The Arizona Corporation Commission is warning Arizona business owners that an individual or group calling themselves “Corporate Records Service” is sending out official-looking documents advertising a service of preparing filings for corporations. This solicitation, requesting payment of a $125 fee, is not a Corporation Commission document and this organization is not in any way affiliated with the Arizona Corporation Commission.  The Corporation Commission does not require business owners and their representatives to file with “Corporate Records Service,” nor does it require the $125 fee referred to in the document.

The documents look very similar to Corporation Commission filing documents and the private firm making the solicitation intentionally creates confusion by using language that is similar to that in Corporation Commission documents.  The forms carry an official-looking time deadline for filing and include the Arizona Corporation Commission file number assigned to the business.  Further, a search of the “Corporate Records Service” return address places it as a mailbox at a UPS Store in the Ahwatukee Foothills Towne Center.

If you have received this document, please contact the Arizona Attorney General’s Office in Phoenix at (602) 542-5763, in Tucson at (520) 628-6504, or outside the Phoenix and Tucson metro areas at 1 (800) 352-8431.  To file a complaint online, please visit the Attorney General’s web site at www.azag.gov.  To file a complaint in person, the Attorney General’s Office has 37 satellite offices throughout Arizona with volunteers available to help.  Locations and hours are posted on the Attorney General’s web site.