Arizona Code — 14
Browse 353 sections in division 14 of the Arizona code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 14-1103. Supplementary general principles of law applicable
- § 14-1106. Effect of fraud and evasion
- § 14-1107. Determination of death and status; rules
- § 14-1301. Territorial application
- § 14-1302. Subject matter jurisdiction
- § 14-1303. Venue; multiple proceedings; transfer
- § 14-1304. Practice in court
- § 14-1305. Records and certified copies
- § 14-1307. Registrar; powers
- § 14-1310. Oath or affirmation on filed documents
- § 14-1402. Notice; waiver
- § 14-1403. Pleadings
- § 14-2101. Intestate estate; modification by will
- § 14-2102. Intestate share of surviving spouse
- § 14-2103. Heirs other than surviving spouse; share in estate
- § 14-2104. Heirs; surviving of decedent; time requirement; presumption; exception
- § 14-2105. Unclaimed estate; passage to state
- § 14-2106. Passing of estate by representation; assigning of shares; definitions
- § 14-2107. Kindred by half blood; right of inheritance
- § 14-2108. After-born heirs; requirements
- § 14-2109. Advancements of property during lifetime; effect on distribution of estate
- § 14-2110. Debts owed to a decedent; effect on distribution of estate
- § 14-2111. Effect of alienage on distribution of estate
- § 14-2113. Heirs related to decedent through two lines; single share
- § 14-2114. Parent and child relationship; intestate succession; adopted children
- § 14-2207. Rights of surviving spouse; waiver; requirements; effect
- § 14-2301. Entitlement of spouse; premarital will
- § 14-2401. Applicable law
- § 14-2403. Exempt property; value; priority
- § 14-2404. Family allowance; use; length; priority; termination by death
- § 14-2405. Homestead; exempt property and allowances; restriction; source; determination; documentation
- § 14-2501. Who may make a will
- § 14-2502. Execution of paper wills; witnessed wills; holographic wills; testamentary intent
- § 14-2503. Holographic will
- § 14-2504. Self-proved wills; sample form; signature requirements
- § 14-2505. Witnesses; requirements; definition
- § 14-2506. Execution; choice of law
- § 14-2507. Revocation of will; requirements
- § 14-2508. Change of circumstances; effect on will
- § 14-2509. Revoking a subsequent will; effect; reviving a revoked will; requirements
- § 14-2510. Incorporating outside document into a will; requirements
- § 14-2511. Testamentary additions to trusts; requirements; effect of revocation
- § 14-2512. Disposition of property by reference to acts of independent significance
- § 14-2513. References to separate lists; requirements
- § 14-2514. Contracts regarding wills; requirements; effect
- § 14-2516. Custodian of will; duties; liability
- § 14-2517. Penalty clause for contest; restriction
- § 14-2601. Scope of article
- § 14-2602. Passage of existing and after-acquired property by will
- § 14-2603. Substitute gifts; class gifts; definitions
- § 14-2604. Failure of testamentary provision; effect
- § 14-2605. Securities increase in value after death; effect; exception
- § 14-2606. Right to specific devises; unpaid proceeds of sale, condemnation or insurance; sale by conservator or agent
- § 14-2607. Specific devise; nonexoneration
- § 14-2608. Exercise of power of appointment
- § 14-2609. Satisfaction of a devise during the testator's life; requirements; valuation
- § 14-2701. Scope of article
- § 14-2702. Devisees; surviving of testator; requirement; exception
- § 14-2703. Choice of law; effect on governing instrument
- § 14-2704. Power of appointment; exercise by reference; presumption
- § 14-2705. Adopted children; children born out of wedlock; class gifts
- § 14-2706. Failure of beneficiary to survive decedent; effect; protection from liability; third parties; definitions
- § 14-2707. Future interests; trusts; distribution date; passage of property; alternative future interest; definitions
- § 14-2708. Class gifts to descendants, issue or heirs of the body; form of distribution if none specified
- § 14-2709. Property distribution by representation or per capita at each generation; distribution per stirpes; application of section; definitions
- § 14-2710. Worthier title doctrine; nonrecognition
- § 14-2711. Distribution to heirs; effect
- § 14-2802. Effect of divorce, annulment and decree of separation
- § 14-2803. Murder of decedent; effect; federal law; definitions
- § 14-2804. Termination of marriage; effect; revocation of probate and nonprobate transfers; federal law; definitions
- § 14-2901. Nonvested property interest; general power of appointment; validity; exception
- § 14-2902. Nonvested property interest or power of appointment; creation
- § 14-2903. Reformation of a disposition plan; conditions
