Pennsylvania · Certificate of Subsistence

Pennsylvania Certificate of Subsistence Apostille

Pennsylvania calls its good-standing record a Certificate of Subsistence. We retrieve and apostille it for use abroad.

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Corporate filings · Worldwide return
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Pennsylvania Department of StateBureau of Corporations and Charitable OrganizationsPO Box 8722 | Harrisburg, PA 17105-8722T: 717-787-1057dos.pa.gov/BusinessCharities

Regarding:Laurel Crest Global Logistics LLC

Request Type:Certificate of Subsistence

Request No.:BCO-260914-4817

Receipt No.:RC-884106

Filing Type:Limited Liability Company

Filing Subtype:Domestic

Initial Filing Date:March 18, 2019

Status:Active

Issuance Date:September 14, 2026

File No.:7164829

TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:

I DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT

LAUREL CREST GLOBAL LOGISTICS LLC

is currently subsisting on the records of the Department of State as of the issuance date herein.

I DO FURTHER CERTIFY THAT this Subsistence Certificate shall not imply that all fees, taxes and penalties owed to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are paid.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of my office to be affixed, the day and year above written

Morgan L. AveryActing Secretary of the Commonwealth
Verify this certificate online at www.file.dos.pa.gov
SAMPLE · FICTIONAL BUSINESS INFORMATION

We obtain it

We can order the certificate for you

Any PA entity

Corporations, LLCs, LPs, and nonprofits

Translations

Certified and sworn options

Worldwide return

Tracked domestic or international shipping

Pricing

Apostille any Pennsylvania business document.

Start with apostille service, then add record retrieval or 24–48 hour expedited handling only when needed.

Base Service
Pennsylvania Business Documents

Apostille Only

$275
first apostille
2–4 business days

Apostille a Certificate of Subsistence, certified copy, initial filing, annual report, or engrossed certificate issued in Pennsylvania.

  • First business record included
  • Each additional apostille is $115
  • Completion scans included
Optional Record Retrieval

Apostille + Retrieval

+$50
per retrieved record
3–6 business days

Add retrieval when you need us to obtain a Pennsylvania business record before we submit it for apostille.

  • $275 apostille service remains the base
  • $50 for each record we retrieve
  • No upload required for retrieved records
Priority Service

24–48 Hour Expedited

$375
per order
One expedited fee for the order

Choose priority handling for urgent Pennsylvania business documents. Retrieval remains a separate $50 charge for each requested record.

  • Applies once to the entire order
  • Retrieval added only when requested
  • Completion scans included

Each additional apostille is $115. Certified and sworn translations are selected separately in the order form.

Other records we obtain

Not just subsistence certificates.

Tap any record to see how we obtain it. Every one comes as a certified true copy from the Pennsylvania Department of State, apostilled in the same order.

Certified
true copy
Pennsylvania Department of State

Certificate of Subsistence

Pennsylvania's good-standing record — proof your entity exists and is active with the Department of State.

  • Obtained from Harrisburg
  • Certified true copy
  • Apostilled same order

$275 apostille · $115 each additional · +$50 retrieval

Your order timeline

Every document follows one clear path.

Retrieval, expedited handling, translations, and shipping are selected independently, so your order includes only what you need.

Step 1 · All business documents

Choose business records

Select every Pennsylvania business and record that needs an apostille.

Step 2 · Retrieval is optional

Upload or retrieve

Upload records you already have, or ask us to retrieve them for $50 each.

Step 3 · Harrisburg filing

Apostille processing

Choose standard $275 service or one 24–48 hour expedited service for $375.

Step 4 · Selected separately

Translation options

Choose specific records for certified or sworn translation, including apostille cover sheets when needed.

Step 5 · You choose delivery

Scans and delivery

Receive digital scans, or add tracked domestic or international return shipping.

Send or Drop Off

Philadelphia document intake

Attn: Pennsylvania — Certificate of Subsistence
12 E Highland Avenue, Suite 203
Philadelphia, PA 19118
(215) 892-2680
Expected Timing

Know what happens next

Document reviewWithin 24 hours
Apostille only2–4 business days
We obtain & apostille3–6 business days
Optional translation3–7 business days
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Avoid rejections

Why these documents get rejected abroad.

A Pennsylvania certificate is an official Commonwealth record. Many clients order it here, then send it to a cheaper service to be notarized and certified as a true copy by another secretary of state. That paper can be apostilled — and it is still refused at the destination.

Rejected
abroad
The shortcut

Notarized and re-certified somewhere else.

  1. Order the certified copy from the Pennsylvania business hub.correct step
  2. Send it to a cheaper service to be notarized and re-certified.
  3. Have a different secretary of state apostille that notarized copy.
  4. Present it abroad as a notarized document instead of a Commonwealth record.

That is the trap: the apostille itself is genuine, but the document underneath it is no longer the Commonwealth record the receiving authority asked for. Foreign ministries check the chain of custody, not just the stamp.

Accepted
first time
The correct way

Apostilled as issued, through the Commonwealth.

  1. Order the certified copy from the Pennsylvania Department of State.
  2. Keep it exactly as Harrisburg issued it — no notary, no re-certification.
  3. Apostille that original certified copy through the Commonwealth.
  4. Present one unbroken chain of authority to the receiving ministry.

Official Commonwealth documents are not notarized. They are apostilled in their original certified copy format, directly through the Commonwealth — one document, one chain, one fee.

Apostille #1WastedThe notarized copy is refused at the destination, apostille and all.
Apostille #2Paid againA second apostille is bought to correct what the first company filed.
Time lost2–4 weeksRejections surface after the file lands abroad, not before you ship it.

One apostille, done right the first time. Skip the second company, the extra notarization, and the second apostille charge.

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May 21, 2026
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