Illinois certificate of good standing
Find the official ordering service and document fees for Illinois. 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 ↗Illinois certificate fees and delivery
Illinois calls the document a Certificate of Good Standing. The corporation publication lists a $25.00 regular certificate fee and a $20.00 expedited add-on; LLC certificate pricing is handled through the corresponding Business Services request form and may vary by route. Online or in-person purchase can provide faster issuance, while mailed routine requests take longer. A certificate reflects Secretary of State status and does not certify Illinois tax compliance.
Certified copies of filed documents
Illinois uses the Corporate Request Form for Certificates of Good Standing and/or Copies of Documents and the LLC equivalent. The published fee schedule states that photocopy/certified-copy charges vary by document and request, rather than providing one universal flat-plus-per-page formula in the accessible table; expedited amounts also vary. Use the live request form or Business Services Center for the exact page count and certification total, and distinguish plain copies from certified copies.
Illinois apostilles and authentication
Illinois apostilles and foreign-document processing are handled by the Secretary of State Index Services. The 2026 Business Services Center announcement identifies apostilles as an Index Service at 160 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois, and the official starting point is https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/index.html. Submit the certified Illinois record and destination-country information under the current Index instructions; the accessible pages did not establish one universal 2026 fee or turnaround for every entity document, so verify those live before mailing.
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.