Updated September 7, 2026. Quick answer: In Ohio, this document is called a Good Standing Certificate (Ohio SOS Form 500 also lists a Full Force and Effect Certificate option for LLCs), issued by the Secretary of State. $5.00, per Ohio Revised Code 111.16(K)(1), read directly this session on the state’s own codes.ohio.gov site: ‘for creating and affixing the seal of the office of the secretary of state to any good standing or other certificate, five dollars.’
What it’s called and who issues it
Ohio calls this document a Good Standing Certificate (Ohio SOS Form 500 also lists a Full Force and Effect Certificate option for LLCs), issued by the Secretary of State.
The fee
| Standard fee | $5.00 |
| Full fee detail | $5.00, per Ohio Revised Code 111.16(K)(1), read directly this session on the state’s own codes.ohio.gov site: ‘for creating and affixing the seal of the office of the secretary of state to any good standing or other certificate, five dollars.’ |
| Expedited/rush fee | $5.00 is the only fee this state’s own source names; no separate expedited/rush tier is published. |
| Fee confirmed | $5.00 as read directly from the state’s own site or fee schedule this session. |
How fast you can get it
Not confirmed this session – the live ohiosos.gov site blocked automated access, so turnaround time could not be verified directly.
What makes this state different
At $5, Ohio’s fee is among the cheapest of any state that issues this certificate.
A note on sourcing: Live ohiosos.gov itself returned 403 on every attempt this session, including the bare root domain, so turnaround-time claims could not be confirmed directly on the SOS’s own site. The $5.00 fee figure, however, was read directly this session from the Ohio Revised Code’s own text on codes.ohio.gov (Section 111.16(K)(1), effective 2025-04-03) – a different official Ohio government source stating the identical figure the Legislative Service Commission’s fee register and a Wayback capture of SOS Form 500 also state.
| Fee/process source | Secretary of State |
| Also see | Ohio Legislative Service Commission Secretary of State fee register |
| 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.