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

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

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

Total cost for a South Dakota 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 South Dakota Good Standing Certificate will cost.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No. A South Dakota Good Standing Certificate does not include a unique verification number.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If you are ready to order a South Dakota 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.