Yuma, AZ

Yuma limits fences and walls to three feet in a required front yard setback under City Code § 154-15.06(A), while allowing taller fencing elsewhere on the lot. Corner lots carry a…

Arizona is an open-range state. Under A.R.S. 3-1427, a landowner cannot recover for damage caused by a neighbor's trespassing livestock unless the property is enclosed within a 'lawful…

Yuma does not ban pet stores from selling dogs or cats. The city's animal-sale ordinance targets curbside, sidewalk and unlicensed sales, and expressly excludes retail sales made on…

Releasing a cat into Yuma is unlawful unless it goes through the city's registered Trap-Neuter-Release program. TNR organizations need a city permit, a business license and city…

Yuma limits backyard chicken and rodent keeping to six birds on a half-acre lot or less, bans keeping poultry in front yards, caps coops at 200 square feet, and prohibits male poultry…

Yuma's pound and animal shelters cannot adopt out a dog or cat until it has been surgically spayed or neutered. The mandate covers every shelter adoption citywide but does not require…

Opening a veterinary clinic or animal hospital on agriculturally zoned land in Yuma requires a conditional use permit, not a simple business license. City Code § 154-05.01(D)(1) lists…

Yuma's home occupation rules exclude non-mobile veterinary offices and animal grooming services from residential zoning districts outright. City Code § 154-15.08(C)(6) lists…

Yuma prohibits letting any animal run at-large. A dog avoids that classification only if it is on a leash, chain, rope or cord strong enough to control it, confined in a suitable…

Yuma treats keeping any animal on a lot under 10,000 square feet as a nuisance unless the household falls under one of two exceptions: six or fewer small pets like dogs and cats, or an…

Yuma does not require pets to be microchipped, but City Code lets cat owners skip the mandatory collar and license tag if the cat carries a veterinarian-implanted microchip instead…

Yuma requires anyone keeping a poisonous reptile or a dangerous, carnivorous wild animal to register it with the Chief of Police first. The Chief can impose conditions on how the…

Arizona requires every beekeeper to register apiaries with the State Department of Agriculture, regardless of city rules, and follows uniform statewide pest and disease management…

Arizona makes it unlawful to intentionally feed or attract wildlife, except birds and tree squirrels, in Maricopa, Pima, and Pinal counties under A.R.S. 13-2927. The offense is a petty…

Yuma caps home occupation signage at one square foot in a residence window, plus a matching one-square-foot sign on the doors of a vehicle used for the business. No yard signs…

Yuma's zoning code lets a small in-home day care serving five or fewer children run as a permitted principal use in every low-density residential district, with no conditional-use…

Yuma restricts a home occupation to receiving clients between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., and caps traffic at two clients per hour, under City Code § 154-15.08(B)(5)-(6). The rule applies…

Yuma allows home occupations in any dwelling unit, owner- or renter-occupied, only within 300 square feet of the home or an accessory structure and only as a use clearly subordinate to…

Arizona lets you cook for sale in your own kitchen once you register with the Department of Health Services and hold a current food handler certificate from an accredited program…

Arizona has no home restaurant permit. There is no microenterprise home kitchen operation licence, no meal count allowance, and nothing in A.R.S. § 36-136(I)(4) that exempts a home…

Open burning in Yuma requires a Fire Department permit costing $150, and operators using an air curtain destructor or firebox for agricultural or lumber waste must also hold an ADEQ…

Yuma's zoning code requires every bed and breakfast sleeping room in the city's Bed and Breakfast Overlay District to have its own smoke detector and a posted fire escape route…

Yuma treats outdoor fireplaces and barbecues as accessory structures, not stand-alone features, under City Code § 154-15.15. They cannot sit in the required front yard setback, must…

Yuma restricts fireworks to permissible consumer items only during designated state periods. Aerial fireworks and firecrackers are illegal statewide. Use is restricted to private…

Yuma bars owners from letting any mammal, bird or fowl excessively bark, howl or make noise that disturbs the peace. Excessive requires complaints from at least two households. A first…

