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      "category": "Business",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona Revised Statutes: official statute compilation index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Arizona Revised Statutes is the official compilation of Arizona state statutes, indexed by title number",
      "body": "Arizona Revised Statutes is the official compilation of Arizona state statutes, indexed by title number\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“Arizona Revised Statutes”\n\nNote: Anchor record for Arizona official statute site; all later records in this batch must sit under this citation",
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      "evidence_quote": "Arizona Revised Statutes",
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      "subject": "Arizona Revised Statutes",
      "topic": "official statute compilation index",
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      "title": "Arizona Corporation Commission: business registration requirement",
      "summary": "Articles of incorporation must be filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission to form a corporation in Arizona",
      "body": "Articles of incorporation must be filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission to form a corporation in Arizona\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“1. Articles of incorporation $50”",
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      "source_link": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/10/00122.htm",
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      "evidence_quote": "1. Articles of incorporation $50",
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      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Arizona Department of Revenue: transaction privilege tax license requirement",
      "summary": "Every person receiving gross proceeds of sales must obtain an annual TPT license with a $12 fee to engage in business in Arizona",
      "body": "Every person receiving gross proceeds of sales must obtain an annual TPT license with a $12 fee to engage in business in Arizona\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“A. Every person who receives gross proceeds of sales or gross income on which a transaction privilege tax is imposed by this article and who desires to engage or continue in business shall apply to the department for an annual transaction privilege tax license accompanied by a fee of $12. A person shall not engage or continue in business until the person has obtained a transaction privilege tax license.”",
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      "source_link": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/42/05005.htm",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-02",
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      "evidence_quote": "A. Every person who receives gross proceeds of sales or gross income on which a transaction privilege tax is imposed by this article and who desires to engage or continue in business shall apply to the department for an annual transaction privilege tax license accompanied by a fee of $12. A person shall not engage or continue in business until the person has obtained a transaction privilege tax license.",
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      "id": "learn_r473_arizona_required_paperwork_and_licenses_473_arizona_required_paperwork_and_licenses_municipal_ptax",
      "category": "Business",
      "title": "Arizona Department of Revenue: municipal privilege tax license requirement",
      "summary": "Persons doing business in a city or town imposing municipal privilege tax must obtain a license with a fee of up to $50 established by local ordinance",
      "body": "Persons doing business in a city or town imposing municipal privilege tax must obtain a license with a fee of up to $50 established by local ordinance\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“B. A person desiring to engage or continue in business within a city or town that imposes a municipal privilege tax shall apply to the department of revenue for an annual municipal privilege tax license accompanied by a fee of up to $50, as established by ordinance of the city or town.”",
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      "title": "Arizona Corporation Commission / County Recorder: fictitious name / trade name filing requirement",
      "summary": "Persons transacting business under a fictitious name must record a certificate with the county recorder; corporations may file with secretary of state instead",
      "body": "Persons transacting business under a fictitious name must record a certificate with the county recorder; corporations may file with secretary of state instead\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“A. Any person other than a partnership transacting business in this state under a fictitious name or a designation not showing the name of the owner of the business or the name of the corporation doing such business shall record with the county recorder of the county in which the place of business is located a certificate stating in full either: 1. The name of the owner of the business and his or her place of residence, signed by the owner and acknowledged.”\n\nNote: Per A.R.S. § 44-1236(E)(1), filing a trade name certificate with the secretary of state is an exception to county recorder requirement",
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      "source_publisher": "Arizona State Legislature",
      "evidence_quote": "A. Any person other than a partnership transacting business in this state under a fictitious name or a designation not showing the name of the owner of the business or the name of the corporation doing such business shall record with the county recorder of the county in which the place of business is located a certificate stating in full either: 1. The name of the owner of the business and his or her place of residence, signed by the owner and acknowledged.",
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      "title": "Arizona Corporation Commission: annual report filing requirement",
      "summary": "Domestic or foreign corporations must file an annual report with the Arizona Corporation Commission for $45",
      "body": "Domestic or foreign corporations must file an annual report with the Arizona Corporation Commission for $45\n\nWhat Arizona State Legislature actually says:\n\n“16. Annual report $45”",
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