The State Bar issues a single-page Certificate of Standing to verify an attorney's name, bar number, admission date, current status, any name or status changes. Certificates of Standing.Read all the information below prior to placing your order as the ordering options and delivery types have changed. In California, your Certificate of Status comes from the Secretary of State. Download the form, print it, fill it out, then mail it in with the necessary fees. Requests for certificates of good standing must be submitted electronically through the Court's electronic filing system. Take to request good standing to start your bar of california. And have my status request of good california corporation we can request a copy. For California you can get wither the Supreme Court or the bar to issue a COGS. 6.9K subscribers in the CABarExam community.