Wisconsin certificate of good standing
Find the official ordering service and document fees for Wisconsin. Your recipient may ask for a certificate of status or existence, a certified filing copy, or an apostille; check which document it needs before ordering.
Open official certificate service ↗Wisconsin certificate fees and delivery
Wisconsin Certificate of Status, including long form, costs $10. Requests are processed in order and may take up to 10 business days; expedited processing is $25 per document. Email delivery is the default unless mail, pickup, or courier is selected.
Certified copies of filed documents
Wisconsin certified copies of an individual document or complete charter document cost $10; simple copies cost $5. The DFI schedule does not use a universal per-page fee for these listed products, and expedited processing is $25 per document.
Wisconsin apostilles and authentication
Wisconsin apostille/authentication requests begin through DFI's foreign-use certificate service and the Wisconsin Secretary of State authentication office at https://sos.wi.gov/Pages/Services/Authentications.aspx. A notarized-for-foreign-country certificate/copy is $10 from DFI; confirm the separate apostille fee, delivery address, and turnaround.
Which document should you order?
- Proof of current registry standing
- Ask for the state’s certificate of status, existence, or good standing. It is different from a public search result and may not establish tax clearance.
- Proof of what was filed
- Order a certified copy of the specific formation document, amendment, or other filing requested.
- A document for use abroad
- Ask the receiving authority whether it requires an apostille or another form of authentication, and whether it accepts electronic documents.
Check the record before ordering
Confirm the legal name, entity number, and recipient’s required issue date. A missed report or other delinquency may need to be resolved before a certificate can be issued.