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

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

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

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

   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In Nevada a Tax Status Compliance Certificate is called a . A Nevada is issued by the Nevada Department of Taxation 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 Nevada for a Nevada Attorney we can help.