Arizona deposit law, in plain English.
What your landlord has to do with your deposit after you move out. Each rule links to the official text.
14 business days, after you ask.
Once your tenancy ends, you hand back the place, and you ask for your deposit, your landlord has 14 days, not counting weekends or holidays, to send an itemized list with what they owe.
§ 33-1321(D)Dispute it within 60 days.
If you don't dispute their list within 60 days of when it was mailed, it becomes final.
§ 33-1321(D)Double.
Break the rule and you recover what's owed, plus twice what they wrongly kept.
§ 33-1321(E)Which days count.
Weekends and Arizona's legal holidays don't count toward the 14 days.
A.R.S. § 1-301
Checked against the official text on October 19, 2026. General information, not legal advice. Cities can add their own rules.
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