Partnerships
Business Services is able to provide all of its services online or over the phone.
- Trade Names & Trademarks: https://apps.azsos.gov/apps/tntp/index.html
- Notary – Online Web application must be completed, printed and mailed: Notary Public
- Partnerships – Online fillable forms, completed, printed, mailed: LP Form Directory
- UCC – Online fillable forms, completed, printed, mailed: Uniform Commercial Code UCC
Los Servicios de Negocio pueden proporcionar todos sus servicios en línea o por teléfono.
- Nombres comerciales y marcas comerciales: https://apps.azsos.gov/apps/tntp/index.html
- Notario – La aplicación se puede encontrar en línea. Debe ser completada, impresa y enviada por correo: https://azsos.gov/business/notary-public
- Asociaciones – Formularios rellenables en línea, completados, impresos, y enviados por correo: LP Form Directory
- UCC – Formularios rellenables en línea, completados, impresos y enviados por correo: https://azsos.gov/business/uniform-commercial-code-ucc
Attention:
On April 5, 2022, Business Services will be open to the public for Apostille requests BY APPOINTMENT ONLY on an expedited basis. An expedite fee of $25.00 dollars will be assessed per visit with a limit of 6 documents to be Apostilled. Additionally, a $5.00 fee will be assessed for each notarization provided. Appointments will only be available from Tuesday - Thursday from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Closed for lunch 12:00-1:00). Please make sure to print a copy of your appointment confirmation. Proof of appointment will be required when checking in with security.
Book an Appointment
The Arizona Secretary of State files limited partnerships for the state of Arizona. Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) Title 29 governs the filing and recording of limited partnerships. All limited partnerships, per A.R.S. 29-301(7), two or more persons under the laws of this state and having one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. If you desire to conduct business as any limited partnership, you must file with our office to receive that designation.
Limited partnerships consist of three types: limited partnership (“LP”), limited liability partnerships (“LLP”), and limited liability limited partnerships (“LLLP”). Also, where the partnership is domiciled is important, because our forms differentiate between domestic and foreign limited partnerships. A domestic limited partnership refers to a partnership domiciled within Arizona, and a foreign limited partnership is domiciled outside of Arizona but intends to also do business in Arizona.
What to File
See Form Directory
Filing Fee: Fees depend on the type of filing you submit. Specific fees can be found in the form directory. You may expedite your application if you include an additional $25 fee. Checks and money orders can be made out to, “Arizona Secretary of State.” Please do not send cash by mail. We recommend paying with cash for in-person filings only.
Filing Length: Valid until amended or cancelled
Processing Time: 2-3 weeks. Expedited applications are processed within 3-5 business days from when we receive your application.
Filing Tips
PLEASE NOTE: All return labels (Fedex, UPS, DHL, etc.) must include customer's mailing address as both sender and recipient.
- If you would like a receipt of processing, mail the original plus one copy along with a prepaid return envelope. You will not be sent a conformed copy if a prepaid return envelope is not provided.
- You may submit a photocopy of a signed original partnership form.
- A "certificate of existence" may be requested with a Public Records Request Form. Cost is $5.00.
- Our search website does not provide electronic scanned images of what has been previously processed. To get paper copies of what has been recorded for a partnership, submit a Public Record Request Form. Our office will contact you with a price (10 cents per page filing fee, and for certified copies please include an additional $5). Payment must be received prior to processing your request.
- If you have any questions, please call us at 602-542-6187 or 1-800-458-5842 or email us.
Where to File
Filing By Mail
Secretary of State
Attn: Partnerships
1700 W. Washington Street, Fl. 7
Phoenix, AZ 85007-2808
In-Person Filing - Phoenix Office
State Capitol Executive Tower
1700 W. Washington Street
Suite 220
In-Person Filing - Tucson Office
Arizona State Complex Building
400 West Congress
First Floor, Suite 141