Yuma caps electronically amplified sound reaching any residential 'receiving property' at 70 dB maximum (Lmax) and 55 dB continuous (Leq) during evening hours, dropping to 65 dB and 50…

Yuma bars drivers from intentionally accelerating, braking or taking curves in a way that makes tires squeal loudly on the roadway. Section 211-05 targets deliberate tire noise and…

Yuma experiences significant aircraft noise from MCAS Yuma (one of the busiest military air stations for training) and Yuma International Airport. Military aircraft noise is federally…

Yuma allows one accessory dwelling unit behind a single-family home in residential zones, or two on lots of 10,000 square feet or larger, with one attached to the house and the other…

Yuma treats storage sheds as accessory structures under City Code § 154-15.15. Sheds up to 200 square feet and under nine feet tall need only a one-foot side and rear setback, while…

Under ARS 9-461.18, every Arizona municipality with more than 75,000 residents must permit at least one attached and one detached accessory dwelling unit on any lot zoned for a…

Yuma requires street trees to be pruned for at least 12 feet of clearance over roadways and 7 feet over sidewalks under City Code § 137-04(H). Property owners along the adjacent…

Yuma City Code §134-01 lists 'uncontrolled vegetation,' meaning noxious weeds and other rank vegetation not properly controlled, as a public nuisance. There's no fixed inch limit…

Yuma allows backyard composting as an accessory use in every residential zoning district under City Code § 154-15.18. Containers must sit at least five feet from side or rear property…

Once the City Council proclaims a water emergency, Yuma confines lawn and garden watering to the days and times set in that proclamation and flatly bans washing outdoor surfaces…

Yuma's landscape code lets property owners use artificial turf as inert groundcover in required landscape areas, alongside gravel, decomposed granite, and crushed rock. Non-turf ground…

Yuma does not have a comprehensive urban tree protection ordinance like some Arizona cities. Property owners may generally remove trees on their private property without a permit…

Yuma relies on Arizona state native plant law rather than a local ordinance. State-protected plants (saguaro, certain cacti) require AZDA permits for removal. The city's landscaping…

Yuma caps how long a heavy truck, tractor-trailer, bus, motor home or RV can sit on a residential street at five consecutive minutes under § 212-11. Class 3-or-larger vehicles and…

Yuma marks freight and passenger loading zones with signs or a yellow-painted curb designated by the Chief of Police or Traffic Engineer, and City Code §§ 212-20 and 212-21 ban parking…

Yuma's curb-painting code assigns each color a specific meaning: a red-painted curb bars stopping or parking outright under § 212-08(D), a yellow-painted curb marks a Chief of…

Yuma caps front-yard parking at 60% of the front setback area under City Code § 154-16.04(B), requires driveways and parking surfaces to be paved with a durable, dust-free material…

Yuma City Code § 212-11 caps how long a recreational vehicle, trailer, motor home, bus, or any truck rated Class 3 GVWR or heavier can sit on a residential local or collector street…

Yuma has no blanket overnight parking ban. Instead, City Code § 212-16 lets officials post signs limiting how long any vehicle may sit on a stretch of roadway, and once posted…

Yuma enforces abandoned vehicle regulations under ARS §28-871. Vehicles on public streets for 72+ hours may be classified as abandoned. Inoperable vehicles on private property must be…

Arizona law, adopted into Yuma's own traffic code at § 212-09, bars stopping, parking or leaving a vehicle on the paved part of any road outside a business or residence district…

Arizona sets no statewide cap on what a private towing company can charge to remove a vehicle from private property: A.R.S. § 9-499.05(A) only lets an incorporated city or town…

Yuma taxes short-term rental income the same way it taxes hotels and motels: state transaction privilege tax, local sales tax, and the city's hospitality tax all apply. There is no…

Yuma does not cap the number of nights per year that a short-term rental may operate. A.R.S. § 9-500.39 (originating in 2016 SB 1350 and amended by 2019 HB 2672 and 2022 HB 2374)…

Yuma does not have extensive STR-specific ordinances, but operators must comply with ARS §9-500.39 provisions: cities may require registration (up to $250/yr), collect TPT, and enforce…

STR guests must comply with Yuma's noise ordinance (Chapter 133). Construction hours apply to all properties. Unreasonable noise at any hour is prohibited. Nuisance complaints may…

Yuma may impose occupancy limits on STRs under ARS §9-500.39. Standard occupancy is 2 persons per bedroom plus 2 additional, so a 3-bedroom property can host up to 8 overnight guests.

