Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 33-1478 (2026)

Remedies for abandonment; required registration

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A. If the tenant abandons the mobile home unit on a mobile home space, it is incumbent upon the landlord to locate the legal owner or lienholder of the mobile home unit within ten days and communicate to him his liability for any costs incumbered for the mobile home space for such mobile home unit, including rent and utilities due and owing. However, the landlord shall be entitled to a maximum of sixty days' rent due prior to notice to lienholder. Any and all costs shall then become the responsibility of the legal owner or lienholder of the mobile home. The mobile home unit may not be removed from the mobile home space without a signed written agreement from the mobile home park landlord, owner or manager showing clearance for removal, showing all monies due and owing paid in full, or an agreement reached with the legal owner and the landlord.

B. A required standardized registration form shall be filled out by each mobile home space renter, upon mobile home space rental, showing mobile home make, year, serial number and license number if any be legally required, and also showing if the mobile home is paid for, if there is a lien on the mobile home, and if so the lienholder, and who is the legal owner of the mobile home unit. The registration cards or forms shall be kept on file with the park management as long as the mobile home is on the mobile home space within the park. Notice shall be given to park management within ten days of any changes in a new lien, changes of existing lien or settlement of lien.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1979–2015 · leading case: Gulf Homes, Inc. v. Bear, 599 P.2d 831 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1979).
Gulf Homes, Inc. v. Bear, 599 P.2d 831 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 10× “We are asked to construe A.R.S. § 33-1478(A), the section of the Arizona Mobile Home Parks Residential Landlord and Tenant Act which deals with the remedies of the landlord if the tenant abandons the mobile home.”
Anderson v. Mobile Disc. Corp., 595 P.2d 203 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “When the buyers were two months behind on their rent, the manager of the mobile home park where their mobile home was located contacted First National and reported that the mobile home had been abandoned and the landlord was asserting its rights as a lienholder pursuant to…”
Idaho Prop. Mgmt. Servs., Inc. v. MacDonald, 342 P.3d 671 (Idaho Ct. App. 2014). “1979) (holding that under a similar statute, A.R.S. § 33-1478(A), the word “incumbent” makes proper written notice of abandonment obligatory if the landlord intends to obtain any benefits under the statute, and if the landlord does not comply he may not recover from the legal…”
Wade v. Mhp 3 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “The court ruled that Contempo’s lien sale in August 2012 was valid under the Arizona Mobile Home Parks Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (A.R.S. § 33-1478(A)) (providing remedies when a tenant abandons a mobile home on a mobile home space).”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 33-1478(A) — 3 cases
Gulf Homes, Inc. v. Bear, 599 P.2d 831 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1979). “We are asked to construe A.R.S. § 33-1478(A), the section of the Arizona Mobile Home Parks Residential Landlord and Tenant Act which deals with the remedies of the landlord if the tenant abandons the mobile home.”
Idaho Prop. Mgmt. Servs., Inc. v. MacDonald, 342 P.3d 671 (Idaho Ct. App. 2014). “1979) (holding that under a similar statute, A.R.S. § 33-1478(A), the word “incumbent” makes proper written notice of abandonment obligatory if the landlord intends to obtain any benefits under the statute, and if the landlord does not comply he may not recover from the legal…”
Wade v. Mhp 3 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2015). “The court ruled that Contempo’s lien sale in August 2012 was valid under the Arizona Mobile Home Parks Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (A.R.S. § 33-1478(A)) (providing remedies when a tenant abandons a mobile home on a mobile home space).”
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