Updated September 7, 2026. Quick answer: In Texas, this document is called a Certificate of Fact – Status, issued by the Texas Secretary of State (Certifying Team). $15 per certificate. The official Texas SOS fee schedule (direct.sos.state.tx.us) states: “Certificate of Fact (including Certificate of Existence or Status) – $15,” which applies to LLCs the same as other entity types.
What it’s called and who issues it
Texas calls this document a Certificate of Fact – Status, issued by the Texas Secretary of State (Certifying Team).
The fee
| Standard fee | $15 |
| Full fee detail | $15 per certificate. The official Texas SOS fee schedule (direct.sos.state.tx.us) states: “Certificate of Fact (including Certificate of Existence or Status) – $15,” which applies to LLCs the same as other entity types. |
| Expedited/rush fee | $15 is the only fee this state’s own source names; no separate expedited/rush tier is published. |
| Fee confirmed | $15, as sourced in the note above. |
How fast you can get it
The SOS Certificate of Fact – Status can be ordered via SOSDirect (online), email, or mail; the pages fetched this session did not state an instant/immediate-download turnaround the way some other states explicitly do.
What makes this state different
Texas runs a dual-agency process unlike most peers: the $15 SOS Certificate of Fact – Status proves legal existence, while a separate Certificate of Account Status from the Comptroller (confirming franchise-tax compliance) is required before SOS will process an LLC’s termination or withdrawal.
A note on sourcing: The $15 SOS fee itself is a clean, directly-fetched primary-source read (high confidence on that number, re-confirmed live again this session). However, no comptroller.texas.gov or sos.texas.gov page fetched this session states a dollar amount (including $0) for the Comptroller’s Certificate of Account Status in plain text. The ‘no charge’ claim for that certificate comes only from an AI-generated summary of search results on official domains, not a page read directly, so no fee figure is stated for the Comptroller certificate and the overall entry is flagged medium confidence because the two-agency picture is only partially source-confirmed.
| Fee/process source | Texas Secretary of State (Certifying Team) |
| Also see | Texas Secretary of State Copies and Certificates |
| 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.