Arizona law allows cities to require STR liability insurance. Operators should maintain adequate liability coverage (typically $500,000 minimum). Coverage may come from direct policy…

STR operators in Yuma should ensure adequate parking for guests. Guest vehicles should use on-site parking. Excessive street parking may generate neighbor complaints.

Yuma issues residential pool permits under the locally amended 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, but every pool built in the city must also meet Arizona's mandatory…

Pool barriers in Yuma must comply with Arizona's Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act (ARS §36-1681): minimum 5-foot barrier, self-closing/self-latching gates with latches 54 inches…

Anyone going house to house in Yuma to sell, canvass or take orders must register first with the Customer Service Office, submit fingerprints and a $120 fee, and carry the resulting…

Yuma residents can block door-to-door solicitors by posting a weatherproof 'No Solicitors Invited' card near the mailbox or asking the city to add their address to a master…

Anyone running booths on Yuma streets under a permitted street fair needs a City of Yuma business license and, per City Code § 70-21, must get zoning approval for the street use, since…

Alcohol is banned in every City of Yuma park unless the Parks and Recreation Department issues a permit under City Code § 170-03. The department sets its own rules and procedures for…

Yuma prohibits every parade unless the City Administrator grants a permit under Chapter 211. Organizers must apply in writing at least 24 hours ahead, disclosing the route, timing, and…

Restaurants in Yuma's Old Town District can extend tables, planter boxes, and awnings into the public right-of-way, but only into space not used for vehicular or pedestrian…

A day care serving six or more children in a Yuma residential zone needs a conditional use permit and must meet fixed safety standards: state licensing, a five-foot self-latching fence…

Yuma does not require automatic fire sprinklers in new one- and two-family homes. The city's 2024 IRC amendments strike the sprinkler mandate entirely, citing state preemption under…

Yuma enforces the 2020 NFPA 70 National Electrical Code under City Code § 150-076, adopted by Resolution R2022-021, with the Department of Building Safety as the enforcement agency…

Yuma enforces the 2024 International Building Code through City Code § 150-015, with local fee and process amendments at § 150-016. Nearly all construction needs a permit; only a…

Plumbing work in Yuma is governed by the locally amended 2018 International Plumbing Code, adopted at City Code § 150-060. Permits run $50 to issue plus per-fixture unit fees, and…

Yuma's Building Safety Division inspects under the amended 2024 IBC. Standard weekday inspections are covered by the permit fee, but after-hours, weekend and re-inspections cost extra…

Yuma's energy-efficiency standard is the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code, adopted by City Code § 150-020 and locally amended by § 150-021, with a carve-out for…

City Code § 150-091(L) amends the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code so every premises and exterior property, occupied or vacant, must stay free from weeds and uncontrolled…

Yuma enforces blighted-property conditions through its 2024 International Property Maintenance Code amendments at City Code § 150-091: exterior areas must stay free of debris…

Yuma regulates all construction and land disturbance inside FEMA-mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas under City Code Chapter 151, adopting the 2014 Flood Insurance Study and FIRMs by…

Yuma bars idling, standing or parking heavy vehicles, trucks over one-ton payload, buses, motor homes, RVs and trailers on residential local or collector streets for more than five…

Yuma requires one foot of freeboard above FEMA's base flood elevation: City Code section 151-04 sets the Regulatory Flood Elevation at BFE plus one foot, and section 151-18 makes new…

Every new lot, plot or parcel in Yuma must hold its own storm runoff on-site: Chapter 192 sets a 8,000-square-foot minimum lot size for on-site retention, an 8-inch maximum storage…

Yuma requires a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan with an erosion and sediment control plan for any site disturbing one acre or more (half an acre for city linear projects) before a…

