20-706 - Arizona Statutes

20-706. Filing, recording and publication of articles; appointment of agent to receive process; issuance of certificate A. The articles of incorporation shall be filed in the office of the corporation commission, and certified copies thereof shall be filed with the director of insurance and recorded in the office of the county recorder in each county of the state in which the corporation proposes to transact business. B. The articles of incorporation shall be published at least six times in a newspaper published in or having a general circulation in the county of the corporation's principal place of business. Upon completion of publication, and within three months after recording the certified copy of the articles in the office of the county recorder of such county, an affidavit of publication shall be filed in the office of the corporation commission. C. The corporation shall appoint a statutory agent located in this state upon whom all process in any action or proceeding may be served and shall file duplicate originals of such appointment in the director's office and in the corporation commission's office. Any termination of such statutory agent shall not take effect until the corporation has appointed a new, valid statutory agent. D. Upon completion of the filing and recording as to the articles of incorporation, and filing of the appointment of a statutory agent for service of process, the corporation commission shall issue to the corporation a certificate of incorporation. The corporation shall not transact business as an insurer until it has applied for and received from the director a certificate of authority as provided by this title.