Mesa has no standalone tenant anti-harassment ordinance. Tenants rely on Arizona's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, which bars self-help eviction, utility shutoffs, lockouts, and retaliatory rent increases or terminations.
Cities like Oakland and Seattle have detailed anti-harassment ordinances that allow tenants to sue landlords for buyout pressure, repeated unannounced entry, and intimidation. Mesa has not adopted such a code. Tenants instead invoke the Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. ARS §33-1367 prohibits self-help eviction including lockouts and shutoffs, ARS §33-1376 bars retaliatory action within six months of tenant complaints, and ARS §33-1343 limits landlord entry without consent except in emergencies. Tenants may recover actual damages plus an amount equal to two months' rent for self-help violations under URLTA.
Self-help eviction violations let tenants recover possession plus actual damages and an amount equal to two months' rent under ARS §33-1367.
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