Security deposit limits, eviction notices, rent control, and more for Arizona.
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 These summaries may be incomplete or out of date, laws change often, and every property and tenancy has specifics a summary can't capture — so treat this as a starting point for your own research, not as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.
Sources last checked August 2026
A landlord may not demand or receive security, including prepaid rent used as security, greater than one and one-half months' rent. A tenant may voluntarily pay more than one and one-half months' rent in advance if the excess is not demanded as security.
Abandonment may be established either when the tenant is absent without notice for at least seven days, rent is outstanding and unpaid for ten days, and there is no reasonable evidence of continued occupancy other than personal property; or when the tenant is absent for at least five days, rent is outstanding and unpaid for five days, and none of the tenant's personal property remains.
Before terminating the rental agreement and filing a special detainer action for unpaid rent, the landlord must give written notice stating the nonpayment and the intention to terminate if rent is not paid, and allow five calendar days after notice for payment.
Arizona preempts cities and towns, including charter cities, from controlling rents on private residential property. No statewide percentage or dollar cap applies to ordinary private-market residential rent increases.
A month-to-month tenancy may be terminated by either party with at least 30 days' written notice before the periodic rental date specified in the notice.
A week-to-week tenancy may be terminated by either party with at least 10 days' written notice before the termination date.
Within 14 days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after termination of tenancy, delivery of possession, and the tenant's demand, the landlord must provide an itemized list of deductions and any amount due to the tenant. Unless the tenant makes another written arrangement, the items must be mailed to the tenant's last known residence by first-class mail.
A landlord may separately charge for gas, water, wastewater, solid-waste removal, or electricity using submetering or a ratio utility billing system. Recoverable amounts are limited to utility-provider charges plus an administrative fee limited to actual administrative costs; no additional charges are permitted under this section.
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