Three State exam areas share this page, 18 of the 60 scored items: Arizona agency, licensee duties and obligations, and licensee competencies. General agency theory (types, creation, fiduciary duties) is national material; here is the Arizona layer: consent to dual agency, what Arizona says you need not disclose, and the disclosure rules for subdivisions and unsubdivided land.
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18scored items, areas IV–VI
19questions on this page
6 or more lotsa subdivision in Arizona
What the three areas cover
From the State outline, 6 items each:
IV Arizona agency: types and creation of agency, Arizona case law on clients and customers, termination.
V Licensee duties: disclosure obligations, seller disclosures, conflicts of interest, compensation, experience and knowledge, timing of performance, disputes between cooperating agents.
VI Competencies: professional competency, property types, and niche areas (new homes and developments, property management, timeshares, vacant land, commercial).
Arizona agency in one rule
Acting for more than one party without the knowledge or written consent of all parties is grounds for discipline (A.R.S. § 32-2153(A)(2)). How agency is created and ends and what you owe clients and customers are national topics: agency.
What you must disclose, and what you need not
Need not disclose:no action lies for not disclosing a death, suicide, homicide or felony on the property, an occupant’s HIV/AIDS or a disease not spread by occupancy, or a nearby sex offender (A.R.S. § 32-2156). Not disclosing those facts is no ground to rescind the sale either. The shield covers silence, not a false answer: misrepresentation stays a ground for discipline under § 32-2153.
Material facts about the property itself, such as a defect the seller knows about, are outside it; they belong to the seller’s disclosure and to your own duty under area V. Federal and environmental disclosure rules are national: disclosures.
19 agency and disclosure questions
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Question 1 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
Under A.R.S. §32-2197.03, by when may a buyer rescind an Arizona timeshare purchase agreement without cause?
Answer and explanations
Incorrect: Five business days is not the timeshare rule; counting business days would also stretch or shrink the period depending on weekends.
Correct: The statute lets the buyer cancel for any reason by written notice sent by midnight of the tenth calendar day; a developer may allow longer, never shorter.
Incorrect: Three business days is the federal door-to-door cooling-off idea, which does not set the Arizona timeshare rescission period.
Incorrect: Seven days is the old figure many study guides still print; the current Arizona timeshare statute says ten calendar days.
Question 2 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
Not counting weekends and legal holidays, within how many days after the tenancy ends, the tenant returns possession and asks for the deposit must an Arizona landlord account for and return the security deposit?
Answer and explanations
Correct: A.R.S. §33-1321(D) gives the landlord fourteen days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, to mail the itemized deductions and any balance.
Incorrect: Thirty days would give the landlord about twice the time Arizona allows.
Incorrect: Twenty-one days is a deposit deadline used in some other states, not in Arizona.
Incorrect: Ten days is the Arizona cure period for a material lease breach, not the deposit deadline.
Question 3 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
After an Arizona landlord delivers a written notice of nonpayment, how long does the tenant have to pay the past-due rent before the landlord may file a special detainer action?
Answer and explanations
Correct: A.R.S. §33-1368(B) gives the tenant five days after written notice of nonpayment to pay before the landlord may terminate and file.
Incorrect: Ten days is the cure period for other material breaches under §33-1368(A), not for unpaid rent.
Incorrect: Seven days is not the Arizona nonpayment period.
Incorrect: Three days is a pay-or-quit period in some other states, not Arizona's.
Question 4 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
Under A.R.S. §32-2183, when must a subdivider give a buyer the ADRE public report for a lot?
Answer and explanations
Incorrect: A report handed over after signing is late; the statute ties delivery to the time before the buyer is bound.
Incorrect: Delivering the report at closing defeats its purpose; the buyer would already be committed.
Incorrect: Delivery is mandatory for every prospective buyer, not on request.
Correct: Section 32-2183(A) requires a copy, with a receipt, before the buyer signs any offer to purchase, so the buyer reads it while still free to walk away.
Question 5 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
What is the most an Arizona landlord may demand as a security deposit, including prepaid rent, under the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act?
Answer and explanations
Incorrect: Three months is twice what Arizona allows a landlord to demand.
Correct: A.R.S. §33-1321(A) caps security and prepaid rent at one and one-half months' rent; a tenant may still choose to prepay more.
Incorrect: Two months exceeds the Arizona cap, which is one and a half months.
Incorrect: One month's rent is a common cap elsewhere; Arizona allows up to one and a half.
Question 6 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
Which item belongs on a seller's property disclosure statement (SPDS) in an Arizona home sale?