- § 14-2904. Statutory rule against perpetuities; exclusion
- § 14-2905. Nonvested property interest or power of appointment; creation; effective date; judicial reformation
- § 14-2906. Rule against perpetuities; supersession
- § 14-2907. Honorary trusts; trusts for pets; conditions
- § 14-3101. Devolution of estate at death; administration on deaths of husband and wife
- § 14-3102. Necessity of statement or order of probate for will; exception
- § 14-3103. Necessity of appointment for administration
- § 14-3104. Claims against decedent; necessity of administration
- § 14-3105. Proceedings affecting devolution and administration; jurisdiction of subject matter
- § 14-3107. Scope of proceedings; proceedings independent; exception
- § 14-3108. Probate, testacy and appointment proceedings; ultimate time limit
- § 14-3109. Statutes of limitation on decedent's cause of action
- § 14-3110. Action by or against personal representative; survival of causes of action
- § 14-3201. Venue for first and subsequent estate proceedings; location of property
- § 14-3202. Appointment or testacy proceedings; conflicting claim of domicile in another state
- § 14-3203. Priority among persons seeking appointment as personal representative
- § 14-3204. Demand for notice of order or filing concerning decedent's estate
- § 14-3301. Informal probate or appointment proceedings; application; contents
- § 14-3302. Informal probate; duty of registrar; effect of informal probate
- § 14-3303. Informal probate; proof and findings required
- § 14-3304. Informal probate; unavailable in certain cases
- § 14-3305. Informal probate; registrar not satisfied
- § 14-3306. Informal probate; notice requirements
- § 14-3307. Informal appointment proceedings; delay in order; duty of registrar; effect of appointment
- § 14-3308. Informal appointment proceedings; proof and findings required
- § 14-3309. Informal appointment proceedings; registrar not satisfied
- § 14-3310. Informal appointment proceedings; notice requirements
- § 14-3311. Informal appointment unavailable in certain cases
- § 14-3401. Formal testacy proceedings; nature; when commenced
- § 14-3402. Formal testacy or appointment proceedings; petition; contents
- § 14-3403. Formal testacy proceeding; notice of hearing on petition
- § 14-3404. Formal testacy proceedings; written objections to probate
- § 14-3405. Formal testacy proceedings; uncontested cases; hearings and proof
- § 14-3406. Formal testacy proceedings; contested cases; testimony of attesting witnesses
- § 14-3407. Formal testacy proceedings; burdens in contested cases
- § 14-3408. Formal testacy proceedings; will construction; effect of final order in another jurisdiction
- § 14-3409. Formal testacy proceedings; order; foreign will
- § 14-3410. Formal testacy proceedings; probate of more than one instrument
- § 14-3411. Formal testacy proceedings; partial intestacy
- § 14-3412. Formal testacy proceedings; effect of order; vacation
- § 14-3413. Formal testacy proceedings; vacation of order for other cause
- § 14-3414. Formal proceedings concerning appointment of personal representative
- § 14-3415. Lost and missing wills; wills probated in other jurisdictions
- § 14-3501. Supervised administration; nature of proceeding
- § 14-3502. Supervised administration; petition; order
- § 14-3503. Supervised administration; effect on other proceedings
- § 14-3504. Supervised administration; powers of personal representative
- § 14-3505. Supervised administration; interim orders; distribution and closing orders; annual accounts; accounting on closing
- § 14-3601. Qualification
- § 14-3602. Acceptance of appointment; consent to jurisdiction
- § 14-3603. Bond required; exceptions
- § 14-3604. Bond amount; security; procedure; reduction
- § 14-3606. Terms and conditions of bonds
- § 14-3607. Order restraining personal representative
- § 14-3608. Termination of appointment; general
- § 14-3609. Termination of appointment; death or disability
- § 14-3610. Termination of appointment; voluntary
- § 14-3611. Termination of appointment by removal; cause; procedure
- § 14-3612. Termination of appointment; change of testacy status
- § 14-3613. Successor personal representative
- § 14-3614. Special administrator; appointment
- § 14-3615. Special administrator; who may be appointed
- § 14-3616. Special administrator; appointed informally; powers and duties
- § 14-3617. Special administrator; formal proceedings; power and duties
- § 14-3618. Termination of appointment; special administrator
- § 14-3701. Time of accrual of duties and powers
- § 14-3702. Priority among different letters
- § 14-3703. General duties; relation and liability to persons interested in estate; standing to sue
