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Arizona 5-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Vacate
Download the Arizona 5-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Vacate for ordinary residential nonpayment situations. This Arizona-specific self-help product is ready for instant secure access and includes the four editable Word files listed below.
This Arizona notice package helps document the rent-only prefiling amount, five-calendar-day deadline, registered/certified mail receipt timing, service details, partial-payment records, and files a landlord should keep before deciding whether a special detainer filing is the next step.
Built around A.R.S. § 33-1368(B), with fields for tenant and property details, past-due rent, reasonable written-lease late fee, service/receipt date, five-calendar-day deadline, and landlord records.
Download the editable Word files, customize the notice on your own device, and keep a completed or served copy for your records.
Use the instructions and service record to count calendar days, account for registered/certified mail deemed receipt, keep prefiling amounts clean, and document partial-payment issues.
This product includes the notice to vacate / quit files listed below. Use the editable Word files to customize the notice on your own device.
Self-help notice overview
A written Arizona 5-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Vacate helps document the landlord, tenant, rental property, past-due rent, reasonable written-lease late fee, service or receipt date, and records to keep before any special detainer filing.
Arizona uses five calendar days for this nonpayment notice. If the notice is mailed by registered or certified mail, the five-day period runs from actual receipt or the deemed receipt date under A.R.S. § 33-1313(B), not simply from the mailing date.
Keep the prefiling cure amount limited to past-due unpaid periodic rent plus any reasonable late fee set forth in a written rental agreement. Do not add attorney fees, court costs, future rent, damages, or other non-rent charges before filing, and avoid accepting partial rent after service without a contemporaneous written agreement preserving the right to proceed.
This page highlights the current downloadable Arizona 5-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Vacate package, including the four editable Word files listed above. The state-specific guidance below explains calendar-day timing, registered/certified mail receipt rules, service methods, clean prefiling cure amounts, partial-payment cautions, special detainer next steps, and no-self-help limits before checkout.
The complete notice form is available immediately after checkout. Use the state-specific guidance below to understand timing, service, and next-step considerations before you complete and serve the notice.
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Primary sources are linked for self-help research. Confirm the lease, rent ledger, certified/registered mailing timeline, partial-payment status, federal or subsidized-housing overlays, and local justice-court practice before relying on the notice.
Quick answer
Use this Arizona 5-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Vacate for ordinary residential nonpayment. Arizona uses five calendar days, not business days. If the notice is sent by registered or certified mail, count the five-day cure period from actual receipt or the deemed receipt date under A.R.S. § 33-1313(B), not from the mailing date.
A.R.S. § 33-1368(B) gives the tenant five days after written notice to pay the required amount before a landlord may move toward a special detainer filing, and § 33-1368(G) treats those days as calendar days. Weekends and holidays are included.
Registered or certified mail has an additional receipt rule under § 33-1313(B): the notice is deemed received on the date actually received or five days after mailing, whichever occurs first. When mailing is used, count the five calendar days from actual/deemed receipt — not from the mailing date.
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Yes. This product is the Arizona 5-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Vacate package for ordinary Arizona residential nonpayment situations before a possible special detainer filing.
This Arizona product includes four editable Microsoft Word files: the 5-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Vacate, Arizona Notice Instructions, Notice Service Record, and a #10 Mailing Envelope.
Calendar days. A.R.S. § 33-1368(B) and (G) use five calendar days for the residential nonpayment notice period, so weekends and holidays are included.
For registered or certified mail, A.R.S. § 33-1313(B) deems the notice received on the date actually received or five days after mailing, whichever occurs first. Count the five-calendar-day cure period from actual/deemed receipt, not from the mailing date.
Do not rely on ordinary first-class mail, email, text, or portal notice alone for this Arizona notice. Use personal delivery to the tenant, delivery to a suitable-age resident in the dwelling unit, or registered/certified mail. The #10 envelope is for registered/certified mailing or backup records.
Before a special detainer is filed, keep the cure amount to all past-due unpaid periodic rent plus any reasonable late fee set forth in a written rental agreement. Do not include attorney fees, court costs, future rent, property damage, or other non-rent charges in the prefiling demand.
Under A.R.S. § 33-1371, accepting partial rent after serving a nonpayment notice can affect the right to proceed unless a contemporaneous written partial-payment agreement preserves that right. Do not accept ordinary partial rent after service without the written agreement or counsel advice.
If the full period runs after proper service or receipt and the tenant has not paid the clean prefiling amount or vacated, the landlord may still need to file a special detainer action in the proper Arizona justice court with the lease, notice, proof of service, and rent ledger.
No. The notice is not a court order and does not authorize lockout, utility shutoff, removal of property, or other self-help. Only a court judgment and lawful writ can remove a tenant.
No. ILRG provides self-help legal forms and information, not legal advice. You are responsible for reviewing the completed notice, lease terms, rent ledger, Arizona service and deemed-receipt rules, partial-payment status, federal or subsidized-housing overlays, and local court requirements before serving or relying on it.