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

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

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

Total cost for a Colorado 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 Colorado Good Standing Certificate will cost.

• The Colorado company must be registered as a legal entity with the Colorado Secretary of State as a Corporation, LLC or LP.
• The Colorado company cannot be in default or suspended as defined by the laws of the state of Colorado.
• The Colorado company must have filed all reports required by the Colorado Secretary of State or any other state of Colorado 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 Colorado Secretary of State, a Colorado Good Standing Certificate includes the following information:

A Corporation, LP or LLC that is registered in the state of Colorado may require a Colorado Good Standing Certificate to qualify as a "Foreign Corporation" in a state other than Colorado.  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 Colorado is a "Domestic Corporation" in California and a "Foreign Corporation" in the state of Colorado.

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.

A Colorado Good Standing Certificate is legal and official proof of Good Standing from the Colorado Secretary of State.

If your Corporation, LLC or LP falls out of Good Standing with the CO Secretary of State it is technically illegal for your company to do business in the state of Colorado or any other state. This could lead to the piercing of the corporate veil and make the owners of the Colorado 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 a Colorado Company depends on the exactly why the Corporation, LLC or LP is not in Good Standing. In some cases the fees for reinstatement of a Colorado Company may be more expensive that those for walking away from the business and then creating an entirely new company.

A Colorado Good Standing Certificate is issued by the Colorado Secretary of State for business entities that have registered with the state of Colorado.  A Sole Proprietorship or DBA is not normally registered with the Colorado Secretary of State so a Colorado Certificate of Good Standing cannot be issued for them.

If you own a Colorado business and have not registered as a Corporation, LLC, LP or other legal entity with the Colorado Secretary of State, then you are a Sole Proprietor by default.  Nothing needs to be filed with the Colorado Secretary of State 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 Colorado 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 Colorado Business).

A Colorado Good Standing Certificate may be referred to by another name.

Yes. Each Colorado Good Standing Certificate includes a unique Confirmation Number which may be used to verify the Certificate with the Colorado Secretary of State.

Yes.  A Colorado Good Standing Certificate includes the Date of Incorporation for a Colorado Corporation or the Date of Organization for a Colorado LLC.

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

The Colorado Secretary of State 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 Colorado Secretary of State.  In our experience the time specified is the time it usually takes the Colorado Secretary of State to process Good Standing Certificate orders.  We get your Colorado Good Standing Certificate request to the CO Secretary of State ASAP.  Once it is at the state we have very little or no control over the Colorado Good Standing Certificate process.

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

Some institutions may request that a Colorado Good Standing Certificate be less than a certain number of days old.  Generally the information included on a Colorado 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 Colorado Good Standing Certificate is being used.

Each Colorado Good Standing Certificate comes with a Confirmation Number.  A Colorado Certificate of Good Standing may be verified using the Confirmation Number on the Colorado Secretary of State web site.

We can email you a copy of your Colorado Good Standing Certificate the same day, usually within 2-3 hours after we get your order.  If the recipient of your Colorado Certificate of Good Standing requires official validation, they can go to the Colorado Secretary of State web site for quick verification.  The web address to verify a Colorado Certificate of Good Standing on the Colorado Secretary of State web site is printed on each Colorado Good Standing Certificate.

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

In Colorado a Tax Status Compliance Certificate is called a Tax Status Letter. A Colorado Tax Status Letter is issued by the Colorado 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 Colorado for a Colorado Attorney we can help.

If you are ready to order a Colorado 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.