Home  Arizona Law  

 Registration of a Foreign LLC in Arizona

Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company in Arizona

How to Qualify a Non-Arizona LLC to Do Business in Arizona

by Richard Keyt, Arizona LLC, corporate and business attorney

Arizona law requires that every company and limited liability company that transacts business in Arizona must obtain authority to do so from the Arizona Corporation Commission.  This process is commonly referred to as "qualifying to do business in Arizona" or "registering to do business in Arizona."

Registering a Foreign Limited Liability Company in Arizona

A limited liability company formed outside Arizona may qualify to do business in Arizona by:

1. Filing the following documents with the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC):  (i) an Application for Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company, and (ii) an ACC coversheet.

2. Naming a statutory agent for the company who has an address in Arizona that is not a post office box.  If your LLC does not have anybody with an address in Arizona who can be its statutory agent, KEYTLaw, LLC, provides that service for $99 a year.

3. Submitting with the Application for Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company a copy of a Certificate of Good Standing (or equivalent document) issued by the appropriate government agency of the state of formation of the applicant company within 60 days of the date of filing the Application.

4. Paying the Arizona Corporation Commission a $150 filing fee.  We recommend that applicants pay an additional $35 for expedited filing to avoid unnecessary delay.

LLC Name Must Not Conflict with an Arizona Name

The Arizona Corporation Commission will not approve the Application for Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company unless the company's name is distinguishable from all of the following:

1. The corporate name of a company incorporated in Arizona or a foreign company authorized to transact business in Arizona.

2. A corporate name reserved under A.R.S. Section 10-402 or registered under A.R.S. Section 10-403.

3. A fictitious name adopted by a foreign company under A.R.S. Section 10-1506.

4. The corporate name of a nonprofit company incorporated in Arizona or a foreign nonprofit or not for profit company authorized to conduct affairs in Arizona.

5. The partnership name of a limited partnership organized and registered under the laws of Arizona or of a foreign limited partnership authorized to transact business in Arizona.

6. The name of a limited liability company formed in Arizona or a foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in Arizona.

7. A trade name registered with the Arizona Secretary of State.

8. The name of a registered limited liability partnership registered in Arizona or a foreign registered limited liability partnership authorized to transact business in Arizona.

If your company's name conflicts with an existing Arizona company name or tradename, you may still register the LLC to do business in Arizona as a foreign limited liability company, but the company will have to adopt a tradename in Arizona that does not conflict with any other Arizona names or tradenames.  Check the ACC's website to see if you LLC's name conflicts with an Arizona company name or tradename.

Application For Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company Document Preparation Service

For a fixed legal fee of $295 plus the $185 Arizona Corporation Commission expedited filing fee, Arizona business attorney Richard Keyt will prepare all of the documents necessary to qualify your non-Arizona limited liability company to register to do business in Arizona.  Our services include:

1. preparation of the Application For Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company,
2. preparation of the ACC coversheet,
3. correspondence to send the documents to you for review,
4. unlimited phone calls to discuss registering your LLC in Arizona and filing the necessary documents,
5. filing the documents with the Arizona Corporation Commission, and
6. sending you the Arizona Corporation Commission's approval letter and approved application with the ACC's filed stamp on it.

How to Hire Richard Keyt to Prepare Your Application For Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company

To hire Arizona business attorney Richard to qualify your foreign company to transact business in Arizona, complete our online Service Agreement, sign it and send it to us with your check and a Certificate of Good Standing from the state in which the LLC was formed.  If you have questions about registering your company to transact business in Arizona, call Richard Keyt at 602-906-4953, ext. 3.  See Rick Keyt's resume and areas of practice.

About the Author

Richard Keyt, J.D., LL.M. (income taxation New York University Law School) is a business, real estate, transactions, contracts and estate planning attorney licensed to practice law in Arizona.  He has formed over 2,200+ Arizona limited liability companies in the last few years because his low cost high quality LLC package is second to none and it only costs $599 for everything.  Rick has practiced law in Arizona since 1980.  Rick can be reached by telephone at 602-906-4953, ext. 3.  Email at  rickkeyt@keytlaw.com and fax at 602-297-6890.  Rick's web site located at www.keytlaw.com had over 3,000,000 visitors in 2006 - 2008.  To follow Rick on Twitter go to www.keytlaw.com/twitter.  Rick does not accept matters involving landlord / tenant disputes or litigation of any kind (other than tax lien foreclosures).  Communicating with Richard Keyt via email or otherwise does not cause you to become a client or cause your communications to be confidential or subject to the attorney client privilege.

For Non-Arizona LLCs

To hire KEYTLaw to prepare the documents to register your company as a foreign limited liability company in Arizona, complete the online Service Agreement, sign it and send it to us with your check and Certificate of Good Standing.

Call Rick at 602-906-4953, ext. 3 if you have questions about registering your company to do business in Arizona or questions about our online Service Agreement.

For Non-Arizona Corporations

To hire KEYTLaw to prepare the documents to register your corporation to transaction business in Arizona, complete the online Service Agreement, sign it and send it to us with your check and corporate documents.

Call Rick at 602-906-4953, ext. 3 if you have questions about qualifying your corporation to do business in Arizona or questions about our online Service Agreement.

This page was last modified on December 12, 2009.

Privacy Policy | Disclaimers | Terms of Use | Suggestions  | Credit Card Security