Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 12-1286 (2026)

Execution and delivery of deed by sheriff

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A. At the expiration of all the applicable periods of redemption as provided in section 12-1282, and not sooner, upon receipt of the sheriff's original certificate of sale, the sheriff shall execute and deliver a deed to the property sold to the purchaser at the sale, or in case redemption is made by a redemptioner, to the last redemptioner redeeming the property.

B. Within thirty days after the date of execution of the deed, the sheriff shall execute to the purchaser or redemptioner a duplicate original sheriff's deed and record the original sheriff's deed in the office of the county recorder for the county in which the property is located. In every sheriff's deed in which the grantee, purchaser or redemptioner is subject to regulation pursuant to title 6, 10 or 29, or would be subject to regulation pursuant to title 6, 10 or 29 if doing business in this state, the grantee's, purchaser's or redemptioner's name and address and the state in which the grantee, purchaser or redemptioner is incorporated, organized, licensed, chartered or registered shall be set forth fully, together with the name of the country under which the grantee, purchaser or redemptioner is chartered or formed. The information provided by the redemptioner or purchaser is not subject to verification and the sheriff is not responsible for authenticity of the information. The validity of any deed shall not be affected by any failure to comply with the requirements set forth in this subsection.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1967–2016 · leading case: Matcha v. Wachs, 646 P.2d 263 (Ariz. 1982).

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Matcha v. Wachs, 646 P.2d 263 (Ariz. 1982). · cites it 4× “See A.R.S. § 12-1286. Within the six-month period following the foreclosure sale, Schulz took no steps toward redeeming the property.”

S & M Trust Co. v. Valley Lumber Co., 427 P.2d 354 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1967). · cites it 5× “” “§ 12-1286. Execution and delivery of deed of sheriff “At the expiration of all the applicable periods of redemption as provided in § 12-1282, and not sooner, the sheriff shall execute and deliver a deed to the property sold to the purchaser at the sale, or in case redemption…”

Dupnik v. United States, 848 F.2d 1476 (9th Cir. 1988). “Section 2410 clearly alters the five-day redemption period.”

Matcha v. Wachs, 646 P.2d 287 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1981). “The purpose of the recording and delivery of a copy to the sheriff in Section 12-1284 is to give notice to all other lienholders, who intend to redeem under Section 12-1282, and to enable the sheriff *405 to determine when he is free to deliver his deed pursuant to Section…”

Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co. v. Arizona HOA Acceptance LLC, 369 P.3d 259 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “Except for a minor modification to one section of the redemp *236 tion statutes in 2010, see A.R.S. § 12-1286 (Supp.2015), the Legislature has not amended any of the state redemption statutes since 1963.”

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