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COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Third Legislature, Second Regular Session
real estate signs; cities; counties
Purpose
Establishes regulations for real estate signs displayed by an owner of real property (owner) or the owner's agent (agent) in cities, towns or counties (local governments).
Background
An agent must secure written consent from an owner before placing or erecting signage on a property for sale, lease or rent (A.A.C. R4-28-502). The real estate commissioner may suspend or revoke a license or deny the issuance of a license if a real estate license holder or applicant places a sign on any property offering it for sale or for rent without the written authority of the owner or the owner's agent (A.R.S. § 32-2153).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Restricts local governments from prohibiting an owner or agent from displaying, in authorized areas, signage advertising the following:
a) that the property is for sale, rent or lease by the owner or agent;
b) an open house;
c) directions to the property;
d) the owner or agent's name;
e) the legal name of the agent's employing broker or the name under which the broker is doing business as designated on their license certificate; or
f) the address and telephone number of the owner or agent, or both.
2. Specifies that local governments may enact and enforce reasonable time, place and manner restrictions on signs advertising a property for sale, rent or lease, but may not:
a) limit the size of a sign or sign rider to less than the industry standard size;
b) restrict the location of a sign, within an authorized area, if the sign is located in plain view of the public and does not affect public health, safety or welfare; or
c) limit the duration a sign is displayed to less than the period of time beginning the date the property is offered for sale, rent or lease and ending seven calendar days after the closing date on a sales agreement or execution of a rental or lease agreement.
3. Specifies that local governments may enact and enforce reasonable time, place and manner restrictions on open house and directional signs, but those restrictions may not:
a) restrict the type of sign; or
b) limit the number of signs that may be displayed at one time within an authorized area.
4. Defines authorized area and industry standard size.
5. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
March 5, 2018
JO/MG/lat