SB 1556

REFERENCE TITLE: forged or fraudulent deeds; exclusion
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
SB 1556
Introduced by
Senator
  Rogers
AN
ACT
AMENDING SECTION 12-524, ARIZONA
REVISED STATUTES; RELATING TO REAL ACTIONS.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 12-524, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE12-524. City lot claimed under recorded deed; five year limitation
A. An action to recover a lot
located in a city or town from a person having who has a recorded deed therefor for the lot, who claims ownership and has paid the taxes thereon on the lot, shall be brought
within five years after the cause of action accrues, and not afterward,
provided that the person against whom the action is brought, by himself or his
grantors, has claimed ownership thereof of
the lot and has paid the taxes thereon on the lot for at least five consecutive years next preceding
the commencement of such the
action.� Except as prescribed in subsection B of this section, a
person who claims OWNERSHIP of the PROPERTY based on a recorded deed and who
has paid the taxes on that property for at least five years is deemed the
lawful owner of the property.
B. This section does not apply to a
person who is in possession of land and who in the absence of this section
would claim title through a forged deed, and no person claiming under a forged
deed or a deed executed under a forged power of attorney is allowed the
benefits of this section. END_STATUTE