A. If this state’s ownership of a parcel or portion of a parcel of property is confirmed in a quiet title action under this article, the state treasurer shall pay to the record title owner an amount from the state general fund to:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 37-1132

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Department: means the state land department. See Arizona Laws 37-101
  • Improvements: means anything permanent in character which is the result of labor or capital expended by the lessee or his predecessors in interest on state land in its reclamation or development, and the appropriation of water thereon, and which has enhanced the value of the land. See Arizona Laws 37-101
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215

1. Refund all property taxes ever paid on the property.

2. Compensate the person for all improvements to the property.

3. Refund the purchase price paid for the property, plus interest at the legal rate, if the property was purchased from this state by the person or any predecessor in title.

B. The department of administration, in coordination with the department of revenue and the state land department, shall certify to the state treasurer the amounts due to the record title owner pursuant to this section.

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