Corporate Document Retrievals Guide By State

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Last Updated: 06/29/22

 

Alabama

• Certificate of Existence/Good Standing - available electronically for $28

  • Link: ​https://www.alabamainteractive.org/sos_eCertificate/welcome.action

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically for $10.00/document certified + $3.50/page

  • Link: https://www.alabamainteractive.org/sos_bec/welcome.action​

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Alaska

• Certificate of Compliance/Good Standing - available electronically for $10

  • Link:​ https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/Corporations/CorpFormsFees.aspx

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor

  • $5.00 non-refundable fee for each Certified Copy Request. This fee is in addition to the Copy Request fee.  ​

 

Arizona

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $45 (use expedite option, sign-in required)

  • Link:​ https://ecorp.azcc.gov/AzAccount?sessionExpired=False

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.  (Plain copies available at the above mentioned link upon sign-in and doing an entity search.)

  • $5 state certification fee for each document for corps., plus $0.50 per page, $35 to expedite processing​

  • ​$10 state certification fee for each document for LLCs, plus $0.50 per page, $35 to expedite processing​

    • $30 service fee for vendor​

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Arkansas

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $25

  • Link: https://www.ark.org/sos/good_standing/index.php​

• Certified Charter Documents - NO AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

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California

• Certificate of Status/Good Standing - AVAILABLE electronically directly from state's website.  Immediately or up to 24 hours once ordered through the state's website. Log-in required.

  • $5 with instant and up to 24 hour availability. 

• Certified Charter Documents -  AVAILABLE electronically.  Log-in required.

  •  $5 for each document in the corporate filing history that has to be certified and $0.50 per page.  

    • archived filings unavailable and will still need to be requested over the counter.​

• Plain Charter Documents - AVAILABLE electronically.  Log-in Required.

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Colorado

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for free.

  • Link: https://www.sos.state.co.us/biz/BusinessEntityCriteria.do​

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically for free.

  • Link: https://www.sos.state.co.us/biz/BusinessEntityCriteria.do​

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Connecticut

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $50

  • Link: https://www.concord-sots.ct.gov/CONCORD/customer​

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor,​​

  • $55 state certification fee with 3-5 day turnaround, $105 state certification fee for 24 hour expedite service.​

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Delaware

• Certificate of Good Standing - Assign to In-House Dover office.  $50 and can be obtained same day until 5pm PST.

• Certified Charter Documents - Assign to In-House Dover office.  $50 per corporate action certified plus $2 per page for copies.  Can be obtained same day until 5pm PST.

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District of Columbia

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $50

  • Link: https://corponline.dcra.dc.gov/Account.aspx/LogOn?ReturnUrl=%2f​

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically through DCRA online.  Use expedite option for $50 to receive evidence in 2-3 business days.

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Florida

• Certificate of Status/Good Standing - available electronically $5 for LLCs and $8.75 for Corp., LP, LLP, GP

  • Link: https://services.sunbiz.org/Filings/CertificateOfStatus/StandaloneCertificateStart​

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

  • Corp. is $8.75 state certification fee​

  • LLCs is $30 state certification fee

  • LP, LLP, GP is $52.50 state certification fee + $1 per page after the first 15 pages

    • Vendor fee is $33​

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Georgia

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $10

  • Link: https://ecorp.sos.ga.gov/Account​ (sign-in required)

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically for $10

  • Link: https://ecorp.sos.ga.gov/Account​ (sign-in required)

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Hawaii

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $10

  • Link: https://hbe.ehawaii.gov/documents/search.html?mobile=N&site_preference=normal​

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically, costs varies

  • Link: https://hbe.ehawaii.gov/documents/search.html?mobile=N&site_preference=normal​​

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Idaho

• Certificate of Existence/Good Standing - available electronically for $10

  • Link: https://sosbiz.idaho.gov/search/business​  (sign-in required)

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.  (Plain copies available for immediate download through the above mentioned website after signing in.​​

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Illinois

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $26

  • Link: https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/business_services/corp.html​

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor, 24-48 hour turnaround.

