Arizona Immediate Termination Notice for Material and Irreparable Breach
ARIZONA NOTICE OF IMMEDIATE TERMINATION FOR MATERIAL AND IRREPARABLE BREACH
Before use: This notice is for a breach occurring on the premises that is both material and irreparable under A.R.S. § 33-1368(A). Identify the conduct precisely; an ordinary remediable lease violation requires a different notice. This notice terminates the rental agreement; any contested recovery of possession proceeds through court.
Date of notice: [__/__/____]
To tenant(s): [FULL LEGAL NAME(S)]
Rental premises: [STREET ADDRESS, UNIT, CITY, ARIZONA ZIP]
From landlord or authorized agent: [NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS]
Immediate termination
Under A.R.S. § 33-1368(A), the landlord gives written notice that the rental agreement for the premises above is terminated immediately upon delivery of this notice because of the material and irreparable breach described below. You are directed to surrender possession of the premises and return all access devices.
Conduct and person involved: [DESCRIBE THE SPECIFIC ACTS OR OMISSIONS AND IDENTIFY THE PERSON INVOLVED].
[____________________________________________________________]
Date, time, and precise place on the premises: [________________________________]
Rental-agreement term or tenant obligation affected: [________________________________]
Why the breach is material: [EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE AGREEMENT OR THE HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE, OR PROPERTY OF AN AFFECTED PERSON].
Why the breach is irreparable: [EXPLAIN WHY REPAIR, PAYMENT, OR OTHER ACTION CANNOT ADEQUATELY UNDO THE BREACH OR ITS THREAT].
Supporting records or witnesses, if any: [________________________________]
This notice uses the immediate-termination route for a material and irreparable breach occurring on the premises. It does not offer a cure period. If you do not surrender possession voluntarily, the landlord may proceed under A.R.S. § 33-1377 to seek possession through the court.
Where to return keys or arrange surrender: [________________________________]
Landlord or authorized agent signature: ______________________________
Printed name and role: [________________________________]
Contact address or phone: [________________________________]
Date signed: [__/__/____]
Delivery record
I delivered this notice in hand to the tenant under A.R.S. § 33-1313(B).
Tenant receiving notice and place of delivery: [________________________________]
Date and time delivered: [__/__/____ at ____:____]
Person delivering notice and signature: [________________________________]
Official sources
- A.R.S. § 33-1368(A) — immediate termination for a material and irreparable breach on the premises.
- A.R.S. § 33-1313(B) — hand delivery of tenant notice.
About this template
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 27, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Arizona
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- A.R.S. § 33-1368(A) (immediate termination for material and irreparable breach on the premises)
- A.R.S. § 33-1313(B) (hand delivery of tenant notice)
Landlord-tenant paperwork governs who can stay in a property, on what terms, and what happens when something goes wrong. Leases, notices to quit, security deposit demands, and habitability complaints all have state and often city-specific requirements for timing, content, and service. Getting the paperwork right is what makes an eviction actually succeed or a security deposit actually come back, because judges regularly dismiss cases over small procedural mistakes.
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on October 27, 2026.
A.R.S. § 33-1368(A) (checked October 27, 2026): "If there is a breach that is both material and irreparable and that occurs on the premises, which may include an illegal discharge of a weapon, homicide as prescribed in sections 13-1102, 13-1103, 13-1104 and 13-1105, prostitution as defined in section 13-3211, criminal street gang activity as prescribed in section 13-105, activity as prohibited in section 13-2308, the unlawful manufacturing, selling, transferring, possessing, using or storing of a controlled substance as defined in section 13-3451, threatening or intimidating as prohibited in section 13-1202, assault as prohibited in section 13-1203, acts that have been found to constitute a nuisance pursuant to section 12-991 or a breach of the lease agreement that otherwise jeopardizes the health, safety and welfare of the landlord, the landlord's agent or another tenant or involving imminent or actual serious property damage, the landlord may deliver a written notice for immediate termination of the rental agreement and shall proceed under section 33-1377."
A.R.S. § 33-1313(B) (checked October 27, 2026): "in the case of the tenant, it is delivered in hand to the tenant or mailed by registered or certified mail to him at the place held out by him as the place for receipt of the communication or, in the absence of such designation, to his last known place of residence."
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