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AZ Rev Stat § 37-244 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Public Lands|§ 37-244 - Certificate of purchase; conditions

37-244.  Certificate of purchase;  conditions A. Upon compliance by a purchaser of state lands with the requirements of this article,  the department shall make and deliver to the purchaser a certificate of purchase,  which shall set forth: 1. The name of the purchaser. 2. A description of the entire tract of land purchased. 3. The amount paid. 4. The amount paid for improvements,  if any. 5. The amount remaining due. 6. The date when each of the deferred payments falls due,  the amount of each deferred payment and the rate of interest on the first deferred payment. 7. An agreement by the purchaser that he will pay taxes,  water assessments and other charges which may be assessed against the land. B. Each certificate of purchase shall be signed by the commissioner or his deputy and by the purchaser,  and shall contain the following covenants in addition to any others imposed pursuant to section 37-132: 1. That the purchaser will not permit any loss or commit any waste to or upon the lands. 2. That any right to the use of water appurtenant to the lands shall be maintained to prevent the forfeiture or abandonment of the right. 3. That all taxes levied against the land and all construction and maintenance charges of a United States reclamation project from which the lands may receive water will be promptly paid. 4. That all things will be done to insure the acquisition and maintenance of the rights and the use of the water,  except if the successful irrigation of lands susceptible to irrigation from works constructed or controlled by the United States government is not dependent upon the irrigation works it shall not be necessary to acquire and maintain water rights on such lands. C. After sale of state land and issuance of a certificate of purchase,  the department shall not issue a certificate of purchase that covers only a part of the entire tract of land sold for the purposes of obtaining a patent to part of the land.
AZ Rev Stat § 37-245 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Public Lands|§ 37-245 - Rights conferred by certificate of purchase; recording of certificate

37-245.  Rights conferred by certificate of purchase;  recording of certificate A. The certificate of purchase shall entitle the purchaser and his heirs,  or in case of an assignment filed with and approved by the department,  the assigns of the purchaser,  to possession of the lands therein described,  to maintain actions for injuries thereto or to recover possession thereof,  unless the certificate has become void by forfeiture. B. The certificate may be recorded as deeds of conveyance are recorded.
AZ Rev Stat § 37-246 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Public Lands|§ 37-246 - Sale of natural products of lands by purchaser under certificate of purchase; disposition of proceeds; violation; classification

37-246.  Sale of natural products of lands by purchaser under certificate of purchase;  disposition of proceeds;  violation;  classification A. If a purchaser of state land under a certificate of purchase sells or contracts to sell directly or indirectly any sand,  gravel,  stone or other natural product from the land described in the certificate,  he shall file with the department within ten days after the sale or making the contract,  a statement under oath on a form furnished by the department,  of the kind and quantity of natural product sold,  the terms of the sale,  and the amount received or to be received therefor. B. Upon receipt of any money from a sale or contract described in subsection A,  the holder of the certificate shall promptly pay the money to the department. The money shall be applied by the department first to payment of the interest accrued under the certificate,  and the remainder,  if any,  to payment of the principal amount owing on the land described in the certificate. If the payment is sufficient to discharge the total debt owing under the certificate,  with accrued interest thereon,  the department shall issue a patent to the purchaser as provided in this article. C. The department shall cancel the certificate of purchase of a purchaser of state land who fails or refuses to make or knowingly makes any false statement in any statement required by subsection A,  or who fails or refuses to pay to the department any money required to be paid by subsection B. The land described in the certificate,  together with all improvements thereon,  shall revert to the state,  and all amounts theretofore paid for the land by the purchaser shall be forfeited to the state. D. A person who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
AZ Rev Stat § 37-249 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Public Lands|§ 37-249 - Actions to rescind sales

