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Arizona Revised Statutes Title 32. Professions and Occupations § 32-1132. Residential contractors' recovery fund; claimants; eligibility; definition

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. The residential contractors' recovery fund is established to be administered by the registrar for the benefit of claimants that are damaged by an act, representation, transaction or conduct of a residential contractor that is licensed pursuant to this chapter and that is in violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.

B. Only the following claimants are eligible for an award from the residential contractors' recovery fund:

1. An individual who both:

(a) Owns residential real property that is damaged by the failure of a residential contractor to adequately build or improve a residential structure or appurtenance.

(b) Actually occupies or intends to occupy the residential real property described in subdivision (a) of this paragraph as the individual's primary residence.

2. A limited liability company to which both of the following apply:

(a) The limited liability company owns the residential real property that is damaged by the failure of a residential contractor to adequately build or improve a residential structure or appurtenance.

(b) At least one of the limited liability company's members actually occupy or will occupy the residential real property as described in subdivision (a) of this paragraph as their primary residence.

3. A trust to which all of the following apply:

(a) The trust is a revocable living trust.

(b) The trust owns the residential real property that is damaged by the failure of a residential contractor to adequately build or improve a residential structure or appurtenance.

(c) All of the trust's trustors actually occupy or intend to occupy the residential real property described in subdivision (b) of this paragraph as their primary residence.

4. A planned community as defined in § 33-1802 or unit owners' association as defined in § 33-1202 if both:

(a) The builder or developer transferred control to the planned community as defined in § 33-1802 or unit owners' association as defined in § 33-1202.

(b) A licensed residential contractor's failure to adequately build or improve a residential structure or appurtenance caused damage to the common elements within the complex.

5. A lessee of residential real property that meets all of the following:

(a) Contracts directly with a residential contractor or indirectly with a subcontractor of the residential contractor.

(b) Actually occupies or intends to occupy the residential real property described in subdivision (a) of this paragraph as the lessee's primary residence.

(c) Is damaged by the licensed residential contractor's failure to adequately build or improve a residential structure or appurtenance.

C. In order for a claimant to be eligible for an award from the residential contractors' recovery fund, the contractor whose actions damaged the claimant must have been appropriately licensed at one of the following times:

1. The date that the underlying contract was signed.

2. The date that the first payment was made.

3. The date that the underlying work first commenced.

D. For the purposes of this section, “appropriately licensed” means the residential contractor held a valid residential contractor license that was issued pursuant to this chapter and that was not canceled, in inactive status, expired, suspended or revoked.

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