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

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

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

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

   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In New York a Good Standing Certificate is called a Certificate of Existence.   A New York Certificate of Existence may be referred to by another name.

No. A New York Good Standing Certificate does not include a unique verification number.

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

We can get your New York Good Standing Certificate to you as fast as 1-2 business days. If you choose the scanned email copy option on the New York Good Standing Certificate Cost Calculator below, we will send you a scanned copy of your New York Good Standing Certificate by email as soon as we get it from the NY Secretary of State.

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

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

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

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

In New York a Tax Status Compliance Certificate is called a . A New York is issued by the New York Department of Taxation and Finance and is sometimes called a Tax Clearance Certificate or an Entity Status Letter or a Certificate of Account Status.