# Arizona Renters: Who Pays for Repairs? (Landlord vs Tenant) | Who Pays the Repair?

> A.R.S. Section 33-1324 requires Arizona landlords to keep rentals fit and habitable, including electrical, plumbing, and HVAC systems.

**Who pays:** landlord

In Arizona, the landlord must make all repairs needed to keep a rental fit and habitable, including electrical, plumbing, heating, and cooling systems, under A.R.S. Section 33-1324, though a single-family-home tenant can agree in writing to take on specific repair tasks.

**Boundary:** Arizona landlords must make all repairs necessary to keep a rental fit and habitable and keep systems in good working order, under A.R.S. Section 33-1324.

**Exceptions:** A single-family-home tenant may sign a separate written, adequately-supported agreement shifting specific repair/maintenance tasks to the tenant; the statute requires good faith and bars evading the core habitability duty.

## Sources
- [A.R.S. Section 33-1324 - "Landlord to maintain fit premises"](https://azleg.gov/ars/33/01324.htm) — "Make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition." (accessed 2026-09-13)
- [A.R.S. § 33-1363: Repair and deduct remedy for minor defects](https://azleg.gov/ars/33/01363.htm) — "the tenant may recover damages for the breach under section 33-1361, subsection B, or may notify the landlord of the tenant’s intention to correct the condition at the landlord’s expense." (accessed 2026-09-13)
- [A.R.S. § 33-1324(A)(4): Landlord to maintain fit premises](https://azleg.gov/ars/33/01324.htm) — "maintain in good and safe working order and condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and other facilities and appliances, including elevators, supplied or required to be supplied by him." (accessed 2026-09-27)
- [A.R.S. § 33-1324(C)](https://azleg.gov/ars/33/01324.htm) — "The landlord and tenant of a single family residence may agree in writing, supported by adequate consideration, that the tenant perform the landlord's duties specified in subsection A, paragraphs 5 and 6 of this section, and also specified repairs, maintenance tasks, alterations and remodeling, but only if the transaction is entered into in good faith, not for the purpose of evading the obligations of the landlord." (accessed 2026-09-27)

_Last verified 2026-09-13. Source: Who Pays the Repair? — https://whopaystherepair.com/rules/arizona-landlord-tenant-repair-responsibility/ — every claim checked against a primary source before publication (see /methodology/)._