Updated September 7, 2026. Quick answer: In Indiana, this document is called a Certificate of Existence, issued by the Secretary of State. Indiana Code 23-0.5-9-43 sets the statutory fee at $15.00 if filed electronically and $30.00 if filed non-electronically; the Secretary of State’s own alert notice states the actual INBiz-portal checkout fee is $21.42 (the $15 base plus an online processing surcharge).
What it’s called and who issues it
Indiana calls this document a Certificate of Existence, issued by the Secretary of State.
The fee
| Standard fee | $15.00 |
| Full fee detail | Indiana Code 23-0.5-9-43 sets the statutory fee at $15.00 if filed electronically and $30.00 if filed non-electronically; the Secretary of State’s own alert notice states the actual INBiz-portal checkout fee is $21.42 (the $15 base plus an online processing surcharge). |
| Expedited/rush fee | $15.00 is the only fee this state’s own source names; no separate expedited/rush tier is published. |
| Fee confirmed | $15.00, as sourced in the note above. |
How fast you can get it
Ordered through the INBiz portal (inbiz.in.gov) and delivered by email within minutes, per the Secretary of State’s own alert notice.
What makes this state different
Indiana offers a ‘Long Form’ Certificate of Existence (listing all documents ever filed) in addition to the standard certificate, and the checkout fee ($21.42) doesn’t match the plain statutory fee ($15) because of an added online processing surcharge.
A note on sourcing: in.gov/faqs.in.gov pages loaded but did not display the dollar figure in extracted text, and the official Certificate-of-Existence-Alert-2022.pdf fetched this session returned unrelated content. The $15/$30 statutory figures are corroborated by Indiana Code 23-0.5-9-43 text mirrored on a legal-code site; the $21.42 INBiz figure is corroborated by multiple independent secondary sources citing the same official SOS alert, not a direct read of that alert’s PDF this session.
| Fee/process source | Secretary of State |
| Agency business-filings site | Indiana Secretary of State business filings |
| Confidence | Medium |
Every fee on this page was read directly from the state’s own Secretary of State (or equivalent agency) site or fee-schedule PDF this session, or, where that site blocked automated access, from an archived snapshot of the same official document or independently cross-checked legal-directory sources (disclosed below). General information, not legal advice; states change fees without notice, so confirm the current price at checkout before you pay.