Jurisdiction record

Arkansas

Everything this record holds on Arkansas: 68 fee cells, 11 verified registered-agent statute citations, 27 good-standing status strings, 7 governance rules, a state-level DBA regime, 17 official statute files in the verification corpus, and 4 monitored sources.

Filing agency: Arkansas Secretary of State. Official sites: agency home (opens the official source) · forms and fees (opens the official source) · fee schedule (opens the official source) · entity search (opens the official source) · annual report filing (opens the official source)

Filing fees

Statutory fee is the amount fixed by statute or the agency schedule. Effective remittance is what actually leaves the bank once any e-payment surcharge or bundled component is included. Partnership entity types are covered too: LP is a limited partnership, LLP a limited liability partnership, LLLP a limited liability limited partnership. A row reading not offered or no report required is a verified positive finding cited to the statute that proves it - not a gap.

Arkansas filing fees by transaction and entity type
TransactionStatutory feeEffective remittanceComponents and changesStatus
Formation - LLC$45$45nonePending review
Formation - Corporation$45$45nonePending review
Formation - LP$50not yet publishednoneVerified
Formation - LLP$50not yet publishednoneVerified
Formation - LLLP$50not yet publishednoneVerified
Annual report - LLC$150$155bundled: state online portal/e-payment surcharge $5.00Verified
Annual report - Corporation$150$155bundled: state online portal/e-payment surcharge $5.00Verified
Annual report - LP$0not yet publishednoneVerified
Annual report - LLP$15not yet publishednoneVerified
Annual report - LLLP$15not yet publishednoneVerified
Certificate of good standing - Corporation$25$28noneVerified
Certificate of good standing - LLC$25$28noneVerified
Certificate of good standing - LP$25not yet publishednoneVerified
Certificate of good standing - Nonprofit$25not yet publishednoneVerified
Certificate of existence - Corporation$15not yet publishednoneVerified
Certificate of existence - LLC$15not yet publishednoneVerified
Certificate of existence - LP$15not yet publishednoneVerified
Certificate of existence - Nonprofit$15not yet publishednoneVerified
Change of registered agent - Corporation$0not yet publishednoneVerified
Change of registered agent - Nonprofit$0not yet publishednoneVerified
Change of registered agent - LLC$0not yet publishednoneVerified
Change of registered agent - LP$0not yet publishednoneVerified
Change of registered agent - LLP$0not yet publishednoneVerified
Change of registered agent - LLLP$0not yet publishednoneVerified
amendment - Corporation$50not yet publishednoneVerified
amendment - Nonprofit$50not yet publishednoneVerified
amendment - LLC$25not yet publishednoneVerified
amendment - LP$15not yet publishednoneVerified
amendment - corp_foreign$300not yet publishednoneVerified
amendment - nonprofit_foreign$300not yet publishednoneVerified
amendment - llc_foreign$300not yet publishednoneVerified
merger - Corporation$100not yet publishednoneVerified
merger - Nonprofit$100not yet publishednoneVerified
merger - LLC$50not yet publishednoneVerified
merger - LP$15not yet publishednoneVerified
merger - LLP$15not yet publishednoneVerified
merger - LLLP$15not yet publishednoneVerified
conversion - Corporation$50not yet publishednoneVerified
conversion - Nonprofit$50not yet publishednoneVerified
conversion - LLC$25not yet publishednoneVerified
conversion - LP$15not yet publishednoneVerified
conversion - LLP$15not yet publishednoneVerified
conversion - LLLP$15not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_qualification - Corporation$300not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_qualification - Nonprofit$300not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_qualification - LLC$300not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_qualification - LP$300not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_qualification - LLP$300not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_qualification - LLLP$300not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_withdrawal - Corporation$300not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_withdrawal - Nonprofit$300not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_withdrawal - LLC$50not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_withdrawal - LP$0not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_withdrawal - LLP$0not yet publishednoneVerified
foreign_withdrawal - LLLP$0not yet publishednoneVerified
dissolution - Corporation$50not yet publishednoneVerified
dissolution - Nonprofit$50not yet publishednoneVerified
dissolution - LLC$50not yet publishednoneVerified
dissolution - LP$15not yet publishednoneVerified
dissolution - LLP$15not yet publishednoneVerified
dissolution - LLLP$15not yet publishednoneVerified
dissolution_by_incorporators - Corporation$50not yet publishednoneVerified
dissolution_by_incorporators - Nonprofit$50not yet publishednoneVerified
revocation_of_dissolution - Corporation$150not yet publishednoneVerified
revocation_of_dissolution - Nonprofit$150not yet publishednoneVerified
revocation_of_dissolution - LLC$25not yet publishednoneVerified
reinstatement - Corporation$50not yet publishednoneVerified
reinstatement - Nonprofit$50not yet publishednoneVerified
Provenance - Arkansas fee schedulePending review

72 of 74 fee datums on this page are verified against the agency's own published schedule or statute (2026-09-04); the rest are marked pending review in the Status column - portal-surcharge components no official page states, values the official source contradicts (held for a correction package), or sources that could not be reached.

