Arizona

Foreign registration · Form L025

New Jersey LLC Foreign Registration in Arizona

Arizona registers an LLC from New Jersey as a foreign LLC on Form L025, with $153.30 in state fees and a $35 required expedite. Arizona also wants New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($50), dated within 60 days. We file it with the Corporation Commission, Corporations Division from your New Jersey records, then serve as your statutory agent there for year one.

New Jersey and Arizona side by side

	New Jersey formed here	Arizona registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate	Form L025, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$50	$153.30 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed with Arizona
Required expedite		$35 at order (typically 5 business days)
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	Arizona Corporation Commission, Corporations Division
Official page	nj.gov	azcc.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	No annual report
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our Arizona statutory agent

From New Jersey to Arizona, step by step

Order the New Jersey certificate
The Standing Certificate ($50) is ordered from New Jersey separately; it is not part of our Arizona order. It comes as a short form ($50) or a long form ($100). Arizona accepts it within 60 days of New Jersey's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file Form L025
It lists us as your Arizona statutory agent, next to your New Jersey name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once New Jersey's certificate is in hand, Arizona's filing goes in. After approval, your New Jersey LLC is registered with Arizona.

Arizona costs for New Jersey companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$153.30
Required expedite (typically 5 business days), paid at order	$35
Standing Certificate, paid to New Jersey	$50
Our service, with a year of Arizona statutory agent service	$199
First-year total, New Jersey certificate included	$437.30

Will your New Jersey name work for Arizona?

If Arizona's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the New Jersey company. We check your exact New Jersey name against Arizona's records before filing.

Agents: Arizona and New Jersey

Arizona calls it a statutory agent; New Jersey says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for New Jersey; ours takes Arizona's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Arizona and New Jersey

New Jersey wants the Annual Report every year ($75); Arizona has no annual report for LLCs. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to Arizona

A corporation formed in New Jersey files Form C018 with Arizona ($178.85 in state fees and the $35 required expedite). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Arizona's Annual Report and Certificate of Disclosure ($45). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Arizona into New Jersey

An LLC formed in Arizona that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($10). See that filing.

Questions New Jersey owners ask about Arizona

Does my New Jersey company need to register in Arizona?

Yes, once a New Jersey business operates there; Arizona registers it as a foreign LLC.

How much does it cost to register a New Jersey LLC in Arizona?

$387.30 at checkout plus $50 to New Jersey for the Standing Certificate, $437.30 in all (checkout is $153.30 in state fees, the $35 required expedite and our $199).

Do I need New Jersey's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Arizona wants New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($50), no more than 60 days old at filing.

How long does the Arizona registration take?

Typically 5 business days with Arizona's required expedite, once New Jersey's certificate is in hand.

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and Arizona?

Our statutory agent renewal ($149 a year), New Jersey's report ($75) and no Arizona yearly report.

What if I don't register with Arizona?

A New Jersey company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Arizona require a registered agent?

Yes: the New Jersey registered agent stays, and ours covers Arizona for year one.

Will Arizona accept my New Jersey name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its New Jersey name at home.

Can I form a new Arizona LLC instead?

Yes, but New Jersey keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one has no Arizona yearly report, and the original keeps New Jersey's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Arizona later?

New Jersey companies leave by filing Form L026 ($10); until then, both the Arizona registration and New Jersey's filings stay in place.

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