3 rules for unincorporated Mohave County, Arizona.
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Arizona bans local rent control. A.R.S. §33-1329 preempts every city, town, and county, so neither Mohave County nor Kingman, Lake Havasu City, or Bullhead City may cap rent. Landlords set market rents and raise them with proper notice.
A.R.S. §33-1329(A)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary the state legislature determines that the imposition of rent control on private residential housing units by cities, including charter cities, and towns is of statewide concern. Therefore, the power to control rents on private residential property is preempted by the state. Cities, including charter cities, or towns shall not have the ...
Arizona has no just-cause eviction law. The Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, A.R.S. §33-1301 et seq., governs across Mohave County. A landlord may end a month-to-month tenancy with thirty days' notice, but must serve a five-day notice for nonpayment and go through court. Self-help lockouts are illegal.
A.R.S. §33-1368(B)
If rent is unpaid when due and the tenant fails to pay rent within five days after written notice by the landlord of nonpayment and the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if the rent is not paid within that period of time...
Arizona requires every residential rental owner to register the property with the county assessor under A.R.S. §33-1902. In Mohave County you file owner and, if you live out of state, statutory-agent details with the Mohave County Assessor. There is no separate county rental license; short-term rentals register separately.
A.R.S. §33-1902(A)
An owner of residential rental property shall maintain with the assessor in the county where the property is located information required by this section in a manner to be determined by the assessor.
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