Category: Real Estate Law

Eminent domain just compensation Arizona law requires isn’t automatically what the government first offers. A.R.S. § 12-1122 sets out exactly what compensation has to include. A property owner who accepts the first number without understanding the full formula can leave real value on the table. What eminent domain just compensation Arizona statute actually requires The…

A zoning variance Arizona property owner requests isn’t a way to get around rules the owner simply dislikes. A.R.S. § 9-462.06 sets a specific legal test a board of adjustment has to apply, and it’s a lot narrower than most applicants expect walking in. What a zoning variance Arizona board can actually grant A board…

Title insurance Arizona buyers encounter at closing often gets treated as just another line item to sign off on. It’s actually one of the few protections that survives long after every other closing document gets filed away. Understanding what it covers, and what it doesn’t, matters most exactly when something goes wrong years later. Arizona…

The arizona eviction process starts with a notice, not a lawsuit. That distinction matters more than most landlords and tenants realize. A.R.S. § 33-1368 governs the most common trigger, nonpayment of rent. It gives a tenant a real window to fix the problem before anyone sets foot in a courtroom. The five-day notice that starts…

A breach of real estate contract Arizona buyer or seller faces usually comes down to one broken promise. A buyer who can’t or won’t close. A seller who backs out after signing. Arizona contract law gives the non-breaching party more than one path forward. Which one makes sense depends heavily on what they actually want…

An easement right of way Arizona property owner grants doesn’t transfer ownership of the land itself. It’s easy to assume a neighbor with access rights has some kind of partial ownership claim. They don’t. Arizona common law treats an easement as a limited right to use land someone else still owns. What an easement right…

A construction defect claim Arizona homeowner wants to file can’t just go straight to a lawsuit. The Purchaser Dwelling Act, at A.R.S. § 12-1361 and following, requires a specific notice-and-repair process first. Skip that process, and a court can dismiss the case before it even reaches the merits. What actually counts as a construction defect…

Understanding the arizona foreclosure process trustee sale timeline matters most in the weeks right after a notice shows up. Arizona uses nonjudicial foreclosure for most home loans. No lawsuit and no judge decide whether the sale happens. A.R.S. § 33-807 sets the entire timeline, and it includes a real chance to stop the sale before…

A quiet title action Arizona owners file almost always starts with a specific, tangible problem. A forged deed. A neighbor’s fence in the wrong place for a decade. An old lien nobody can explain. A.R.S. § 12-1101 provides the legal mechanism to resolve exactly those disputes and produce a court judgment that settles ownership for…

An HOA dispute Arizona homeowners run into almost always starts the same way: a board takes an action the homeowner assumes is illegal, but Arizona’s Planned Communities Act actually allows it, or the opposite. The Act, codified at A.R.S. Title 33, Chapter 9, spells out exactly what an association can enforce and where its power…