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

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

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

Total cost for a Wisconsin Good Standing Certificate depends on how fast you need the Certificate.  You can get the EXACT fee using our Wisconsin Good Standing Cost Estimator.

   

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

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

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 Wisconsin Good Standing Certificate is legal and official proof of Good Standing from the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions.

All Business Documents provides full Foreign Qualification services in the state of Wisconsin as well as any other state.

If your Corporation, LLC or LP falls out of Good Standing with the WI Department of Financial Institutions it is technically illegal for your company to do business in the state of Wisconsin or any other state. This could lead to the piercing of the corporate veil and make the owners of the Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin Company may be more expensive that those for walking away from the business and then creating an entirely new company.

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

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

In Wisconsin a Good Standing Certificate is called a Certificate of Status.   A Wisconsin Certificate of Status may be referred to by another name.

Yes. Each Wisconsin Certificate of Status includes a unique Code which may be used to verify the Certificate with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions.

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

If you place your order for a Wisconsin Good Standing Certificate before 1 PM Wisconsin time we can get your Wisconsin Good Standing Certificate as fast as 2-3 hours. We will send you a scanned copy of your Wisconsin Good Standing Certificate by email as soon as we get it from the WI Department of Financial Institutions.

The Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions 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 Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions.  In our experience the time specified is the time it usually takes the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions to process Good Standing Certificate orders.  We get your Wisconsin Good Standing Certificate request to the WI Department of Financial Institutions ASAP.  Once it is at the state we have very little or no control over the Wisconsin Good Standing Certificate process.

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

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

Each Wisconsin Good Standing Certificate comes with a Code.  A Wisconsin Certificate of Good Standing may be verified using the Code on the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions web site.

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

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

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