homeowner's associations; expiration

Plain English Breakdown

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HB2172: Mandatory Expiration and Dissolution of Homeowner Associations

This bill requires homeowner association declarations in Arizona to expire on the later date of January 1, 2127, or one hundred years after their original recording.

What This Bill Does

• Adds section 33-1801.01 to the Arizona Revised Statutes regarding planned communities.
• Requires every homeowner association declaration to expire and become unenforceable on a specific date.
• Mandates that associations dissolve when their declarations expire, regardless of other laws or documents.
• Sets the expiration date as January 1, 2127, or one hundred years after the original recording, whichever is later.
• States that amending an existing declaration does not restart the one-hundred-year time limit.
• Requires dissolved associations to wind up and liquidate their business affairs according to current laws.

Who It Names or Affects

• Homeowner's associations (HOAs) in planned communities across Arizona.
• Property owners within terminated planned communities who may choose to reestablish an association.

Terms To Know

Declaration

The official document that creates a planned community and establishes its rules for homeowners.

Dissolution

The legal process of ending an organization's existence, such as closing down a homeowner association.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how property owners must vote or act if they choose to reestablish a planned community.
• The text states that associations dissolve on expiration but refers to other laws for specific winding-up procedures without detailing them here.

Official Summary Text

HB2172 - homeowner's associations; expiration

Current Bill Text

HB2172 - 572R - I Ver

PREFILED��� JAN 08 2026

REFERENCE TITLE:
homeowner's associations; expiration

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2172

Introduced by

Representative
Carter N

AN
ACT

amending title 33, chapter 16, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 33-1801.01; relating to planned
communities.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 33, chapter 16, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 33-1801.01, to read:

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33-1801.01.

Mandatory expiration of declaration; association dissolution

Notwithstanding any other law or any provision
in the community documents:

1. each declaration expires and is
unenforceable and each association dissolves on the later of:

(
a
) January 1,
2127.

(
b
) One hundred
years after the date on which the original declaration was recorded.� An
amendment to the original declaration or the creation of a new planned
community or association from all or any portion of an existing planned
community does not ESTABLISH a new one hundred year-period.

2. On expiration of the declaration
and dissolution of the association, the dissolved association shall wind up and
liquidate its business and affairs as otherwise provided by law.

3. After expiration of the
declaration and dissolution of the association, any or all of the property
owners in the terminated planned community may voluntarily REESTABLISH a
planned community for the properties as otherwise PROVIDED by law.
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