quitclaim deeds; notaries; county recorder

Plain English Breakdown

The official text confirms the bill passed both chambers but lists no specific calendar date for effectiveness, only referencing a general effective date.

SB1805: Changes to Mobile Home Park Utility Charges

This law changes how landlords in mobile home parks can charge tenants for utilities by allowing them to recover the exact amount charged by the utility provider plus a small administrative fee.

What This Bill Does

• Removes the rule that stopped landlords from charging more than the basic single-family residential utility rate when billing separately.
• Allows landlords to recover the exact charges imposed on them by the utility provider, plus an extra administrative fee for their costs only.
• Prohibits landlords from imposing any additional charges beyond what is allowed.
• Requires rental agreements to list which utilities are billed separately and state how much the administrative fee will be.
• Sets a maximum limit of $8 for the administrative fee related to submetering.

Who It Names or Affects

• Landlords who own or manage mobile home parks in Arizona
• Tenants living in mobile homes within these parks

Terms To Know

Submetering

Using separate meters to measure how much water, gas, or electricity each tenant uses so they can be billed individually.

Administrative fee

A small extra charge a landlord adds to cover the cost of managing and billing for utility services.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify an exact calendar date, only that it becomes effective on the general effective date.
• The text states landlords can recover charges plus a fee but does not explain how to calculate specific administrative costs within the $8 limit.

Official Summary Text

SB1805 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1805

quitclaim
deeds; notaries; county recorder

(
NOW: mobile home
parks; submetering; fees
)

As passed the
Senate, S.B. 1805 required a county recorder, before recording any quitclaim
deed, to verify the status of any notary public who appears to be commissioned
by the state and who notarized the signature of the person who is conveying an
interest in real property with the quitclaim deed and allowed a county recorder
to refer any person believed to be engaging in fraudulent activity to the
county attorney.

The House of
Representatives adopted a strike-everything amendment that does the following:

Purpose

Modifies the
requirements for utility charges at mobile home parks.

Background

The Arizona
Mobile Home Parks and Residential Landlord and Tenant Act is established to: 1)
govern mobile home space rentals and the rights and obligations of mobile home
park landlords and tenants; and 2) encourage the landlord and tenant to
maintain and improve the quality of mobile home housing (
A.R.S.
� 33-1402
).

If a landlord
charges separately for gas, water or electricity, there must be a separate
meter for every user. For each billing period the cost of the charges for the
period must be separately stated, along with the opening and the closing meter
readings and the date of the meter readings. Each bill must show the
computation of the charge generally in accordance with the serving utility
company billing format for individual service supplied through a single service
meter. If the landlord separately charges for utilities, the landlord may not
charge more than the prevailing basic service single-family residential rate
charged by the serving utility or provider (
A.R.S.

� 33-1413.01
).

There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund
associated with this legislation.

Provisions

1.

Removes the prohibition on a landlord from charging more than the
prevailing basic service single-family residential rate charged by the serving
utility or provider if the landlord separately charges for utilities.

2.

Allows a landlord, if the landlord separately charges for utilities, to
recover charges imposed on the landlord by the utility provider, plus an
administrative fee for the landlord for administrative costs only.

3.

Prohibits a landlord from imposing any additional charges.

4.

Requires the rental agreement to contain a disclosure that lists the
utility services that are charged separately and specify the amount of any
administrative fee that is associated with submetering.

5.

Prohibits the amount of any administrative fee that is associated with
submetering from being more than $8.

6.

Makes technical changes.

7.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Amendments Adopted by the House of Representatives

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Adopted the strike-everything amendment relating to mobile home
park utility charges.

House Action

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Current Bill Text

SB1805 - 572R - H Ver

House Engrossed
Senate Bill

quitclaim
deeds; notaries; county recorder

(now: mobile home
parks: submetering; fees)

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1805

AN
ACT

amending section 33-1413.01,
Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to landlord utility charges.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 33-1413.01, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
33-1413.01.

Utility
charges; waste, garbage and rubbish removal charges

A. If a landlord charges separately for gas, water
or electricity
,
there shall be a separate meter for every
user. For each billing period the cost of the charges for the period
shall be separately stated, along with the opening and the closing meter
readings and the dates of the meter readings. Each bill shall show
the computation of the charge generally in accordance with the serving utility
company billing format for individual service supplied through a single service
meter.

B. If the landlord separately charges for utilities
pursuant to subsection A of this section
, the landlord
shall not charge more than the prevailing basic service single family
residential rate charged by the serving utility or provider
may recover the charges imposed on the landlord by the utility
provider, plus an administrative fee for the landlord for administrative costs
only. The landlord shall not impose any additional
charges. The rental agreement shall contain a disclosure that lists
the utility services that are charged separately and shall specify the amount
of any administrative fee that is associated with submetering, which may not be
more than $8
.

C. For the purpose of regulating mobile home parks
as public or consecutive water systems, the state shall not adopt rules
pursuant to title 49, chapter 2, article 9
,

that are more stringent than authorized by the federal
government. Submetering solely to determine the charges for
individual water use by park tenants for the purpose of water conservation,
without other evidence indicating a transaction subject to regulation under
title 49, chapter 2, article 9, shall not be used as a basis for treating any
mobile home park as a public or consecutive water system.

D. A landlord may charge separately for removal of
waste, garbage, rubbish, refuse and trash and for sewer
services. Any charges for removal or sewer services may not exceed
the prevailing
single family

single-family

residential charge, fee or rate for these services levied by the
political subdivision or provider.
END_STATUTE