- § 14-3704. Personal representative to proceed without court order; exception
- § 14-3705. Duty of personal representative; information to heirs and devisees
- § 14-3706. Duty of personal representative; inventory and appraisement
- § 14-3707. Employment of appraisers
- § 14-3708. Duty of personal representative; supplementary inventory
- § 14-3709. Duty of personal representative; possession of estate; discovery of concealed assets
- § 14-3710. Power to avoid transfers; action to set aside fraudulent conveyances
- § 14-3711. Powers of personal representatives; in general
- § 14-3712. Improper exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty
- § 14-3713. Sale, encumbrance or transaction involving conflict of interest; voidable; exceptions
- § 14-3714. Persons dealing with personal representative; protection
- § 14-3715. Transactions authorized for personal representatives; exceptions
- § 14-3717. Co-representatives; when joint action required
- § 14-3719. Compensation of personal representative
- § 14-3720. Expenses in estate litigation
- § 14-3721. Proceedings for review of employment of agents and compensation of personal representatives and employees of estate
- § 14-3801. Notice to creditors
- § 14-3802. Statute of limitations
- § 14-3803. Limitations on presentation of claims
- § 14-3804. Manner of presentation of claims
- § 14-3805. Priority of claims
- § 14-3806. Allowance of claims
- § 14-3807. Payment of claims
- § 14-3808. Individual liability of personal representative
- § 14-3809. Secured claims
- § 14-3810. Claims not due and contingent or unliquidated claims
- § 14-3811. Counterclaims
- § 14-3812. Execution and levies prohibited
- § 14-3813. Compromise of claims
- § 14-3814. Encumbered assets
- § 14-3815. Administration in more than one state; duty of personal representative
- § 14-3816. Final distribution to domiciliary representative
- § 14-3901. Successors' rights if no administration
- § 14-3902. Distribution; order in which assets appropriated; abatement
- § 14-3903. Right of retainer
- § 14-3904. Interest on general pecuniary devise
- § 14-3906. Distribution in kind; valuation; method
- § 14-3907. Distribution in kind; evidence
- § 14-3908. Distribution; right or title of distributee
- § 14-3909. Improper distribution; liability of distributee
- § 14-3910. Purchasers from distributees or transferees protected
- § 14-3912. Private agreements among successors to decedent binding on personal representative
- § 14-3913. Distributions to trustee
- § 14-3914. Disposition of unclaimed assets
- § 14-3915. Distribution to person under disability
- § 14-3931. Formal proceedings terminating administration; testate or intestate; order of general protection
- § 14-3932. Formal proceedings terminating testate administration; order construing will without adjudicating testacy
- § 14-3933. Closing estates; statement of personal representative
- § 14-3934. Liability of distributees to claimants
- § 14-3935. Limitations on proceedings against personal representative
- § 14-3936. Limitations on actions and proceedings against distributees
- § 14-3937. Certificate discharging liens securing fiduciary performance
- § 14-3938. Subsequent administration
- § 14-3951. Effect of approval of agreements involving trusts, inalienable interests, or interests of third persons
- § 14-3952. Procedure for securing court approval of compromise
- § 14-3972. Effect of affidavit
- § 14-3973. Small estates; summary administrative procedure
- § 14-3974. Small estates; closing by sworn statement of personal representative
- § 14-4101. Definitions
- § 14-4201. Payment of debt and delivery of property to domiciliary foreign personal representative without local administration
- § 14-4202. Payment or delivery discharges
- § 14-4203. Resident creditor notice
- § 14-4204. Proof of authority and bond
- § 14-4205. Powers
- § 14-4206. Power of representatives in transition
- § 14-4207. Ancillary and other local administrations; provisions governing
- § 14-4301. Jurisdiction by act of foreign personal representative
- § 14-4302. Jurisdiction by act of decedent
- § 14-4303. Service on foreign personal representative
- § 14-4401. Effect of adjudication for or against personal representative
- § 14-5102. Jurisdiction of subject matter; consolidation of proceedings
- § 14-5103. Facility of payment or delivery
- § 14-5104. Delegation of powers by parent or guardian
- § 14-5105. Bond of guardian
- § 14-5106. Disclosure requirements for proposed guardians and conservators; restrictions by local rules
- § 14-5107. Military member power of attorney; definition
- § 14-5201. Status of guardian of minor; general
- § 14-5202. Testamentary appointment of guardian of minor
