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Articles on
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Arizona
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Articles
of Organization of an Arizona LLCPrepare Articles of Organization of an Arizona LLC
by Richard Keyt, Arizona business attorney
You must prepare your new company's articles of organization and have it signed by at least one person. The articles of organization must contain the following information:
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The name of the Arizona LLC (the new company's name) |
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The address of the registered office of the Arizona LLC. The company must have an office in Arizona that it designates as its registered office, which must be an actual physical location. It cannot be a Post Office Box. The registered office on file with the Arizona Corporation Commission is the address that will be used by the Arizona Corporation Commission if it has to communicate with the company. |
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The name and business, residence or mailing address of the agent for service of process for the Arizona LLC. Every Arizona LLC must have a statutory agent on file with the Arizona Corporation Commission. The statutory agent is the person or company authorized by the company that can accept legal documents such as lawsuits on behalf of the company. |
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The latest date, if any, on which the Arizona LLC must dissolve. Unless there is some reason to designate a date on which your company automatically dies, I recommend you make the company's existence perpetual by omitting any reference in the Articles of Organization to a dissolution date. |
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One of the following statements: Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers, or Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members Recommendation: Unless there is some special reason to make all members of your company managers, I recommend that you form a manager managed company. The problem with member managed companies is that all members of a member managed company automatically have management powers such as the power to sign contracts on behalf of the company. In a member managed LLC, if a member gives his 18 year old child a one percent interest in the company and the child becomes a member, the child will have management powers. |
| The name and business, residence or mailing address of either of the
following: If management of the Arizona LLC is vested in a manager or managers, each person who is a manager of the limited liability company and each member who owns a twenty per cent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company, or If management of the Arizona LLC is reserved to the members, each person who is a member of the limited liability company. |
| The statutory agent must sign a statement acknowledging acceptance of the duties of statutory agent. |
Sample Articles of Organization Form
See the ACC's example articles of organization (pdf) and related instructions. This form is in .pdf format, which requires the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® software. You can download the software for free from Adobe®.
Number of Copies to Print, Sign & File with the Arizona Corporation Commission
I recommend that you print four copies of your Articles of Organization and have the appropriate person sign all four copies. You should then keep one copy for your records and file the other three signed copies (with original signatures) with the Arizona Corporation Commission. At the time you file the Articles of Organization with the Arizona Corporation Commission, ask the ACC to stamp one copy of the Articles of Organization and give it back to you for your records. You will need this ACC stamped copy of the Articles of Organization to open a bank account in the name of the company.
About the Author
Richard Keyt, J.D., LL.M. (income taxation New York University Law School) is a business, real estate, transactions, contracts and estate planning attorney licensed to practice law in Arizona. He has formed over 1,600+ Arizona limited liability companies in the last few years because his low cost high quality LLC package is second to none and it only costs $599 for everything. Rick has practiced law in Arizona since 1980. Rick can be reached by telephone at 602-906-4953, ext. 101. Email at rickkeyt@keytlaw.com and fax at 602-297-6890. Rick's web site located at www.keytlaw.com had over 1,000,000 visitors in 2006 and 2007. Rick does not accept matters involving landlord / tenant disputes or litigation of any kind (other than tax lien foreclosures). Communicating with Richard Keyt via email or otherwise does not cause you to become a client or cause your communications to be confidential or subject to the attorney client privilege.
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