Yuma bans overnight camping, including sleeping in a vehicle, on any public or private land the city has not licensed as a campground. Landowners camping on their own property…

Yuma caps building footprint at 50% of lot area across its five Low Density Residential (R-1-6 through R-1-40) districts under City Code § 154-05.04(F)(3), the zoning that covers most…

Yuma caps single-family building height at 40 feet in every Low Density Residential (R-1) district under City Code § 154-05.04(F)(5), while the smaller-lot Residential Estate districts…

Yuma sets minimum yard setbacks by zoning district rather than one citywide number. In the five Low Density Residential (R-1) districts, § 154-05.04(F)(4) requires a 20-foot front…

Yuma bars anyone from setting up a stand, movable booth or vending cart on a public street or sidewalk unless the City Council has licensed or contracted for it. The rule targets…

Operating a food truck on private property in Yuma requires the property owner's written permission on file with the City, an annually renewed business license, and a mobile food unit…

Yuma restricts where a food truck can park on private property: never within 20 feet of a street right-of-way, 300 feet of a freeway ramp or school, 125 feet of a home, or 150 feet of…

Yuma bans aggressive solicitation in public areas, within 15 feet of transit stops or bank ATMs, and right at business entrances. Aggressive conduct includes touching, blocking…

Smoking, vaping or otherwise using marijuana anywhere in a public place, sports facility or open space in Yuma is a petty offense under City Code § 140-03(C). The ban is total on…

Yuma bans consuming alcohol in public under City Code Section 71-02: no one may drink spirituous liquors in, upon or adjacent to any public thoroughfare, right-of-way, common mall area…

Yuma doesn't ban skateboarding citywide, it regulates it through signage. City Code § 213-06 lets the Chief of Police, City Engineer or Public Works Director post 'no riding' signs on…

Outside Yuma's business districts, a pedestrian who crosses somewhere other than a marked crosswalk must yield to vehicle traffic under § 211-43, the city's core jaywalking rule. It…

Yuma's only dedicated loitering offense targets places of ill fame: anyone who frequents, loiters in, or continues in a bawdyhouse or place of prostitution commits a class 2…

Commercial refuse generators in Yuma must provide adequate storage for dumpsters and roll-off containers with unobstructed collection access. Enclosures visible from a street or public…

Yuma runs an exclusive municipal collection system: Section 190-16 gives the city the sole right to collect refuse citywide, and Section 190-19 requires every residential and…

Yuma collects bulk rubbish like furniture, appliances and crates only on request. Section 190-20(A) requires generators to call the Director of Public Works to schedule special…

Yuma sets exact placement windows for residential trash carts: Section 190-35 requires containers at the curbline or alley by 6:00 p.m. the day before collection, and off the curb…

Yuma's nuisance code makes illegal dumping a public nuisance: Section 134-01(9) defines it as accumulating, throwing or dumping litter or injurious material on public or private…

Yuma's Garbage and Refuse chapter caps what brush and yard debris the city will collect: trimmings, limbs and stumps over four feet long, two feet in diameter or 50 pounds go unpicked…

Arizona forbids selling plastic bottles and rigid containers unless they carry a molded resin identification code, the familiar number inside the chasing-arrows triangle. A.R.S. §…

Yuma's Agriculture (AG) zoning district exists to conserve working farms and prevent conflicts between agricultural operations and encroaching residential growth. The code requires…

Arizona's Right to Farm Act in ARS 3-112 protects established agricultural operations from nuisance suits when surrounding land use changes.