Answer and explanations
Incorrect: The seller's mortgage interest rate is private financial information, not a fact about the property's condition.
Incorrect: Comparable sales are market data for pricing, not a fact about the property's condition.
Correct: A known roof leak is a material defect; the SPDS exists to put what the seller knows about the property's condition in writing.
Incorrect: Why the seller is moving is personal and confidential, not a property-condition disclosure.
Question 7 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
Under A.R.S. §32-2101, land becomes a "subdivision" when it is divided for sale or lease into how many lots, parcels or fractional interests?
Answer and explanations
Incorrect: Ten overshoots the threshold; the subdivision rules already apply at six.
Incorrect: Four is below the Arizona threshold; four lots do not trigger the public-report rules.
Correct: The statutory definition starts at six lots, parcels or fractional interests; five or fewer is a land division outside the subdivision rules.
Incorrect: Two lots is an ordinary lot split, far below the six-lot threshold.
Question 8 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
An owner splits land in an unincorporated part of a county into four parcels and sells one. What must the seller furnish the buyer at least seven days before the transfer?
Answer and explanations
Incorrect: A title report shows recorded title matters; it does not satisfy the statutory affidavit.
Incorrect: A property report is a federal land-sales disclosure for large interstate offerings, not this Arizona requirement.
Correct: A.R.S. §33-422 requires a seller of five or fewer parcels in an unincorporated area to give the buyer an affidavit of disclosure at least seven days before transfer.
Incorrect: A public report is required for subdivided or unsubdivided lands of six or more parcels, not for a four-parcel split.
Question 9 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
A tenant materially breaches the lease in a way that does not affect health or safety. After written notice, how long does the tenant have to remedy it before the lease can end?
Answer and explanations
Incorrect: Five days applies to breaches that materially affect health and safety, which the stem rules out.
Correct: A.R.S. §33-1368(A) sets a ten-day notice to remedy for a material breach that does not threaten health or safety.
Incorrect: Fifteen days is not an Arizona cure period.
Incorrect: Thirty days is the month-to-month termination notice, not a cure period for a breach.
Question 10 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
Under A.R.S. §32-2173, which term must every Arizona property management agreement contain?
Answer and explanations
Incorrect: Tenant screening standards may be agreed, but they are not a required term.
Incorrect: Vendor lists are optional business terms; nothing in the statute requires them.
Correct: The statute requires the agreement to state all material terms of the firm's services, obligations, duties and responsibilities to the owner.
Incorrect: The owner's purchase price has no role in a management agreement.
Question 11 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
Within how many banking days must an Arizona property management firm deposit owner monies it receives that are not subject to dispute or contingency?
Answer and explanations
Incorrect: Five banking days exceeds the three the statute allows.
Correct: A.R.S. §32-2174(D) gives the firm three banking days to deposit undisputed owner monies in the owner's account or the firm's trust account.
Incorrect: Ten banking days would leave owner money outside a trust account far longer than allowed.
Incorrect: One banking day is stricter than the statute; the firm has three.
Question 12 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
A seller's agent does not tell buyers that a previous owner died by suicide in the home. Under A.R.S. §32-2156, what follows from that silence?
Answer and explanations
Correct: The statute bars criminal, civil and administrative actions against a seller or licensee for not disclosing a death, suicide or felony on the property.
Incorrect: Section 32-2156(B) says such nondisclosure is not grounds to rescind or terminate the transaction.
Incorrect: Administrative action is expressly barred, so ADRE cannot discipline the agent for this silence.
Incorrect: Civil actions for this nondisclosure are barred, so the buyer has no damages claim on that basis.
Question 13 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
Which provision in an Arizona residential lease is prohibited and unenforceable?
Answer and explanations
Incorrect: A no-pet rule is an ordinary lawful lease term.
Incorrect: A rule that rent is due on the first of the month is an ordinary lawful term; rent timing is set by agreement (A.R.S. §33-1314(C)).
Incorrect: A smoking ban is a lawful use restriction, not a waiver of statutory rights.
Correct: A.R.S. §33-1315(A)(1) bars any lease term that has the tenant waive rights or remedies under the Landlord and Tenant Act.
Question 14 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
An Arizona landlord deliberately fails to supply running water. After giving reasonable notice, which remedy does A.R.S. §33-1364 give the tenant?
Answer and explanations
Correct: The tenant may procure reasonable substitute housing and is excused from rent for the period of the landlord's noncompliance.
Incorrect: Every remedy in §33-1364 starts with reasonable notice to the landlord.
Incorrect: Rent is excused only during the landlord's noncompliance, not for the rest of the term.
