What is a Certificate of Legal Existence?
Certificate of Legal Existence is Connecticut's name for what most states call a Certificate of Good Standing. Issued by the Connecticut Secretary of the State, the document confirms that your LLC or corporation is properly registered and current with state filings. The substance is identical to a Certificate of Good Standing from any other state.
Only one state uses “Certificate of Legal Existence”
Connecticut is the lone holdout with this terminology. Other states use Certificate of Good Standing, Certificate of Existence, Certificate of Status, Subsistence Certificate, or Standing Certificate. Every one of them is the same document for the same purpose.
Certificate of Legal Existence vs. Certificate of Good Standing
No functional difference. Banks, landlords, courts, and other states accept the two interchangeably. The Connecticut Certificate of Legal Existence will satisfy any out-of-state request for a Connecticut entity's Certificate of Good Standing.
- · Issuing office: Connecticut Secretary of the State (business.ct.gov)
- · State filing fee and our total: on the Connecticut page, from our state data
- · Processing time: set by the state; see the Connecticut page
- · Requesters often want it dated within 90 days (most banks prefer within 30)
- · Required compliance: current annual report, current franchise tax, registered agent on file
A Certificate of Legal Existence is a Certificate of Good Standing under another name. Price, processing time and how to order are on the state page: Connecticut.
Get your Connecticut Certificate of Legal Existence.
From $75, state filing fee included. Processing time is set by each state; see your state's page.