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Arizona required lease disclosures: who you must name, what you must hand over and what you must write down

DoorKeeping team

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Arizona spreads its landlord disclosures across three sections. A.R.S. 33-1322 requires the names and addresses of your manager and an owner or agent for service, plus a written pointer to the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. Section 33-1321(C) requires a signed lease copy and a move-in damage form at move-in. Section 33-1319 requires bedbug educational materials for apartments.

Who must the lease name?

Under A.R.S. 33-1322(A), you or anyone authorized to sign for you must disclose in writing, "at or before the commencement of the tenancy," the name and address of two people: the person authorized to manage the premises, and an owner of the premises or a person authorized to act for the owner "for the purpose of service of process and for the purpose of receiving and receipting for notices and demands." The information must be kept current and given again on the tenant's request, and it binds any successor landlord, owner or manager (subsection C).

The penalty is practical. A person who fails to comply "becomes an agent of each person who is a landlord" for service of process and notices, and for performing the landlord's obligations, including spending the rent collected (subsection D). A property manager who skips the disclosure can end up as the legal recipient of everything.

What else goes in the first-day paperwork?

  1. Tell the tenant in writing that the Arizona residential landlord and tenant act is available on the Arizona department of housing's website (33-1322(B)).
  2. Hand over a signed copy of the lease, with every blank space filled in. The tenant signs and returns one fully executed copy within a reasonable time. Subsection E treats noncompliance as a material noncompliance by either side.
  3. Give a move-in form for listing existing damage, plus written notice that the tenant may be present at the move-out inspection (33-1321(C)).
  4. State the purpose of every nonrefundable fee or deposit in writing. Under 33-1321(B), a fee not designated nonrefundable is refundable.

Example a made-up Mesa owner collects a $1,500 deposit on a $1,000 rent and a $150 pet fee. The lease must say what the $150 is for and that it is nonrefundable; otherwise the pet fee is refundable. The deposit also sits at the limit: A.R.S. 33-1321(A) caps security at one and one-half months' rent, which is $1,500.

What is the bedbug rule?

A.R.S. 33-1319(A) requires a landlord to provide bedbug educational materials to existing and new tenants and bars leasing a unit the landlord knows has a current infestation. The materials may include a description of prevention measures, how bedbugs look, risk behaviors, and information from the CDC, housing agencies or nonprofits. Subsection D excludes single-family residences. A tenant who knows of bedbugs must notify the landlord in writing or electronically (subsection B).

What does Arizona not require you to disclose by statute?

In the Arizona sections read for this post (33-1313, 33-1314, 33-1318, 33-1319, 33-1321 and 33-1322), I found no mold, radon, flood or smoking-policy disclosure. Many Arizona leases include them anyway, because they head off disputes. The federal lead paint rule applies to older housing, and 42 U.S.C. 4852d requires the lessor, before the lessee is obligated, to provide the EPA pamphlet and disclose known lead-based paint or hazards.

How DoorKeeping helps in Arizona

DoorKeeping keeps the lease, the move-in report and the deposit details together for each unit, so you can ask Claude or ChatGPT which disclosures a lease is missing before you send it. Anything that goes to a tenant waits for your one-tap approval. DoorKeeping never holds your money and sends a payment only when you approve it. This is general information, not legal advice: check the current statute and your own lease.

Sources

  1. Arizona Revised Statutes 33-1322, Disclosure and tender of written rental agreement (Arizona Legislature), read Oct 30, 2026
  2. Arizona Revised Statutes 33-1321, Security deposits (Arizona Legislature), read Oct 30, 2026
  3. Arizona Revised Statutes 33-1319, Bedbug control (Arizona Legislature), read Oct 30, 2026
  4. 42 U.S. Code 4852d, Disclosure of information concerning lead upon transfer of residential property (Cornell Legal Information Institute), read Oct 30, 2026

Questions

What must an Arizona landlord disclose in the lease?
The name and address of the property manager and of an owner or agent for service, plus written notice that the Arizona landlord and tenant act is on the housing department's website (A.R.S. 33-1322).
What happens if an Arizona landlord skips the owner disclosure?
The person who failed becomes an agent of each landlord for service of process, notices, and performing landlord obligations (33-1322(D)).
Do Arizona landlords have to give bedbug information?
Yes, educational materials to existing and new tenants, except for single-family residences (A.R.S. 33-1319).

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