Rule 13. Entry of Judgment and Relief Granted
Arizona Revised Statutes AnnotatedRules of Procedure for Eviction Actions
17B A.R.S. Rules Proc. Evic. Act., Rule 13
Rule 13. Entry of Judgment and Relief Granted
(4) If it appears that a landlord has accepted a partial payment in a case claiming nonpayment of rent under the Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, the court shall inquire whether the landlord accepted the partial payment, and if so, can produce a partial payment agreement and waiver signed by the defendant as required by the statute. If the landlord is unable to prove that the waiver was signed, the court shall dismiss the action.
Prior to accepting the stipulated judgment, the court must determine that the conditions of Rule 13(a)(1)-(2) and (b)(4) have been satisfied, and that defendant has signed the warning language on the judgment form to which the defendant stipulated that reads as follows:
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B. When an immediate termination has been obtained due to a breach of a residential lease agreement that qualifies as “material and irreparable” under the applicable statute, the judgment shall provide for the writ of restitution to issue between 12 and 24 hours after entry of judgment, or longer if the plaintiff so requests.
C. If the defendant is found not guilty, judgment shall be entered in favor of the defendant. If the judgment is for the defendant and the plaintiff has possession of the premises, possession of the premises shall, at the request of the defendant, be awarded to the defendant with a writ of restitution to issue after five calendar days.
(2) Damages. In addition to determining the right to actual possession, and if either party seeks a money judgment, the court may award damages to the party entitled to possession if the party seeking money damages provided proof to the court of a factual and legal basis for an award of rent or any reasonable late fees, attorney fees or other requested fees, charges or damages. If a written rental agreement exists, the party seeking money damages shall have a copy of the written rental agreement available for the court to review at the initial appearance or subsequent hearing at which the judgment is rendered.
The court shall not award any amount for damages or categories of relief not specifically stated in the complaint or counterclaim. The amounts awarded in the judgment must be consistent with the amounts sought in the complaint or counterclaim, although the judgment may also include additional rent, late charges, fees and other amounts that have accrued since the filing of the complaint, if appropriate.
A. Rent. If appropriate, rent shall be awarded to a prevailing plaintiff together with any additional rent that has accrued since the complaint was filed. If the plaintiff is entitled to rent incurred after the judgment has been entered, then the plaintiff may seek that amount in a separate civil action.
C. Late Charges. If the written rental agreement provided for periodic late charges in the event of a rent default, the court shall award the prevailing plaintiff reasonable late charges. No late charges shall be awarded unless the court is presented with evidence that they are specified in a written rental agreement.
D. Additional fees. Other fees such as extra person fees, pet fees, storage fees, signage fees, common area assessments, and other charges that were specified in a written rental agreement and were to be collected periodically together with other rental charges may be awarded to the prevailing plaintiff in accordance with the terms of the agreements. Charges sought that were not contained in a written rental agreement shall not be awarded in an eviction action, but may be separately sought in a civil action.
E. Plaintiff's Damages. If the plaintiff prevails, in addition to rent and late fees, when appropriate, the court may award to the plaintiff other damages for breach of the rental agreement, including property damages, when properly pled in the complaint and when such damages resulted from the breach giving rise to the eviction. When such claims for other damages are substantial and disputed such that a fair trial of the claims would likely delay the prompt determination of the eviction action, the court may sever those claims and dismiss them without prejudice, permitting the plaintiff to reassert the claims in a separate civil proceeding.
G. If undisputed rent has been deposited with the court in connection with a defendant's counterclaim, it shall be distributed in accordance with the judgment without undue delay after the time for appeal has expired. If no rent remains due after such proceedings or the tenant is found to have acted in good faith and satisfies a judgment for rent entered for the landlord, judgment shall be entered for the tenant in the action for possession.
d. Rent Concessions. If the court finds that a rental agreement or lease provided a rent concession such as “free rent” for a period, a budget for tenant improvements, or a cash move in allowance, and the rental agreement provides that in the event of a default the concession becomes due and payable, the amount of the concession may be included as additional damages in the judgment to a prevailing plaintiff if pleaded in the complaint. Alternatively, at the plaintiff's option, such amounts may be sought in a separate civil action.
e. Late Fees in Mobile Home Park and Recreational Vehicle Park Evictions. In cases involving mobile home parks and recreational vehicle parks, the court shall limit the award of periodic late charges in an eviction action arising out of such a tenancy to the statutory amount, and the court shall not reduce late charges calculated in accord with that limitation unless the plaintiff fails to establish the existence of a written agreement regarding such late charges.
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Added Dec. 9, 2008, effective Jan. 1, 2009. Amended Aug. 31, 2017, effective Jan. 1, 2018; Aug. 28, 2018, effective Jan. 1, 2019.
17B A. R. S. Rules Proc. Evic. Act., Rule 13, AZ ST EVICTION Rule 13
State Court Rules are current with amendments received through May 1, 2024. The Code of Judicial Administration is current with amendments received through May 1, 2024.
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