Records
68 fee cells
Retrieved
2026-08-04 to 2026-09-21
Official schedule
the agency's own published schedule (opens the official source)

Values were first corroborated across independent internal records; verified cells now also carry the agency's own published schedule or statute as their authority, which is what promotion to verified requires.

Cost position

Ranked 30 of 54 on first-year state filing cost, at $200.00 against a national median of $185.00. The recurring entity-tax minimum is not resolved for LLCs here, so no ongoing total is computed. See the full ranking.

$50 $100 $150 $200 NJ New Jersey $182 ND North Dakota $185 WI Wisconsin $196 AR Arkansas $200 CT Connecticut $200 OR Oregon $200 VT Vermont $200
Where Arkansas sits among its neighbours in the first-year cost ranking (USD)
Show all 54 jurisdictions
$260 $520 $780 $1,040 MT Montana $35 MO Missouri $51 NM New Mexico $52 MS Mississippi $53 KY Kentucky $55 HI Hawaii $67 CO Colorado $75 MI Michigan $75 UT Utah $77 IA Iowa $80 AZ Arizona $87 OH Ohio $99 ID Idaho $104 CA California $110 SC South Carolin $125 IN Indiana $129 OK Oklahoma $130 NE Nebraska $131 PA Pennsylvania $132 LA Louisiana $140 VA Virginia $150 MN Minnesota $155 WV West Virginia $157 WY Wyoming $164 GA Georgia $170 KS Kansas $175 NJ New Jersey $182 ND North Dakota $185 WI Wisconsin $196 AR Arkansas $200 CT Connecticut $200 OR Oregon $200 VT Vermont $200 NH New Hampshire $204 RI Rhode Island $208 SD South Dakota $210 NY New York $219 IL Illinois $230 AL Alabama $236 ME Maine $260 WA Washington $280 FL Florida $294 TX Texas $308 NC North Carolin $331 AK Alaska $350 GU Guam $350 DC District of C $399 PR Puerto Rico $400 DE Delaware $410 MD Maryland $464 NV Nevada $575 VI US Virgin Isl $600 TN Tennessee $614 MA Massachusetts $1,040
The full ranking with Arkansas highlighted (USD)

Registered-agent statutes, quoted verbatim

The one section on this page that clears the publication gate in full. 11 citations, verified, quoted from the official code with every elision marked.

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-20-105 Verified

Model Registered Agents Act · applies to corporations and LLCs

Appointment of registered agent.(a) A registered agent filing must state: (1) the name of the represented entity's commercial registered agent; or (2) if the entity does not have a commercial registered agent, the name and address of the entity's noncommercial registered agent: (A) the name and address of the entity's registered agent; or (B) the title of an office or other position with the entity if service of process is to be sent to the person holding that office or position, and the address of the business office of that person. (b) The appointment of a registered agent pursuant to subsection (a)(1) or (2) is an affirmation by the represented entity that the agent has consented to serve as such.

retrieved 2026-07-29 · confidence medium · verified · publisher not linked (commercial code publisher; the citation is the pinpoint)

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-202(a)(3) Verified

Arkansas Business Corporation Act of 1987 · applies to corporations

Articles of incorporation.(a) The articles of incorporation must set forth: [...] (3) the information required by § 4-20-105(a);

retrieved 2026-07-29 · confidence medium · verified · publisher not linked (commercial code publisher; the citation is the pinpoint)

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-115 Verified

Uniform Limited Liability Company Act · applies to LLCs

Registered agent.(a) Each limited liability company and each registered foreign limited liability company shall designate and maintain a registered agent in this state in compliance with the Model Registered Agents Act, § 4-20-101 et seq. (b) The designation of a registered agent is an affirmation of fact by the limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company that the agent has consented to serve. (c) A registered agent for a limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company must have a place of business in this state.

retrieved 2026-07-29 · confidence medium · verified · publisher not linked (commercial code publisher; the citation is the pinpoint)

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-202 Verified

Arkansas Business Corporation Act of 1987 · applies to corp

Articles of incorporation.(a) The articles of incorporation must set forth: (1) a corporate name for the corporation that satisfies the requirements of § 4-27-401; (2) the number of shares the corporation is authorized to issue [...] (3) the information required by § 4-20-105(a); (4) the name and address of each incorporator; and (5) the primary purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized, which is provided to the Secretary of State for informational purposes [...]

retrieved 2026-08-10 · confidence high · verified · publisher not linked (commercial code publisher; the citation is the pinpoint)

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-201 Verified

Uniform Limited Liability Company Act · applies to LLCs

Formation of limited liability company; Certificate of organization.(a) One or more persons may act as organizers to form a limited liability company by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a certificate of organization. (b) A certificate of organization must state: (1) the name of the limited liability company, which must comply with § 4-38-112; (2) the street and mailing addresses of the company's principal office; and (3) the information required by § 4-20-105(a). [...] (d) A limited liability company is formed when the certificate of organization becomes effective and at least one person has become a member or manager.

retrieved 2026-08-10 · confidence high · verified · publisher not linked (commercial code publisher; the citation is the pinpoint)

