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Arizona Landlord-Tenant Laws

Security deposit limits, eviction notices, rent control, and more for Arizona.

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Every rule on this page is drawn from state statutes and municipal codes and summarized with AI assistance. Each one cites the statute it's based on and links to a published text of that law so you can read it firsthand. Where a page says a city or county has no local rule on a topic, that means none was found for the topics covered here — not that none exists. Local governments also regulate rental housing in ways these pages don't track, including registration, licensing, inspections and habitability standards. These summaries may be incomplete or out of date, laws change often, and every property and tenancy has specifics a summary can't capture — so treat this as a starting point for your own research, not as legal advice, and check with the local jurisdiction and a qualified attorney before acting on your particular situation.

What to Know in Arizona

Sources last checked July 2026

Arizona caps security deposits at 1.5 months’ rent, a limit that reaches prepaid rent too since the statute covers security ‘however denominated,’ returnable with an itemized statement within 14 business days under A.R.S. § 33-1321; mobile home parks instead carry a separate 2-month cap. Arizona has no statute directly setting a rent-increase notice period — the familiar 30- or 10-day figure is only borrowed by convention from the termination rule, § 33-1375. Rent control is preempted statewide under § 33-1329, but only for cities and towns; the statute does not by its terms reach counties.

  • 5-day notice required before eviction for nonpayment of rent
  • 30-day move-out notice required for month-to-month tenancies
  • No rent control — no statutory cap on rent increases
  • Arizona has no statute that directly addresses notice of a rent increase.
  • Security deposits capped at 1.5× monthly rent
5 rules summarized · Each linked to the law it cites

Security Deposit Limits

Security Deposit Limits

What is the security deposit limit in Arizona?

An Arizona landlord shall not demand or receive security, however denominated, including prepaid rent, in an amount or value of more than one and one-half month's rent (A.R.S. § 33-1321(A)). The phrase "however denominated" matters: the one-and-a-half-month ceiling applies to the total taken as security, not only to the portion labelled a security deposit, and prepaid rent counts against it expressly. Within fourteen days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and other legal holidays, after termination of the tenancy, delivery of possession and demand by the tenant, the landlord must provide an itemized list of all deductions together with the amount due (§ 33-1321(D)). A landlord who wrongfully withholds is liable for twice the amount wrongfully withheld (§ 33-1321(E)). These are the general residential figures — Arizona mobile home parks fall under a separate chapter with a two-month cap (§ 33-1431).

A.R.S. § 33-1321(A), (D), (E)

Eviction Notice Requirements

Eviction Notice Requirements

What are the eviction notice requirements in Arizona?

For nonpayment of rent an Arizona landlord may terminate if the tenant fails to pay rent within five days after written notice by the landlord of the nonpayment (A.R.S. § 33-1368(B)). For a material noncompliance with the rental agreement, the landlord delivers written notice specifying the breach and stating that the agreement terminates on a date not less than ten days after receipt if the breach is not remedied within ten days (§ 33-1368(A)). A shorter five-day cure period applies where the breach materially affects health and safety. Where a breach is both material and irreparable the landlord may deliver written notice for immediate termination; the statute does not define "irreparable" by test but by example, including discharge of a weapon, homicide, prostitution, criminal street gang activity, manufacture or possession of a controlled substance, threatening or intimidating conduct, assault, and any breach jeopardizing health or safety or causing substantial property damage. These are the general residential figures — mobile home parks are governed separately by § 33-1476 and carry longer periods.

A.R.S. § 33-1368(A), (B)

Rent Increase Notice Periods

Rent Increase Notice Periods

How much notice is required for rent increases in Arizona?

Arizona has no statute that directly addresses notice of a rent increase. A.R.S. § 33-1375 is titled "Periodic tenancy; hold-over remedies" and governs ending a periodic tenancy: either party may terminate a month-to-month tenancy by written notice given at least thirty days prior to the periodic rental date, or a week-to-week tenancy by written notice given at least ten days prior to the termination date. In practice a landlord raises rent on a periodic tenancy by ending the existing agreement and offering a new one at the higher rate, so those thirty- and ten-day termination periods function as the effective lead time. Treat that as the operating convention rather than a statutory rent-increase requirement. Rent fixed by a lease for a definite term cannot be raised during that term. Mobile home parks are different and stricter: § 33-1432 requires ninety days' written notice of a rent increase.

A.R.S. § 33-1375(A), (B) (applied by convention — not a rent-increase statute)

Rent Control / Rent Increase Caps

Rent Control / Rent Increase Caps

Is there rent control in Arizona?

Arizona preempts local rent control. The legislature has determined that imposing rent control on private residential housing units by cities, including charter cities, and towns is of statewide concern, that the power to control rents on private residential property is therefore preempted by the state, and that cities, including charter cities, and towns shall not have the power to control rents (A.R.S. § 33-1329(A)). The preemption does not reach residential property owned, financed, insured or subsidized by a state agency or by a city or town (§ 33-1329(B)). Note that the statute names cities and towns and does not by its terms name counties. There is no statewide cap on the size of a rent increase.

A.R.S. § 33-1329(A), (B)

Move-Out & Lease Termination Notice

Move-Out & Lease Termination Notice

What is the move-out notice requirement in Arizona?

Either the landlord or the tenant may terminate a month-to-month tenancy by written notice given to the other at least thirty days prior to the periodic rental date, and a week-to-week tenancy by written notice given at least ten days prior to the termination date (A.R.S. § 33-1375). Because the month-to-month notice runs to the periodic rental date rather than to any calendar day, a notice given mid-period generally takes effect at the end of the following rental period. A lease for a definite term expires at the end of its term.

A.R.S. § 33-1375(A), (B)

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