Arizona registered agent requirements
Check Arizona’s rules for receiving legal notices and keeping the public contact record current. The local role may be called a registered agent, resident agent, statutory agent, or agent for service of process.
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Arizona calls the registered agent a statutory agent. The agent must be a person or business with a physical Arizona address where service can be received; a post-office box alone is not sufficient for the statutory office. An individual resident or eligible entity can serve, and the agent's name and address are public in the ACC record. The agent must accept or otherwise satisfy the appointment requirements and remain reachable during the state's service rules. Commercial versus noncommercial distinctions are not required to use the ACC search, but the statutory-eligibility and physical-address requirements remain mandatory.
Arizona agent changes: forms and fees
For an LLC, a Statement of Change of Principal Address or Statutory Agent costs $5.00 regular or $40.00 expedited. For a corporation, a Statement of Change to Known Place of Business, Principal Address, or Statutory Agent has no regular filing fee and costs $35.00 expedited. The ACC forms hub is https://www.azcc.gov/corporations/forms; online changes can prompt the new statutory agent to accept the appointment by email. File the correct entity-type change and verify the record after acceptance.
Resignation, notice, and effective dates
The ACC fee schedules list Statutory Agent Resignation at $10.00 regular or $45.00 expedited for both LLCs and corporations. The agent files the resignation using the entity-type form and follows the notice/effective-date requirements in the instructions; the resignation does not appoint a successor. The entity must promptly appoint a qualified Arizona statutory agent and maintain a physical Arizona address or risk delinquency and administrative action.
Consequences of a missing agent or address
Failure to maintain a qualified Arizona statutory agent or physical statutory-agent address can lead to notices, failure of service, inability to receive legal process, and administrative dissolution or cancellation under the applicable LLC or corporation statute. The ACC may accept service of process in limited situations after an entity fails to maintain an agent, but that emergency mechanism costs $25.00 and requires proof that service was first attempted at the listed agent/address. It is not a substitute for maintaining the statutory agent.
Confirm the change reached the public record
Keep the accepted filing and confirm the agent or service address shown for the business. Arrange forwarding of legal notices during the change, and check which contact information will be public before supplying a home address.
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