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-1622 Verified

Arkansas Business Corporation Act of 1987 · applies to corp

Annual franchise tax report for Secretary of State.(a) Each domestic corporation, and each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state, shall deliver to the Secretary of State for filing an annual franchise tax report that sets forth: (1) the name of the corporation; (2) the jurisdiction under which the corporation is incorporated; [...] (b) The requirements as to the applicability, use, and filing of the annual franchise tax report shall be as set forth in the Arkansas Corporate Franchise Tax Act of 1979, § 26-54-101 et seq.

retrieved 2026-08-10 · confidence high · verified · publisher not linked (commercial code publisher; the citation is the pinpoint)

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-212 Verified

Uniform Limited Liability Company Act · applies to LLCs

Annual report for Secretary of State.(a) A limited liability company or registered foreign limited liability company shall deliver to the Secretary of State for filing an annual report that states: (1) the name of the company or foreign company; (2) the name and street and mailing addresses of its registered agent in this state; [...] (f) A limited liability company has satisfied the annual report requirements under this section if the requirements under the Arkansas Corporate Franchise Tax Act of 1979, § 26-54-101 et seq., have been met.

retrieved 2026-08-10 · confidence high · verified · publisher not linked (commercial code publisher; the citation is the pinpoint)

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-1420 Verified

Arkansas Business Corporation Act of 1987 · applies to corp

Grounds for administrative dissolution.The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under § 4-27-1421 to administratively dissolve a corporation if: (1) the corporation does not pay within sixty (60) days after they are due any franchise taxes or penalties imposed by this chapter or other law; (2) the corporation does not deliver its annual franchise tax report to the Secretary of State within sixty (60) days after it is due; (3) the corporation is without a registered agent in this state for sixty (60) days or more; [...]

retrieved 2026-08-10 · confidence high · verified · publisher not linked (commercial code publisher; the citation is the pinpoint)

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-708 Verified

Uniform Limited Liability Company Act · applies to LLCs

Administrative dissolution.(a) The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under subsection (b) to dissolve a limited liability company administratively if the company does not: (1) pay any fee, tax, interest, or penalty required to be paid to the Secretary of State not later than six months after it is due; (2) deliver an annual report to the Secretary of State not later than six months after it is due; or (3) have a registered agent in this state for 60 consecutive days. [...]

retrieved 2026-08-10 · confidence high · verified · publisher not linked (commercial code publisher; the citation is the pinpoint)

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-401 Verified

Arkansas Business Corporation Act of 1987 · applies to corp

Corporate name.(a) A corporate name: (1) must contain the word “corporation,” “incorporated,” “company,” or “limited,” or the abbreviation “corp.,” “inc.,” “co.,” or “ltd.,” or words or abbreviations of like import in another language; and (2) may not contain language stating or implying that the corporation is organized for a purpose other than that permitted by § 4-27-301 and its articles of incorporation. (b) Except as authorized by subsections (d) and (e) of this section, a corporate name must be distinguishable upon the records of the Secretary of State from: [...]

retrieved 2026-08-10 · confidence high · verified · publisher not linked (commercial code publisher; the citation is the pinpoint)

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-112 Verified

Uniform Limited Liability Company Act · applies to LLCs

Permitted names.(a) The name of a limited liability company must contain the phrase “limited liability company” or “limited company” or the abbreviation “L.L.C.”, “LLC”, “L.C.”, or “LC”. “Limited” may be abbreviated as “Ltd.”, and “company” may be abbreviated as “Co.”. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), the name of a limited liability company, and the name under which a foreign limited liability company may register to do business in this state, must be distinguishable on the records of the Secretary of State from any: [...]

retrieved 2026-08-10 · confidence high · verified · publisher not linked (commercial code publisher; the citation is the pinpoint)

Registered-agent rules in practice

Who may serve as the agent

Pending review

Arkansas governs registered agents across entity types through the cross-entity Model Registered Agents Act (Ark. Code Ann. Title 4, ch. 20). The agent is either a listed 'commercial registered agent' or a 'noncommercial registered agent' - an individual or a domestic or foreign entity that serves in this state. Filings must state an actual street address or rural route box number in Arkansas. The LLC act adds that the agent must have a place of business in this state (4-38-115(c)). No individual-residency requirement appears in the captured text.

Is the agent's consent required

Pending review

Consent required: yes.

What happens when the agent cannot be served

Pending review

The Model Registered Agents Act fallback is NOT service on the Secretary of State: if an entity has no registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, service is made by registered or certified mail addressed to one or more of the entity's governors by name at its principal office; failing that, by handing a copy to the person in charge of any regular place of business (4-20-113(c)). The Secretary of State becomes an entity's agent for service only on revocation of a foreign corporation's certificate of authority (4-27-1531(d)).

