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Secretary of State
1700 W. Washington Street
West Wing, 7th Floor
Phoenix AZ 85007
602-542-4285


400 W Congress
2nd floor, Room 252Tucson AZ 85701
520-628-6583
Toll free in Arizona 1-800-458-5842
Internet Address: www.azsos.gov

Subject: Notaries Public

Comment: Commissions all notaries public and issues notary certificates. Prepares Apostilles and certificates for documents going to foreign countries.

Subject: Official rules of all state agencies

Comment: Publishes and sells the Arizona Administrative Register which contains notices and full text of all on going rule making activity; full text of governor's executive orders and proclamations of general applicability; summaries of attorney general opinions; miscellaneous notices including notices of agency ombudsmen, formal rule making advisory committees, open rule making dockets, substantive policy statements, and agency guidance documents; and the governor's appointments to boards and commissions. Publishes and sells the Arizona Administrative Code which contains all adopted rules of the state’s agencies. Publishes and sells other items including residential home landlord and tenant act, the Arizona and U.S. constitutions, the Arizona Blue Book, and other miscellaneous publications.

Subject: Trademarks and trade names

Comment: Registers trademarks, trade names, and issues certificates of the registration. Not mandatory.

Subject: Uniform Commercial Code

Comment: Filing office for secured financial transactions, federal and state tax liens, continuations, amendments, assignments, terminations (partial or complete), requests for information (searches of filed documents), and notices of disposition of collateral.

Subject: Partnerships

Comment: Filing office for both Foreign and Domestic Limited Partnerships, Limited Liability Partnerships, and Limited Liability Limited Partnerships doing business in Arizona.

Subject: Solicitations by charitable organizations

Comment: Filing must be made before solicitations begin by a charitable organization. No fee is charged for filing. Annual renewal is required each September. Fund raisers who contract with charities to do fund raising must also register, file a bond , and pay a $25 registration fee annually.

Subject: Telemarketing

Comment: Any organization that solicits by telephone to provide goods, services, or notification to a consumer shall register prior to soliciting. Full registrations are required to file a bond and pay an annual registration fee of $500 each June. No fee for Limited and Exempt Registrations.

Subject: Lobbyists

Comment: Principals (firms, organizations, etc.) must register any person who lobbies for them in October each even-numbered year.

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