(1) Notwithstanding Rule 31.2, a person or entity may engage in the practice of law in a limited manner as authorized in Rule 31.3(b) through (e), but the person or entity who engages in such an activity is subject to the Arizona Supreme Court's jurisdiction concerning that activity.

(2) A person who is currently suspended or has been disbarred from the State Bar of Arizona, or is currently on disability inactive status, may not engage in any of the activities specified in this Rule 31.3 unless this rule authorizes a specific activity.

(3) An ABS whose license has been suspended or revoked may not engage in any of the activities specified in this rule, except an ABS whose license has been suspended may engage in activities as expressly authorized by judgment or order of the Arizona Supreme Court, the presiding disciplinary judge, or a hearing panel.

(1) In Furtherance of Official Duties. An elected official or employee of a governmental entity may perform the duties of his or her office and carry out the government entity's regular course of business.

(2) Forms. The Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, superior court, and limited jurisdiction courts may create and distribute forms for use in Arizona courts.

(1) Definition. “Legal entity” means an organization that has legal standing under Arizona law to sue or be sued in its own right, including a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, an association as defined in A.R.S. §§ 33-1202 or 33-1802, a trust, or a governmental or tribal entity.

(2) Documents. A legal entity may prepare documents incidental to its regular course of business or other regular activity if they are for the entity's use and are not made available to third parties.

(3) Justice and Municipal Courts. A person may represent a legal entity in a proceeding before a justice court or municipal court if:

(4) General Stream Adjudication Proceeding. A person may represent a legal entity in superior court in a general stream adjudication proceeding conducted under A.R.S. §§ 45-251 et seq. (including a proceeding before a master appointed under A.R.S. § 45-255) if:

(5) Administrative Hearings and Agency Proceedings. A person may represent a legal entity in a proceeding before the Office of Administrative Hearings, or before an Arizona administrative agency, commission, or board, if:

(6) Arizona Corporation Commission. A person may represent a legal entity in a proceeding before the Arizona Corporation Commission (“Commission”) if the representation complies with subsection (c)(5). Additionally, a person with expertise in the field of public utility regulatory compliance, public utility accounting or finance, public utility engineering, railroad engineering or safety, or pipeline engineering or safety may prepare, submit, or file with the Commission on the entity's behalf a tariff, rate schedule, engineering report, or other technical or financial document within the person's field of expertise.

(7) Exception. Despite Rule 31.3(c)(3) through (c)(6), a court, the hearing officer, or the officer presiding at the agency or commission proceeding, may order the entity to appear only through counsel if the court or officer determines that the person representing the entity is interfering with the proceeding's orderly progress or imposing undue burdens on other parties.

(1) A person may prepare a tax return for an entity or another person.

(2) A certified public accountant or other federally authorized tax practitioner (as that term is defined in A.R.S. § 42-2069(D)(1)) may:

(3) A property tax agent (as that term is defined in A.R.S. § 32-3651), who is registered with the Arizona State Board of Appraisal under A.R.S. § 32-3642, may practice as authorized under A.R.S. § 42-16001.

(4) A person may represent a party in a small claim proceeding in Arizona Tax Court conducted under A.R.S. §§ 12-161 et seq.

(5) In any tax-related proceeding before the Arizona Department of Revenue, the Office of Administrative Hearings relating to the Arizona Department of Revenue, a state or county board of equalization, the Arizona Department of Transportation, the Arizona Department of Economic Security, the Arizona Department of Child Safety, or any county, city, or town taxing or appeals official, a person may represent a taxpayer if:

(1) Children With Disabilities. A person may represent a party in the following situations if the person has special knowledge or training with respect to the problems of children with disabilities and the person is not charging a fee for representing the party (other than receiving reimbursement for costs):

Despite these provisions, the hearing officer may order the party to appear only through counsel or in some other manner if he or she determines that the person representing the party is interfering with the proceeding's orderly progress or imposing undue burdens on other parties.

(2) Department of Fire, Building and Life Safety. In any landlord/tenant dispute before the Arizona Department of Fire, Building and Life Safety, a person may represent a party if:

(3) Fiduciaries. A person licensed as a fiduciary under A.R.S. § 14-5651 may perform services in compliance with Arizona Code of Judicial Administration § 7-202 without acting under the supervision of an attorney authorized under Rule 31.1(a) to engage in the practice of law in Arizona. Despite this provision, a court may suspend the fiduciary's authority to act without an attorney if it determines that lay representation is interfering with the proceeding's orderly progress or imposing undue burdens on other parties.

(4) Legal Document Preparers and Legal Paraprofessionals. Certified legal document preparers and legal paraprofessionals may perform services in compliance with the Arizona Code of Judicial Administration. Disbarred or suspended attorneys may only be certified as a legal document preparer or licensed as a legal paraprofessional if approved by the Supreme Court.

(5) Mediators.

(6) Nonlawyer Assistants and Out-of-State Attorneys.

(7) Personnel Boards. An employee may designate a person as a representative who is not necessarily an attorney to represent the employee before any board hearing or any quasi-judicial hearing dealing with personnel matters, but no fee may be charged (other than for reimbursement of costs) for any services rendered in connection with such hearing by any such designated representative who is not authorized under Rule 31.1(a) to engage in the practice of law in Arizona.

(8) State Bar Fee Arbitration. A person may represent a legal entity in a fee arbitration proceeding conducted by the State Bar of Arizona Fee Arbitration Committee, if: