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Banks will often require a Certificate of Good Standing from a business both when opening bank accounts as well as when obtaining financing, so most people
make sure and order one at the time they incorporate so they can immediately open their business bank
accounts upon receipt of their filed formation documents.
If you are foreign qualifying a business in another state, in most cases a Certificate of Good
Standing is required. This is to prove to the jurisdiction that you are actually registered in your business entity’s home state, and that you abide by the
rules of that jurisdiction.
So what does it look like? A Certificate of Good Standing will generally have the name of the entity, a small paragraph stating that the entity is authorized to
do business in that jurisdiction, and depending on the jurisdiction that it is obtained from, it might also be on special decorative paper or have a decorative
embossed seal of some kind on it.
So, obtaining a Certificate of Good Standing is a must if you:
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