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

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

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

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

   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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