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Indiana

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $18

  • Link: https://inbiz.in.gov/BOS/Home/Index​

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically for free.

  • Link: https://inbiz.in.gov/BOS/Home/Index​​

 

Iowa

• Certificate of Existence/Good Standing - available electronically for $5

  • Link: https://sos.iowa.gov/search/business/search.aspx​

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

  • $5 state certification fee, plus $1 per page​

    • Vendor fee is $30​

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Kansas

• Certificate of Good Standing - available for electronically for $10

  • Link: https://sos.ks.gov/business/business.html

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

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Kentucky

• Certificate of Existence/Authorization/Good Standing - available electronically for $10

  • Link: ​https://app.sos.ky.gov/ftsearch/default.aspx

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

  • $5 state certification fee plus and $5 up to the first 5 pages, then $0.50 per page thereafter

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Louisiana

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $20

  • Link: https://coraweb.sos.la.gov/commercialsearch/commercialsearch.aspx​

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically for $25

  • Link: https://coraweb.sos.la.gov/commercialsearch/commercialsearch.aspx​​

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Maine

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $30

  • Link: ​https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically for $5 state certification fee and $3 per document

  • Link: ​https://icrs.informe.org/nei-sos-icrs/ICRS

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Maryland​

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $40

  • Link: https://egov.maryland.gov/BusinessExpress/EntitySearch​

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically for $20 state certification fee per document plus $1 per.  All items incur a $20 expedite fee.

  • Link: https://egov.maryland.gov/BusinessExpress/EntitySearch​

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Massachusetts

• Certificate of Good standing - available electronically for corp. only.  LLC's must be ordered through vendor($31 state fee)

  • Link: http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corpweb/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx​

• Certified Charter Documents -  NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

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Michigan

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $10

  • Link: https://cofs.lara.state.mi.us/corpweb/Admin/OrderEntry.aspx​

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically for $16 minimum + $1 per page

  • Link: https://cofs.lara.state.mi.us/corpweb/Admin/OrderEntry.aspx​​

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Minnesota

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $15

  • Link: https://mblsportal.sos.state.mn.us/Business/Search​

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically for  $5 for each certification, $13 for original filing plus $10 for amendments and $3 per page

  • Link: https://mblsportal.sos.state.mn.us/Business/Search​

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Mississippi

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $25

  • Link: https://www.sos.ms.gov/BusinessServices/Pages/Order-Documents.aspx

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically 

  • Link: https://www.sos.ms.gov/BusinessServices/Pages/Order-Documents.aspx

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Missouri

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $10

  • ​​Link: ​https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/soskb/login.asp?dtm=71119212962963

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically for $10

  • Link: ​https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/soskb/login.asp?dtm=71119212962963

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Montana

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $5

  • Link:​ https://app.mt.gov/cgi-bin/bes/besCertificate.cgi

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically for $10 per document

  • Link: https://www.mtsosfilings.gov/mtsos-master/viewInstance/view.html?id=a0a384bbebaac28a9d3724e2db63338392e94403f7925a55&_timestamp=1971490307382357​

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Nebraska

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $10

  • Link: https://www.nebraska.gov/sos/corp/corpsearch.cgi?nav=search​

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically. Order through vendor.

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Nevada

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $50

  • Link: https://www.nvsilverflume.gov/home​

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically for $30 to certify as packet + $2 per page, or there is an option to certify each individual document ($30 certification fee applies to EACH document plus $2 per page)

  • Link: https://www.nvsilverflume.gov/home​​

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New Hampshire

• Certificate of Good Standing - available eletronically for $30

  • Link: https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online/Account/LandingPage​

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT available electronically.  Order through vendor.

