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December 7, 2023 : SOURCE OF INCOME ORDINANCES IN TEMPE, PHOENIX AND TUCSON October 12, 2023 : CARES ACT COMPLIANCE May 1, 2023 : SOURCE OF INCOME PROTECTION FACT SHEET March 21, 2023 : ENFORCEMENT OF SOURCE OF INCOME ORDINANCES (TUCSON AND PHOENIX) March 8, 2023 : ATTORNEY GENERAL CLEARS PATH FOR ENFORCEMENT OF SOURCE OF INCOME ORDINANCES (TUCSON AND PHOENIX) April 7, 2022 : JUDY DRICKEY-PROHOW, ESQ February 1, 2022 : UPDATED NOTICE & MANDATORY EVICTION INTAKE FORM October 4th, 2021 : NOTICE & MANDATORY EVICTION INTAKE FORM September 1st, 2021 : COVID-19 - NON-PAYMENT CASES REQUIRE 6 MONTHS OF TENANT LEDGER August 27th, 2021 : COVID-19 - FOLLOW-UP - CDC EVICTION MORATORIUM DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL August 26th, 2021 : COVID-19 - CDC EVICTION MORATORIUM DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL August 19th, 2021 : COVID-19 - CARES ACT COMMUNITIES REMINDER & NOTICE August 6th, 2021 : COVID-19 - POSSIBLE DELAYED COURT HEARINGS August 3rd, 2021 : COVID-19 - *** CDC Issues New Order Temporarily Halting All Financial Evictions in the United States *** July 30th, 2021 : COVID-19 - *** Advisory for Cares Act Covered Communities *** July 22nd, 2021 : COVID-19 - The Return to Normalcy: How to Execute Writs on Cases Delayed by the CDC Moratorium June 30th, 2021 : COVID-19 - UPDATED AO 2021-47 LANDLORD CERTIFICATION 7/1/2021 June 24th, 2021 : COVID-19 - CDC EXTENDED ITS ORDER THROUGH 7/31/2021 June 11th, 2021 : COVID-19 - ** CRITICAL CDC ORDER UPDATE & UPDATED FORM ** June 7th, 2021 : COVID-19 - ** CRITICAL CDC ORDER UPDATE & UPDATED FORM ** May 24th, 2021 : COVID-19 - Expiration of CARES Act - Changes to Non-Payment of Rent Notice April 22, 2021 : COVID-19 - CFPB RULE CHANGE AFFECTION ISSUANCE OF NON-PAYMENT OF RENT NOTICES IN ARIZONA April 14, 2021 : COVID-19 - **UPDATE - CRITICAL CDC ORDER UPDATE & UPDATED FORM** April 5, 2021 : COVID-19 - **CRITICAL CDC ORDER UPDATE & UPDATED FORM** March 30, 2021 : COVID-19 - CDC EXTENDED ITS ORDER THROUGH 6/30/2021 February 26, 2021 : COVID-19 - CDC ORDER TEMPORARILY HALTING CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL EVICTIONS DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL February 23, 2021 : COVID-19 - UPDATED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS BY COUNTY February 19, 2021 : COVID-19 - RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS BY COUNTY February 2, 2021 : COVID-19 - PIMA COUNTY - CDC EVICTION MORATORIUM February 1, 2021 : COVID-19 - CDC EXTENDS ORDER TEMPORARILY HALTING ALL FINANCIAL EVICTIONS IN U.S. January 28, 2021 : COVID-19 - ** CRITICAL CDC ORDER UPDATE ** January 4, 2021 : COVID-19 - NEW CDC DECLARATION ATTESTATION FORM - AO 229 LANDLORD CERTIFCATION December 22, 2020 : COVID-19 - EVICTION PROTOCOL UPDATE December 18, 2020 : PIMA COUNTY - NEW MASK RESOLUTION October 22, 2020 : COVID-19 - UPDATED CDC DECLARATION ATTESTATION FORM (V5) October 14, 2020 : COVID-19 - CRITICAL SECOND UPDATE - CDC Order Temporarily Halting Evictions October 12, 2020 : COVID-19 - CRITICAL UPDATE - CDC Order Temporarily Halting Evictions September 23, 2020 : COVID-19 - Thirty (30) day notice (CARES ACT COVERED PROPERTY) September 9, 2020 : COVID-19 - Arizona Non-Payment Evictions During the CDC Order September 2, 2020 : COVID-19 - CDC SEEKS TO TEMPORARILY HALT ALL FINANCIAL EVICTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES August 26, 2020 : COVID-19 - ARIZONA GYM/FITNESS REOPENING August 18, 2020 : COVID-19 - ARIZONA GYM/FITNESS CENTER REOPENING GUIDELINES August 12, 2020 : COVID-19 - WHY FILE NON-PAYMENT EVICTIONS? August 4, 2020 : COVID-19 - GOVERNOR RELEASED RENTAL PROPERTY OWNER PRESERVATION FUND - APPLY TODAY! July 17, 2020 : COVID-19 - EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY POSTPONEMENT OF THE EXECUTION OF THE WRIT OF RESTITUTION July 7, 2020 : COVID-19 - EXPIRATION OF CARES ACT - Changes to Non-Payment of Rent Notice June 29, 2020 : COVID-19 - PAUSING OF ARIZONA'S REOPENING April 3, 2020 : COVID-19: NEW PAID LEAVE AND FMLA RULES April 1, 2020 : COVID-19: Governor Ducey's Stay at Home Order April 1, 2020 : COVID-19: EVICTION PROTOCOL UPDATE March 28, 2020 : COVID-19: SUMMARY March 25, 2020 : COVID-19: PIMA COUNTY JUSTICE COURT CHANGES March 25, 2020 : COVID-19: Compliance with Non-Discrimination Laws March 24, 2020 : **REVISED** COVID-19 Eviction Protocol Update March 23, 2020 : IMPORTANT LEGAL UPDATE - Families First Coronavirus Response Act March 20, 2020 : Arizona Multihousing Association seeks assistance in getting tenants to petition AZ Legislature to Approve Immediate Emergency Funding for Eviction Prevention March 20, 2020 : IMPORTANT LEGAL UPDATE for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) March 20, 2020 : SUMMARY OF AZ TRIAL COURT COVID-19 PROCEDURES March 19, 2020 : IMPORTANT EVICTION UPDATE for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) March 18, 2020 : FAQ for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) March 15, 2020 : Coronavirus ("Covid-19")

