Arizona Corporation Certificate of Authority: Form C018

Arizona corporation certificate of authority at a glance

Filing

Form C018, Application for Authority to Transact Business or Conduct Affairs in Arizona

State fee

$175 filing fee ($178.85 with the charges Arizona collects at filing)

Required expedite

$35 (typically 5 business days), charged at checkout

Total with us

$412.85, first year of Arizona statutory agent service included

Required expedite processing

typically 5 business days

Home-state certificate

Set by the state

Arizona yearly filing

Yearly report (named below), $45, every year

Filed with

Arizona Corporation Commission, Corporations Division

What Form C018 asks for

For Form C018, Arizona needs:

• The exact name of your corporation as formed, or an alternate name if that name is taken there
• The state it was formed in and its date of formation
• A Arizona statutory agent with a street address there; we fill in ours
• A principal office address

Corporation into Arizona, by home state

Every home state pays the same $412.85 at checkout for Arizona.

If you do business in Arizona without registering

Its contracts stay valid, and it can still defend a case brought against it. When it does register, Arizona collects the fees it would have charged for the years it went unregistered. A Arizona court can order the corporation to stop doing business there until it registers.

Arizona statutory agent rule

Arizona requires every registered foreign corporation to keep a statutory agent there. Switching agents later costs $5 on Form L020. Our $199 includes the first year of Arizona statutory agent service, then $149 a year.

Arizona yearly filings

Once registered, your corporation files the Arizona Annual Report and Certificate of Disclosure every year, at $45, due Anniversary date of authorization to transact business in Arizona. The Arizona filing window opens Approximately 90 days before due date and closes Anniversary due date. Filing it late adds $9. From year two, keeping the Arizona registration costs $194 a year with our statutory agent service.

How long Arizona takes

We file Form C018 with the Arizona Corporation Commission. Arizona required expedite processing: typically 5 business days. Checkout includes the required expedite ($35).

Leaving Arizona later

If your corporation stops doing business there, it ends the registration by filing Form C025, Application for Withdrawal ($25). Until that is filed, Arizona's yearly filing stays due.