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REFERENCE TITLE:
homeowners' associations; records requests
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
HB 2606
Introduced by
Representative
Blackman
AN
ACT
amending sections 33-1258 and 33-1805,
Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to condominiums and planned communities.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 33-1258, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
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33-1258.
Association financial and other records; applicability; definition
A. Except as provided in subsection
B
D
of this section
and on request
, all
financial and other records of the association shall be made reasonably
available for examination by any member or any person designated by the member
in writing as the member's representative
if the request
complies with all of the following:
1. The unit owner's request is made
in good faith
.
2. The unit owner describes with
reasonable particularity the unit owner's proper purpose and the records that
the unit owner wishes to inspect.
3. The records are directly connected
with the unit owner's purpose.
B. REcords that are made available
online are deemed to be reasonably available.
C.
The association shall not
charge a member or any person designated by the member in writing for making
material available for review.� The association
shall have
has
ten business days to fulfill a request for
examination.� On request for purchase of copies of records by any member or any
person designated by the member in writing as the member's representative, the
association
shall have
has
ten
business days to provide copies of the requested records.� An association may
charge a fee for making copies
, whether physical copies or
digital copies,
of not more than
fifteen cents
$.15
per page
, to be paid by the unit owner when
the copies are made available
.
B.
D.
Books
and records kept by or on behalf of the association and the board may be
withheld from disclosure to the extent that the portion withheld relates to any
of the following:
1. Privileged communication between an attorney for
the association and the association.
2. Pending litigation.
3. Meeting minutes or other records of a session of
a board meeting that is not required to be open to all members pursuant to section
33-1248.
4. Personal, health or financial records of an
individual member of the association, an individual employee of the association
or an individual employee of a contractor for the association, including
records of the association directly related to the personal, health or
financial information about an individual member of the association, an
individual employee of the association or an individual employee of a
contractor for the association.
5. Records relating to the job performance of,
compensation of, health records of or specific complaints against an individual
employee of the association or an individual employee of a contractor of the
association who works under the direction of the association.
C.
E.
The
association shall not be required to disclose financial and other records of
the association if disclosure would violate any state or federal law
or if the request or any portion of the request is for disclosure of
any records that were previously provided to the unit owner or the unit owner's
representative
.
D.
F.
This
section does not apply to an association for a timeshare plan that is subject
to chapter 20 of this title.
G. For the purposes of this section,
"financial and other records" means only the following:
1. The declaration.
2. The name, address and telephone
number of the association's designated agent.
3. The bylaws of the association.
4. The names and property addresses
of all association unit owners.
5. Except for executive sessions of
the board of directors, the minutes of all meetings of the unit owners'
association and the board of directors for the previous three years, and
records of all actions taken by a committee in place of the board of directors
or on behalf of the association for the previous three years.
6. The operating budget for the
current fiscal year.
7. Current assessments, including
both regular and special assessments.
8. Financial statements and accounts,
association-provided service or utility records and amounts held in reserve for
the previous three years.
9. The most recent financial audit,
review or compilation pursuant to section 33-1243.
10. All current contracts entered
into by the association or the board of directors on behalf of the association.
11. Current insurance policies,
including company names, policy limits, deductibles, additional named insureds
and expiration dates for property, general liability and association, director
and officer professional liability and fidelity policies.
12. Any electronic record of action
taken by the board of directors for the previous three years.
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Sec. 2. Section 33-1805, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
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33-1805.
Association financial and other records; definition
A. Except as provided in subsection
B
D
of this section
and on request
, all
financial and other records of the association shall be made reasonably
available for examination by any member or any person designated by the member
in writing as the member's representative
if the request
complies with all of the following:
1. The member's request is made in
good faith.
2. The member describes with
reasonable particularity the member's proper purpose and the records that the
member wishes to inspect.
3. The records are directly connected
with the member's purpose.
B. Records that are made available
online are deemed to be reasonably available
.
C.
The association shall not
charge a member or any person designated by the member in writing for making
material available for review.� The association
shall have
has
ten business days to fulfill a request for
examination.� On request for purchase of copies of records by any member or any
person designated by the member in writing as the member's representative, the
association
shall have
has
ten
business days to provide copies of the requested records.� An association may
charge a fee for making copies
, whether physical copies or
digital copies,
of not more than
fifteen cents
$.15
per page
, to be paid by the member when the
copies are made available
.
B.
D.
Books
and records kept by or on behalf of the association and the board may be
withheld from disclosure to the extent that the portion withheld relates to any
of the following:
1. Privileged communication between an attorney for
the association and the association.
2. Pending litigation.
3. Meeting minutes or other records of a session of
a board meeting that is not required to be open to all members pursuant to
section 33-1804.
4. Personal, health or financial records of an
individual member of the association, an individual employee of the association
or an individual employee of a contractor for the association, including
records of the association directly related to the personal, health or
financial information about an individual member of the association, an
individual employee of the association or an individual employee of a
contractor for the association.
5. Records relating to the job performance of,
compensation of, health records of or specific complaints against an individual
employee of the association or an individual employee of a contractor of the
association who works under the direction of the association.
C.
E.
The
association shall not be required to disclose financial and other records of
the association if disclosure would violate any state or federal law
or if the request or any portion of the request is for disclosure of
any records that were previously provided to the member or the member's
representative
.
F. For the purposes of this section,
"financial and other records" means only the following:
1. The declaration.
2. The name, address and telephone
number of the association's designated agent.
3. The bylaws of the association.
4. The names and property addresses
of all association members.
5. Except for executive sessions of
the board of directors, the minutes of all meetings of the association and the
board of directors for the previous three years, and records of all actions
taken by a committee in place of the board of directors or on behalf of the
association for the previous three years.
6. The operating budget for the
current fiscal year.
7. Current assessments, including
both regular and special assessments.
8. Financial statements and accounts,
association-provided service or utility records and amounts held in reserve for
the previous three years.
9. The most recent financial audit,
review or compilation pursuant to section 33-1810.
10. All current contracts entered
into by the association or the board of directors on behalf of the association.
11. Current insurance policies,
including company names, policy limits, deductibles, additional named insureds
and expiration dates for property, general liability and association, director
and officer professional liability and fidelity policies.
12. Any electronic record of action
taken by the board of directors for the previous three years.
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