Business & Filings
What Business and Commercial Services files
Domestic and foreign business corporations, nonprofit corporations, professional corporations, limited partnerships, LLPs, LLLPs, and limited liability companies are formed or qualified by filing with this division.
Filers can search whether a company name is available, then file articles, amendments, mergers, or dissolutions. The office publishes that most filings complete within two business days of receipt; the effective date is the date BCS receives the document unless the filing sets a later date.
Corporations and LLCs file annual reports and pay franchise tax to the Secretary of State—online, by mail, or in person in Little Rock or Fayetteville.
The division records Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and other lien documents, and registers trademarks and service marks.
Other filings assigned to this office include commercial registered agents, cooperatives, international student-exchange organizations, and related commercial records.
How to use the office
The public business-entity search lets lenders, partners, and neighbors check what was filed.
Counter service is at the Victory Building, 1401 W. Capitol Avenue, Suite 250, Little Rock, and at 300 North College, Suite 201F, Fayetteville.
Notary commissions, eNotary, and apostilles are also housed in this division; those duties are described on the Notaries page.
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