Secretary of State, in one state and has the Authority to do business in another state. 

For example, a Corporation registered in the state of California that plans to do business in the state of Arizona is a "Domestic Corporation" in California and a "Foreign Corporation" in the state of Arizona.

All states require you to register as a Foreign Corporation with a state agency, usually the Secretary of State, in order to do business in their state.  In order to register as a Foreign Corporation in any state you must provide evidence that you are registered and are in Good Standing in another state as a Domestic Corporation or LLC.  This evidence is a Certificate of Good Standing from the state in which your Corporation or LLC was originally formed.

An Arizona Good Standing Certificate is legal and official proof of Good Standing from the Arizona Corporation Commission.

If your Corporation, LLC or LP falls out of Good Standing with the AZ Corporation Commission it is technically illegal for your company to do business in the state of Arizona or any other state. This could lead to the piercing of the corporate veil and make the owners of the Arizona business liable for penalties and law suits.

In order to get back into Good Standing you will have to pay a Reinstatement Fee.

The cost to Reinstate an Arizona Company depends on the exactly why the Corporation, LLC or LP is not in Good Standing. In some cases the fees for reinstatement of an Arizona Company may be more expensive that those for walking away from the business and then creating an entirely new company.

An Arizona Good Standing Certificate is issued by the Arizona Corporation Commission for business entities that have registered with the state of Arizona.  A Sole Proprietorship or DBA is not normally registered with the Arizona Corporation Commission so an Arizona Certificate of Good Standing cannot be issued for them.

If you own an Arizona business and have not registered as a Corporation, LLC, LP or other legal entity with the Arizona Corporation Commission, then you are a Sole Proprietor by default.  Nothing needs to be filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission to create a Sole Proprietorship.  If you plan to use a name different from your first and last name then you would register in the Arizona county in which you do business with your first and last name "Doing Business As" (DBA) the name of your business (for example: Sue Smith, DBA Sue's Arizona Business).

An Arizona Good Standing Certificate may be referred to by another name.

No. An Arizona Good Standing Certificate does not include a unique verification number.

Yes.  An Arizona Good Standing Certificate includes the Date of Incorporation for an Arizona Corporation or the Date of Organization for an Arizona LLC.

If you place your order for an Arizona Good Standing Certificate before 1 PM Arizona time we can get your Arizona Good Standing Certificate as fast as 2-3 hours. We will send you a scanned copy of your Arizona Good Standing Certificate by email and put a paper copy of your Certificate in the mail as soon as we get it from the AZ Corporation Commission.

The Arizona Corporation Commission reserves the right to extend expedite periods in time of extreme volume, staff shortage or equipment malfunction.  We are dependent on, and have no control over, the staff and systems of the Arizona Corporation Commission.  In our experience the time specified is the time it usually takes the Arizona Corporation Commission to process Good Standing Certificate orders.  We get your Arizona Good Standing Certificate request to the AZ Corporation Commission ASAP.  Once it is at the state we have very little or no control over the Arizona Good Standing Certificate process.

A valid expiration date is not written on an Arizona Good Standing Certificate.  The validity of an Arizona Certificate of Good Standing is usually determined by the intended recipient of the Good Standing Certificate.

Some institutions may request that an Arizona Good Standing Certificate be less than a certain number of days old.  Generally the information included on an Arizona Certificate of Good Standing is implied to be valid for 60-90 days but it really depends on the nature of the business for which the Arizona Good Standing Certificate is being used.

If you need to verify that all outstanding tax liabilities for a Arizona Corporation or Arizona LLC have been paid then you need an Arizona Tax Status Compliance Certificate.

In Arizona a Tax Status Compliance Certificate is called a . An Arizona is issued by the Arizona Department of Revenue and is sometimes called a Tax Clearance Certificate or an Entity Status Letter or a Certificate of Account Status.

If you need a Good Standing Certificate from the highest Court in the state of Arizona for an Arizona Attorney we can help.

If you are ready to order an Arizona Good Standing Certificate now, simply fill in the Good Standing Certificate Order Form below and press the Place Order button. If you have any questions you can call us at 855-771-2477 or email us at CorpServices@AllBizDocs.com.