37-249.  Actions to rescind sales A. The commissioner or any other person may rescind a sale based on fraud only by filing an action in the superior court. An action based on fraud shall be filed within three years after the date of the auction of that property. If the court voids the sale pursuant to this subsection because the buyer has committed fraud,  the buyer at that sale shall not receive a refund of the monies paid for the fraudulent sale. B. A person may rescind a sale based on failure to comply with the enabling act,  the Constitution of Arizona or the statutes only by filing an action in the superior court. An action based on the failure to comply with the enabling act,  the Constitution of Arizona or the statutes shall be filed within two years after the date of the auction of that property,  unless a shorter period of limitations applies. If the court voids the sale pursuant to this subsection,  the buyer at that sale shall reconvey the property to the state land department. The department shall refund the money paid thereon to the buyer at that sale,  and make compensation to the buyer for the actual value of the improvements placed on the land by the purchaser. The value shall be determined by the department and paid from the general fund. C. A person who files suit pursuant to this section shall record a notice of lis pendens in the county or counties in which the property is located. Suit shall not proceed to trial unless the court receives a copy of the recorded lis pendens. D. This section does not apply to actions to protest auctions pursuant to section 37-301.
AZ Rev Stat § 37-250 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Public Lands|§ 37-250 - Replacement of lost or destroyed certificate of purchase

37-250.  Replacement of lost or destroyed certificate of purchase When a certificate of purchase is lost,  destroyed or wrongfully withheld by any person from the owner thereof,  the state land department may receive evidence of the loss,  destruction or wrongful withholding,  and issue a new certificate of purchase,  or patent,  to the person entitled thereto.
AZ Rev Stat § 37-251 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Public Lands|§ 37-251 - Issuance of patents for state lands

37-251.  Issuance of patents for state lands A. On filing the certificate of purchase,  together with evidence of full payment of principal and interest,  for the entire tract of land sold,  and evidence that all terms and conditions of the certificate of purchase have been satisfied,  the department shall issue to the purchaser a patent under the seal of this state,  signed by the governor and countersigned by the secretary of state. B. On application by the purchaser,  a patent for less than the entire tract may be issued to the purchaser if the commissioner finds that it is in the best interest of the applicable trust,  subject to the following: 1. The parcel to be patented may consist of one or more pieces of land,  described either by metes and bounds or by legal subdivision. 2. Before any parcel less than the entire tract is patented,  the department shall determine that the remaining lands are of greater value than the unpaid balance of the certificate of purchase and that the remaining lands have development potential independent of the acreage that is being patented. Before patenting,  the commissioner shall require to be paid an amount,  on the lands to be patented,  in excess of the purchase price per acre of the entire tract until the total price of the entire tract has been paid. In establishing the amount to be paid for the partial patent,  the commissioner shall take into account the amount of the down payment made on the entire tract. This paragraph does not affect certificates of purchase issued before September 30,  1988. 3. When paid,  the partial purchase price shall be credited on the total purchase price stated in the certificate of purchase. The department may issue a supplement to the certificate of purchase deleting the land patented and reducing the amount of each of the remaining annual installments to that amount which,  when all installments are paid in full,  will discharge the entire unpaid balance due on the original certificate of purchase. C. Any land patented under this section is subject to existing valid rights-of-way. D. If the purchaser has died and the land described has been sold and confirmed by order of court,  the patent shall be issued to the purchaser to whom confirmation of sale was made. If the estate of the deceased person is distributed by order of the court,  the patent shall be issued to the heirs of the deceased person,  or to the person to whom the lands are distributed. Patents issued to a deceased person shall inure to the benefit of the heirs or assigns of the deceased person. E. If an assignment of the certificate of purchase has been filed with and approved by the department,  the patent shall be issued to the assignee,  and if proper evidence of a transfer of the certificate by operation of law is filed with the department,  the patent shall be issued to the transferee. F. A record of all patents issued shall be kept in the records of the department.
AZ Rev Stat § 37-252 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Public Lands|§ 37-252 - Taxation of lands sold

