Updated September 7, 2026. Quick answer: In Michigan, this document is called a Certificate of Good Standing (also issued as a Certificate of Status for LLCs), issued by the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau. $10.00 to order a Certificate of Good Standing for an LLC online, by mail, or by phone, per LARA’s official Corporations Division order-system fee list; the same certificate costs $12.50 if purchased in person at the counter.
What it’s called and who issues it
Michigan calls this document a Certificate of Good Standing (also issued as a Certificate of Status for LLCs), issued by the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau.
The fee
| Standard fee | $10.00 |
| Full fee detail | $10.00 to order a Certificate of Good Standing for an LLC online, by mail, or by phone, per LARA’s official Corporations Division order-system fee list; the same certificate costs $12.50 if purchased in person at the counter. |
| Expedited/rush fee | An expedited fee equal to 25% of the total order cost is charged for in-person counter service, completed by the end of the next business day. |
| Fee confirmed | $10.00, as sourced in the note above. |
How fast you can get it
Ordered online by logging into MiLogin for Business at michigan.gov/corpfileonline and requesting the certificate, which is then emailed rather than shown instantly on-screen.
What makes this state different
Michigan’s certificate is issued by LARA, not the Secretary of State, and it sells two interchangeably-priced ($10) documents – a Certificate of Good Standing and a Certificate of Status.
A note on sourcing: The live cofs.lara.state.mi.us order-system page timed out on every attempt this session (both the original research pass and this residual-tranche pass); michigan.gov’s own LARA Corporations Division pages describe the ordering steps but never state the dollar fee. The $10.00/$12.50 figures come from a Wayback Machine snapshot (September 2024) of the official LARA order-system fee page rather than a live fetch this session – the citation link above goes to that archived snapshot rather than the currently-unreachable live page.
| Fee/process source | Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau |
| Also see | Michigan LARA Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau |
| 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.