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Property Manager Record Retention

The Arizona Legislature passed, and the Governor signed on June 5, 2020 SB1096 amending ARS 32-2175 Property management records; requirements; audits. Property Managers have always been required to maintain and keep records, but the amendments to ARS 32-2175 expand and clarify some of those requirements. The statute now requires property managers to keep the lease...

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Pima County Eviction Updates

Beginning Monday, June 15, 2020, the Pima County Justice Court will no longer be using Judges Pro Tem to handle their eviction matters. The elected Justices of the Peace will handle the eviction matters on a rotating basis. We have had a set number of Pro Tem Judges handling evictions for the last few years,...

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Fire in the Catalina Mountains

As 2020 continues to be a year of challenges and disasters, Pima County Landlords and Tenants face the potential of damage to residential units by the Big Horn Fire. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has issued alerts warning some residents near the fire to be ready to evacuate. What does this mean for Landlords and...

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Notary Services

The State Legislature passed SB1030 last year allowing for Remote Online Notarization in Arizona. Due to Covid19, the Governor issued Executive Order 2020-26 allowing for remote online notarization to be used beginning April 10, 2020. Please contact us if you have any questions regarding remote notarization and the requirements associated with it.

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Webinar with TAR

Thank you to TAR for allowing me to present at your recent Webinar regarding COVID 19.  I am attaching a link to the webinar below.  As always, please remember each case is unique and the information provided here may not apply to your particular case.  Furthermore, viewing of this video does not create an attorney...

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Prohibition of Small Business Commercial Evictions in Arizona

State of Arizona Executive Order 2020-21 Prohibiting Small Business Evictions Effective April 6, 2020 and retroactive to March 11, 2020 Commercial Landlords in the State of Arizona are prohibited from evicting Small Businesses for nonpayment of rent in the following conditions. A Small Business is any business that is eligible for the Federal Paycheck Protection...

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What Does COVID19 mean for Landlords Webinar Follow Up

Thank you to everyone who attended the Webinar on April 6th What Does COVID19 mean for Landlords.  There were several questions which required a little additional research and some that came in after we closed the Webinar.   Webinar questions: If a property has some section 8 tenants and some non-section 8 tenants and the...

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CARES Act

Text of CARES Act I have highlighted just a few provisions of the CARES Act that I believe will be most relevant to my clients.  I have further information on the below brief descriptions and would be happy to provide them. However, to keep this post “brief” I am only providing only bullet point information....

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Evictions as of March 30, 2020

The Pima County Justice Court is processing evictions, but court dates are being set out in May at the present time except for Immediate and Irreparable Actions which are being set for hearing now due the nature of the underlying issue. The Pima County Superior Court is continuing to process eviction actions and hold hearings. ...