How to Reinstate an Arizona LLC

Why Arizona Would Dissolve an LLC

The Commission may dissolve an LLC that does not pay a Commission fee or penalty within 60 days after it is due, goes 60 consecutive days without a statutory agent or principal address, fails to report a change of agent or address within 60 days, fails to amend its articles or file a required statement of change or correction, or fails to answer Commission interrogatories.

The LLC has 60 days to fix the problem before it can be administratively dissolved. The 60 days are counted after the Commission delivers its notice to the statutory agent's address (or the principal address if there is no valid agent address).

How Long You Have to Reinstate

Arizona allows reinstatement for up to 6 years after the LLC is administratively dissolved.

After six years the business is no longer eligible for reinstatement and must apply for a new formation.

How to File

You file an application for reinstatement with the Arizona Corporation Commission. Go to Arizona's filing page.

What It Costs

The reinstatement fee is $100. The fee is $135 with expedited processing.

The LLC must pay every fee and penalty that was due to the Commission when it was dissolved and every fee and penalty that would have come due while it was dissolved, and the application must state that the grounds for dissolution did not exist or have been cured.

We have not confirmed whether Arizona requires a tax clearance to reinstate; check with the Arizona Corporation Commission.

Registered Agent Options

If your LLC's registered agent has changed, resigned or lapsed, ask the filing office named above whether Arizonawants that updated as part of reinstatement. You do not have to buy a service for it: in most states the LLC's owner, or another individual who qualifies, may serve as its registered agent themselves, generally subject to that state's rules on keeping a street address in the state and being available there during normal business hours. A paid service is one option and not the only one. The Arizona registered agent requirements set out what Arizona itself asks.

What Reinstatement Does

Under Arizona's law, a reinstated LLC continues as if it had never been administratively dissolved. The rights of anyone who acted in reliance on the dissolution before knowing or having notice of the reinstatement are not affected.

The Commission holds the name for six months after dissolution; after that, if someone else has adopted the name, the LLC must file articles of amendment adopting a new name together with its application.

More for Arizona LLCs

• Arizona LLC annual report, to keep the LLC in good standing once it is reinstated.
• Arizona annual report late fee, for what a late report costs before it comes to dissolution.
• Arizona certificate of good standing, to prove the LLC is active again.
• How to dissolve an LLC in Arizona, if you would rather close the LLC properly than reinstate it.
• Annual report deadline finder, to see when the next report is due.