Just cause eviction rules in Lake Havasu City, AZ — sometimes called tenant protection or "for cause" eviction ordinances — list the specific legal reasons a landlord can end a tenancy.
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.
Unlike tenant-protective states, Arizona does not require a landlord to prove good cause to end a tenancy. Under the Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act a fixed-term lease simply expires on its end date, and a month-to-month tenancy ends on thirty days' written notice under A.R.S. §33-1375, with no reason required. For cause the timelines are short: a five-day notice to pay or quit for nonpayment under §33-1368, a five-day notice for a health-and-safety breach, and ten days for other lease violations. The landlord must still file a special-detainer action in justice court; changing locks, removing doors, or shutting off power is an illegal self-help eviction under §33-1367. Retaliatory and discriminatory evictions remain barred.
A landlord who files without proper notice loses the special-detainer case, which is dismissed. A self-help lockout or utility shutoff under §33-1367 exposes the landlord to the tenant's damages plus two months' rent. Retaliatory eviction lets the tenant counterclaim.
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