What happens if there is no agent

Pending review
  • Administrative Dissolution. The Secretary of State may administratively dissolve a corporation that is without a registered agent for 60 days or more or that fails to report an agent change or resignation within 60 days (60-day cure window after notice, 4-27-1421(b)); an LLC may be administratively dissolved if it does not have a registered agent for 60 consecutive days (4-38-708(a)(3)).
  • Reinstatement Fee. Reinstatement must be sought within two years of administrative dissolution for both corporations and LLCs; an LLC must pay all fees, taxes, interest and penalties that were due and that would have accrued during dissolution, and a corporation's application must include state tax-clearance certificates (4-27-1422(a)(4)).
  • Other. Name loss: on dissolution (administrative or otherwise) an LLC's name becomes available to other companies, and the dissolved company must use a new name on reinstatement if the prior name was taken.
  • Revocation Foreign. The Secretary of State may revoke a foreign corporation's certificate of authority if it is without a registered agent for 60 days or more or fails to file notice of an agent change or resignation within 60 days; on revocation the Secretary of State becomes the corporation's agent for service (4-27-1531(d)). A registered foreign LLC's registration may be terminated if it does not have a registered agent as required by 4-38-115 or fails to file a statement of change within 30 days (4-38-910(a)(3)-(4)).
Dollar amounts named in the registered-agent statutes
WhatAmountStatus
Commercial registered agent listing statement filing fee$50.00Pending review
Commercial registered agent termination statement filing fee$50.00Pending review
Statement of change, statement of resignation, and statement appointing an agent for service of process under the Model Registered Agents Act$0 (statute says 'no fee')Pending review
Maximum additional civil penalty per year (or partial year) for a foreign corporation transacting business without a certificate of authority, on top of all back fees and penalties$5,000Pending review
Maximum civil penalty per twelve-month period (or part) for a foreign LLC transacting business without registration$5,000Pending review
Fee collected by the Secretary of State each time process is served on him or her under the LLC act (recoverable as costs by a prevailing party)$25Pending review

13 statutory citations and their supporting verbatim quotations sit behind this section in the record and are withheld from public display until the review pass lands, because a citation presented as authority is a verification claimed. Statutory references appearing inside the summaries above are part of the recorded text rather than an authority claim, and they are not rendered as citations, linked, or emitted in this page's structured data. How the gate works.

Governance rules

7 governance rules are recorded for Arkansas - the organizational and annual meetings, action by written consent, and whether bylaws or an operating agreement are mandatory. Each verified rule links to the statutory text it was verified against, quoted verbatim below.

Arkansas corporate and LLC governance rules
RuleEntityAppliesDetailCitationStatus
Organizational meeting requiredCorporationyesArk. Code Ann. § 4-27-205Verified
Annual meeting requiredCorporationyesArk. Code Ann. § 4-27-701Verified
Action by written consent allowedCorporationyesArk. Code Ann. § 4-27-704(a)Verified
Bylaws requiredCorporationyesArk. Code Ann. § 4-27-206(a)Verified
Operating agreement requiredLLCnoArk. Code Ann. § 4-38-102(13)Verified
Annual meeting requiredLLCnoArk. Code Ann. § 4-38-407(d)Verified
Action by written consent allowedLLCyesArk. Code Ann. § 4-38-407(b), (d)Verified

The statutory text behind each rule

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-205 Verified

Organizational meeting required · applies to corporations · yes

the initial directors shall hold an organizational meeting, at the call of a majority of the directors, to complete the organization of the corporation by appointing officers, adopting bylaws

reviewed 2026-08-17 · confidence high · verified

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-701 Verified

Annual meeting required · applies to corporations · yes

A corporation shall hold a meeting of shareholders annually at a time stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws.

reviewed 2026-08-17 · confidence high · verified

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-704(a) Verified

Action by written consent allowed · applies to corporations · yes

may be taken without a meeting if one (1) or more written consents ... shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary

reviewed 2026-08-17 · confidence high · verified

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-206(a) Verified

Bylaws required · applies to corporations · yes

The incorporators or board of directors of a corporation shall adopt initial bylaws for the corporation.

reviewed 2026-08-17 · confidence high · verified

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-102(13) Verified

Operating agreement required · applies to LLCs · no

“Operating agreement” means the agreement, whether or not referred to as an operating agreement and whether oral, implied, in a record, or in any combination thereof, of all the members

reviewed 2026-08-17 · confidence high · verified

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-407(d) Verified

Annual meeting required · applies to LLCs · no

An action requiring the vote or consent of members under this chapter may be taken without a meeting, and a member may appoint a proxy or other agent

reviewed 2026-08-17 · confidence high · verified

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-38-407(b), (d) Verified

Action by written consent allowed · applies to LLCs · yes

a matter in the ordinary course ... may be decided by a majority of the members. (4) The affirmative vote or consent of all the members is required to: (A) undertake an act outside the ordinary course

reviewed 2026-08-17 · confidence high · verified

See how these rules compare across every jurisdiction.

