Updated September 7, 2026. Quick answer: In Massachusetts, this document is called a Certificate of Good Standing, issued by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division. $25.00 for a Limited Liability Company’s Certificate of Good Standing, per the official Corporations Division fee schedule (distinct from the $12.00 charged for a corporation’s Certificate of Good Standing).
What it’s called and who issues it
Massachusetts calls this document a Certificate of Good Standing, issued by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division.
The fee
| Standard fee | $25.00 |
| Full fee detail | $25.00 for a Limited Liability Company’s Certificate of Good Standing, per the official Corporations Division fee schedule (distinct from the $12.00 charged for a corporation’s Certificate of Good Standing). |
| Expedited/rush fee | A $3.50 expedited fee applies for fax/electronic orders in the $15.00-$24.99 price tier, per the same page. |
| Fee confirmed | $25.00 as read from an archived capture of the state’s own fee schedule; the live page blocked automated access this session (see the sourcing note below). |
How fast you can get it
Electronic certificates, including ‘Domestic LLC – Legal Existence,’ are available as a distinct online product per the Corporations Division’s Electronic Certificates page.
What makes this state different
Massachusetts prices the identical-sounding certificate differently by entity type ($25 for an LLC vs. $12 for a corporation), and separately sells a cheaper $12 Certificate of Existence for LLCs as a distinct, lesser product.
A note on sourcing: The Corporations Division’s live fee-schedule page (sec.state.ma.us) is behind a bot-mitigation challenge that returned no fee content to this session by any automated route, so the $25.00 figure was confirmed instead against an archived capture of that same official page taken 2026-08-26, whose Limited Liability Companies section lists ‘Certificate of Good Standing $25.00’ and ‘Certificate of Existence $12.00’ (the $12.00 Certificate of Good Standing appears in the separate corporations section). The figure is a direct read of the state’s own fee schedule; only the capture, not the live page, was reachable.
| Fee/process source | Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division |
| Also see | Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division business filings |
| Confidence | High |
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.