What Italy issues instead
Italy has no sheet with that exact name. What the register does issue is a certificato from the Camera di Commercio di Padova. That chamber extract names the business, its owners, its officers, and whether it is live, wound up or caught in a court process. Readers abroad accept it as the answer, so how to legalize a Certificate of Good Standing starts at the chamber counter.
Administrative, despite the subject
The paper talks about law, which fools people into taking it to the court. It is still an office paper. A chamber clerk signed it, not a judge and not a notaio, and the Padua desks divide their work by whose signature is on the sheet. So it belongs with the Prefettura, the Prefecture, alongside town-hall and school papers, while the Procura della Repubblica keeps the judicial and notarial pile.
Ordering it from the chamber
Say up front that the extract is leaving Italy. The chamber issues more than one flavour, and the plain one printed for domestic use may lack the signature block a foreign desk expects. Ask for the version prepared for use abroad, on paper, with a wet signature and a date. Take the company tax code with you, and a note of who is asking on the company's behalf.
The two stamps that follow
The Prefettura di Padova compares the chamber clerk's signature against the specimen it holds, then legalises it. That is the Italian half finished. One desk, one visit. That is why embassy legalization of a Certificate of Good Standing in Padua is simpler than the same job on a notarial deed.
The consulate of the destination country then adds its own seal, here in Italy. Whether that visit is owed at all depends on where the extract is going, so ask the receiving authority and work from the answer they give you in writing. Guesswork at this point is what turns a fortnight into a month.
Cost and timing
Three sums, only one of them fixed. The chamber charges for the extract, the Italian side needs a €16 marca da bollo, and the consulate sets its own fee. Read the consular price list on the day you go. Allow 10–15 business days from ordering the extract to holding the sealed file, or 3–5 business days where the mission runs a rush lane.
Who reads it abroad
Tender boards, foreign registers and banks all want the same reassurance: that the company exists today, is not in liquidation, and is represented by the person signing their forms. That is why they ask for consular legalization of a Certificate of Good Standing in Italy rather than a printout. A recent extract carries far more weight than a stamped old one, so order it late and move fast.
Sworn versions and the order of work
If a sworn version of the extract is wanted, make it before the Prefettura signs. One legalisation then covers the extract and the sworn sheet as a single bundle, and you pay to legalize a Certificate of Good Standing in Padua once rather than twice. Confirm in writing which language the receiving office reads, then book embassy attestation of a Certificate of Good Standing in Padua for the finished pair.