Tree removal permit rules in Mohave County, AZ — sometimes called heritage tree, protected tree, or street tree ordinances — list which trees require a permit before you can cut them down.
Unincorporated Mohave County has no urban tree-removal permit for homeowners clearing their own yard. The rule that actually applies is Arizona's Native Plant Law, which requires advance notice to the state before clearing protected desert plants from raw land.
There is no county canopy or street-tree ordinance requiring a permit to cut a tree on a finished residential lot. When you clear undeveloped land, though, Arizona's Native Plant Law applies: before destroying protected native plants you must notify the Arizona Department of Agriculture, with verbal notice 20 days ahead for under an acre, a 30-day written notice for one to 40 acres, and 60 days for 40 acres or more. Protected plants can be salvaged and relocated under permit rather than destroyed. Individually owned residential lots of ten acres or less where construction has already occurred are exempt from the notice requirement.
None from the county for removing a tree on an established lot. Destroying protected native plants on raw land without the required advance notice or salvage permit is a state violation handled by the Arizona Department of Agriculture.
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