Doing business as

State-level regime

Verified
Filing office
SOS Business & Commercial Services is the primary filing office for entities, with a secondary county-clerk filing of the SOS-returned copy (registered-office county, Pulaski County exempt)
State fee
$25 paper / $22.50 online for corporations, LLCs, nonprofits, series LLCs; $15 for LP, LLP, LLLP (per DN-18 form); CFN and CTN $25 paper only
Term
Perpetual - no expiration or renewal; remains until cancelled or transferred
Renewal
None required; cancellation/transfer filings are $25 each (paper only)
Publication
Not required. None
Online filing
Available
The regime
Arkansas splits by entity type. Individuals and unregistered firms doing business under an assumed name must file a certificate with the county clerk of every county where they do business (§ 4-70-203). Registered corporations, LPs, and LLCs are expressly exempt from that subchapter (§ 4-70-201) and instead use entity-side fictitious-name filings - corporations file with the Secretary of State (and the county clerk of the registered-office county unless in Pulaski County) under § 4-26-405.
Where it is filed
General act: the county clerk of each county in which the person conducts, transacts, or intends to conduct the business. Corporate fictitious names: the Secretary of State, plus (for domestic corporations) the county clerk of the county of the registered office unless it is in Pulaski County.
Publication
No newspaper publication requirement appears anywhere in the assumed-name subchapter (§§ 4-70-201 to 4-70-206) or in § 4-26-405.
Term and renewal
No fixed term or expiration is prescribed for the county assumed-name certificate; it remains on file. On any change of ownership, each person withdrawing or disposing of an interest must file a certificate of withdrawal with the county clerk of each county where the business is conducted. Corporate fictitious-name filings under § 4-26-405 likewise carry no stated term but must be cancelled when the corporation dissolves, forfeits its rights, or ceases using the name.
Name restrictions
The county-level general act contains no name-screening standard. On the entity side, the Secretary of State must refuse a corporate fictitious-name filing if the proposed name is not distinguishable from, or is confusingly similar to, existing domestic or admitted foreign corporate names or names reserved or registered under §§ 4-26-402 and 4-26-403.
Assumed names for registered entities
Corporations (domestic or admitted foreign) file corporate fictitious names with the Secretary of State on an approved form in duplicate - the fictitious name, character of business, and corporate identity - with a duplicate then filed with the county clerk of the registered-office county unless in Pulaski County. No exclusive rights are created, cancellation must be filed when use ceases, and an assumed name adequately tied to the true corporate name in an instrument is not a 'fictitious name' under the section (§ 4-26-405(h)). related entity name mechanisms (4-27-404 is the 1987 Business Corporation Act corporate fictitious-name section; 4-42-707 covers registered LLPs) are cross-referenced at §§ 4-27-404, 4-38-122, and 4-42-707 but were not extracted.
Penalties
Failure to comply with the assumed-name subchapter is a violation punishable by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100, and each day of violation is a separate offense.
A corporation that contracts exclusively under an unregistered fictitious name can be sued on the instrument, but cannot enforce its own rights under it in Arkansas courts until it complies with § 4-26-405 and pays a $300 civil penalty to the Treasurer of State.
Official source
www.sos.arkansas.gov/business-commercial-services-bcs/forms-fees/corporations (opens the official source)

Fees stated in or alongside the act

1 fee records held for Arkansas
FeeAmountAuthorityStatus
County clerk indexing and filing fee (assumed-name certificate)$1.00Ark. Code Ann. § 4-70-206(b)Verified

Known gaps in the record

  • Secretary of State filing fee for the corporate fictitious-name form under § 4-26-405 is not printed in the statute (agency fee schedule).
  • LLC and LP fictitious/assumed-name mechanisms cross-referenced in the corpus (§§ 4-27-404, 4-38-122, 4-42-707) were not extracted.
  • No term or renewal is stated for county assumed-name certificates; indefinite duration is inferred from statutory silence.
  • Whether general partnerships registered as LLPs fall inside or outside the § 4-70-201 exemption is not addressed in the captured text.

County filing offices and fees

3 county records held for Arkansas
CountyFeeDetailStatus
Garland Countyno published feeNot published
Saline County25$25 filing fee; cash, local check, or credit/debit with a $3.00 processing fee; certificate signed before a notary public.Verified
Pulaski County25$25; in person by credit card, money order, cash, or check (photo ID required); by mail must be notarized.Verified

Common questions

Does an Arkansas LLC or corporation file its DBA with the county clerk?

No. Registered corporations, LPs, and LLCs are expressly exempt from the county assumed-name subchapter (Ark. Code Ann. § 4-70-201). Corporations file fictitious names with the Secretary of State under § 4-26-405 (plus the registered-office county clerk unless in Pulaski County). The county-clerk certificate under § 4-70-203 is for individuals and unregistered firms.

What happens if a sole proprietor operates under an assumed name in Arkansas without filing?

It is a violation punishable by a $25 to $100 fine, and each day of noncompliance is a separate offense (Ark. Code Ann. § 4-70-202).

Does filing an Arkansas fictitious name give exclusive rights to the name?

No. The statute states compliance 'does not give a corporation an exclusive right to the use of the fictitious name' and does not bar others from using the same name as a corporate name, though equitable relief under fair trade law remains available (Ark. Code Ann. § 4-26-405(g)).

How much does an Arkansas county assumed-name filing cost?

The statute sets the county clerk's indexing and filing fee at $1.00 (Ark. Code Ann. § 4-70-206(b)). The Secretary of State fee for a corporate fictitious-name filing under § 4-26-405 is not printed in the statute.