CLARK BARS UPDATE - JULY 7TH 2020

Clark & Walker, P.C. - Attorneys at Law
Date: July 7, 2020

COVID-19 - EXPIRATION OF CARES ACT - Changes to Non-Payment of Rent Notice
By: Christopher R. Walker

On March 27, 2020, the president signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) into law (hereinafter “Act”). The Act includes important, immediate protections for tenants and homeowners. The federal eviction moratorium for tenants living in certain types of housing is summarized below.

The eviction moratorium applies to "covered dwellings," which includes those dwellings on or in "covered properties." See Sec. 4024(a). The Act defines a "covered property" as a property that: (1) participates in a “covered housing program” as defined by the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA); (2) participates in the "rural housing voucher program under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949"; (3) has a federally backed mortgage loan; or (4) has a federally backed multifamily mortgage loan. See Sec. 4024(a)(2). Category 4 is the most common of the categories that has resulted in a landlord's inability to commence an eviction proceeding for non-payment of rent.

Pursuant to Section 4024(b) of the Act landlords of covered properties are prohibited from initiating eviction proceedings or charging late fees, penalties, or other charges against a tenant for the nonpayment of rent. The eviction moratorium was to last 120 days and is due to sunset on July 25, 2020. However, Section 4024(c) of the Act sets forth another requirement that extends the Eviction Moratorium an additional thirty (30) days.

Section 4024(c) of the Act prohibits a landlord of a covered property from issuing a non-payment of rent notice prior to the expiration of the Act. Further, Section 4024(c) requires that any notice to vacate issued after the expiration of the Act must not demand the tenant vacate the dwelling unit for at least thirty (30) days following the issuance of the notice. It is in this new requirement that landlords must adjust their approach to any non-payment of rent eviction notice issued during the time period of July 26, 2020 through August 31, 2020.

RECOMMENDATION

Pursuant to Section 4024(c), a landlord of a covered property cannot demand a tenant to vacate the dwelling unit prior to the expiration of a thirty (30) day period after the service of the notice to vacate. While Arizona law does not label a non-payment of rent notice a “notice to vacate” the intent of the drafters of the Act is clear that Section 4024(c) is to apply to matters related to non-payment of rent. Accordingly, landlords of covered properties will need to use revised notices that provide for the five (5) day cure period set forth in A.R.S. § 33-1368(B) as well as the thirty (30) day vacate period required by the Act. In reality, since Arizona is a cure jurisdiction, that means that a tenant will have thirty (30) days to cure the non-payment of rent breach. The cure payment must include payment, in full, of the rental delinquency along with any late fees owed starting July 26th as set forth in the lease agreement. The landlord is not compelled to waive its right to full payment and may reject any partial payment as authorized by A.R.S. § 33-1371.


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Upon the expiration of the thirty (30) day vacate period, assuming the tenant has not cured the non-payment of rent breach, a landlord of a covered property may commence an eviction action to recover possession of the dwelling unit and obtain a monetary judgment for the monies owed under the terms of the lease relating to the non-payment of rent. Following the entry of judgment, assuming there is no extension of Governor Ducey’s Executive Order 2020-14, a landlord should be able to obtain a writ of restitution five (5) days following the date the judgement is entered by the court.

It is important to note that, on June 24, 2020, the Maricopa County Justices of the Peace issued a Best Practices Memorandum in which they indicated that a landlord of a covered property would need to issue a non-payment of rent notice that provided for a vacate period of thirty (30) days. With the issue having been decided by the jurists of the largest county in Arizona the issue appears to be resolved and the solution clear. Landlords of covered properties under the CARES Act should proceed with the recommended modified notice. Landlords of covered properties will need to ensure that they use the CARES Covered Property Non Payment of Rent notice available in our forms library. Landlords of non-CARES Act covered properties are free to proceed with normal five-day non-payment of rent notice.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the recommendations made in this memorandum please feel free to contact the office at (602) 957-7877 or on my direct line at (480) 605-1911.

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