Arizona
Franchise Registration

Arizona’s Business Opportunity Laws define a  “Business opportunity” as:

(a) the sale or lease, or offer for sale or lease, of any goods or services to a consumer for an initial payment of five hundred dollars or greater for the purpose of enabling the consumer to start or operate a business, which sale or lease is not limited to sales initiated or made by the telephone.

(b) Includes a solicitation of consumers in which the seller represents one or more of the following:

(i) That the consumer may or will earn an amount in excess of the initial payment as a result of the purchase.

(ii) That a market exists for any goods to be made or sold or services to be rendered by the consumer.

(iii) That the seller will provide locations or assist the consumer in finding locations for the use or operation of vending machines, racks, display cases or other similar devices or currency-operated amusement machines or devices or any other devices.

(iv) That the seller may purchase from the consumer goods to be made or services to be rendered by the consumer.

(v) That the seller guarantees, either conditionally or unconditionally, that the consumer will derive income from the business opportunity or that the seller will refund all or part of the price paid for the business opportunity or repurchase any of the goods supplied by the seller if the consumer is unsatisfied with the business opportunity.

(vi) That the seller or an entity associated with the seller will provide a sales program or marketing program to the consumer unless the marketing program is offered in conjunction with the licensing of a registered trademark or service mark, if the trademark or service mark has been effectively registered under federal law. A.R.S. § 44-1271.