What can a landlord do with a tenant’s belongings left behind in Arizona?

In Arizona, a landlord who retakes an abandoned unit with the tenant’s personal property still in it must prepare an inventory, notify the tenant of where the property is stored and what storage costs, and hold it for fourteen calendar days, after which the landlord may donate it to a charity or sell it. The notice goes by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the tenant’s last known address and any alternate address the landlord knows, and is also posted on the door or another conspicuous place. If the landlord sells the property, it applies the proceeds to the tenant’s outstanding rent and covered costs and mails any excess to the tenant at the last known address, and it must keep records and hold undeliverable excess proceeds for the tenant for twelve months after the sale. The tenant may obtain clothing, tools of a trade, and identification and financial documents without first paying removal and storage costs. If the tenant returns the keys and leaves property behind, the landlord may immediately remove and dispose of it unless the parties agreed otherwise in writing. On the day after a writ of restitution or execution is executed, the landlord must follow the same storage and disposal rules for the tenant’s personal property. This is A.R.S. §§ 33-1370, 33-1368.

WhatArizona
Belongings left behindInventory, notify, then hold 14 calendar days
What the statute requires firstNotice, a waiting period or storage before disposal

What the statute says

“The landlord shall hold the tenant’s personal property for a period of fourteen calendar days after the landlord retakes possession of the dwelling unit.”

Quoted word for word from the section’s text.

Source

A.R.S. §§ 33-1370, 33-1368

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

Checked against the statute on November 15, 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.

How Seayora uses this rule

Seayora keeps a lease’s end date and every notice sent through it, with the date it went out, in the lease record — so the dates a rule like this one counts from are on file rather than remembered.

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