Every Arizona LLC and corporation needs one. The job is plain, the stakes are real, and doing it yourself puts your home address on the public record.
Arizona uses the term statutory agent for what most other states call a registered agent. The name comes from state statute, which sets the role. The duties are the same either way.
A statutory agent is the person or company that accepts legal documents and official state mail for your business at a physical Arizona address during business hours, then gets them to you.
They receive service of process, such as a lawsuit, and notices from the Arizona Corporation Commission. They sign for those documents and pass them on so your business never misses a legal deadline.
Yes, if you have a physical Arizona address and stay available during business hours. The catch is that the address becomes a permanent, searchable part of the public record.
Arizona law bars P.O. Boxes and private mailbox stores for this role. A statutory agent needs a real street address in the state, set out in A.R.S. section 29-3115. If you work from home, that home address is what shows up.
A service keeps your home address private, stays put during business hours, and scans documents the day they arrive. You avoid a default judgment or an administrative dissolution from a missed notice.
That is exactly what we do from our Gilbert office. Our address also lets you skip the newspaper publication step, and if you already have an agent, we handle the switch for free. See what the statutory agent service includes, or start today.
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