Owners of residential rental property inside a Yuma Neighborhood Revitalization Area must register every dwelling unit with the Director of Community Development before renting it out…

Yuma judges rental habitability inside its Neighborhood Revitalization Areas against the International Property Maintenance Code adopted at City Code § 150-090, per § 138-05. If an…

Under A.R.S. § 33-1368, Arizona landlords must give a 5-day written notice for nonpayment of rent and a 10-day notice to cure for other material lease violations before filing…

The Arizona Residential Landlord-Tenant Act preempts the field of residential eviction grounds and procedures, preventing cities from imposing just-cause eviction requirements beyond…

Under A.R.S. § 33-1343, an Arizona landlord must give at least two days' notice of intent to enter and may enter only at reasonable times for legitimate purposes such as inspections…

A.R.S. § 33-1375 requires 30 days' written notice to end a month-to-month tenancy (10 days week-to-week). Breaking a fixed-term lease early can incur damages, though landlords must…

Arizona prohibits local rent control. State law makes rent regulation on private residential property a matter of statewide concern and preempts the field, so cities, charter cities…

Arizona has no statutory cap on how much a landlord may raise rent and no dedicated rent-increase notice statute. For a month-to-month tenancy, a rent change is implemented by serving…

Arizona caps security deposits at one and one-half month's rent. After the tenancy ends and the tenant requests it, a landlord has 14 days (excluding weekends and legal holidays) to…

Arizona's adverse possession periods are tiered: 2 years by right of possession alone (A.R.S. § 12-522), 3 years under color of title (§ 12-523), 5 years under a recorded deed with…

Yuma City Code §134-01 makes 'vermin attractions' a public nuisance: any condition that provides harborage for flies, rodents, mosquitoes and other insects capable of carrying disease…

Yuma treats used hypodermic needles and syringes as a 'prohibited substance' under Section 190-15, meaning they cannot go into an ordinary trash cart. Section 190-21 requires them to…

Yuma's Chapter 74, titled Secondhand Dealers, actually licenses only pawnbrokers and auction houses by name. Ordinary secondhand dealers defined at § 74-01 are not swept into the…

Yuma pawnbrokers pay a $30 quarterly occupational license tax and then answer to Chapter 74's dedicated rules: posted regulations, ID checks on every customer, a weekly report to…

Yuma's home occupation rules flatly exclude non-mobile motor vehicle repair from residential zoning districts. City Code § 154-15.08(C)(5) lists 'motor vehicle repairing services…

Before towing any vehicle without the owner's express permission, a Yuma tow operator must first notify the Police Department under § 212-04 and supply the owner's name, the vehicle's…

Yuma requires a sexually oriented business license and a separate employee license before anyone may operate or work at an adult business, and zoning code bars any adult oriented…

Property owners next to a Yuma street may plant and maintain trees in the parkway strip between curb and sidewalk, but City Code §137-04(F) requires a free encroachment permit from the…

Yuma does not have a heritage tree program or ordinance. Arizona state law protects certain native cacti statewide. Yuma's primary large native trees are mesquite, palo verde, and…

Yuma's nuisance chapter lists 23 specific conditions the city treats as code violations, from vermin harborage and uncontrolled vegetation to inoperable vehicles and illegal dumping…

Any proposed development, alteration, or demolition permit on property in Yuma's Old Town (OT) District triggers mandatory review by the City Design and Historic Review Commission. Old…

Yuma's citywide sign code exempts holiday decorations outright from sign permit and design requirements, but that exemption does not excuse an illuminated display from needing an…

Yuma restricts freeway-facing off-site signs to parcels zoned Light Industrial or Heavy Industrial that front a principal arterial or interstate highway under the city's 2014…

Yuma caps digital billboard brightness at 6,500 NITS in daytime full-white mode, dropping to 342 or 300 NITS after sunset depending on sign size, and requires illumination to shut off…

Ground-floor window signs in Yuma's Old Town District are capped at 20% of the window area if permanent, while temporary paper or painted window signs are capped at 20% of the first…

Arizona HB 2500 limits local regulation of political signs. Political signs up to 16 sq ft in residential, 32 sq ft in other areas. HOAs cannot prohibit compliant political signs (ARS…

Yuma confines dual-purpose marijuana facilities, combined medical dispensary and recreational retail operations, to the B-2 Community Commercial and L-I Light Industrial zoning…

Yuma keeps dual-purpose marijuana facilities at least 1,000 feet from residentially zoned property, schools, churches, parks, day cares, and adult businesses in the city or county, and…

