Nothing to file with the Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona asks for no annual report from an LLC. The two things that do recur are the registered agent and the yearly costs the state does have, both covered on their own pages.
Arizona registered agent rulesWhat an Arizona LLC costs each yearArizona LLC annual report
- Annual report
- Not required for LLCs
- Yearly state fee
- None at the Arizona Corporation Commission
- What recurs instead
- A registered agent with an Arizona street address, and the business's own tax filings
- If the LLC lapses
- $100 state fee, within six years, for an LLC dissolved over a lapsed statutory agent or unpaid fees
Arizona LLC annual report rules at a glance
- Arizona
- Not required
- Arizona
- None
- Arizona
- Arizona Corporation Commission
- Arizona
- Required; keep it current with the Arizona Corporation Commission
- Arizona
- Not possible; a lapsed agent is the usual cause
- Arizona
- $100 state fee, within six years, for an LLC dissolved over a lapsed statutory agent or unpaid fees
State fees verified October 2026 and set by the state, not by us. Rules read from Arizona's statutes and the pages of the Arizona Corporation Commission.
Why there is no Arizona LLC annual report
Arizona has never required an annual report from LLCs; only Arizona corporations file one with the Corporation Commission. There is no yearly form and no yearly state fee for an Arizona LLC, which is one reason the state's $50 formation fee keeps Arizona near the bottom of the five-year cost table.
What Arizona requires instead
Two other Arizona rules do the work an annual report does elsewhere. First, publication: within 60 days after the Commission approves the articles, a new LLC must publish a notice of its formation in a newspaper for three consecutive publications, unless its statutory agent's street address is in Maricopa or Pima County, where the Commission posts the notice itself. Second, under a Commission policy adopted in May 2025, an LLC that has made no filings in the past two years receives a notice each January asking it to confirm it still exists; it has 60 days to answer, and silence starts administrative dissolution.
Between those events the standing requirement is a statutory agent with an Arizona street address, kept current with a statement of change whenever the agent or the address moves. Arizona's LLC fee schedule prices the change filings; there is no recurring charge.
Staying in good standing without a report
In a report state the annual report is the yearly checkpoint: it forces the owner to confirm the agent and the addresses, and the state's reminder arrives before it. Arizona has no such checkpoint, so the record goes stale quietly. The habits that replace it are simple: keep the registered agent current and file a statement of change the week an agent or address changes; keep the operating agreement and member list up to date in the company's own records; and pull the LLC's record on the Arizona Corporation Commission business search once a year to confirm it still reads active.
Two things are easy to confuse with an annual report in Arizona. Tax filings with the state's revenue department (income, sales, withholding, or a privilege or franchise tax where the state has one) are owed on their own schedules whatever the Secretary of State requires. And a foreign registration in another state carries that state's annual report: an Arizona LLC registered to do business in Florida files Florida's report by May 1 even though Arizona asks for nothing.
If the LLC lapses
An Arizona LLC that is administratively dissolved, usually for a lapsed statutory agent or for ignoring the confirmation notice, can be reinstated within six years for the state's $100 reinstatement fee, with a current agent named on the application.
Reinstatement rules for every state, including the ones with no report, are in our guide to reinstating a dissolved LLC; we also file reinstatements.
Standard Filings is a filing service, not a law firm. This page is general information about Arizona's LLC rules, read from the state's own statutes, fee schedules and filing pages; it is not legal or tax advice, and the state's current notice controls if the two differ.
Arizona LLC annual report FAQ
Does Arizona require an LLC annual report?+
No. Arizona requires no annual or biennial report from an LLC, and there is no yearly report fee at the Arizona Corporation Commission. Arizona has never required an annual report from LLCs; only Arizona corporations file one with the Corporation Commission. There is no yearly form and no yearly state fee for an Arizona LLC, which is one reason the state's $50 formation fee keeps Arizona near the bottom of the five-year cost table.
What does Arizona require from an LLC instead?+
Two other Arizona rules do the work an annual report does elsewhere. First, publication: within 60 days after the Commission approves the articles, a new LLC must publish a notice of its formation in a newspaper for three consecutive publications, unless its statutory agent's street address is in Maricopa or Pima County, where the Commission posts the notice itself. Second, under a Commission policy adopted in May 2025, an LLC that has made no filings in the past two years receives a notice each January asking it to confirm it still exists; it has 60 days to answer, and silence starts administrative dissolution.
Does an Arizona LLC pay an annual fee to the state?+
Not to the Arizona Corporation Commission: there is no annual report and no yearly report fee. The recurring costs an Arizona LLC does have are its registered agent (nothing if an owner serves, a yearly fee if one is hired) and whatever taxes the business owes the state's revenue department, which run on their own schedules.
Can my Arizona LLC still be dissolved?+
An Arizona LLC that is administratively dissolved, usually for a lapsed statutory agent or for ignoring the confirmation notice, can be reinstated within six years for the state's $100 reinstatement fee, with a current agent named on the application.
Do Arizona corporations file an annual report?+
Arizona has never required an annual report from LLCs; only Arizona corporations file one with the Corporation Commission. There is no yearly form and no yearly state fee for an Arizona LLC, which is one reason the state's $50 formation fee keeps Arizona near the bottom of the five-year cost table.
Do I still need a registered agent in Arizona?+
Yes. Every Arizona LLC keeps a registered agent with a street address in the state on its record, and a lapse there is the usual way an Arizona LLC loses good standing. The agent can be an owner who lives in Arizona or a commercial agent.
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