What happens if your Arizona LLC misses a required filing or fee, and how to reinstate it
Arizona’s own word for it: “Administratively dissolved”. Time limit to get back: 6 years. Tax clearance: No.
Checked against the Arizona Corporation Commission, Corporations Division, September 2026.
- What Arizona calls it
- “Administratively dissolved”
- Tax clearance
- No
- Time limit to get back
- 6 years
How it unfolds in Arizona
- MissedA required filing
- Status“Administratively dissolved”
- The way backApplication for Reinstatement (Arizona Corporation Commission)
Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC), Corporations Division
What does Arizona call a company that missed its filings?
‘Administratively dissolved’: the ACC issues a ‘statement of administrative dissolution’ (A.R.S. §29-3708). Reinstatement produces a ‘statement of reinstatement’ (§29-3709).
What triggers it in Arizona?
Arizona LLCs file no annual report. The ACC FAQ says ‘LLCs are not required to file annual reports.’ Under §29-3708(A), the ACC may start administrative dissolution if the LLC does not: (1) pay any fee or penalty due to the commission within sixty days after it is due; (2) have a statutory agent in Arizona for at least sixty consecutive days; (3) have a principal address for at least sixty consecutive days; (4) notify the commission within sixty days after its statutory agent or principal address changed or its agent resigned; (5) amend its articles of organization or file a statement of change or statement of correction as required by §29-3202; or (6) respond to interrogatories as prescribed in §29-3212.
Before it happens
The ACC delivers a notice of its determination to the statutory agent’s address, or to the principal address if there is no valid agent. If the LLC does not cure, or show that each ground does not exist, within sixty days after delivery, the ACC administratively dissolves it by issuing a statement of administrative dissolution.
How do you reinstate a Arizona LLC?
An application for reinstatement (listed on the ACC’s LLC fee schedule as ‘Application for Reinstatement’) stating: (1) the LLC’s name at the time of dissolution; (2) the statutory agent’s name and address and, if different, the principal address; and (3) that the grounds for dissolution did not exist or have been cured. If the name was taken, articles of amendment adopting a new name must be filed at the same time. A reinstatement fee set by the state applies, on top of any past-due filings or fees.
Where to file
Arizona Corporation Commission, Corporations Division
Missed filings and fees
The LLC must pay all fees and penalties that were due to the commission at the time of dissolution, plus all fees and penalties that would have been due while it was dissolved. It must also cure the grounds, e.g. appoint a statutory agent, file a statement of change or an amendment, or answer interrogatories.
Is there a deadline to reinstate a Arizona LLC?
Not later than six years after the effective date of dissolution.
After that
The ACC says that if the administrative dissolution happened more than 6 years ago, the business is no longer eligible for reinstatement and must apply for a new formation.
Do you need tax clearance in Arizona?
No
Not required. §29-3709 requires payment only of fees and penalties due to the commission. It has no Department of Revenue clearance requirement.
What happens to the company name meanwhile?
If the LLC has not applied for reinstatement within six months after the dissolution’s effective date, the ACC releases the name for use by others, including as a trademark under §44-1460. If someone else has adopted the name, the LLC must file articles of amendment adopting a new name together with the reinstatement application.
What changes once it is fixed?
Reinstatement relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the administrative dissolution. The LLC resumes carrying on its activities and affairs as if the dissolution had not occurred. Rights of persons who relied on the dissolution before they knew of the reinstatement are not affected. While dissolved, the LLC continues to exist but may only wind up or apply for reinstatement, and its statutory agent’s authority continues.
What changes for corporations in Arizona?
Corporations do file annual reports with the ACC, and a missed annual report is a dissolution ground: A.R.S. §10-1420 lists ‘does not deliver its annual report ... within sixty days after it is due’. Other corporate grounds include unpaid fees or penalties, no statutory agent or known place of business, missing publication, an expired duration, not filing a certificate of disclosure or answering interrogatories, and misrepresentation. Procedure is in §10-1421: a ‘certificate of dissolution’ after a 60-day notice. Reinstatement is under §10-1422: within six years, relating back to the dissolution date, with articles of amendment if the name was taken. The ACC FAQ describes the corporate sequence: a missed annual report puts the corporation in ‘Pending Inactive’ status with a delinquency notice, then a final notice about 60 days later, then administrative dissolution about 60 days after that. Online, a corporation reinstates through the ‘Reinstate’ option on the Arizona Business Center dashboard.
What should you file first?
There is no separate tax clearance step for a Arizona LLC, so the filing comes first, with the missed filings and fees described above.
The filing
Application for Reinstatement (Arizona Corporation Commission)
Where it goes
Arizona Corporation Commission, Corporations Division
What does Arizona ask you to file, so it does not happen again?
| Obligation | Form | Due | If late |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLC formation (Articles of Organization) | Articles of Organization — LLC (form L010) | At formation | - |
| Statutory Agent Acceptance — LLC | Statutory Agent Acceptance (form M002) | With Articles or shortly after | - |
| Publication of formation notice (LLCs outside Maricopa and Pima Counties) | Notice of Publication in an approved newspaper | 3 consecutive publications within 60 days of approval — not required when the known place of business is in Maricopa or Pima County, where the Commission posts the notice itself | Administrative dissolution risk |
| Annual report (LLCs) | - | Not required — Arizona LLCs file no annual report | - |
| Annual report (corporations) | Corporation Annual Report | In the anniversary month, on the date the Corporation Commission assigns — A.R.S. § 10-1622 | Administrative dissolution if not cured |
| Change of statutory agent — LLC | Statement of Change of Principal Address or Statutory Agent (form L020, filed with Statutory Agent Acceptance M002) | When it changes | - |
From the same Arizona record as the Arizona statutory agent page. State fees change; we confirm current amounts with you before anything is filed.
Put every recurring Arizona deadline in your calendar with the compliance calendar, or see what Arizona requires of your statutory agent.
Which Arizona laws govern it?
A.R.S. §29-3708 (administrative dissolution), §29-3709 (reinstatement), §29-3710 (judicial review of denial of reinstatement). This is Title 29, Chapter 7, the Arizona Limited Liability Company Act.
Sources, checked September 2026:
- Arizona Legislature— A.R.S. §§29-3708, 29-3709, 29-3710
- Arizona Legislature— A.R.S. §29-3708, §29-3709
- Arizona Legislature / Arizona Corporation Commission— A.R.S. §29-3708(A); ACC Business Services FAQs (LLC Q17)
- Arizona Legislature— A.R.S. §29-3708(B)-(C)
- Arizona Legislature / Arizona Corporation Commission— A.R.S. §29-3709(C)-(E); ACC LLC fee schedule; ACC FAQ ‘My business was administratively dissolved - what are my options?’
- Arizona Corporation Commission— ACC Business Services FAQs
- Arizona Legislature— A.R.S. §29-3709(E)-(F)
- Arizona Legislature— A.R.S. §29-3709(C)(3), (E)
- Arizona Legislature— A.R.S. §29-3709(B), (D)
- Arizona Legislature— A.R.S. §29-3709(A)
- Arizona Corporation Commission— ACC FAQ ‘My business was administratively dissolved - what are my options?’
- Arizona Legislature— A.R.S. §29-3709(G); §29-3708(D)-(E)
- Arizona Legislature / Arizona Corporation Commission— A.R.S. §§10-1420, 10-1421, 10-1422; ACC FAQs; ACC Arizona Business Center tip sheet
Checked against the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC), Corporations Division and the statutes above · Last checked September 2026. Not legal advice: the filing office has the final word on your entity.
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