A. The commissioner shall examine any timeshare plan offered for sale or lease in this state or located in this state and shall make public his findings.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-2197.07

  • Commissioner: means the state real estate commissioner. See Arizona Laws 32-2101
  • Department: means the state real estate department. See Arizona Laws 32-2101
  • Developer: means either of the following:

    (a) Any person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other entity, other than a sales agent, that creates a timeshare plan or is in the business of selling timeshare interests or employs sales agents to sell timeshare interests. See Arizona Laws 32-2197

  • lease: includes every disposition, transfer, option or offer or attempt to dispose of or transfer real property, or an interest, use or estate in the real property, including offering the property as a prize or gift if a monetary charge or consideration for whatever purpose is required. See Arizona Laws 32-2101
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Timeshare plan: means any arrangement, plan or similar device, other than an exchange program, whether by membership agreement, sale, lease, deed, license or right-to-use agreement or by any other means, in which a purchaser, in exchange for consideration, receives ownership rights in or the right to use accommodations for a period of time less than a full year during any given year, but not necessarily for consecutive years. See Arizona Laws 32-2197

B. The commissioner may physically inspect any timeshare plan offered for sale or lease in this state or located in this state.

C. An initial filing fee of twenty dollars per interest with a maximum fee of not more than one thousand dollars shall accompany the notice of intention filed pursuant to Section 32-2197.02. A filing fee as established by rule shall accompany the application to amend the timeshare public report required in Section 32-2197.04.

D. The developer of the timeshare plan shall bear the total cost of travel and subsistence expenses incurred by the department in the examination, in addition to the initial filing fee provided for in this section, on the basis of actual cost to the department.