Arizona law requires that your Arizona LLC keep accurate information about its members, managers, place of business and statutory agent on file with the Arizona Corporation Commission. The manager or members of your LLC should check the ACC’s records for the LLC a minimum of every six months to make sure the information on file is correct.

It’s very easy to review your LLC’s ACC information. It only takes a couple of minutes. To review an LLC’s records on file with the Arizona Corporation Commission go to the ACC’s online LLC database.  Enter the name of your LLC and click on the Search icon.

Click on the name of your LLC to go the page that displays the ACC’s information about your company. Check your company’s information to make sure everything is correct. You should also click on the button in the upper right hand corner that says “Check Corporate Status” and make the result says “This Limited Liability Company is in Good Standing.” If you do not get a good standing result, something is seriously wrong and you need to determine the problem and correct it immediately.

If any information about your LLC is incorrect, your LLC must take steps to correct the incorrect information. To change the address of the LLC, or a member or manager, complete a Statement of Change of Manager or Member Addresses and submit it to the Arizona Corporation Commission.  To change the address of the statutory agent of the LLC’s known place of business address complete a Statement of Change of Known Place of Business Address or Statutory Agent and submit it to the ACC.

Complete the form online then print it.  The ACC change of address form must be signed by a manager of the LLC unless the LLC is member managed in which case any member can sign the form. File the change of address form with the Arizona Corporation Commission at the following address:

Arizona Corporation Commission
Attn: Corporations Division
1300 West Washington
Phoenix, AZ 85007

You must also submit a check for $5 payable to the Arizona Corporation Commission for the filing fee.

Thirty to sixty days after submitting the change form to the ACC, you should repeat the ACC information check using the steps described above to make sure the ACC has correctly made the changes to the LLC’s records.

If the information on file with the ACC is incorrect because: (1) it shows a member who is no longer a member, (2) it shows a manager who is no longer a manager, (3) it fails to show a member, or (4) it fails to show a manager, you cannot use the simple change form described above. Instead, the LLC must prepare Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Organization that reflects the change and file it with the Arizona Corporation Commission.

Note : If your LLC is a manager managed LLC (true for your LLC if I formed it), only members who own 20% or more of the company should be listed on the ACC’s records. A member of a manager managed LLC that owns less than 20% of the company should not be shown on the ACC’s records because it implies that the member owns more than the member actually owns.

To hire me to document a change with respect to one or more members or managers of an Arizona LLC, complete our Change of Member Questionnaire.  To learn more about how to document the addition or removal of a member read my article called “What to Do When Your LLC Adds or Deletes a Member or if a Member’s Interest in the Company Changes.”

If you have any questions about the change of member documents or about documenting a change in members of an Arizona LLC, call Arizona LLC attorney and former CPA Richard C. Keyt at 480-664-7478 or send him an email message at [email protected].