Texas Certificate of Good Standing (District Court)
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Texas businesses are not legally required to obtain a certificate of fact - status. However, your business may choose to get one if you decide to do business outside of Texas or get a business bank account.
Texas businesses are not legally required to obtain a certificate of fact - status. However, your business may choose to get one if you decide to do business outside of Texas or get a business bank account.
A certificate of service is a signed certification that, at the time of filing, the filing party served a copy of the document on all parties to the appeal.
Normal processing takes up to 2 days, plus additional time for mailing, and costs $15. Expedited service is available for $10 more and should take less than 1 day, plus additional time for mailing. A Certificate of Fact in the State of Texas can show different information, depending on your specific request.
Certified copies of documents are $15 for the certificate and $1.00 per page of the document ordered. To order certified copies of a document from SOSDirect follow the instructions below. This link will take you to the SOSDirect homepage. You do not need to have a SOSDirect account.
A "certificate of fact - status" is a certificate issued by the Secretary of State that serves as official evidence of an entity's existence or authority to transact business in Texas.
"Certificates of Account Status," previously called "Certificates of Good Standing," provide the status of an entity's right to transact business in Texas.
Fees are as follows: $750 for normal or online processing (for-profit and professional corporations) $25 for normal or online processing (nonprofit) $25 additional for expedited processing.