Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: a dissolved Arizona corporation reinstates by filing Application for Reinstatement (ACC Form CF: 0047) under A.R.S. § 10-1422 (Arizona Business Corporation Act) for $100, but only within 6 years of dissolution.
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The filing, and what Arizona calls it
A for-profit corporation administratively dissolved by the Arizona Corporation Commission (e.g., for failing to file its Annual Report or maintain a statutory agent) files an Application for Reinstatement with the ACC, reciting the corporate name, the effective dissolution date, and confirming the dissolution grounds either did not exist or have been eliminated. If the ACC determines the application is correct, it cancels the certificate of dissolution and issues a certificate of reinstatement effective retroactively to the dissolution date.
How long you have to reinstate
Arizona does not let a dissolved corporation reinstate forever. You have just 6 years from the dissolution or revocation date; miss it and the only path back is forming a new entity from scratch, losing the original formation date and history. If the administrative dissolution occurred more than 6 years ago, the business will need to apply for a new formation as they are no longer eligible for reinstatement. (A.R.S. § 10-1422(A))
What you must pay before it goes through
Arizona will not reinstate the corporation until every year it sat delinquent is paid for. The $100 reinstatement fee is in addition to any filings or fees that may be past due (e.g., delinquent Annual Report fees). The statute itself does not itemize a back-fee schedule. (A.R.S. § 10-1422)
Whether your name is still yours
Your original name is not guaranteed to still be yours. If another corporation adopted the corporate name, or another person adopted it as a trade name, during the dissolution period, the reinstatement application must be accompanied by articles of amendment adopting a new compliant name. Check Arizona’s business-name database before assuming the reinstatement filing will go through under the old name. (A.R.S. § 10-1422(D))
What the filing costs
Arizona’s Application for Reinstatement (ACC Form CF: 0047) carries a $100 filing fee. $100 reinstatement fee, in addition to any past-due filings or fees.
What this page does not answer
Reinstating the entity at the state level and squaring things up with the IRS are two separate processes. Late federal returns, penalty abatement requests, and reinstating a lapsed EIN’s associated accounts are governed by federal law, not by Arizona’s corporation statute, and this page does not source them. We have the state-filing answer at primary and the federal-cleanup answer not at all.
This page covers a for-profit business corporation. If you are reinstating an LLC in Arizona instead, the filing, fee and statute are different: see reinstating an LLC in Arizona.
Sources
Every citation on this page is statutory or the Secretary of State’s own official filing instructions. No formation service, no registered-agent marketing page and no aggregator is cited anywhere in this cluster as a source of law; those are the only publishers of the competing versions.
- A.R.S. 10-1422 statute text: https://www.azleg.gov/ars/10/01422.htm
- Arizona Corporation Commission official FAQ: https://azcc.gov/corporations/faqs