Arizona LLC Publication Requirement — Step 6 of 8
Arizona’s publication rule has two statutory paths. A statutory-agent street address in a county with more than 800,000 residents uses the Commission’s database-publication alternative. Otherwise, newspaper publication is required. Confirm the applicable county and current ACC instructions.
Within 60 days after the ACC files the Articles of Organization, either publish the required notice for three consecutive publications in a newspaper of general circulation in the statutory agent’s county, or use the statutory database alternative for an agent address in a county with more than 800,000 residents. Newspaper charges are provider-set; request a current quote.
- Deadline
- 60 days from approval
- Runs required
- 3 consecutive
- Newspaper charges
- Request current local quote
- Database alternative
- Agent county population >800,000
- File affidavit w/ ACC?
- No longer required
- Miss the deadline?
- Confirm corrective steps with ACC
- Next step
- Step 7 →
Why Arizona Requires This
A.R.S. §29-3201(G) sets out newspaper publication and the database alternative. The population threshold is more than 800,000 residents in the statutory agent’s street-address county. Maricopa and Pima are the commonly used county examples; confirm the current address and ACC process.
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Select your statutory agent's county and enter your Articles of Organization approval date to see exactly what applies to you:
How to Complete Publication (Outside Maricopa/Pima)
- Get your Notice of Publication form — the ACC sends this along with your approval letter (Form LL-0001), or you can use a compliant sample.
- Choose an approved newspaper in the same county as your statutory agent's address — the ACC's approval letter includes a list.
- Submit for 3 consecutive publications — typically running over 1–2 weeks depending on the newspaper's schedule. Ask about cost, payment method, and turnaround before committing.
- Receive your Affidavit of Publication — the newspaper mails this 2–4 weeks after your last run, confirming compliance.
- Keep the affidavit with your records. Filing it with the ACC is no longer required, but recording it with them (free, via email or mail) is a smart extra layer of proof.
Filing the affidavit with the ACC is optional nowThis used to be mandatory, but it's not anymore. You're only legally required to keep a copy of the Affidavit of Publication with your own business records. That said, recording it with the ACC is free and creates an official state record — worth doing in case the question of compliance ever comes up later (for example, during a TPT license application).
Meet the applicable 60-day publication requirement promptly. Section 29-3201(G) does not itself state that a missed publication automatically triggers administrative dissolution. If the deadline was missed, confirm the appropriate corrective steps with the ACC or qualified counsel.
- ✓Optional filing assistance; confirm service scope, provider charges and submission responsibilities.
- ✓Review address-use rules and privacy policies; a service does not remove all information from public filings.
- ✓Confirm state publication requirements and which steps, if any, the provider will handle.
- ✓Review address-use rules and privacy policies; a service does not remove all information from public filings.
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Arizona Publication Requirement — FAQ
Ahmad Adil is the founder and CEO of LLC School. For filing and ongoing compliance, confirm the requirements with the responsible state agency. This is educational information, not legal or tax advice.
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