Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 33 > Chapter 11 > Article 2 - Landlord Obligations

• Action: includes recoupment, counterclaim, setoff, suit in equity and any other proceeding in which rights are determined, including an action for possession. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
• Change in use: means either of the following:

  (a) A change in the use of land from the rental of mobile home spaces in a mobile home park to some other use. See Arizona Laws 33-1409

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Director: means the director of the Arizona department of housing. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
• Educational program: means a class, workshop or educational convention that primarily instructs attendees on issues dealing with the operation of a mobile home park and that is sponsored by a nonprofit organization whose sole or primary purpose is the advocacy and promotion of the rental mobile home parks industry. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fund: means the mobile home relocation fund. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
• Good faith: means honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
• Guest: means a nonresident, over and above the occupancy limit set for the resident's space under the terms of the rental agreement or by park rules, of a mobile home park who stays at the home of a person with constructive possession of the home with the consent of the resident for one or more nights and not more than thirty days in any twelve-month period. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• 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.
• Landlord: means the owner, lessor, sublessor or operator, or any combination thereof, of a mobile home park and it also means a manager of the premises who fails to disclose as required by section 33-1432. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
• Mobile home park: means any parcel of land that contains four or more mobile home spaces. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
• Mobile home space: means a parcel of land for rent that has been designed to accommodate a mobile home and provide the required sewer and utility connections. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
• Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Park manager: means the person who is primarily responsible for the day-to-day operation of a mobile home park. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
• Person: includes a company, partnership or firm as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
• Premises: means the mobile home park and its existing facilities and appurtenances, including furniture and utilities where applicable, and grounds, areas and existing facilities held out for the use of tenants generally or whose use is promised to the tenant. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Prospective tenant: means a person who desires to become a tenant. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
• Rent: means payments to be made to the landlord or designated agent in full consideration for the rented premises. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
• Rental agreement: means leases or agreements and valid rules adopted under section 33-1452 embodying the terms and conditions concerning the use and occupancy of a mobile home space and premises, and includes month-to-month tenancies that arise out of the expiration of a written rental agreement pursuant to section 33-1413. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
• security deposit: means any refundable money or property given to assure payment or performance under a rental agreement. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Tenant: means a person signing a rental agreement or otherwise agreeing with a landlord for the occupancy of a mobile home space. See Arizona Laws 33-1409
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215