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

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

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

Total cost for a Mississippi Good Standing Certificate depends on how fast you need the Certificate. Choose your options in the Good Standing Certificate Cost Calculator below to determine exactly how much your Mississippi Good Standing Certificate will cost.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In Mississippi a Tax Status Compliance Certificate is called a . A Mississippi is issued by the Mississippi 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 Mississippi for a Mississippi Attorney we can help.

If you are ready to order a Mississippi Good Standing Certificate now, simply fill in the Good Standing Certificate Order Form below and press the Place Order button. If you have any questions you can call us at 855-771-2477 or email us at CorpServices@AllBizDocs.com.