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HB2323 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet
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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR
H.B. 2323
warranties; leased
vehicles; lessee; definition
Purpose
Modifies the definition of
consumer
,
under the Arizona
Motor Vehicle Warranties Act, to include a lessee of a motor vehicle.
Background
The Arizona Motor Vehicle Warranties Act, commonly known as the Arizona
Lemon Law, was enacted to address motor vehicles with significant defects
unknown to a buyer at the time of purchase. A motor vehicle is covered for the
duration of the manufactures warranty, or two years or 24,000 miles, with
coverage beginning on the date the motor vehicle is given to the customer (
A.R.S. Title 44, Chapter 9,
Article 5
).
Statute defines
motor vehicle
as a self-propelled vehicle
designated primarily for the transportation of persons or property over public
highways. A
consumer
means the purchaser, other than for purposes of
resale, of a motor vehicle, any person to whom the motor vehicle is transferred
during the duration of an express warranty applicable to the motor vehicle or
any other person entitled by the terms of the warranty to enforce the
obligations of the warranty.
The following are exempt from the requirements of the Arizona Motor
Vehicle Warranties Act: 1) sale of motor vehicles to a purchaser for the
purpose of resale for profit; 2) a motor vehicle with a declared gross weight
over 10,000 pounds; or 3) a motor vehicle that is sold at a public auction (
A.R.S.
� 44-1261
).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund
associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1.
Expands
the definition of
consumer
,
under the Arizona Motor Vehicle
Warranties Act,
to include a lessee of a motor vehicle.
2.
Makes
technical changes.
3.
Becomes
effective on the general effective date.
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Chapter 0056 - 572R - H Ver of HB2323
House Engrossed
warranties; leased
vehicles; lessee; definition
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
CHAPTER 56
HOUSE BILL 2323
AN
ACT
amending section 44-1261, arizona
revised statutes; relating to motor vehicle warranties.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section
1.
1. Section
44-1261, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
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44-1261.
Definitions; exemptions
A. In this article, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. "Consumer" means the purchaser
,
other than for
the
purposes
of resale,
or lessee
of a motor vehicle
,
or
any person to whom the
motor vehicle is transferred
to
during the duration of an
express warranty applicable to the motor vehicle or any other person entitled
by the terms of the warranty to enforce the obligations of the warranty.
2. "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled
vehicle designated primarily for the transportation of persons or property over
the public highways.
3. "Used motor vehicle" means a motor
vehicle that has been sold, bargained, exchanged or given away or the title to
which has been transferred from the person who first acquired the vehicle from
the manufacturer, importer or dealer or agent of the manufacturer or importer
and that has been placed in bona fide consumer use.
4. "Used motor vehicle dealer" means a
person or business that sells or offers for sale a used motor vehicle after
selling or offering for sale four or more used motor vehicles in the previous
twelve months but does not include a bank or financial institution, an
insurance company, a business selling a used motor vehicle to an employee of
that business, a lessor selling a leased vehicle by or to the lessee of that
vehicle or to an employee of the lessee of that vehicle or a person who buys,
sells, exchanges or offers or attempts to negotiate a sale of or exchange an
interest in a classic car as defined in section 28-2483 or a historic
vehicle as defined in section 28-2484.
B. If the motor vehicle is a motor home, the
provisions of this article shall apply to the self-propelled vehicle and
chassis but not to those portions of the vehicle designed, used or maintained
primarily as a mobile dwelling, office or commercial space.
C. The provisions of this article do not apply to a
sale of a motor vehicle to a purchaser for the purpose of resale for profit or
to a motor vehicle with a declared gross weight over ten thousand pounds or
that is sold at a public auction.
END_STATUTE
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 13, 2026.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 13, 2026.