# Arizona: Landlord Won't Repair? Your Options | Who Pays the Repair?

> Arizona tenants can terminate the lease or repair-and-deduct minor defects under $300/half-rent after notice, under A.R.S. §§ 33-1361 and 33-1363.

**Who pays:** landlord

In Arizona, tenants can terminate the lease after an unremedied 10-day (or 5-day for health/safety) notice, or repair-and-deduct minor defects under $300/half-rent after 10 days' notice, under A.R.S. §§ 33-1361, 33-1363.

**Boundary:** In Arizona, a tenant can terminate the lease over a landlord's material noncompliance with 10 days' written notice and a cure window (5 days if it materially affects health and safety) under A.R.S. § 33-1361; for a minor defect costing under $300 or half a month's rent, § 33-1363 lets the tenant fix it after 10 days' notice and deduct the cost from rent instead.

**Exceptions:** The self-help repair-and-deduct remedy under § 33-1363 is limited to minor defects costing less than $300 or half a month's rent, whichever is greater.

## Sources
- [A.R.S. § 33-1361: Noncompliance by the landlord](https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/01361.htm) — "the tenant may deliver a written notice to the landlord specifying the acts and omissions constituting the breach and that the rental agreement will terminate upon a date not less than ten days after receipt of the notice if the breach is not remedied in ten days." (accessed 2026-09-13)
- [A.R.S. § 33-1363: Self-help for minor defects](https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/01363.htm) — "the reasonable cost of compliance is less than three hundred dollars, or an amount equal to one-half of the monthly rent, whichever amount is greater... the tenant may cause the work to be done by a licensed contractor and... deduct from his rent the actual and reasonable cost of the work." (accessed 2026-09-27)
- [Arizona Revised Statutes § 33-1361: Noncompliance by the Landlord](https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/01361.htm) — "the tenant may deliver a written notice to the landlord specifying the acts and omissions constituting the breach and that the rental agreement will terminate upon a date not less than five days after receipt of the notice if the breach is not remedied in five days" (accessed 2026-09-27)

_Last verified 2026-09-19. Source: Who Pays the Repair? — https://whopaystherepair.com/rules/arizona-tenant-remedy-landlord-wont-repair/ — every claim checked against a primary source before publication (see /methodology/)._