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

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

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

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

   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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