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A.R.S. § 29-3903: Foreign LLC Registration

Foreign registration statement

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How does a foreign LLC register to do business in Arizona?

In Arizona, a foreign limited liability company or foreign series must file a foreign registration statement with the Arizona Corporation Commission to do business in this state. The statement must give the company's name, jurisdiction of formation, principal address, Arizona statutory agent, whether managers or members run it, and the names and addresses of its managers and members (for a manager-managed company, its managers and each member owning twenty percent or more of capital or profits). The application must include a certified copy of its organizational documents and proof that it existed in its home state or country within sixty days before filing.

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29-3903. Foreign registration statement

A. To register to do business in this state, a foreign limited liability company must deliver a foreign registration statement to the commission for filing. The statement must state all of the following:

1. The name of the foreign company and, if the name does not comply with section 29-3112, an alternate name adopted pursuant to section 29-3906, subsection A.

2. That the foreign company is a foreign limited liability company.

3. The jurisdiction of formation of the foreign company.

4. The principal address of the foreign company and, if the law of the jurisdiction of formation requires the foreign company to maintain an office in that jurisdiction, the address of the office or, if no office is required to be maintained, the name and the street address of the statutory agent in the jurisdiction of formation.

5. The name and street address of the statutory agent in this state.

6. Either of the following:

(a) That management of the foreign company is vested in a manager or managers.

(b) That management of the foreign company is reserved to the members.

7. The name and address of either of the following:

(a) If management of the foreign company is vested in a manager or managers, each person that is a manager and each member that owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the foreign company.

(b) If management of the foreign company is reserved to the members, each person that is a member of the foreign company.

B. To register to do business in this state, a foreign series must deliver a foreign registration statement to the commission for filing. The statement must state all of the following:

1. That the registrant is a foreign series.

2. All of the information required in subsection A of this section in connection with the foreign series.

3. All of the information required in subsection A, paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 of this section in connection with the designating foreign company of the foreign series.

C. An application for a foreign registration statement that a foreign limited liability company or foreign series submits to the commission under this section shall include a certified copy of its organizational documents on file in its jurisdiction of formation and proof that the foreign company or foreign series existed in the state or country in which it organized within sixty days before delivering the application for filing with the commission.

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