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Doing business in Arizona from another state

If your LLC does business in Arizona as Arizona defines it, you register with the Arizona Corporation Commission, Corporations Division for $150.

Step 1: put these questions to Arizona’s law

  1. An employee or contractor works from the state. Ask whether the statute counts work done by people located in the state, and whether employees and independent contractors are treated alike.
  2. You sell to customers there but have no one on the ground. Ask whether the statute treats sales from outside the state differently from activity inside it.
  3. The LLC owns or leases property there. Ask whether owning or leasing real estate is listed as an activity that does, or does not, count.
  4. You open an office, shop or warehouse. Ask whether a fixed place of business is named in the statute. Settle the answer before you sign a lease.
  5. You hold meetings or keep a bank account there. Ask whether the statute lists these ancillary activities, and whether they count by themselves.

The law, as listed in the state’s own sources: A.R.S. 29-3903, registration of foreign LLC; A.R.S. 29-3905, activities that are not doing business.

Step 2: if the answer is yes

Form
Form L025, Foreign Registration Statement
Fee
$150
Paper from your home state
Certificate of existence or good standing, plus a certified copy of the organizational documents, no older than 60 days
Agent
A statutory agent in Arizona

Best 3 Foreign Registration Services in Arizona (2026)

Step 3: if you would rather not file it yourself.

#ServiceService feeArizona feeAgent
1Mainstay Filing$199$150Year one included, then $149/yr
2AZ Registered Agent.org$199$150Year one included, then $99/yr
3Arizona Registered Agent.co$199$150Year one included, then $99/yr

Mainstay Filing: Its Arizona checkout showed $387.30 in total on October 28, 2026, including the state’s required $35 expedite and $3.30 in state processing charges.

Service prices read from each provider’s Arizona page on October 28, 2026. The state fee is the official figure below and is paid to the Arizona Corporation Commission, Corporations Division.

Arizona questions

When does an LLC from another state have to register in Arizona?

When its activity in Arizona meets Arizona’s own definition of doing business. We do not paraphrase it; read it in the law linked below.

What does registering in Arizona cost?

$150 to the Arizona Corporation Commission, Corporations Division.

What is required after registering?

None (Arizona has no annual report for LLCs), no fee, and a statutory agent in Arizona.

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