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Arizona Foreign Registration Order

Arizona Foreign Registration / Statutory agent

The statutory agent rules for a foreign LLC in Arizona

Every foreign LLC registered in Arizona must keep a statutory agent in the state, and the agent has to sign an acceptance (Form M002) before the appointment counts. The agent is an Arizona resident or an authorized entity, never the LLC itself, and replacing the agent later is $5 on Form L020.

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What the statute requires

A.R.S. 29-3115 has every LLC, foreign ones included, name a statutory agent in Arizona and keep one. An agent needs a business address or a home in the state, and has to fall into one of these groups: an individual resident of Arizona, an Arizona corporation or LLC, or a foreign corporation or LLC authorized to transact business in Arizona (A.R.S. 29-3115(B)). Unless the agent signed the document making the appointment, the appointment is not effective until the agent or the company delivers a record signed by the agent accepting it (A.R.S. 29-3115(A)).

What the agent actually does

The statutory duties are narrow: pass on any process, notice or demand that arrives, to the address the company last supplied; tell the company if the agent resigns; and keep the agent's own details current in the registration (A.R.S. 29-3115(C)). It does not run the company's legal affairs. Its value is being reliably findable at a street address in Arizona so that papers reach you. The Commission's official notices also go to the agent's street address unless a separate mailing address is on file ().

Who can serve, and who cannot

WhoEligibleReason
An Arizona resident aged 18 or over with a full-time Arizona street addressYesAn individual resident
One of the LLC's own managers or members, as an individualYesProvided that person meets the resident rules
An Arizona corporation or LLCYesA domestic entity
A foreign corporation or LLC authorized in ArizonaYesAuthorized to transact business here
The LLC appointing itselfNoThe LLC must appoint someone apart from itself
A home-state agent with no Arizona authorizationNoNo place of business or authorization in Arizona

The acceptance

Form M002, the Statutory Agent Acceptance, is the usual way. The agent, or an authorized person signing for an agent that is an entity, completes and signs it. The Commission recommends delivering it together with the registration statement, and says a statement is rejected if no acceptance is in its system when the statement is examined (). If the filing is made through the ABC system, the agent can accept online from an emailed invitation.

Changing the agent or its address

Use Form L020, the LLC Statement of Change of Principal Address or Statutory Agent, at $5. The statement covers a new agent, a change in the agent's name only (a law firm renaming itself, say), or a new agent address, and an agent may use the same form to report its own address change. A new person appointed as agent also has to accept. The Commission's FAQ suggests the ABC system for these, and no publication is required.

When the agent resigns

A resigning agent files a Statutory Agent Resignation, which costs $10 at regular speed. Resignation does not end the LLC's duty to have an agent. The company has 60 days to tell the Commission, and a registration without an agent is a ground for termination (). Appoint the next agent before the old one leaves.

Privacy and the public record

The agent's name and street address appear on the Commission's website for anyone to see (). A commercial agent keeps a home address off that record. A commercial agent also solves the 'someone is always there' problem, since an individual agent must be a full-time resident of the state.

Our agent option

At checkout you can choose us as your Arizona statutory agent. We then sign the acceptance and our Arizona name and street address go on the statement, and anything served on us is forwarded to you. If you already have an agent, name them and we collect their signature.

Appointing an Arizona agent

  1. Pick the agent

    An eligible resident or an authorized entity, not the LLC.

  2. Get the street address

    A real Arizona street address, with a mailing address if wanted.

  3. Collect the acceptance

    Form M002, signed by the agent.

  4. List the agent in item 8

    Of Form L025.

  5. Change when needed

    Form L020, $5.

Agent questions

May I be my own statutory agent?

As an individual, if you are a full-time Arizona resident with an Arizona street address, yes. The LLC itself cannot serve.

How old must an individual agent be?

The Commission's FAQ says 18 and a resident of Arizona.

Does the agent need an Arizona mailing address?

If an individual agent gives a mailing address, it must be in Arizona.

Can the agent be a company?

Yes, an Arizona entity or a foreign one authorized to transact business in Arizona.

Is the agent's fee part of the Commission fee?

No. The $150 Commission fee does not include an agent.

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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
Arizona

$199

+ $150 Commission fee

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Checkout 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.

Where these facts come from

  1. Arizona Corporation Commission LLC fee schedule
  2. Arizona Form L025 instructions (Foreign Registration Statement)
  3. Arizona Corporation Commission, LLC forms
  4. Arizona Form C018 instructions (Application for Authority)
  5. Arizona Corporation Commission, corporation forms
  6. Arizona Corporation Commission corporation fee schedule
  7. Arizona Corporation Commission, business services FAQs
  8. A.R.S. 29-3903, foreign registration statement
  9. Arizona Form L020 instructions (LLC Statement of Change of Principal Address or Statutory Agent)
  10. Arizona Form M002 instructions (Statutory Agent Acceptance)
  11. A.R.S. 29-3115, statutory agent
  12. A.R.S. 29-3910, termination of registration

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.

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