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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session

 

AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1805

 

quitclaim deeds; notaries; county recorder

(NOW: mobile home parks; submetering; fees)

As passed the Senate, S.B. 1805 required a county recorder, before recording any quitclaim deed, to verify the status of any notary public who appears to be commissioned by the state and who notarized the signature of the person who is conveying an interest in real property with the quitclaim deed and allowed a county recorder to refer any person believed to be engaging in fraudulent activity to the county attorney.

The House of Representatives adopted a strike-everything amendment that does the following:

Purpose

Modifies the requirements for utility charges at mobile home parks.

Background

The Arizona Mobile Home Parks and Residential Landlord and Tenant Act is established to: 1) govern mobile home space rentals and the rights and obligations of mobile home park landlords and tenants; and 2) encourage the landlord and tenant to maintain and improve the quality of mobile home housing (A.R.S. § 33-1402).

If a landlord charges separately for gas, water or electricity, there must be a separate meter for every user. For each billing period the cost of the charges for the period must be separately stated, along with the opening and the closing meter readings and the date of the meter readings. Each bill must show the computation of the charge generally in accordance with the serving utility company billing format for individual service supplied through a single service meter. If the landlord separately charges for utilities, the landlord may not charge more than the prevailing basic service single-family residential rate charged by the serving utility or provider (A.R.S.
§ 33-1413.01).

There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.

Provisions

1.   Removes the prohibition on a landlord from charging more than the prevailing basic service single-family residential rate charged by the serving utility or provider if the landlord separately charges for utilities.

2.   Allows a landlord, if the landlord separately charges for utilities, to recover charges imposed on the landlord by the utility provider, plus an administrative fee for the landlord for administrative costs only.

3.   Prohibits a landlord from imposing any additional charges.

4.   Requires the rental agreement to contain a disclosure that lists the utility services that are charged separately and specify the amount of any administrative fee that is associated with submetering.

5.   Prohibits the amount of any administrative fee that is associated with submetering from being more than $8.

6.   Makes technical changes.

7.   Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Amendments Adopted by the House of Representatives

· Adopted the strike-everything amendment relating to mobile home park utility charges.

House Action

GOV               3/25/26      DPA/SE         7-0-0-0

3rd Read          4/22/26                             52-0-7-0-1

Prepared by Senate Research

April 22, 2026

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