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In Arizona, you can use an Affidavit if the total value of the personal property in the estate is $75,000 or less. There's a 30-day waiting period. You can also use this procedure if the total value of real property (land and things attached to the land) is $100,000 or less, and all debts and taxes have been paid. This $100,000 figure is the value of the property minus the mortage and other liens on it.
Ariz. Rev. State. Ann 14-3971, 3973, and 3974
There's a summary probate procedure available for estates that don't exceed the value of the family allowance available in lieu of homestead, exempt property, family allowance, costs of administration, funeral expenses and last illness expenses. There's a six month waiting period.
Ariz. Rev. State. Ann 14-3973,
Arizona, like most states, does not impose an estate or inheritance tax. Only a few states do.
Arizona allows you to transfer real estate ad death without probate by using transfer-on-death deeds (TODDs) called "Beneficiary Deeds" under Arizona law. You sign and record the deed now, but it doesn't take effect until your death. You can revoke the deed at any time; the beneficiary you name on the deed has no rights until your death. Selling the property revokes the beneficiary designation. Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 33-405 (Beneficiary Deeds).
Arizona's statutory TODD forms are provided by Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 33-405 (K) (Beneficiary Deed); (L) (Revocation Form).
The minimum wage in Arizona is $14.35 an hour. Because this is higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25, employees in Arizona must be paid at least $14.35 an hour.
The minimum wage in Maricopa County is $14.35 an hour, the state minimum wage. However, cities and counties in Arizona are free to adopt their own higher minimum wage, and dozens of cities and counties across the country have done so. To find out whether Maricopa County has passed its own minimum wage law since we last updated, visit https://www.maricopa.gov/.
In Arizona, your employer may pay you a minimum wage of $11.35 an hour, as long as you earn enough in tips to bring your total hourly pay up to the full minimum wage, $14.35 an hour. If you don’t earn enough in tips to bring your compensation to the full minimum wage, your employer must make up the difference.
No. Federal Exemptions not available. Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 33-1133.
$400,000 for real property, an apartment, or mobile home you occupy to; sale proceeds exempt 18 months after sale or until new home purchased, whichever occurs first (husband & wife may not double)
Up to $6,000 ($12,000, if debtor is physically disabled)
In Arizona, the duration of benefits depends on the state's unemployment rate when you apply. The maximum period for which you can receive benefits is 24 weeks when the unemployment rate is less than 5%, and 26 weeks when the unemployment rate is 5% or more.