What happens if a tenant breaks a lease in Arizona?

In Arizona, if a tenant abandons the dwelling unit, the landlord must make reasonable efforts to rent it at a fair rental. If the landlord rents the unit for a term beginning before the rental agreement expires, the agreement is deemed terminated on the date the new tenancy begins. If the landlord fails to use reasonable efforts to rent the unit at a fair rental, or accepts the abandonment as a surrender, the agreement is deemed terminated on the date the landlord has notice of the abandonment. Separately, federal law lets a servicemember end a lease early after receiving qualifying military orders. This is A.R.S. § 33-1370.

WhatArizona
Landlord’s duty to re-rentRequired by statute
What it meansThe landlord must make reasonable efforts to re-rent

Source

A.R.S. § 33-1370

Read the statute in the Arizona Revised Statutes (Arizona Legislature): azleg.gov.

Checked against the statute on November 13, 2026.

This is a summary of a published statute, not legal advice. Rules change, local ordinances can add to them, and the terms of a specific lease may differ. Check the citation and speak to a lawyer before acting.

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Seayora keeps every lease’s term, rent and signers in one record and dates every change to it. This page states the state’s rule so a lease’s own early-termination and sublet clauses can be checked against it before the lease is signed.

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