Arizona HB 2362: firearm dealers; firearms transfers; requirements

Bill Text

HB2362 - 572R - I Ver 

 REFERENCE TITLE: property classification; short-term rentals

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 HB 2362

 Introduced by 

 Representatives 
 Crews: Bliss, Contreras P, Liguori, Villegas

AN 
ACT

amending 
sections 33-1902, 42-12001, 42-12004, 42-12052 and 42-12053, 
Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to property classification. 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 33-1902, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE33-1902. Residential rental property; recording with the assessor; agent 
designation; civil penalty; fee

A. An owner of residential rental property shall 
maintain with the assessor in the county where the property is located 
information required by this section in a manner to be determined by the 
assessor.� The owner shall update any information required by this section 
within ten days after a change in the information occurs. The following 
information shall be maintained:

1. The name, address and telephone number of the 
property owner.

2. If the property is owned by a corporation, 
limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, trust or real 
estate investment trust, the name, address and telephone number of any of the 
following:

(a) For a corporation, a corporate officer.

(b) For a partnership, a general partner.

(c) For a limited liability company, the managing or 
administrative member.

(d) For a limited partnership, a general partner.

(e) For a trust, a trustee.

(f) For a real estate investment trust, a general 
partner or an officer.

3. The street address and parcel number of the 
property.

4. The year the building was built.

5. if the property is rented for 
periods of less than thirty days.

B. An owner of residential rental property who lives 
outside this state shall designate and record with the assessor a statutory 
agent who lives in this state and who will accept legal service on behalf of 
the owner.� The owner shall designate the agent in a manner to be determined by 
the assessor. The information shall include the name, address and 
telephone number of the agent.

C. Residential rental property shall not be occupied 
if the information required by this section is not on file with the county 
assessor. If the owner has not filed the information required by 
this section with the county assessor and the residential rental property is 
occupied by a tenant and the tenant chooses to terminate the tenancy, the 
tenant shall deliver to the landlord, owner or managing agent of the property a 
written ten day days' notice to 
comply with this section. The notice shall be delivered by certified 
mail, return receipt requested, or by hand delivery. If the owner 
does not comply with this section within ten days after receipt 
of receiving the notice, the tenant may terminate 
the rental agreement and the landlord shall return all prepaid rent to the 
tenant. Security deposits shall be returned in accordance with 
section 33-1321, subsection D. The landlord shall return 
those monies by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by hand delivery 
to the tenant within ten days after the termination of the rental agreement.� 
This subsection applies to any existing lease and to any new lease after August 
25, 2004. Notwithstanding this subsection, an owner is in compliance 
with this subsection only if the owner had filed the information required by 
subsection A of this section with the county assessor.

D. All records, files and documents that are 
required by this section are public records.

E. For residential rental property that is acquired 
by an owner after the date of the notice of assessed valuation and the notice 
prescribed by section 42-15103 and until the issuance of the next notice of 
assessed valuation, a city or town shall assess a civil penalty of one thousand dollars $1,000 against a 
person who fails to comply with this section, plus an additional one 
hundred dollars $100 for each month after the date 
of the original violation until compliance occurs. The court shall not 
suspend any portion of the civil penalty provided by this subsection.

F. Notwithstanding subsection E of this section, if 
a person complies within ten days after receiving the complaint that notices 
the violation, the court shall dismiss the complaint and shall not impose a 
civil penalty.

G. Except for newly acquired residential rental 
property as prescribed by subsection E of this section, if a residential rental 
property owner fails to register with the county assessor as prescribed by this 
section, the city or town may impose a civil penalty in the amount of one hundred fifty dollars per day $150 for 
each day of violation after the date of the most recent notice of assessed 
valuation and the notice prescribed by section 42-15103.� If a person complies 
within te