Arizona's Smart and Safe Arizona Act (Proposition 207) permits adults 21+ to cultivate up to 6 marijuana plants per person (12 per household with 2+ adults). Plants must be in an…

Yuma places sidewalk-cleaning duty squarely on property owners and their tenants, not the city. Section 210-02 requires keeping the abutting sidewalk free of dirt, sand and rubbish…

Yuma bans obstructing any street, sidewalk, curb, gutter or alley 'in any manner or by any material whatsoever' unless another code section permits it. The rule, tracing back to a 1941…

Any private work touching a Yuma street, alley, sidewalk or park, from excavating and utility installation to sidewalk and street improvements, needs a City Engineer permit before it…

Yuma's outdoor lighting chapter states its purpose in dark-sky terms: reducing waste, glare, light trespass and effects on wildlife under Arizona's Title 49 light-pollution statute…

Yuma defines light trespass as artificial light from a fixture on one property that is directed so the light source itself is visible from another property, and it prohibits that…

Yuma requires billboard lighting fixtures to sit on top of the sign structure and be shielded, and bans ground-mounted up-lighting unless it is confined to the sign face at no more…

Yuma caps generator noise at mobile and transient food vending sites at 70 decibels measured 10 feet away. City Code § 154-15.13(B)(1)(d) bars mobile food vendors from running…

Yuma Code § 213-01 sorts electric bicycles into three classes by top pedal-assist speed, 20 mph for Class 1 and 2, 28 mph for Class 3, and § 213-09 bans Class 3 e-bikes from every…

Arizona law, not a separate Yuma ordinance, governs bike lane obstruction: A.R.S. § 28-815 designates any marked bicycle lane for the exclusive use of bicycles and bars stopping…

Arizona runs two separate low-speed classes and gives neither one a local street-designation scheme. A neighborhood electric vehicle, the state's version of a federal low-speed…

Yuma's residential rental inspection program applies only inside a City Council-designated Neighborhood Revitalization Area, where the Community Development Department inspects…

Yuma tenants inside a Neighborhood Revitalization Area can ask the Community Development Department to schedule a rental inspection, and owners cannot threaten or coerce them into…

Every City of Yuma park and its adjoining parking areas close to the public from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM daily under City Code § 170-02, unless a posted sign at that park says otherwise…

Yuma bars anyone under 18 from public streets, sidewalks and other public places between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Parents and guardians who knowingly let a minor be out during those…

Yuma's Design and Historic Review Commission (DHRC) must approve any demolition, exterior renovation, or alteration of a designated historic site, structure, or property within a…

Yuma's landscape code bans planting five species citywide or in the right-of-way. Common Bermuda grass, female mulberry, and non-fruitless olive trees are prohibited everywhere because…

Every trade, business or occupation operating in Yuma needs a quarterly occupational license under City Code Chapter 70. Retail and wholesale merchants pay on gross receipts, from $10…

Yuma makes it unlawful to willfully or negligently let water escape or flow in quantities that flood streets, block traffic or threaten public health, so a customer who ignores a known…

Yuma caps garage sales at three consecutive days and no more than three sales per year at the same residential address under City Code § 70-22(B). Go beyond either limit and the code…

Commercial drone operations in Yuma require FAA Part 107 certification and are severely constrained by MCAS Yuma and Yuma International Airport restricted airspace. Special…

Arizona preempts most local paid leave mandates, while requiring statewide earned paid sick time under Proposition 206 and ARS 23-371.

Arizona allows permitless concealed carry for adults 21 and older, while still issuing optional CCW permits that enable reciprocity with other states.

Arizona broadly preempts cities, towns, and counties from regulating firearms, ammunition, components, and related accessories beyond state law.

Arizona permits open carry of firearms by adults 18 and older without a license in most public spaces, subject to limited location restrictions.

