Certificate of Good Standing

What each state calls it, what it costs, and how to order it. A certificate of good standing is the document a new state asks for when you register your LLC to do business there.

Alaska AK
State fee$10
Alabama AL
State fee$25
Arkansas AR
State fee$25
Arizona AZ
State fee$10
California CA
State fee$5
Colorado CO
State feeFree
Connecticut CT
State fee$50
Delaware DE
State fee$50
Florida FL
State fee$5
Georgia GA
State fee$10
Hawaii HI
State fee$5
Iowa IA
State fee$5
Idaho ID
State fee$10
Illinois IL
State fee$25
Indiana IN
State fee$15
Kansas KS
State fee$10
Kentucky KY
State fee$10
Louisiana LA
State fee$20
Massachusetts MA
State fee$25
Maryland MD
State fee$20
Maine ME
State fee$30
Michigan MI
State fee$10
Minnesota MN
State fee$15
Missouri MO
State fee$10
Mississippi MS
State fee$25
Montana MT
State fee$5
North Carolina NC
State fee$15
North Dakota ND
State fee$20
Nebraska NE
State fee$6
New Hampshire NH
State fee$5
New Jersey NJ
State fee$50
New Mexico NM
State fee$25
Nevada NV
State fee$50
New York NY
State fee$25
Ohio OH
State fee$5
Oklahoma OK
State fee$20
Oregon OR
State fee$10
Pennsylvania PA
State fee$40
Rhode Island RI
State fee$22
South Carolina SC
State fee$15
South Dakota SD
State fee$20
Tennessee TN
State fee$20
Texas TX
State fee$15
Utah UT
State fee$12
Virginia VA
State fee$6
Vermont VT
State fee$25
Washington WA
State fee$20
Wisconsin WI
State fee$10
West Virginia WV
State fee$10
Wyoming WY
State feeFree

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