- § 14-5203. Objection by minor of fourteen or older to testamentary appointment
- § 14-5205. Court appointment of guardian of minor; venue
- § 14-5206. Court appointment of guardian of minor; qualifications; priority of minor's nominee; fingerprints
- § 14-5208. Consent to service by acceptance of appointment; notice
- § 14-5209. Powers and duties of guardian of minor
- § 14-5210. Termination of appointment of guardian; general
- § 14-5211. Proceedings subsequent to appointment; venue
- § 14-5212. Resignation or removal proceedings
- § 14-5302. Venue
- § 14-5304. Findings; limitations; filing; fingerprinting
- § 14-5305. Acceptance of appointment; consent to jurisdiction
- § 14-5306. Termination of guardianship for incapacitated person
- § 14-5307. Substitution or resignation of guardian; termination of incapacity
- § 14-5308. Court appointed investigators; qualifications; duties
- § 14-5310. Temporary guardians; appointment; notice; court appointed attorney hearings; duties
- § 14-5311. Who may be guardian; priorities
- § 14-5312. General powers and duties of guardian
- § 14-5313. Proceedings subsequent to appointment; venue
- § 14-5314. Compensation of appointees; definitions
- § 14-5315. Guardian reports; contents
- § 14-5402. Protective proceedings; jurisdiction of affairs of protected persons
- § 14-5403. Venue
- § 14-5406. Protective proceedings; request for notice; interested person
- § 14-5408. Permissible court orders
- § 14-5409. Protective arrangements and single transactions authorized
- § 14-5410. Who may be appointed conservator; priorities
- § 14-5411. Bond; exception
- § 14-5412. Terms and requirements of bonds
- § 14-5413. Acceptance of appointment; consent to jurisdiction
- § 14-5414. Compensation and expenses; definitions
- § 14-5416. Petitions for orders subsequent to appointment
- § 14-5417. General duty of conservator
- § 14-5418. Inventory and records
- § 14-5419. Accounts; definition
- § 14-5420. Conservators; title by appointment
- § 14-5421. Recording of conservator's letters
- § 14-5422. Sale, encumbrance or transaction involving conflict of interest; voidable; exceptions
- § 14-5423. Persons dealing with conservators; protection
- § 14-5424. Powers of conservator in administration
- § 14-5425. Distributive duties and powers of conservator
- § 14-5426. Enlargement or limitation of powers of conservator
- § 14-5427. Preservation of estate plan
- § 14-5428. Claims against protected person; enforcement
- § 14-5429. Personal liability of conservator
- § 14-5430. Termination of proceeding
- § 14-5431. Payment of debt and delivery of property to foreign conservator without local proceedings
- § 14-5432. Domiciliary foreign conservator; powers of local conservator
- § 14-5433. Probate fund; use
- § 14-5501. Durable power of attorney; creation; validity
- § 14-5502. Effect of lapse of time, disability or incapacity
- § 14-5503. Relation of agent to court appointed fiduciary
- § 14-5504. Revocation; termination; effect; notice
- § 14-5505. Continuance of durable powers of attorney by affidavit
- § 14-5506. Powers of attorney; intimidation; deception; definitions
- § 14-5507. Applicability of article
- § 14-5601. Establishment of office of public fiduciary; appointments; costs
- § 14-5602. Duties of public fiduciary; appointment; law enforcement agency; temporary protection of property; definition
- § 14-5603. Deposit of funds; investment plan
- § 14-5604. Claim against estate for expenses
- § 14-5605. Letter testamentary or of administration not required; statement to be filed; powers and duties
- § 14-5606. Additional powers and duties of the public fiduciary
- § 14-5651. Fiduciaries; licensure; qualifications; conduct; removal; exemption; definitions
- § 14-6101. Nonprobate transfers on death; nontestamentary nature
- § 14-6201. Definitions
- § 14-6202. Application of article
- § 14-6203. Types of accounts; existing accounts
- § 14-6204. Sample forms
- § 14-6205. Designation of agent; authority; termination
- § 14-6206. Beneficial ownership; application and limitation of article
- § 14-6211. Ownership of accounts
- § 14-6212. Death of a party; rights of survivors
- § 14-6213. Alteration of rights
- § 14-6214. Accounts; transfers; nontestamentary effect
- § 14-6216. Community property; effect of account; right of survivorship
- § 14-6221. Financial institutions; types of accounts
- § 14-6222. Multiple party accounts; payment; proof of death and survivorship
- § 14-6223. Pay on death accounts; payment
- § 14-6224. Agency accounts; payment to designated agent
- § 14-6225. Payments to minors
- § 14-6226. Financial institutions; discharge of claims; exception
- § 14-6227. Financial institutions; right to setoff against account