Recurring entity-level tax

Arkansas Annual Franchise Tax (Arkansas Corporate Franchise Tax Act of 1979)

Verified
What it is called
Arkansas Annual Franchise Tax (Arkansas Corporate Franchise Tax Act of 1979)
Ark. Code Ann. 26-54-101 et seq. · source (opens the official source)
Administering agency
Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services Division
2026 Annual Corporation Franchise Tax Report (official SOS form): reports and remittance payable to Arkansas Secretary of State, BCS Division · source (opens the official source)
Basis of the tax
authorized shares (outstanding capital stock, apportioned) for stock corporations; flat for LLCs and no-stock corporations
Ark. Code Ann. 26-54-104(6)(A); 2026 form: (AR real+personal assets / total assets) x outstanding capital stock (no-par shares valued at $25) x 0.003 · source (opens the official source)
Minimum
$150
2026 SOS Corporation Franchise Tax Report: 'MINIMUM TAX DUE $150 - IF LESS THAN $150 PAY $150'; LLC flat tax also $150 · source (opens the official source)
Due date
May 1 annually (for the year ending the preceding December 31); no extensions available (Acts 1046 and 1140 of 1991 eliminated extensions); penalty ($25) plus interest after May 1 per A.C.A. 26-54-107 and 26-54-114
2026 SOS form: 'Reports and taxes are due on or before May 1' / 'ALL REPORTS ARE DUE ON OR BEFORE MAY 1' · source (opens the official source)
Corporations
True
LLCs
True

The LLC minimum is not resolved as a number in the record (the annual-report figure already carries the entity-tax minimum - one obligation, counted once) - stated as a gap, not guessed.

See the national picture and the corporation cost model.

Filing-office closures, 2026

Stored as a delta against the federal baseline: 1 day this state closes that the federal government does not, and 2 federal holidays its filing office works through.

Arkansas 2026 closure delta
DateDayFiling office
2026-06-19JuneteenthOPEN - federal holiday not observed
2026-10-12Columbus DayOPEN - federal holiday not observed
2026-12-24Christmas EveFiling office closed
Provenance - Arkansas 2026 closuresVerified

Citation withheld: this record did not clear the publication gate.

Source
www.sos.arkansas.gov/uploads/holidays_2026.pdf (opens the official source)
Retrieved
2026-07-29
Confidence
high
Review
verified

Good-standing status decoder

27 distinct status strings observed for Arkansas: 2 mean in good standing, 16 mean not in good standing, and 9 are deliberately unresolved. How this decoder is derived and why it can never be marked verified.

Arkansas observed status strings and their verdict
Observed status VerdictConfidence
(BLANK)Unresolved - do not automate on thismedium
ACTIVEIn good standinghigh
ADMINISTRATIVELY DISSOLVEDNot in good standinghigh
ADMINISTRATIVELY WITHDRAWNNot in good standinghigh
CANCELLEDNot in good standinghigh
CONSOLIDATEDNot in good standingmedium
CONVERTEDNot in good standingmedium
DISSOLVEDNot in good standinghigh
EXPIREDNot in good standingmedium
FILED IN <YEAR>Unresolved - do not automate on thismedium
FORFEITED CHARTERNot in good standinghigh
FORFEITED CHARTER PAIDNot in good standinghigh
GOOD STANDINGIn good standinghigh
JUDICIALLY DISSOLVEDNot in good standinghigh
MERGEDNot in good standingmedium
NON SOSUnresolved - do not automate on thismedium
NOT CURRENTNot in good standinghigh
NOT FILEDUnresolved - do not automate on thismedium
NOT SOS FILEDUnresolved - do not automate on thislow
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Restricted entity-name words

6 restricted entity-name word entries are recorded for Arkansas, the rest requiring an agency's consent or licensure before the word may appear in a name.

Governing law: Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-401 (corporate name) and § 4-38-112 (LLC permitted names) carry no word list beyond the generic implied-purpose rule; the operative restricted-word list is the SOS Business & Commercial Services "Name Availability Guidelines" (Revised 9/6/2022).

Arkansas restricted entity-name words
TreatmentWord or phrase AuthorityCitationStatus
Consent requiredbank / trust (or combination of the two)Arkansas State Bank DepartmentSOS Name Availability Guidelines (rev. 9/6/2022): "Use of the word 'bank', 'trust,' or combination of the two, unless accompanied by a letter of approval from the Arkansas State Bank Department."Verified
Consent requiredinsurance (insurer entities)Arkansas Insurance DepartmentSOS Name Availability Guidelines (rev. 9/6/2022): "Insurance companies must obtain permission from the Arkansas Insurance Department prior to forming an entity."Verified
Consent requiredRazorback(s) / Arkansas Razorback(s)University of Arkansas SystemSOS Name Availability Guidelines (rev. 9/6/2022): "Use of the words 'Razorback(s)' or 'Arkansas Razorbacks(s),' unless accompanied by a letter of approval from the University of Arkansas System."Verified
Consent requiredRed Wolf / Red Wolves Arkansas StateArkansas State UniversitySOS Name Availability Guidelines (rev. 9/6/2022): "Use of the words 'Red Wolf' or 'Red Wolves Arkansas State' unless a letter of approval from Arkansas State University."Verified
License requiredengineer / engineering (or any modification or derivation)Arkansas State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional SurveyorsSOS Name Availability Guidelines (rev. 9/6/2022): restricted "unless the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors has issued the applicant a certificate of authorization or a letter indicating the eligibility of the applicant to receive such a certificate"Verified
Restricted(medicine / dentistry practice LLCs)Arkansas State Medical Board / Dental Corporation Act complianceSOS Name Availability Guidelines (rev. 9/6/2022): an LLC engaging in the practice of medicine must obtain a certificate of registration from the Arkansas State Medical Board (Medical Corporation Act, § 4-29-301); dentistry LLCs must register under the Dental Corporation Act (§ 4-29-401 et seq.)Verified

