For companies formed outside Arizona
Bring your out-of-state company into Arizona
We assemble the full document packet, file it with the Arizona Corporation Commission and pick the speed tier with you.
- ReceivedOrder in
- Packet readyDocuments assembledPacket ready
- FiledWith the Commission
- ApprovedRegistration on record
- Our price
- $199
- Commission fee
- $150
- Statutory agent
- Included, first year; $149/yr after
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A foreign LLC registers in Arizona by filing the Foreign Registration Statement (Form L025) with the Arizona Corporation Commission for $150, together with a certificate of existence from the formation state that is no more than 60 days old. A corporation files Form C018 for $175. Our fee, $199, covers our work, and the Commission's fee passes through at cost.
Arizona wants a full packet. The statement travels with a certified copy of your organizing documents, a signed acceptance from the statutory agent, an attachment listing who manages the company, and a cover sheet. The Commission also sells speed in five tiers, from regular handling to a two-hour review. This page gives the whole picture; the pages linked from it take each part in turn.
- Filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission
- Full document packet assembled
- Arizona statutory agent available
In every order
The whole packet, not just the form
A certificate dated inside 60 days, certified copies of your organizing documents, the agent acceptance and the structure attachment all go in together.
Form L025 or C018 prepared
Your answers go onto the Form L025 for an LLC or the Form C018 for a corporation, signed by an authorized person.
Speed tier of your choice
Regular, expedite, next day, same day or two-hour. We file at the tier you pick and show its fee on its own line.
Arizona statutory agent
Use ours, with an Arizona street address, or name the one you already have.
Nothing recurring for LLCs
Arizona asks no annual report from an LLC. We tell you what does recur, such as amendments and agent changes.
Email, answered
A question about your packet goes to the person assembling it.
From order to approved registration
Share the company details
The exact legal name, formation state and date, a short description of the Arizona business, who manages the company, and who signs.
We order the home-state papers
A certificate of existence or good standing, no more than 60 days old on delivery, and a certified copy of your organizational documents.
We line up the agent
An Arizona statutory agent is named, and the agent's signed acceptance goes into the packet.
We file at your speed
The statement, the attachments, the cover sheet and payment go to the Commission online or on paper, at the tier you chose.
You receive the approval
We forward the Commission's approval and tell you which changes would need a later filing.
The Arizona filing in one table
- Official name
- Foreign Registration Statement
- LLC form
- Form L025, Foreign Registration Statement
- Corporation form
- Form C018, Application for Authority to Transact Business or Conduct Affairs in Arizona
- Agency
- Arizona Corporation Commission, Corporations Division
- Commission fee
- $150 for an LLC, $175 for a corporation or nonprofit
- Speed options
- Regular, $35 expedite, $100 next day, $200 same day, $400 two-hour
- Home-state proof
- A certificate dated within 60 days, plus certified organizing documents
- Publication
- Not required for an LLC; required for a corporation after approval
- Annual report
- None for LLCs; corporations file one
- Typical regular handling
- 14 to 16 days, per the Commission's FAQ
What each entity type pays the Commission
| Entity type | Form | Commission fee |
|---|---|---|
| Limited liability company | Form L025 | $150 |
| Business corporation | Form C018 | $175 |
| Nonprofit corporation | Form C018 | $175 |
The fees and speed page adds the tier surcharges, the certificate costs and worked totals. Limited partnerships and LLPs follow a different route, so write to us before ordering one.
The packet is the real work
The Commission examines the statement and everything attached to it, and sends back whatever is missing. For an LLC the packet holds the signed Foreign Registration Statement, a certificate of existence, certificate of good standing or similar document from the state or country of formation, dated not more than 60 days before delivery, a certified copy of the organizational documents on file at home (A.R.S. 29-3903(C)), the statutory agent's acceptance, and the manager or member structure attachment. A company resolution joins it when the LLC must use a different name in Arizona. A cover sheet goes on top of all of it.
That is why the packet guide comes before the form pages on this site.
Choosing a speed
Regular handling carries no extra fee, and the Commission's FAQ calls 14 to 16 days typical, with the weekly posted times governing. An expedite adds $35 and is typically 3 to 5 days. The faster tiers promise a review by a deadline: next day for $100, same day for $200 when the filing arrives before 10 a.m., and two hours for $400 between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. They are reviews, so an incomplete packet still gets sent back. Spending on speed only pays when the packet is right.
Do you have to register?
Registration comes before business: the statute bars a foreign LLC from operating in Arizona until it has registered (A.R.S. 29-3902(A)). A short list of 11 activities is carved out, including defending a lawsuit, internal gatherings, a bank account, sales through independent contractors, orders accepted elsewhere, a single isolated deal, mere ownership of property and interstate commerce (A.R.S. 29-3905(A)). Whether your own activities sit inside that list is a call the Commission declines to make, and it points LLCs in doubt to an attorney. The doing business page goes through the list and the usual cases.
