LLC Annual and Biennial Report Requirements in Arizona

At a glance

What Arizona requires instead of an annual report

Arizona is one of a small group of states that asks a limited liability company for no periodic report at all. There is no annual report, no biennial report, and no recurring "renewal" for a domestic or foreign LLC — and therefore no recurring report fee and no recurring report deadline. The Arizona Corporation Commission says so directly: asked "Do LLCs file annual reports?", its Business Services FAQ answers, "No, LLCs are not required to file annual reports. Only corporations are required to file annual reports." Corporations pay a $45 annual-report fee on their anniversary; an LLC pays nothing and files nothing on a schedule.

That does not mean an Arizona LLC can be ignored forever. The Arizona Limited Liability Company Act (A.R.S. Title 29, Chapter 7) imposes two continuing housekeeping duties, both keyed to staying reachable rather than to a calendar. Under A.R.S. § 29-3115, every LLC "shall designate and maintain a statutory agent in this state" — the person or company that receives lawsuits and official notices. And the LLC must keep a valid principal address on file. When either changes, the LLC files a Statement of Change with the Commission (online through the eCorp portal or on paper); there is no fee-bearing annual filing wrapped around it.

The enforcement mechanism replaces the "missed report" penalty other states use. Under A.R.S. § 29-3708(A), the Commission may start an administrative-dissolution proceeding if an LLC, for 60 consecutive days, lacks a statutory agent or a principal address; fails to notify the Commission within 60 days of a change or an agent's resignation; ignores a required fee or penalty; or fails to answer the Commission's interrogatories. The Commission first delivers a notice, and only if the company does not cure "not later than sixty days after delivery of the notice" does it issue a statement of administrative dissolution (§ 29-3708(B)–(C)). A dissolved LLC is not gone for good: under A.R.S. § 29-3709 it may apply to reinstate within six years, pay all fees and penalties that accrued, and — once reinstated — have the reinstatement "relate back" to the dissolution date, as if the dissolution had not occurred.

What trips people up

• "Every business files an Arizona annual report." Corporations and nonprofits do; LLCs do not. If a filing service or reminder tells you your Arizona LLC owes a $45 annual report, it is describing the corporation rule. There is no LLC equivalent.
• No report is not the same as no upkeep. The way an Arizona LLC quietly loses good standing is not a missed report — there isn't one — but a lapsed statutory agent or a stale principal address. A resigned agent left unreplaced for 60 days is a ground for administrative dissolution under § 29-3708, and the warning notice goes to that very agent's address.
• No report is not the same as no tax. Skipping the (nonexistent) annual report does not skip Arizona tax. Many LLCs owe Transaction Privilege Tax and need a TPT license, and members report income on their own returns. Those are Department of Revenue matters, separate from the Corporation Commission and outside this survey.

Common questions

Do I have to file anything with the Corporation Commission every year to keep my Arizona LLC active? No. An Arizona LLC files no annual or biennial report. As long as you keep a valid statutory agent and a current principal address on file, the LLC stays active with no recurring filing.

What is the closest thing Arizona has to an annual report for an LLC? The statutory-agent and principal-address record. It is event-driven, not periodic: you file a Statement of Change only when the agent or an address changes, and the Commission expects that within 60 days of the change (A.R.S. § 29-3708(A)(4)).

My Arizona LLC was administratively dissolved — can I get it back? Usually yes. Under A.R.S. § 29-3709 you can apply to reinstate within six years of the dissolution, fix the ground for dissolution, and pay all accrued fees and penalties. A timely reinstatement relates back to the dissolution date, but it does not erase unpaid taxes or undo obligations that arose while the LLC was dissolved.

Does an out-of-state (foreign) LLC registered in Arizona file an annual report? No. A registered foreign LLC is treated the same as a domestic one: no periodic report, but it must maintain an Arizona statutory agent and principal address under the Act, and it faces the same administrative-dissolution grounds in A.R.S. § 29-3708.

Statutes and sources

• Arizona Corporation Commission — Business Services FAQs. Official statement that LLCs are not required to file annual reports and that only corporations file (with the $45/$10 corporation fees). https://www.azcc.gov/faqs/BusinessServicesFAQs (accessed 2026-07-16)
• A.R.S. § 29-3115 — the continuing duty of every domestic and registered foreign LLC to designate and maintain an Arizona statutory agent, and the agent's limited duties. https://www.azleg.gov/ars/29/03115.htm (accessed 2026-07-16)
• A.R.S. § 29-3708 — grounds for administrative dissolution (statutory agent, principal address, fees, interrogatories, change notices), the Commission's notice, and the 60-day cure. https://www.azleg.gov/ars/29/03708.htm (accessed 2026-07-16)
• A.R.S. § 29-3709 — reinstatement within six years, payment of accrued fees and penalties, and relation-back to the dissolution date. https://www.azleg.gov/ars/29/03709.htm (accessed 2026-07-16)