How to reinstate an Arizona Limited Liability Company:
To reinstate your Arizona LLC, there is no application form necessary. If your Arizona LLC is found delinquent and dissolved by the Arizona Corporations Commission (ACC), you have six years from the dissolution date to file for reinstatement. This may be accomplished by filing with the commission: the delinquent documents, all filing fees that are due, and the proper reinstatement fee.
So, if you were dissolved for failure to maintain a statutory agent, you must appoint a new one by filing the Statement of Change of Statutory Agent form.
If you were dissolved for failure to maintain a deliverable address, file the Statement of Change of Address of Known Place of Business or Statutory Agent.
If you were dissolved because your LLC’s life has expired, you must file the Articles of Amendment to expend your entity’s life.
If you were dissolved for failure to pay a fee due to a non sufficient funds check, submit the amount of the original fee plus an additional $10 fee.
If you were dissolved for failure to publish your Articles of Organization, you must publish in order to be reinstated.
Be sure to include filing fees for any documents as well as the $100 reinstatement fee. Your LLC’s name will only be held for six months after the date of dissolution. Another business can use your name after six months. The forms to keep your records current are available on the ACC website (see below). The forms you need to reinstate your LLC are also available in your account when you sign up for registered agent service with Northwest.
Arizona Corporation Commission contact info:
Arizona Corporation Commission
Corporations Division - Corporate Filings Section
1300 W. Washington St.
Phoenix, Arizona 85007-2929
Fax: 602-542-4100
Phone: 602-542-3026
How much will it cost to revive an Arizona LLC?
The reinstatement fee is $100, but you will also have to pay any filing fees or past due fees.
You can expedite processing for an additional $35
How long does it take the state to process the filing?
Normal processing takes 20 business days. Expedited processing takes 3 business days.
How long does your Arizona LLC have to be inactive with the state before you wouldn’t have any fees, and would just have to start over with a new Arizona LLC?
If the ACC finds that an Arizona LLC has failed to comply with statutory requirements for 60 days, the commission gives written notice to the LLC that there are grounds for administrative dissolution. If the LCC does not file the appropriate forms, fees, etc., within sixty days of the service of notice, the commission will administratively dissolve the LLC. The LCC then has six years from the time of dissolution to apply for reinstatement. After the six year period, you would have to form a new business.
Can I keep my Arizona LLC’s name when I file for reinstatement?
If your Arizona LLC was administratively dissolved, the ACC will only protect your name for six months. After that time, someone could take it and you would have to choose a new name.
How many annual reports can you miss before you can’t revive your Arizona LLC?
Arizona LLCs are not required to file annual reports. But if the ACC finds that an Arizona LLC has failed to comply with statutory requirements for 60 days (by failing to maintain a statutory agent, for example) the commission gives written notice to the LLC that there are grounds for administrative dissolution. If the LCC does not file the appropriate forms, fees, etc., within sixty days of the service of notice, the commission will administratively dissolve the LLC. The LLC has six years after the administrative dissolution to apply for reinstatement. If they don’t apply during that time, they have to form a new business.
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