Except as otherwise provided in this title, the title applies to:

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 14-1301

  • Incapacitated: means lacking the ability to manage property and business affairs effectively by reason of mental illness, mental deficiency, physical illness or disability, chronic use of drugs, chronic intoxication, confinement, detention by a foreign power, disappearance, minority or other disabling cause. See Arizona Laws 14-9101
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • State: means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Arizona Laws 14-9101
  • Trust: includes an express trust, private or charitable, with any additions, wherever and however created. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215

1. The affairs and estates of decedents, missing persons and persons to be protected, domiciled in this state.

2. The property of nonresidents located in this state or property coming into the control of a fiduciary who is subject to the laws of this state.

3. Incapacitated persons and minors in this state.

4. Multiple-party accounts in this state.

5. Trusts subject to administration in this state.

This title does not apply to property of Indians within the jurisdiction of their tribal courts or to lands held in trust by the United States for Indians.