New Mexico

Arizona

Foreign registration · Form L025

New Mexico LLC Foreign Registration in Arizona

An LLC formed in New Mexico that wants to do business in Arizona files Form L025, with $153.30 in state fees and a $35 required expedite. Arizona also asks for New Mexico's Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance, no older than 60 days. We file it with the Corporation Commission, Corporations Division using your New Mexico records and act as your statutory agent there for the first year.

New Mexico vs Arizona: the paperwork

	New Mexico formed here	Arizona registering here
Document	New Mexico Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance	Form L025, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	Set by the state	$153.30 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	New Mexico: online	Filed with Arizona
Required expedite		$35 at order (typically 5 business days)
Office	New Mexico Secretary of State, Business Services Division	Arizona Corporation Commission, Corporations Division
Official page	enterprise.sos.nm.gov	azcc.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	No annual report	No annual report
Agent	Your New Mexico registered agent	Our Arizona statutory agent

How New Mexico companies register with Arizona

Order the New Mexico certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance is ordered from New Mexico separately; it is not part of our Arizona order. Arizona accepts it within 60 days of New Mexico's issue date, so it is ordered shortly before filing.
We prepare and file Form L025
It names us as your Arizona statutory agent, with your New Mexico name and formation date and the certificate attached. The New Mexico certificate comes first; then the Arizona filing goes in. Once Arizona approves it, the New Mexico company can do business there.

First-year cost, New Mexico to Arizona

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$153.30
Required expedite (typically 5 business days), paid at order	$35
Our service, with a year of Arizona statutory agent service	$199
First-year total	$387.30

Plus the Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance, priced by New Mexico.

Your New Mexico name and Arizona's rules

If Arizona's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the New Mexico company. We search Arizona's records for New Mexico's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Arizona agent and the New Mexico one

Arizona calls it a statutory agent; New Mexico says registered agent. Arizona papers come to us; New Mexico's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Arizona and New Mexico

New Mexico has no annual report for LLCs; Arizona has no annual report for LLCs. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Mexico to Arizona

A corporation formed in New Mexico files Form C018 with Arizona ($178.85 in state fees and the $35 required expedite). After that come New Mexico's Biennial Corporate Report ($25) and Arizona's Annual Report and Certificate of Disclosure ($45). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Arizona into New Mexico

An LLC formed in Arizona that registers with New Mexico files New Mexico's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($10) dated within 30 days. See that filing.

Questions New Mexico owners ask about Arizona

Does my New Mexico company need to register in Arizona?

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

How much does the Arizona registration cost?

$387.30 at checkout, including the $35 required expedite, plus New Mexico's Certificate of Good Standing and Compliance.

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

Yes: Arizona wants it, 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 Mexico's certificate is in hand.

What if I don't register with Arizona?

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

Does Arizona require a registered agent?

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

Will Arizona accept my New Mexico name?

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

Can I form a new Arizona LLC instead?

Yes, but New Mexico keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one has no Arizona yearly report, and New Mexico has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from Arizona later?

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

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