What happens if you skip it
Without registration an LLC loses access to Arizona courts as a plaintiff (A.R.S. 29-3902(B)). Its deals still bind the other side, it can still answer a lawsuit, and its owners keep the liability shield their home law gives them. No dollar fine appears in the LLC statute. A corporation faces more: back fees and a penalty of as much as $1,000. See the penalties page.
Afterwards: very little, for an LLC
The Commission says LLCs are not required to file annual reports; only corporations are (). What an LLC does have to do is keep the Commission's record accurate: amend the registration when its facts change, keep a statutory agent on file, and answer interrogatories. Missing these can lead to termination of the registration after notice. The annual report page and the statutory agent page explain each.
Corporations, nonprofits and special entities
A foreign corporation files Form C018 for $175 and adds a Certificate of Disclosure, certified copies of its original articles and amendments, and the agent acceptance. Unlike an LLC, it must publish notice after the Commission approves the document. A foreign professional LLC can register, and describes its professional services on the form. Words such as bank or trust in a name need an approval letter first. Limited partnerships and LLPs are outside the forms described on this site, so email us.
Leaving, and doing it yourself
An LLC that stops doing business files a $10 statement of withdrawal, described on the withdrawal page. If you would rather file the paperwork yourself, the walkthrough covers both the paper and the online route. Companies formed in Delaware or Wyoming have their own pages: Delaware LLC in Arizona and Wyoming LLC in Arizona.
A realistic timeline
The home state sets the first leg. Certificates and certified copies come back in whatever time that office takes, which is why we order them first and only then start the clock on the Arizona side. Once the packet is complete and delivered, the Commission's own estimate takes over: 14 to 16 days at regular speed, 3 to 5 days with the expedite, or a promised review the same day, the next day or within two hours on the paid tiers. An LLC that can wait loses nothing by staying at regular speed. A company with a signing next week should price the faster tiers against the cost of a missed date.
Who signs, who manages, who is listed
Arizona asks three things about people. The statement is signed by an authorized person, who can be an individual or an entity acting through its own signer. The management choice names either the managers or the members, and the attachment lists them with addresses. For a manager-managed LLC, every member holding 20 percent or more is listed too. All of this becomes public record, so settle who is named before the form goes in. The statutory agent is the fourth person, and the only one who also has to accept in writing.
Registered agent: first year included, then $149 a year
$199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Our price and the Commission fee
Arizona registration order
- Form L025 for an LLC or Form C018 for a corporation, completed and signed
- The home-state certificate and certified organizational documents, ordered for you
- The statutory agent acceptance and the structure attachment
- An Arizona statutory agent, from us or already yours
- Filing with the Commission at the speed tier you choose
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
$199
+ $150 Commission fee
Start my Arizona registrationCheckout shows our price, the Commission fee and any speed tier as separate lines. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Arizona registration questions
What is the Arizona price for registering a foreign LLC?
The Commission fee is $150, or $185 with the expedite. We add $199. The certificate and certified copies you order from your home state are billed by that state.
What is the age limit on the formation-state certificate?
Not more than 60 days before it is delivered to the Commission, so order it close to the filing.
Does the statutory agent have to sign anything?
Yes. The appointment is not effective until the agent signs an acceptance, and an application without one on record is rejected.
Can the LLC be its own agent?
No. The LLC must appoint someone else, such as one of its managers or members as an individual.
Does Arizona require publication?
Not for a foreign LLC registration. A foreign corporation publishes after approval.
Does Arizona want a yearly report?
Not from LLCs. A for-profit corporation pays $45 and a nonprofit pays $10.
Can I file online?
Yes. The Commission strongly encourages its ABC online system, and some online filings are processed immediately.
Which speed should I choose?
If your packet is complete and you have a deadline, an expedite or one of the day tiers helps. If it is not complete, speed only brings the rejection sooner.
What if another company already holds my LLC's name here?
The LLC can register under an alternate name adopted by a company resolution attached to the statement.
How much does it cost to leave?
A statement of withdrawal is $10 at regular speed.
Where these facts come from
- Arizona Corporation Commission LLC fee schedule
- Arizona Form L025 instructions (Foreign Registration Statement)
- Arizona Corporation Commission, LLC forms
- Arizona Form C018 instructions (Application for Authority)
- Arizona Corporation Commission, corporation forms
- Arizona Corporation Commission corporation fee schedule
- Arizona Corporation Commission, business services FAQs
- A.R.S. 29-3903, foreign registration statement
- A.R.S. 29-3902, registration to do business
- A.R.S. 29-3905, activities not constituting doing business
Opening an Arizona branch of an out-of-state company?
Order online and we assemble the packet, file with the Commission and follow it to approval.