How much notice is required to raise the rent in Arizona?
Arizona has no statute requiring advance notice of a rent increase for standard rentals — the familiar 30-day convention for month-to-month tenancies is derived from ARS 33-1375(B), which lets either party end a month-to-month tenancy on 30 days' written notice before the periodic rental date, so a landlord who raises rent effectively offers new terms the tenant can decline by leaving.
Cited to ARS 33-1375 (B) and 1 more cited source · Verified October 1, 2026
Week-to-week tenancies work the same way on 10 days' notice, and fixed-term leases lock the rent unless the lease says otherwise. There is no cap on the size or frequency of increases: Arizona has no statewide rent control, and ARS 33-1329 expressly preempts cities and towns from controlling rents on private residential property. The 90-day rent-increase notice that appears in many Arizona summaries belongs to mobile home parks only (ARS 33-1432(F)) and does not apply to houses or apartments.
Arizona rent increase notice at a glance
| Notice — month-to-month | No rent-increase statute — notice derives from tenancy-termination rules (see summary) |
|---|---|
| Varies by increase size | Not addressed by statute |
| Fixed-term leases | Rent cannot change during a fixed term unless the lease itself provides for it. That is a contract principle rather than a statutory one: no ARLTA section addresses mid-term or renewal increases. |
| Statewide rent control / stabilization | No |
| Rent control details | Arizona has no statewide rent control. ARS 33-1329(A) declares rent control on private residential housing a matter of statewide concern and strips cities, including charter cities, and towns of the power to control rents. Subsection (B) carves out residential property owned, financed, insured, or subsidized by a state agency, city, or town. A 2025 repeal bill, HB 2337, died without a committee hearing, though it is still falsely reported in places as enacted. |
| Local rent regulation | Cities and towns in Arizona cannot enact rent control on private residential housing — state law preempts local rent regulation, except for publicly owned, financed, insured, or subsidized housing (Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 33-1329). |
| Frequency limits | Not addressed by statute |
Cite this page: "Landlord Atlas, Arizona Rent Increase Notice Laws (verified October 1, 2026), landlordatlas.com/laws/rent-increase-notice/arizona/" — free to cite and quote with a link (how these records are verified). Everything above is cited in the citations section below.
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Notes and caveats
- The 90-day notice belongs to mobile home parks — The 90-day rent-increase notice (ARS 33-1432(F)) is constantly misattributed to standard rentals; it applies only to mobile home parks.
- Misinformation flag: HB 2337 was never signed — Some online bill summaries report HB 2337 (2025), which would have repealed the rent-control preemption in ARS 33-1329, as passed and signed. It was not: the Legislature's own record shows the bill was referred to committee in January 2025, received no committee action, and was held in committee when the session ended, and 33-1329 was in force on azleg.gov as of October 1, 2026.
- The 30-day figure is a derivation, not a statute — ARS 33-1375 addresses only termination of a month-to-month tenancy and never mentions rent increases — the familiar 30-day figure is practice-derived, not statutory, which is why no statutory notice period is listed here.
- A dead bill worth knowing about — HB 4122 (2026, the 'Fair Rental Agreement Act') would have added a nine-months' rent-increase notice for tenants on a lease of one year or more or of a year or more with the same landlord; it was held in committee and died when the session ended — a signal of legislative direction, not pending law.
Common questions: Arizona rent increase notice
Each answer is the verified value from the table above, restated as a direct answer. Free to quote with a link to this page.
- How many days' notice must a landlord give before raising rent in Arizona?
- No rent-increase statute — notice derives from tenancy-termination rules (see summary).
- Does Arizona have rent control?
- No — Arizona has no statewide rent control or stabilization. Arizona has no statewide rent control. ARS 33-1329(A) declares rent control on private residential housing a matter of statewide concern and strips cities, including charter cities, and towns of the power to control rents.
- Does Arizona preempt local rent control ordinances?
- Cities and towns in Arizona cannot enact rent control on private residential housing — state law preempts local rent regulation, except for publicly owned, financed, insured, or subsidized housing (Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 33-1329).
- Can a landlord raise the rent during a fixed-term lease in Arizona?
- Rent cannot change during a fixed term unless the lease itself provides for it. That is a contract principle rather than a statutory one: no ARLTA section addresses mid-term or renewal increases.
- How often can a landlord raise the rent in Arizona?
- Not addressed by statute.
Citations
- ARS 33-1375 · (B) (verified 2026) Official source
- ARS 33-1329 · (A)-(B) (verified 2026) Official source
How this record was verified: Direct read of statute text on the Arizona Legislature's site (azleg.gov). October 1, 2026: every section the security deposit, rent increase, late fee, entry and eviction answers rest on was read there: A.R.S. §§ 33-1310, 33-1314, 33-1321, 33-1329, 33-1343, 33-1367, 33-1368, 33-1375 to 33-1377 and 33-1379; 12-1173, 12-1178, 12-1179 and 12-1567; and 22-247. The mobile home park act (§§ 33-1401 to 33-1501) and the recreational vehicle long-term rental space act (§§ 33-2101 to 33-2148) were read for the figures that belong to them and not to standard rentals. The statute pages print no amendment history, so the chaptered laws of the 2025 and 2026 sessions were searched for amendments to these sections; Laws 2026, chapters 69 and 194 (effective September 12, 2026) are stated where they apply. Rule 17 of the Rules of Procedure for Eviction Actions and Rule 4 of the Superior Court Rules of Appellate Procedure - Civil were read in the Arizona court rules as published for the courts. The status of each bill named here was read in the Legislature's own bill records.