Rental Property Rules in Arizona (2026)
45 rules on the books across Arizona, 18 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Rent Control
Local limits on how much landlords can raise rent each year, including which properties are covered and exemptions for newer buildings.
Arizona: statewide
StatewideFew RestrictionsArizona prohibits local rent control. State law makes rent regulation on private residential property a matter of…
Read full rule →Coconino County
Few RestrictionsArizona bans local rent control. A.R.S. §33-1329 preempts every city, town, and county, so neither Coconino County nor…
Read full rule →Mohave County
Few RestrictionsArizona bans local rent control. A.R.S. §33-1329 preempts every city, town, and county, so neither Mohave County nor…
Read full rule →Just Cause Eviction
Protections requiring landlords to have a valid reason to evict tenants, such as nonpayment of rent, lease violations, or owner move-in.
Arizona: statewide
StatewideFew RestrictionsThe Arizona Residential Landlord-Tenant Act preempts the field of residential eviction grounds and procedures…
Read full rule →Coconino County
Few RestrictionsArizona has no just-cause eviction law. The Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, A.R.S. §33-1301 et seq…
Read full rule →Mohave County
Few RestrictionsArizona has no just-cause eviction law. The Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, A.R.S. §33-1301 et seq…
Read full rule →Surprise
Few RestrictionsSurprise does not have a just cause eviction ordinance. Arizona law does not require landlords to have a specific…
Read full rule →Tucson
Few RestrictionsArizona does not have a just-cause eviction requirement, and Tucson has not enacted one locally. Landlords may choose…
Read full rule →Rental Registration
Requirements for landlords to register rental properties with the city, including inspection programs, fees, and occupancy standards.
Buckeye
Significant RestrictionsBuckeye requires every owner of residential rental property to file ownership and contact information with the Maricopa…
Read full rule →Queen Creek
Significant RestrictionsThe Town of Queen Creek requires every owner to register a property as a vacation rental before it is used or…
Read full rule →Surprise
Significant RestrictionsEvery owner of residential rental property in Surprise must file registration information with the Maricopa County…
Read full rule →Tempe
Significant RestrictionsOwners of residential rental property in Tempe must file contact and ownership information with the Maricopa County…
Read full rule →Yuma
Significant RestrictionsOwners of residential rental property inside a Yuma Neighborhood Revitalization Area must register every dwelling unit…
Read full rule →Avondale
Some RestrictionsEvery owner of residential rental property in Avondale must register with the Maricopa County Assessor under state law…
Read full rule →Coconino County
Some RestrictionsArizona requires every residential rental owner to register the property with the county assessor under A.R.S…
Read full rule →Gilbert
Some RestrictionsGilbert requires every owner of commercial rental property in town to hold a business license, and Code of Gilbert §…
Read full rule →Mohave County
Some RestrictionsArizona requires every residential rental owner to register the property with the county assessor under A.R.S…
Read full rule →Phoenix
Some RestrictionsPhoenix landlords must file owner and agent contact information with the Maricopa County Assessor before renting out…
Read full rule →Tucson
Some RestrictionsTucson Code § 16-21 requires every owner of residential rental property to file identifying information, owner name and…
Read full rule →Yavapai County
Some RestrictionsYavapai County's zoning ordinance doesn't let an ADU rental arrangement substitute for state rental-registration law…
Read full rule →Security Deposit Rules
Caps on how much landlords may collect as security deposits, return deadlines, itemized-deduction requirements, and tenant remedies for wrongfully withheld deposits.
Arizona: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsArizona caps security deposits at one and one-half month's rent. After the tenancy ends and the tenant requests it, a…
Read full rule →Mesa
Some RestrictionsMesa landlords cannot demand more than one and one-half months' rent as a security deposit. Arizona's Residential…
Read full rule →Tucson
Some RestrictionsTucson tenants benefit from ARS 33-1321, which caps a residential security deposit at 1.5 times the monthly rent and…
Read full rule →No-Fault Evictions
Allowable no-fault eviction grounds (owner move-in, Ellis Act, substantial remodel) and the relocation/notice obligations that come with each.
Pass-Through Charges
Rules limiting landlord ability to pass utility, capital improvement, or seismic-retrofit costs through to rent-controlled tenants, and the petition process.
Rent Increase Notice
How much advance written notice a landlord must give before raising the rent on a month-to-month or expiring lease, and how state notice rules differ from any local rent-control caps.
Landlord Entry & Notice
How much advance notice a landlord must give before entering an occupied unit, the permitted reasons (repairs, showings, inspections), allowed hours, and the emergency exceptions under state law.
Repairs & Habitability
The implied warranty of habitability, how long a landlord has to fix essential services (heat, water, plumbing, mold), and tenant remedies such as repair-and-deduct, rent withholding, or breaking the lease.
Arizona: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsA.R.S. § 33-1324 requires Arizona landlords to keep rentals fit and habitable: meeting building codes, maintaining…
Read full rule →Avondale
Some RestrictionsAvondale requires every residential rental property to keep plumbing, electrical, heating and cooling systems in safe…
Read full rule →Buckeye
Some RestrictionsBuckeye's Property Maintenance Code makes any landlord who agrees to furnish heat keep habitable rooms, bathrooms, and…
Read full rule →Gilbert
Some RestrictionsCode of Gilbert § 42-108 makes it a civil nuisance offense to let any structure, including a rental unit, become unsafe…
Read full rule →Glendale
Some RestrictionsChapter 29.1 of the Glendale Code sets minimum habitability standards for every residential rental, single-family…
Read full rule →Mesa
Some RestrictionsMesa's Code Compliance division may enter a residential rental's interior once an exterior review or complaint shows…
Read full rule →Peoria
Some RestrictionsPeoria's amended International Property Maintenance Code, City Code § 18-4, requires every rental structure's habitable…
Read full rule →Phoenix
Some RestrictionsPhoenix requires rental units with installed systems to heat to at least 70°F and cool to 82°F (AC) or 86°F…
Read full rule →Sahuarita
Some RestrictionsSahuarita enforces the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code as its property-upkeep standard, per STC §…
Read full rule →Scottsdale
Some RestrictionsScottsdale's building code requires every habitable room, bathroom and toilet room to have heating capable of holding…
Read full rule →Sedona
Some RestrictionsSedona's city code requires short-term rentals to meet the minimum standards for habitable structures set forth in the…
Read full rule →Surprise
Some RestrictionsSurprise's Rental Accountability Ordinance sets a minimum habitability floor: under City Code § 105-92, a residential…
Read full rule →Tempe
Some RestrictionsTempe's Rental Housing Code (Secs. 21-31 to 21-38) sets minimum sanitary, electrical, heating/cooling, ventilation…
Read full rule →Tucson
Some RestrictionsTucson Code § 16-20 defines the health-and-safety conditions that turn a rental into a "slum property", structurally…
Read full rule →Yuma
Some RestrictionsYuma judges rental habitability inside its Neighborhood Revitalization Areas against the International Property…
Read full rule →Lease Termination & Notice to Vacate
Notice required to end a month-to-month tenancy, the rules and penalties for breaking a fixed-term lease early, and early-termination protections for active-duty military, domestic-violence survivors, and medical hardships.
Eviction Notice & Process
The notice a landlord must give before filing to evict, pay-or-quit and cure-or-quit periods, no-cause termination notice, how long the court eviction process takes in this state, and the tenant's options to respond or cure.
Squatter's Rights & Adverse Possession
When an occupant without a lease gains legal protections, the line between a trespasser and a squatter, how many years of continuous possession adverse possession requires in this state, and how an owner lawfully removes a squatter.