Incorrect: Locking the landlord out is self-help the statute does not allow.
Question 15 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
When may an Arizona landlord charge a tenant a late fee for unpaid rent?
Answer and explanations
Incorrect: A verbal warning creates no right to a fee, and the amount must be reasonable.
Incorrect: A late fee is a lease charge, not something that waits for a judgment.
Correct: A.R.S. §33-1368(B) refers to a reasonable late fee set forth in a written rental agreement; without that term there is no late fee to charge.
Incorrect: A late fee of 5 percent whenever rent is late has no basis in Arizona law; the fee must be in the written lease and reasonable.
Question 16 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
Under A.R.S. §33-1319, what may an Arizona landlord of an apartment unit not do?
Answer and explanations
Incorrect: Handing out bedbug education is required, not forbidden.
Incorrect: Tenants must already report known bedbugs in writing or electronically, so asking for it is lawful.
Correct: The statute forbids entering a lease for a unit the landlord knows to have a current bedbug infestation.
Incorrect: Tenants may not knowingly bring infested items in, so a landlord rule against it is lawful.
Question 17 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
A buyer asks an Arizona salesperson to represent her but will not sign a buyer-broker agreement yet. Under A.R.S. §32-2151.02(D), may the salesperson represent her?
Answer and explanations
Incorrect: She may represent the buyer, but an oral commission deal cannot be enforced: A.R.S. §44-101(7) needs a signed writing.
Incorrect: Agency can arise without a signed agreement; the statute says so directly.
Incorrect: Employment agreements are not filed with ADRE, and none is required to represent a party.
Correct: Section 32-2151.02(D) says a real estate employment agreement is not required for a licensee to represent a party.
Question 18 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
Under A.A.C. R4-28-1101(A), what does a seller's agent owe an unrepresented buyer who is not her client?
Answer and explanations
Correct: The rule makes the licensee a fiduciary to the client and adds a duty to deal fairly with all other parties to the transaction.
Incorrect: Confidentiality protects the client's information; the agent does not owe it to the buyer as a customer.
Incorrect: Loyalty is a fiduciary duty owed to the client, here the seller, not to the buyer.
Incorrect: No duty at all is wrong: the rule's fair-dealing duty reaches all other parties, including an unrepresented buyer.
Question 19 of 19 · Arizona agency and licensee duties · 18 items
A buyer's agent learns that her client was just laid off and may not qualify for the loan. What does A.A.C. R4-28-1101(B) require of her?
Answer and explanations
Incorrect: Arizona carves this out: inability to perform must be disclosed even though it hurts the client.
Correct: The rule requires a licensee to disclose in writing to all other parties any information that the buyer is or may be unable to perform.
Incorrect: The duty is affirmative and in writing, not triggered by a question.
Incorrect: Telling the lender but not the seller's side falls short: the rule requires written disclosure to all other parties, which includes the seller.
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Land, subdivisions and rentals
Subdivision:six or more lots, parcels or fractional interests offered for sale or lease; lots of 36 acres or more fall outside (A.R.S. § 32-2101). Each initial buyer gets the subdivision public report before signing an offer; without it the buyer can rescind within 3 years (§ 32-2183).
Unsubdivided land:a seller of five or fewer unsubdivided parcels in an unincorporated area gives an Affidavit of Disclosure at least 7 days before transfer; the buyer may rescind within 5 days of receiving it (§ 33-422).
Property management:all property management accounts are designated as trust accounts on the broker’s records; owner money goes into a broker’s trust account unless the owner directs a deposit straight into the owner’s own account (§ 32-2174).
Residential security deposit:no more than one and one-half month’s rent, prepaid rent included; a tenant may still volunteer more rent in advance (§ 33-1321).
Stigma is not a defect
§ 32-2156 lists three kinds of stigma: a death or felony on the property, an occupant’s illness that is not spread by occupancy, and a nearby sex offender. A leaking roof or a cracked slab the seller knows about is not on that list, so the no-disclosure shield does not reach it.
Yes, with consent. Acting for more than one party is a ground for discipline only without the knowledge or the written consent of all parties (A.R.S. § 32-2153(A)(2)).
Do you have to disclose a death in a house in Arizona?
No. A.R.S. § 32-2156 bars any action against a seller, landlord or licensee for not disclosing that the property was the site of a natural death, suicide, homicide or felony.
What is a public report in Arizona?
The Department’s report on a subdivision, issued to the subdivider. Rule:each initial buyer gets the subdivision public report before signing an offer; without it the buyer can rescind within 3 years.