Arizona LLC Cost

Documents you need

• Articles of Organization (Form L010) — Form L010, filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission under A.R.S. § 29-3201; one or more organizers sign and file. Filing fee $50.00 (ACC Articles of Organization instructions L010i).
• Statutory agent (registered agent) and acceptance — Every LLC must appoint and continuously maintain a statutory agent with a valid address on the records of the Commission (A.R.S. § 29-3115); failure to do so subjects the LLC to administrative dissolution. An individual agent must be a permanent, full-time Arizona resident with a physical/street address in Arizona; an entity agent must be authorized to transact business in Arizona; an LLC cannot be its own statutory agent. The agent must accept the appointment in writing via the Statutory Agent Acceptance form M002.
• Operating agreement — ACC instructions L010i: 'An operating agreement is not required by statute. If there is no operating agreement, then the LLC statutes will govern how the LLC conducts its affairs.' The Commission has no form for an operating agreement and operating agreements are not filed with the ACC.
• Publication of notice of filing — A notice of the filing of the Articles of Organization is required to be published (A.R.S. § 29-3201). If the statutory agent's street address is in Maricopa or Pima County, the ACC automatically publishes the notice on its website; if the address is outside those counties, the LLC must publish notice in a newspaper in that county. Do not publish until the Commission approves the Articles for filing.

How forming works in Arizona

1. Line up the agent: Statutory agent (registered agent) and acceptance — Every LLC must appoint and continuously maintain a statutory agent with a valid address on the records of the Commission (A.R.S. § 29-3115); failure to do so subjects the LLC to administrative dissolution. An individual agent must be a permanent, full-time Arizona resident with a physical/street address in Arizona; an entity agent must be authorized to transact business in Arizona; an LLC cannot be its own statutory agent. The agent must accept the appointment in writing via the Statutory Agent Acceptance form M002.
2. File the Articles of Organization with the Arizona Corporation Commission — the filing fee is $50 at the cheapest channel (file online at the official portal linked below).
3. Handle the filings due straight after formation: Publication of notice of Articles of Organization filing.

Annual report & ongoing costs

Arizona does not require an annual report for LLCs — there is no yearly report fee to budget.

The state charges that still apply are listed below.

Compare Arizona with the rest of the country

Arizona's first-year minimum of $50 sits in the full ranking of all 51 jurisdictions — the cheapest first year is Montana at $35 and the most expensive is California at $870.