Filing channels

● accepted · ○ not accepted · ? unknown or conditional (hover for the recorded condition). Channel data covers 54 jurisdictions (2026-08-15 wave). Source links render on verified rows only.

Contact the filing office

Verified against the agency's own contact page 2026-08-13. Source links render on verified rows only.

Reaching the filing office

Verified
Phone
(501) 682-3409
Email
[email protected]
Mailing address
Arkansas Secretary of State, Business & Commercial Services, 1401 W. Capitol Avenue, Suite 250, Little Rock, AR 72201
Courier / walk-in
Victory Building, 1401 W. Capitol Avenue, Suite 250, Little Rock, AR 72201

BCS publishes one street address (Victory Building suite) that works for mail and courier alike; the local BCS line for a filing company placing volume calls (toll-free 888-233-0325 also direct to BCS); corprequest@ is both the published and the correspondence-proven mailbox (BCS answered from it 2026-08-11).

Purposed contact channels, Arkansas
KindValueWhat it is forPurposeSource
phone(888) 233-0325Business & Commercial Services - toll-freeBusiness filingssource (opens the official source)
phone(501) 682-3409Business & Commercial Services - localBusiness filingssource (opens the official source)
email[email protected]Business & Commercial ServicesBusiness filingssource (opens the official source)
physical_addressVictory Building, 1401 W. Capitol Avenue, Suite 250, Little Rock, AR 72201Business & Commercial Services office (mailing and street address)Business filingssource (opens the official source)
emailucc@sos.arkansas.govUCC (Business & Commercial Services)UCCsource (opens the official source)
phone888-233-0325 or 501-682-3409Business & Commercial Services (BCS)UCCsource (opens the official source)
email[email protected]Business & Commercial Services (BCS) - generalUCCsource (opens the official source)
mailing_addressBusiness & Commercial Services (BCS), Victory Building, 1401 W. Capitol Avenue, Suite 250, Little Rock, AR 72201Business & Commercial Services (BCS)UCCsource (opens the official source)

UCC records

Where to search Arkansas's UCC (Article 9) financing statements, on what terms, and what the office charges to file one. Verified against the filing office's own pages 2026-09-11. UCC division contacts are listed with the other filing-office contacts above.

UCC records - ArkansasVerified
Filing office
Arkansas Secretary of State - Business & Commercial Services (BCS)
Official search
https://bcs.sos.arkansas.gov/search/ucc (opens the official source)
Access
free public search
Search fees, as the office states them
Official fee table (UCC page): "Lien Search UCC-11 Online $ 6.00 Paper $ 6.00"; "Lien Search with Certificate UCC-11 Paper $ 6.00"; "National Information Request UCC-11 Paper $ 6.00"; "Copies of Financing Statements: First Page UCC-11 $ 6.00; Each Additional Page $.50; Certified Copy Fee UCC-11 $.50". FAQ page: "Search (with results) $6.00 Search (no results) $6.00".
UCC program page
the office's UCC page (opens the official source)
Online filing
filing portal (opens the official source)
Filing a UCC-1, as the office states the fee
$16 online or on paper, which includes a $6 prepaid termination fee; paper filings add 50 cents for each additional page (including addendum and additional-party pages) up to a $100 maximum
Filing channels
online or paper; Online: UCC online filing portal at https://bcs.sos.arkansas.gov/ (UCC Filing System User Guide, July 2026, linked). Paper: mailed to Business & Commercial Services, Victory Building, 1401 W. Capitol
Filing expedite
No expedited filing service is published; the office's FAQ describes online filing as giving immediate position
UCC-3 amendments, as the office states the fees
Amendment, assignment, continuation or partial release $6 online or on paper (paper adds 50 cents per additional page); termination of a filing made on or after July 28, 1995 no charge (fee paid with the initial financing statement); termination of a pre-July 28, 1995 filing $6
Bulk data
published bulk-data program - No initial full-database extract offered at any price - the office sells ONLY the monthly changes file (state's answer by phone, 2026-09-10)

Source: the office's UCC page (opens the official source)

State business license

Whether Arkansas requires a general state-level business license, and on what terms. A "None" is a verified finding cited to the agency's own pages, not a gap. Which of the state's filings ask for an industry code is in the next section.

