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CERTIFIED COPIES OF DOCUMENTS

A certified copy is a duplicate of an original document that is certified as a true copy. There are a variety of business and regulatory reasons to obtain a certified copy, and you can read about them below.

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Overview

Certified Copies are copies of any document that an entity has filed with the state which are then officially certified by that state. It is an official state-issued certificate verifying that the document referenced is a true and correct copy of the original document that was filed.

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Often, Corporations and Limited Liability Companies are required to provide certified documents. Examples include the following:

A Secretary of State may request certified copies when an entity intends to foreign qualify
In the event that an individual or entity loses original documents and needs to have copies on file for their internal company records
Certified copies are useful for internal record-keeping purposes

The most common request is Certified Copies of Articles of Incorporation and All Amendments Thereto.

Other types of documents for which requests for certification are frequently received include:

Formations
Amendments
Certificates of authority (qualification documents)
Dissolutions