firearm hold agreements; liability limitation

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is not provided in the source material, so it cannot be confirmed when this rule begins.

HB2736: Limits on Lawsuits About Firearm Hold Agreements

This law protects individuals and private groups from being sued for returning a gun to its owner under an agreement, unless the return was caused by unlawful conduct.

What This Bill Does

• Adds a rule that limits lawsuits against people or private groups who return firearms at the end of an agreement.
• Defines what counts as a 'firearm hold agreement' in Arizona law.
• Removes this legal protection if the person holding the gun acted unlawfully.

Who It Names or Affects

• Individuals or private groups who agree to hold someone else's firearm
• Firearm owners whose guns are held under an agreement

Terms To Know

firearm hold agreement

A written or oral deal where a person takes physical possession of another person's lawfully owned gun, holds it for an agreed time, and returns it.

liability limitation

A rule that stops people from being held legally responsible in court for certain actions.

Limits and Unknowns

• The official text does not state when this law will officially start working.
• The law only protects the return of firearms if they were lawfully possessed by the owner before the agreement started.
• The text does not list specific examples of what counts as 'unlawful conduct'.

Official Summary Text

HB2736 - firearm hold agreements; liability limitation

Current Bill Text

HB2736 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
firearm hold agreements; liability limitation

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2736

Introduced by

Representative
M�rquez

AN
ACT

amending title 12, chapter 5, article 3,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 12-558.04; relating to limitations
of actions.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Title 12, chapter 5, article 3,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 12-558.04, to read:

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12-558.04.

Limited liability; firearm hold agreement; definition

A. An individual or a private entity
is not liable for returning a FIREARM to the firearm owner at the termination
of a firearm hold agreement.

B. SUBSECTION A of this section does
not apply to an action that arises from a firearm hold agreement if the action
was the result of otherwise unlawful conduct on the part of the individual or
private entity holding a firearm for another individual.

C. For the purposes of this section,
"firearm hold agreement" means a written or oral agreement between a
FIREARM owner and another individual or a private entity in which the other
individual or private entity takes physical possession of the firearm owner's
lawfully possessed firearm at the owner's request, holds the firearm for an
agreed period of time and returns the firearm to the OWNER according to the
terms of the agreement.
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