Professional Limited Liability Companies

A.R.S. tit. 29, ch. 7, art. 11

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A.R.S. § 29-4101 Definitions

29-4101. Definitions In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "License" means a license, a certificate of registration or any other evidence of the satisfaction of the requirements of a licensing authority for the practice of a professional service. 2. "Licensed person" means a person who is duly licensed by at least one licensing authority to provide at least one of the categories of professional services rendered by the professional limited liability company. 3. "Licensing authority" means the officer, board, agency, court or other authority empowered by law to license or otherwise authorize the rendition of a professional service. 4. "Professional limited liability company" means a limited liability company organized under this chapter for purposes that include rendering one or more categories of professional services. 5. "Professional service" means a service that may be lawfully rendered only by a licensed person or person otherwise authorized by a licensing authority to render the service.

A.R.S. § 29-4102 Professional limited liability company formation

29-4102. Professional limited liability company formation A. One or more persons may form a professional limited liability company by filing articles of organization with the commission that, in addition to the information required under section 29-3201, specify both of the following: 1. That the company is a professional limited liability company. 2. The professional service or services that the professional limited liability company is organized to provide. B. A limited liability company organized under a law of this state other than this article may elect professional limited liability company status by amending its articles of organization pursuant to section 29-3202 to comply with subsection A of this section and with section 29-4106.

A.R.S. § 29-4103 Exclusions from article

29-4103. Exclusions from article A. This article does not alter the right of licensed persons to perform professional services in any other business form allowed by law. B. This article does not prohibit a professional limited liability company from employing persons who are not licensed to perform professional services that are rendered by the company if all of the following apply: 1. The unlicensed persons work at the direction or under the supervision of licensed persons. 2. The unlicensed persons do not hold themselves out to the public generally as being authorized to perform the professional services rendered by the company. 3. The unlicensed persons are not prohibited by the licensing authority regulating any of the professional services rendered by the professional limited liability company from being so employed.

A.R.S. § 29-4104 Application of general limited liability company law

29-4104. Application of general limited liability company law Professional limited liability companies shall be governed by the laws applicable to other limited liability companies except insofar as the laws are limited or enlarged by or contrary to this article, in any of which events this article shall be controlling.

A.R.S. § 29-4105 Special restrictions

29-4105. Special restrictions A. A professional limited liability company may render a category of professional services in this state only through its members, managers, officers, agents and employees who are themselves licensed persons qualified in this state to perform that category of professional services. This article does not limit or restrict the operation of any limited liability company or its members, including any licensed person, to the extent the company is otherwise authorized under applicable law administered by the licensing authority to render professional services through a limited liability company that is not subject to this article. B. A professional limited liability company may issue a transferable interest or admit as a member any person unless the company is prohibited from doing so by the licensing authority. C. A transferable interest in a professional limited liability company may be transferred to any person unless the transfer is prohibited by the licensing authority. A member that transfers a transferable interest in violation of this subsection shall be deemed to have dissociated as a member under section 29-3602.

A.R.S. § 29-4106 Name

29-4106. Name The name of a professional limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state shall satisfy the requirements of section 29-3112, except that the name shall contain the words "professional limited liability company" or the abbreviation "P.L.L.C.", "P.L.C.", "PLLC" or "PLC" in uppercase or lowercase letters.

A.R.S. § 29-4107 Professional relations and responsibility

29-4107. Professional relations and responsibility This article does not alter any law applicable to the relationship between a person performing professional services and a person receiving those services, including liability arising out of those professional services.

A.R.S. § 29-4108 Disciplinary powers of regulating licensing authorities

29-4108. Disciplinary powers of regulating licensing authorities A. A professional limited liability company may not perform any act that is prohibited to be performed by individuals licensed to perform professional services that are rendered by the company. B. Each member, manager, officer, agent and employee of a professional limited liability company who is a licensed person in the jurisdiction in which the person performs professional services is subject to the rules and regulations adopted by and the disciplinary powers of the licensing authority or licensing authorities regulating the professional services rendered by the company in the jurisdiction in which the person performs professional services.

Source: Arizona State Legislature (azleg.gov)URL: https://www.azleg.gov/arsDetail/?title=29Fetched: 10/31/2026