State business license - ArkansasVerified
General state license
None - the state issues no general business license; licensing is occupation-specific and local
Where a new business registers
No general licensing agency. Tax registration: Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA), Revenue Division - Arkansas Taxpayer Access Point (ATAP) agency page (opens the official source)
Revenue-department registration
required - Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (Revenue Division) - ATAP register (opens the official source)
Occupational licensing hub
https://www.labor.arkansas.gov/licensing/ (opens the official source)
Local layer
city licenses - Business License Application: Submit Online

5 of 5 fields verified against the agency's own pages (2026-09-11). Sources: littlerock.gov (opens the official source) · portal.arkansas.gov (opens the official source) · www.dfa.arkansas.gov (opens the official source) · www.sos.arkansas.gov (opens the official source)

Industry code on filings

Which of Arkansas's business filings ask the filer for an industry classification, and in what form. "No industry information" is a positive finding cited to the form. Where the state uses its own category list and the list was captured, it is expandable below. The NAICS and SIC reference lists are on their own page.

Industry code on Arkansas filings, 7 of 7 rows verified
FilingEntity scopeAsks forRequiredWhere on the formSource
Formationcorporationno industry informationnot askedItem 6 'The nature of the business ... a. The primary purpose of the Corporation shall be ___' (free text; no code)source (opens the official source)
FormationLLCno industry informationnot askedNo industry/NAICS/purpose field (name, principal office, registered agent, one officer 'for franchise tax purposes')source (opens the official source)
Foreign registrationcorporationno industry informationnot askedItem 3 nature of business (free text; no code)source (opens the official source)
Foreign registrationLLCno industry informationnot askedNo industry/NAICS/purpose fieldsource (opens the official source)
Annual reportallno industry informationnot asked'Nature of Business:' free-text line in section 5 (corporation) / member-manager block (LLC); no codesource (opens the official source)
Entity-tax returnallno industry informationnot askedSame document as the annual report; tax computed on capital stock / flat fee, no industry inputsource (opens the official source)
Tax registrationallNAICS codemandatoryATAP > Register for Tax Accounts; AR-1R paper formsource (opens the official source)

Counties

Arkansas has 75 county-equivalents: 75 countyies. Names and codes are the U.S. Census Bureau's (2020 national county codes); county seats and official sites are not yet published here.

All 75 county-equivalents
Arkansas county-equivalents
NameTypeFIPSNote
Arkansas Countycounty05001
Ashley Countycounty05003
Baxter Countycounty05005
Benton Countycounty05007
Boone Countycounty05009
Bradley Countycounty05011
Calhoun Countycounty05013
Carroll Countycounty05015
Chicot Countycounty05017
Clark Countycounty05019
Clay Countycounty05021
Cleburne Countycounty05023
Cleveland Countycounty05025
Columbia Countycounty05027
Conway Countycounty05029
Craighead Countycounty05031
Crawford Countycounty05033
Crittenden Countycounty05035
Cross Countycounty05037
Dallas Countycounty05039
Desha Countycounty05041
Drew Countycounty05043
Faulkner Countycounty05045
Franklin Countycounty05047
Fulton Countycounty05049
Garland Countycounty05051
Grant Countycounty05053
Greene Countycounty05055
Hempstead Countycounty05057
Hot Spring Countycounty05059
Howard Countycounty05061
Independence Countycounty05063
Izard Countycounty05065
Jackson Countycounty05067
Jefferson Countycounty05069
Johnson Countycounty05071
Lafayette Countycounty05073
Lawrence Countycounty05075
Lee Countycounty05077
Lincoln Countycounty05079
Little River Countycounty05081
Logan Countycounty05083
Lonoke Countycounty05085
Madison Countycounty05087
Marion Countycounty05089
Miller Countycounty05091
Mississippi Countycounty05093
Monroe Countycounty05095
Montgomery Countycounty05097
Nevada Countycounty05099
Newton Countycounty05101
Ouachita Countycounty05103
Perry Countycounty05105
Phillips Countycounty05107
Pike Countycounty05109
Poinsett Countycounty05111
Polk Countycounty05113
Pope Countycounty05115
Prairie Countycounty05117
Pulaski Countycounty05119
Randolph Countycounty05121
St. Francis Countycounty05123
Saline Countycounty05125
Scott Countycounty05127
Searcy Countycounty05129
Sebastian Countycounty05131
Sevier Countycounty05133
Sharp Countycounty05135
Stone Countycounty05137
Union Countycounty05139
Van Buren Countycounty05141
Washington Countycounty05143
White Countycounty05145
Woodruff Countycounty05147
Yell Countycounty05149

Other records held

Other records held for Arkansas
RecordValueStatus
Change of registered agent$0Pending review
Who must be named in public filingsFormation: LLC certificate of organization (LL-01 / 4-38-201(b)) requires only name, principal office, and registered-agent info - no member/manager names on the public formation record; corp articles (DN-01 / 4-27-202) require incorporators but not officers/directors. Annual franchise tax report: CORP report collects Pending review

These come from a research pass its own author graded CANDIDATES. They are shown because they are useful and withheld from every ranking on this site because they are not ratified.

The record itself

What backs this page
ArtefactHeld
Official statute files in the verification corpus 17 files, retrieved 2026-07-07
Monitored sources 4 sources under scheduled recheck
Official URLs on file 11 agency URL slots populated of 20 possible
Datasets held see the coverage matrix

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