Arizona land underwriting
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Property tax rules
Rules used: Arizona state module · reviewed by Attorney Bot (AI) on 2026-10-12 · not legal or tax advice.
Assessment
- Enter the assessed value (full cash or limited value × 15%), not market value.
- Class two (R) — agricultural and all other real property including vacant land — is assessed at 15% (§ 42-15002).
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes title 42 (as of 2026-10-12)
Rates
- Tax lien state: certificates of purchase sold at the lowest bid rate (≤16%). Redeemable any time within 3 years and afterward until the treasurer's deed; the holder may sue to foreclose 3–10 years after the sale.
- Seller of 5 or fewer parcels in an unincorporated area must give a recorded Affidavit of Disclosure at least 7 days before transfer (§ 33-422).
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes title 42 (as of 2026-10-12)
Exemptions
- No statewide exemption amount is applied. Enter dollar exemptions from the county tax bill.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes title 42 (as of 2026-10-12)
Ag/special use
- No general ag rollback (A.R.S. §§ 42-12151–42-12159). The § 42-12157 back taxes plus 25% penalty apply only if the owner gave false information or missed the 60-day notice of change of use (§ 42-12156) — AcreMath does not compute this penalty.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes title 42 (as of 2026-10-12)
Delinquency
- No general ag rollback (A.R.S. §§ 42-12151–42-12159). The § 42-12157 back taxes plus 25% penalty apply only if the owner gave false information or missed the 60-day notice of change of use (§ 42-12156) — AcreMath does not compute this penalty.
- Delinquent tax bears 16% simple interest per year (partial months count as whole); none if the full year is paid by Dec 31.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes title 42 (as of 2026-10-12)
Other rules
- Subdivision: 6+ lots for sale or lease, unless each lot is 36 acres or more (§ 32-2101).
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes title 42 (as of 2026-10-12)
How it works: methodology.
County registry (15 counties)
Counties and equivalents from the Census 2020 (national_county2020.txt). Start a deal in any county.
- Apache County (04001)
- Cochise County (04003)
- Coconino County (04005)
- Gila County (04007)
- Graham County (04009)
- Greenlee County (04011)
- La Paz County (04012)
- Maricopa County (04013)
- Mohave County (04015)
- Navajo County (04017)
- Pima County (04019)
- Pinal County (04021)
- Santa Cruz County (04023)
- Yavapai County (04025)
- Yuma County (04027)