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

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

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

Total cost for an Arkansas 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 Arkansas Good Standing Certificate will cost.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In Arkansas a Tax Status Compliance Certificate is called a Tax Clearance or Certificate of Tax Standing. An Arkansas Tax Clearance or Certificate of Tax Standing is issued by the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration 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 Arkansas for an Arkansas Attorney we can help.

If you are ready to order an Arkansas 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.