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New Mexico

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $50

  • Link: ​https://portal.sos.state.nm.us/BFS/online/

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically for $25 

  • Link: ​https://portal.sos.state.nm.us/BFS/online/​

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New Jersey

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $30 for Corp./LP, or  $50 for LLC/LP

  • Link: https://www.njportal.com/DOR/businessrecords/

    • you must order a business status report first for $6.25 to determine if the entity filed their annual reports on time.  The state will not inform you if an entity is delinquent or out of compliance before displaying the certificate .​

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically 

  • Link: https://www.njportal.com/DOR/businessrecords/

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North Carolina

• Certificate of Good Standing/Existence - available electronically for $12

  • Link:​ https://www.sosnc.gov/online_services/search/by_title/_Business_Registration

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically

  • Link:​ https://www.sosnc.gov/online_services/search/by_title/_Business_Registration​

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North Dakota

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $20

  • Link: https://firststop.sos.nd.gov/​

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

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New York

• Certificate of Good Standing - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

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Ohio

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $5

  • Link: https://cogs.ohiosos.gov/(S(zatfobskpwgwukw1ghgbop1c))/index.aspx​

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

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Oklahoma

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $20

  • Link: https://www.sos.ok.gov/corp/order/orderDefault.aspx

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically for $10 certification fee for each document, plus $1 per page

  • Link: https://www.sos.ok.gov/corp/order/orderDefault.aspx​

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Oregon

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically at: https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oim/login?oimAction=renew&p_a_cd=CBR&p_fp_gurl=https://secure.sos.state.or.us/cbrmanager/login.action

  • $10, immediate evidence, log-in required.​

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

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Pennsylvania

• Certificate of Good standing - available electronically for $40.

  • Link: ​https://www.corporations.pa.gov/

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically.

  • Link: ​https://www.corporations.pa.gov/

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Puerto Rico

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $25 (comes with english/spanish pdfs)

  • Link: https://prcorpfiling.f1hst.com/CorporationSearch.aspx?m=oc​

• Certified Charter DOcuments NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

  • Plain copies available for immediate download at the link below at no charge.​

    • Link: https://prcorpfiling.f1hst.com/CorporationSearch.aspx​

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Rhode Island

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $22

  • Link: http://business.sos.ri.gov/CorpWeb/certificates/certificateorderform.aspx​

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.​​

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South Carolina

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $10

  • Link: https://businessfilings.sc.gov/BusinessFiling/Entity/Search​

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically

  • Link: https://businessfilings.sc.gov/BusinessFiling/Entity/Search​​

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South Dakota

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $20

  • Link: https://sosenterprise.sd.gov/BusinessServices/Business/FilingSearch.aspx

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically

  • Link: https://sosenterprise.sd.gov/BusinessServices/Business/FilingSearch.aspx​

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Tennessee

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $22.25

  • Link: https://tnbear.tn.gov/Ecommerce/CertOfExistenceInstr.aspx​

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

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Texas

• ​Certificate of Fact/Good Standing - available electronically for $15

  • Link: https://direct.sos.state.tx.us/

• Certified Charter Documents - available electronically

  • Link: https://direct.sos.state.tx.us/

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Utah

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $12

  • Link: https://secure.utah.gov/bes/​

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

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Vermont

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $25

  • Link: https://bizfilings.vermont.gov/Online/Account?referrer=COGS​

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

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Virginia

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $7.95

  • Link: https://sccefile.scc.virginia.gov/​

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

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Washington

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $20

  • Link: https://ccfs.sos.wa.gov/​

• Certified Charter Documents - Order though vendor.  The above mentioned website offers the ability to order online but certified copies are turned by regular mail.

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West Virginia

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $10

  • Link: https://apps.wv.gov/SOS/BusinessEntitySearch/​

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

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Wisconsin

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for domestic entities only right now.  Foreign entity good standings have been taken offline - order through vendor.

  • Link: https://www.wdfi.org/apps/ccs/​

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

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Wyoming

• Certificate of Good Standing - available electronically for $10

  • Link: https://wyobiz.wy.gov/Business/ViewCertificate.aspx​

• Certified Charter Documents - NOT AVAILABLE electronically.  Order through vendor.

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