Arizona lets a nonprofit with federal 501(c) tax-exempt status run a raffle without a gambling license under A.R.S. Section 13-3302(B), so long as it has operated in-state for a full…

Arizona law defines "social gambling" in ARS § 13-3301(9) and excludes it from criminal liability under § 13-3302(A)(2). A private game qualifies only if no player collects more than…

Arizona legalized event wagering, commonly called sports betting, in 2021 under Arizona Revised Statutes Title 5, Chapter 11. The Department of Gaming may issue no more than ten event…

Under A.R.S. § 33-1807, unpaid assessments in an Arizona planned community become an automatic lien on the lot, and the association may charge late fees and interest if the declaration…

Arizona heavily regulates HOA governance: A.R.S. § 33-1804 requires open board and member meetings (with limited executive sessions) and lets members record them, A.R.S. § 33-1812…

Arizona HOAs enforce CC&Rs, design rules, and bylaws, but A.R.S. § 33-1803 channels enforcement through a detailed violation-notice process. A member who gets a violation notice may…

Arizona does not give homeowners a general right to xeriscape, gravel, or desert landscaping over an HOA's objection; that stays governed entirely by each community's own declaration…

Arizona law bars homeowners associations from banning outdoor display of eight protected flags, including the American, Arizona state, POW/MIA, Gadsden and first responder flags. Under…

Arizona law caps how much a homeowners association can fine a member and forces the board to give notice and a hearing first. A.R.S. § 33-1803 limits late charges on an unpaid penalty…

Arizona bars an association from foreclosing an assessment lien until the owner passes a dollar figure or a time period, and the trigger is not the same in every community. In a…

Arizona homeowners associations cannot block a member's right to rent unless the declaration itself prohibits it or limits rental time periods. Once a unit is rented, A.R.S. §…

Arizona has no DUI checkpoint statute at all. The words "checkpoint" and "roadblock" appear nowhere in the Arizona Revised Statutes, so nothing in state law authorizes sobriety…

Arizona's only statute aimed at filming police, A.R.S. § 13-3732, has never taken effect. It would have made it a class 3 misdemeanor to keep video recording law enforcement activity…

Arizona does have a stop-and-identify statute, but it is a narrow one. A.R.S. § 13-2412 compels you to state your true full name only after a peace officer has lawfully detained you on…

Arizona is one of the few states whose legalisation act says in terms that lawful adult conduct "may not constitute the basis for detention, search or arrest." A.R.S. § 36-2852(A)…

Arizona prohibits cities, towns, and counties from regulating or banning auxiliary containers like plastic bags, cups, and bottles under ARS 9-500.38.

Arizona preempts local bans and fees on polystyrene foam food containers as auxiliary containers under ARS 9-500.38 and ARS 11-269.16.

Arizona law bars homeowners associations from banning solar energy devices outright. A.R.S. § 33-1816 lets an association adopt only reasonable placement rules, and only if those rules…

Arizona requires expedited residential solar permitting under SolarAPP+ adoption laws and provides statewide property tax exemptions for residential solar energy devices under A.R.S…

Arizona bans the sale or furnishing of tobacco, vapor, and alternative nicotine products to anyone under 21 under A.R.S. 13-3622. The state raised its own minimum age from 18 to 21 in…

Arizona allows a vehicle four kinds of extra forward lighting and puts a mounting-height band on each: one spot lamp, two fog lamps mounted 12 to 30 inches off the ground, two…

Arizona is one of the few states whose code names dash cam recording and permits it in so many words. A.R.S. section 28-963(A)(3) forbids recording or broadcasting video on a device…

Arizona still prohibits lane splitting as most riders picture it, but A.R.S. § 28-903(F) opens a narrow lane-filtering exception. A two-wheeled motorcycle may move between lanes to…

Arizona bans any plate cover, spray, electronic device or electrochromatic film that obscures the numbers, characters, year tabs or issuing state name "from any angle", under A.R.S. §…

A radar detector is legal in a private vehicle anywhere in Arizona. The state's vehicle equipment article, A.R.S. sections 28-921 through 28-966, names no radar detector, laser jammer…

Arizona lets you run metal studded tires anywhere in the state from October 1 to May 1, and bans them for the other five months. A.R.S. § 28-958(B)(3) also caps the hardware itself…

Arizona lets the front side windows carry film with a light transmission of thirty-three percent plus or minus three percent, so a front window measuring down to 30 percent still…