What is a five-day notice in Arizona?

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A five-day notice is the written notice an Arizona landlord must give a tenant for unpaid rent before filing an eviction action.

- If rent is unpaid when due, the landlord must give the tenant written notice of the nonpayment and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if the rent is not paid within five days .
- The tenant then has five days (calendar days) to pay .
- If the rent remains unpaid after the five-day period, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement by filing a special detainer action .

Reinstatement of the rental agreement:

- Before a special detainer action is filed, the agreement must be reinstated if the tenant tenders all past-due and unpaid periodic rent plus a reasonable late fee set forth in a written rental agreement .
- After a special detainer action is filed, the agreement is reinstated only if the tenant pays all past-due rent, reasonable late fees set forth in a written rental agreement, attorney fees, and court costs .
- After a judgment has been entered in a special detainer action in the landlord's favor, any reinstatement is solely in the landlord's discretion .

Importantly, this notice is the required first step before a landlord may file the court eviction (special detainer) action — the notice itself does not remove the tenant from the property; removal happens only through the court process that follows .