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title: "AO 136 certificate of good standing"
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law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
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# AO 136 certificate of good standing

> Link to AO 136, the district court's certificate of good standing. The form page is effective 1 October 2013. The opened PDF is the clerk's certificate, revision 10/13, and it contains no party perjury declaration.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/us-ao-136-good-standing  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution.md)
- Jurisdictions: United States
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at uscourts.gov and the 2 authorities it cites, for United States.

## When to use it

Use when counsel needs the current district-court form by which the clerk certifies admission and good standing. The opened PDF is the certificate the clerk signs. It is not a party affidavit, and no live task asks for that certificate.

## How AI may be used

The tool may record that the opened form is the clerk's certificate and list the blanks on it, and it must not draft the certificate or say that a lawyer is in good standing.

**AI may:**

- Remind the lawyer that the opened PDF is signed by the clerk, not by the applicant, and that the extract contains no perjury declaration
- Remind the lawyer not to merge a court-of-appeals certificate into this district-court form. No appeals variant was opened

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft the clerk's certificate or fill the blanks as if the certificate had been issued
- Must not state that a lawyer is admitted or in good standing
- Must not add a perjury declaration. The opened extract does not contain one
- Must not describe a request affidavit. The opened PDF is the certificate itself

**The lawyer checks:**

- The form page gives the form number AO 136 and an effective date of 1 October 2013. The title is Certificate of Good Standing (District Court)
- The opened PDF is headed AO 136 (Rev. 10/13) Certificate of Good Standing. It is the clerk's certificate: the clerk certifies that the named lawyer was duly admitted and is in good standing
- The extract is short. It does not contain a party request, a supporting affidavit, or a perjury declaration. Do not invent a request form
- No court-of-appeals good-standing form was opened. Do not merge one into AO 136

## Authorities

- [United States Courts, Certificate of Good Standing (District Court), AO 136, page opened 22 October 2026](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/forms/certificate-good-standing-district-court)
- [AO 136 (Rev. 10/13) PDF opened 22 October 2026. The extract is the clerk's certificate](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/ao136.pdf)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/forms/certificate-good-standing-district-court)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by uscourts.gov; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/us-ao-136-good-standing and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*