Louisiana Certificate of Good Standing / Certificate of Existence and Standing

Louisiana Business Certificate

Louisiana Certificate of Existence and Standing

Louisiana's statutory name for this document is the Certificate of Existence and Standing, commonly requested as a Certificate of Good Standing.

Order a Louisiana Certificate

Official Louisiana document

Official name: Certificate of Existence and Standing (domestic); Certificate of Authorization and Standing (foreign)

Issuing office: Louisiana Secretary of State, Commercial Division

Commonly requested for closings, lender due diligence, banking, foreign qualification, and compliance reviews.

Standard processing

$95 — usually completed the same business day when ordered by 2:00 PM.

Rush processing

$125 — priority handling, targeted within 1 hour when available (not offered Fridays).

Information typically needed

  • Exact legal business name
  • Louisiana charter/registration number, when available
  • Entity type (domestic or foreign)
  • Requested deadline and delivery requirements

Louisiana-specific note

Requests are processed through the state's geauxBIZ portal; confirm the exact certificate wording required by the requesting party before ordering.

Need the Louisiana certificate handled for you?

Signature Filings can retrieve the appropriate state-issued certificate and deliver it electronically according to the selected processing option.

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Last reviewed July 6, 2026. Signature Filings is a private third-party document retrieval service and is not affiliated with the Louisiana Secretary of State.