Question: I know Arizona LLC law requires that I prepare and publish a Notice of Publication in the an Arizona Corporation Commission approved newspaper for three consecutive publications. What is a Notice of Publication and where can I get it?
Answer: Effective January 1, 2017, Arizona’s LLC law was modified to provide that a Notice of Publication must be published in a newspaper only if the LLC’s known place of business is outside Maricopa County or Pima County. The Notice of Publication is a document that every new LLC with a known place of business in a county other than Maricopa or Pima must prepare and deliver to an ACC approved newspaper in the county in which the LLC has its known place of business as stated in its Articles of Organization filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission. If you need a Notice of Publication, just copy and paste the below text into your word processor and edit it to add the information for your LLC.
Use the following form Notice of Publication for an LLC that is member managed.
Notice For Publication
ACC File Number: __________________
1. Articles of Organization have been filed in the office of the Arizona Corporation Commission for _________________________________________________, LLC
2. The address of the known place of business of the company is: _____________________________________________________.
3. The name and street address of the company’s agent for service of process are: _____________________________________________________.
4. Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members.
5. The name(s) and address(es) of each Member of this limited liability company are: _____________________________________________________.
Use the following form Notice of Publication for an LLC that is member managed.
Use the following form Notice of Publication for an LLC that is manager managed.
Notice For Publication
ACC File Number: __________________
1. Articles of Organization have been filed in the office of the Arizona Corporation Commission for _________________________________________________, LLC
2. The address of the known place of business of the company is: _____________________________________________________.
3. The name and street address of the company’s agent for service of process are: _____________________________________________________.
4. Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers.
5. The name(s) and address(es) of each Manager of this limited liability company are: _____________________________________________________.
[Option 1: If no members owns 20% or more of the LLC use the following sentence and delete Option 2.]
6. No member of the limited liability company owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of this limited liability company.
[Option 2: If any member owns 20% or more of the LLC use the following sentence and delete Option 1.]
6. The name(s) and address(es) of each Member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of this limited liability company are: _____________________________________________________.
Are personal addresses really necessary? I feel a little hesitant posting my home address in a newspaper.
If you don’t want your home or business address to appear on the public records of the Arizona Corporation Commission or be published in a newspaper when you form an Arizona LLC then get a post office box or UPS mail box before you form the LLC.