PLEASE NOTE:  In New Jersey a Good Standing Certificate is called a Standing Certificate.  This sometimes causes confusion when the requesting party, commonly the Secretary of State in another state besides New Jersey, requests a "Good Standing Certificate".  In these cases a New Jersey Standing Certificate will fulfill the requirements for a New Jersey Good Standing Certificate.

A New Jersey Good Standing Certificate is issued by the New Jersey Department of Treasury and is often required for loans, to renew business licenses, or for tax or other business purposes in the state of New Jersey or in any other state.

A New Jersey Certificate of Good Standing is evidence that your New Jersey business franchise - your New Jersey Corporation, LLC or LP - is in Existence, is authorized to transact business in the state of New Jersey, and complies with all state of New Jersey business requirements and therefore is in "Good Standing" in the state of New Jersey.

Also known as a New Jersey Certificate of Existence, a New Jersey Certificate of Status or a New Jersey Certificate of Authority, a New Jersey Good Standing Certificate is a one page document which looks like a letter and bears the seal of the state of New Jersey Department of Treasury. A New Jersey Good Standing Certificate is provided by the New Jersey Department of Treasury and is conclusive evidence of the existence of your New Jersey business franchise. In most cases a New Jersey 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 Jersey Good Standing Certificate, your company must be registered as a legal entity with the New Jersey Department of Treasury, i.e., your company is in existence in the state of New Jersey, and cannot be in default of New Jersey corporate rules, or suspended by the state of New Jersey.

Total cost for a New Jersey Good Standing Certificate depends on the type of company - Corporation, LLC, LLP, LP - and how fast you need the Certificate. Choose your options in the Good Standing Certificate Cost Calculator below to determine exactly how much your New Jersey Good Standing Certificate will cost.

• The New Jersey company must be registered as a legal entity with the New Jersey Department of Treasury as a Corporation, LLC or LP.
• The New Jersey company cannot be in default or suspended as defined by the laws of the state of New Jersey.
• The New Jersey company must have filed all reports required by the New Jersey Department of Treasury or any other state of New Jersey agency.

Along with the issuance date and signature of the New Jersey Department of Treasury, a New Jersey Good Standing Certificate includes the following information:

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

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 Jersey Good Standing Certificate is legal and official proof of Good Standing from the New Jersey Department of Treasury.

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

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

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

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

Yes. Each New Jersey Standing Certificate includes a unique Certification Number which may be used to verify the Certificate with the New Jersey Department of Treasury.

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

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

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

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

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

Each New Jersey Good Standing Certificate comes with a Certification Number.  A New Jersey Certificate of Good Standing may be verified using the Certification Number on the New Jersey Department of Treasury web site.

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

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

In New Jersey a Tax Status Compliance Certificate is called a Business Entity Status Report. A New Jersey Business Entity Status Report is issued by the New Jersey Division 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 New Jersey for a New Jersey Attorney we can help.

If you are ready to order a New Jersey 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.