HB 2323

House Engrossed
warranties; leased
  vehicles; lessee; definition
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
CHAPTER 56
HOUSE BILL 2323
AN
ACT
amending section 44-1261, arizona
revised statutes; relating to motor vehicle warranties.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section [1.]1. Section
44-1261, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE44-1261. Definitions; exemptions
A. In this article, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. "Consumer" means the purchaser, other than for the purposes
of resale, or lessee of a motor vehicle, or any person to whom the
motor vehicle is transferred to during the duration of an
express warranty applicable to the motor vehicle or any other person entitled
by the terms of the warranty to enforce the obligations of the warranty.
2. "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled
vehicle designated primarily for the transportation of persons or property over
the public highways.
3. "Used motor vehicle" means a motor
vehicle that has been sold, bargained, exchanged or given away or the title to
which has been transferred from the person who first acquired the vehicle from
the manufacturer, importer or dealer or agent of the manufacturer or importer
and that has been placed in bona fide consumer use.
4. "Used motor vehicle dealer" means a
person or business that sells or offers for sale a used motor vehicle after
selling or offering for sale four or more used motor vehicles in the previous
twelve months but does not include a bank or financial institution, an
insurance company, a business selling a used motor vehicle to an employee of
that business, a lessor selling a leased vehicle by or to the lessee of that
vehicle or to an employee of the lessee of that vehicle or a person who buys,
sells, exchanges or offers or attempts to negotiate a sale of or exchange an
interest in a classic car as defined in section 28-2483 or a historic
vehicle as defined in section 28-2484.
B. If the motor vehicle is a motor home, the
provisions of this article shall apply to the self-propelled vehicle and
chassis but not to those portions of the vehicle designed, used or maintained
primarily as a mobile dwelling, office or commercial space.
C. The provisions of this article do not apply to a
sale of a motor vehicle to a purchaser for the purpose of resale for profit or
to a motor vehicle with a declared gross weight over ten thousand pounds or
that is sold at a public auction. END_STATUTE
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 13, 2026.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 13, 2026.