A.R.S. § 33-362: Landlord's Rent Lien
Landlord's lien for rent
An Arizona landlord has a lien on a tenant's non-exempt property placed on or used on the leased premises until rent is paid, may seize the tenant's personal property found there (but not anyone else's) and hold or sell it for the rent, and has a lien on crops grown on the premises that lasts six months after the lease ends. The lien does not secure rent accruing after the tenant's death or bankruptcy or an assignment for the benefit of creditors, and applies the same way against a sublessee or assignee.
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33-362. Landlord's lien for rent
A. The landlord shall have a lien on all property of his tenant not exempt by law, placed upon or used on the leased premises, until the rent is paid. The lien shall not secure the payment of rent accruing after the death or bankruptcy of the lessee, or after an assignment for the benefit of the lessee's creditors.
B. The landlord may seize for rent any personal property of his tenant found on the premises, but the property of any other person, although found on the premises, shall not be liable therefor. If the tenant fails to allow the landlord to take possession of such property, the landlord may reduce the property to possession by an action to recover possession, and may hold or sell the property for the payment of the rent.
C. The landlord shall have a lien for rent upon crops grown or growing upon the leased premises, whether the rent is payable in money, articles of property or products of the premises, and also for the faithful performance of the terms of the lease, and the lien shall continue for a period of six months after expiration of the term of the lease.
D. When premises are sublet, or when the lease is assigned, the landlord shall have the same lien against the sublessee or assignee as he has against the tenant and may enforce the lien in like manner.
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