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THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF TENANCIES:

RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL (BUSINESSES)

TERMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES

ARIZONA RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT

Article 1  General

real estate

Provisions

  • 33-1301 – Short title
  • 33-1302 – Purposes
  • 33-1303 – Supplementary principles of law applicable
  • 33-1304 – Applicability of chapter
  • 33-1305 – Administration of remedies; enforcement; notice and pleading requirements
  • 33-1306 – Settlement of disputed claim or right
  • 33-1307 – Territorial application
  • 33-1308 – Exclusions from application of chapter
  • 33-1310 – General definitions
  • 33-1311 – Obligation of good faith
  • 33-1312 – Unconscionability
  • 33-1313 – Notice
  • 33-1314 – Terms and conditions of rental agreement
  • 33-1314.01 – Utility charges; sub-metering; ratio utility billing; allocation; water system exemption
  • 33-1315 – Prohibited provisions in rental agreements
  • 33-1316 – Separation of rents and obligations to maintain property forbidden
  • 33-1317 – Discrimination by landlord or lessor against tenant with children prohibited; classification; exceptions; civil remedy; applicability
  • 33-1318 – Early termination by tenant for domestic violence; conditions; lock replacement; access refusal; treble damages; immunity
  • 33-1318.01 – Early release termination for law enforcement officers; definition
  • 33-1319 – Bedbug control; landlord and tenant obligations; definitions

Article 2  Landlord Obligations

  • 33-1321 – Security deposits
  • 33-1322 – Disclosure and tender of written rental agreement
  • 33-1323 – Landlord to supply possession of dwelling unit
  • 33-1324 – Landlord to maintain fit premises
  • 33-1325 – Limitation of liability
  • 33-1329 – Regulation of rents; authority
  • 33-1330 – Transfer of records on sale
  • 33-1331 – Notice of foreclosure; effect on lease; damages

Article 3  Tenant Obligations

  • 33-1341 – Tenant to maintain dwelling unit
  • 33-1342 – Rules and regulations
  • 33-1343 – Access
  • 33-1344 – Tenant to use and occupy as a dwelling unit

Article 4  Remedies

  • 33-1361 – Noncompliance by the landlord
  • 33-1362 – Failure to deliver possession
  • 33-1363 – Self-help for minor defects
  • 33-1364 – Wrongful failure to supply heat, air conditioning, cooling, water, hot water or essential services
  • 33-1365 – Landlord’s noncompliance as defense to action for possession or rent; definition
  • 33-1366 – Fire or casualty damage
  • 33-1367 – Tenant’s remedies for landlord’s unlawful ouster, exclusion or diminution of services
  • 33-1368 – Noncompliance with rental agreement by tenant; failure to pay rent; utility discontinuation; liability for guests; definition
  • 33-1369 – Failure to maintain
  • 33-1370 – Abandonment; notice; remedies; personal property; definition
  • 33-1371 – Acceptance of partial payments
  • 33-1372 – Landlord liens; distraint (seizure) for rent
  • 33-1373 – Remedy after termination
  • 33-1374 – Recovery of possession limited
  • 33-1375 – Periodic tenancy; hold-over remedies
  • 33-1376 –Landlord and tenant remedies for abuse of access
  • 33-1377 – Special detainer actions; service; trial postponement
  • 33-1378 – Removal of guest

Article 5  Retaliatory Action

  • 33-1381 – Retaliatory conduct prohibited

TERMINATION OF NON-RESIDENTIAL (BUSINESSES)

Article 1   Obligations and Liabilities of Landlord

  • 33-301 – Posting of lien law and rates by innkeepers
  • 33-302 – Maintenance of fireproof safe by innkeeper for deposit of valuables by guests; limitations on liability of innkeeper for loss of property of guests
  • 33-303 – Discrimination by landlord or lessor against tenant with children prohibited; classification; exceptions

Article 2  Obligations and Liabilities of Tenant

  • 33-321 – Maintenance of premises
  • 33-322 – Damage to premises; classification
  • 33-323 – Liability of person in possession of land for rent due thereon
  • 33-324 – Denial of landlord’s title by lessee in possession prohibited

Article 3  Termination of Tenancies

  • 33-341 – Termination of tenancies
  • 33-342 – Effect of lessee holding over
  • 33-343 – Premises rendered untenantable without fault of lessee; nonliability of tenant for rent; right to quit premises

Article 4  Remedies of Landlord

  • 33-361 – Violation of lease by tenant; right of landlord to reenter; summary action for recovery of premises; appeal; lien for unpaid rent; enforcement; notice and pleading requirements
  • 33-362  Landlord’s lien for rent

Article 5  Applicability of Chapter