{"id":6783,"date":"2014-03-12T07:24:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T14:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.keytlaw.com\/azllclaw\/?p=6783"},"modified":"2019-07-04T07:58:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T14:58:36","slug":"llc-filing-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keytlaw.com\/azllclaw\/2014\/03\/llc-filing-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I Pay the $50 or $85 Arizona LLC Filing Fee?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question<\/strong>:\u00a0 I know the fee to file Articles of Organization to create a new Arizona limited liability company is $50 or $85.\u00a0 Why would I pay the $85 filing fee?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Answer<\/strong>:\u00a0 The main reason to pay the $85 expedited filing fee is because the Arizona Corporation Commission will review the new LLCs Articles of Organization and approve it (hopefully approve rather than reject) within 5 &#8211; 8 business days rather than the 30 &#8211; 35 business days that applies to the standard $50 filing fee.\u00a0 You should pay the $85 fee if any of the following apply to your LLC:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">You need to open a bank account and your bank requires a copy of the LLC&#8217;s approved Articles of Organization and you can&#8217;t wait 30 &#8211; 35 business days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">You want the LLC to be able to take title to real estate and you can&#8217;t wait 30 &#8211; 35 business days.\u00a0 Escrow companies will not close a real estate purchase escrow if title insurance is to be issued to the new LLC until the ACC approves the Articles of Organization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The LLC is to sign an important contract and the other party won&#8217;t sign the contract until the ACC approves the Articles of Organization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To see the exact number of days for the ACC to review regular filings and expedited filings go to its <a href=\"http:\/\/azcc.gov\/docs\/default-source\/corps-files\/document-processing-times.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">document processing times webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:\u00a0 I know the fee to file Articles of Organization to create a new Arizona limited liability company is $50 or $85.\u00a0 Why would I pay the $85 filing fee? Answer:\u00a0 The main reason to pay the $85 expedited filing fee is because the Arizona Corporation Commission will review the new LLCs Articles of Organization and approve it (hopefully approve rather than reject) within 5 &#8211; 8 business days rather than the 30 &#8211; 35 business days that applies to the standard $50 filing fee.\u00a0 You should pay the $85 fee if any of the following apply to your LLC: You need to open a bank account and your bank requires a copy of the LLC&#8217;s approved Articles of Organization and you can&#8217;t wait 30 &#8211; 35 business days. You want the LLC to be able to take title to real estate and you can&#8217;t wait 30 &#8211; 35 business days.\u00a0 Escrow companies will not close a real estate purchase escrow if title insurance is to be issued to the new LLC until the ACC approves the Articles of Organization. The LLC is to sign an important contract and the other party won&#8217;t sign the contract until the ACC approves the Articles of Organization. To see the exact number of days for the ACC to review regular filings and expedited filings go to its document processing times webpage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,18,8,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles-of-organization","category-arizona-corporation-commission","category-faqs","category-forming-llcs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Should I Pay the $50 or $85 Arizona LLC Filing Fee? - Arizona LLC Law %<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Three reasons why you should pay the $85 expedited filing fee for a new Arizona limited liability company rather than the $50 filing fee.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.keytlaw.com\/azllclaw\/2014\/03\/llc-filing-fee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Should I Pay the $50 or $85 Arizona LLC Filing Fee?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Three reasons why you should pay the $85 expedited filing fee for a new Arizona limited liability company rather than the $50 filing fee.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.keytlaw.com\/azllclaw\/2014\/03\/llc-filing-fee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arizona LLC Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/keytlaw\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/keytlaw\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-03-12T14:24:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-04T14:58:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Richard Keyt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Richard Keyt\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.keytlaw.com\\\/azllclaw\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/llc-filing-fee\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.keytlaw.com\\\/azllclaw\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/llc-filing-fee\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Richard Keyt\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.keytlaw.com\\\/azllclaw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9d6c74d30296559f95e238fa25182391\"},\"headline\":\"Should I Pay the $50 or $85 Arizona LLC Filing Fee?\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-12T14:24:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-04T14:58:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.keytlaw.com\\\/azllclaw\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/llc-filing-fee\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":227,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.keytlaw.com\\\/azllclaw\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Articles of Organization\",\"AZ Corporation Commission\",\"FAQs\",\"Forming LLCs\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.keytlaw.com\\\/azllclaw\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/llc-filing-fee\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.keytlaw.com\\\/azllclaw\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/llc-filing-fee\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.keytlaw.com\\\/azllclaw\\\/2014\\\/03\\\/llc-filing-fee\\\/\",\"name\":\"Should I Pay the $50 or $85 Arizona LLC Filing Fee? 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