37-252.  Taxation of lands sold A. All lands sold under the provisions of this article shall not be subject to taxation until the department issues a patent for such lands pursuant to section 37-251 or until seven years after the date of auction,  whichever occurs first. B. If a patent for such lands pursuant to section 37-251 has not been issued within seven years after the department issued a certificate of purchase for such lands under section 37-244,  all lands sold under the provisions of this article shall be taxed,  and the taxes assessed on those lands shall be collected and enforced as against other lands. The department shall not issue a patent under section 37-251,  subsection A or B until all taxes that are due on the lands have been paid. On payment of taxes on lands held under certificate of purchase,  the county treasurer to whom the taxes are paid shall immediately furnish to the state land department a statement of the taxes paid. The statement shall be made on forms supplied for that purpose by the department.
AZ Rev Stat § 37-253 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Public Lands|§ 37-253 - Report to assessor

37-253.  Report to assessor As soon as possible after a sale of state land and when a patent is issued,  the state land department shall transmit to the assessor of the county in which the land is located a report of the sale and patent setting forth separately a description thereof,  the name of the purchaser,  the amount paid for the land and the improvements thereon.
AZ Rev Stat § 37-254 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Public Lands|§ 37-254 - Cancellation of tax assessment on lands reverting to state

37-254.  Cancellation of tax assessment on lands reverting to state If any lands sold revert to the state for any cause,  the state land department shall at once notify the assessor and tax collector of the county in which the land is located,  and upon receipt of the notice,  the assessor shall cancel any assessment of the land,  and the tax collector,  the board of supervisors or other county official shall charge off all taxes levied against the land.
AZ Rev Stat § 37-256 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Public Lands|§ 37-256 - Application of provisions; east half of dry bed of Colorado river

37-256.  Application of provisions;  east half of dry bed of Colorado river The provisions of this section and sections 37-257,  37-258 and 37-259 shall apply to the following lands: 1. Lands owned by the state of Arizona which lands are located in the Palo Verde irrigation district in Riverside county,  California,  within three miles,  measured in a true west direction,  of any portion of the Colorado river between river points 13.00 and 13.19 as defined in the " interstate compact defining the boundary between the states of Arizona and California, "  (Laws 1963,  chapter 77) and which lands,  in the opinion of the state land commissioner,  may have constituted the east half of a now dry bed of the Colorado river. 2. Lands owned by the state of Arizona other than lands referred to in paragraph 1 of this section,  which other lands are located within three miles,  measured in a true east or true west direction of any portion of the Colorado river as located in the interstate compact defining the boundary between the states of Arizona and California (Laws 1963,  chapter 77) and which lands,  in the opinion of the state land commissioner,  may have constituted the east half of a now dry bed of the Colorado river,  at such time that the attorney general of the state of Arizona is satisfied that an agency of the state of California is empowered to convey title to any west half of a now dry bed of the Colorado river which may be located within three miles measured in a true east direction of any portion of the Colorado river as above located.
AZ Rev Stat § 37-257 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Public Lands|§ 37-257 - Application for sale

37-257.  Application for sale A. Any person who shall satisfy the state land commissioner that the person,  with predecessors in interest,  has held title to a tract of land,  which is subject to sections 37-256 through 37-259,  under claim or color of title for more than ten years and for such ten-year period have paid all real property taxes levied on the land,  may file an application with the state land commissioner requesting the commissioner to offer for sale the state's interest,  if any it has,  to the rights the state of Arizona may own to any dry riverbed on any part of the land described in the application. B. Upon receipt of the application,  if the state land commissioner determines that the interests of the state will not be prejudiced by the sale of the land,  the commissioner shall: 1. Determine the amount of state land which may be contained in any dry riverbed on the tract of land described in the application.  2. Cause an appraisal to be made based upon the amount of acreage so determined to be possible state land. The appraisal shall specify the value of the state's interest in the land at the date of appraisal exclusive of any increased value resulting from the development of or improvement of or on the land made by the applicant or the applicant's predecessors in interest and the appraisal shall specify the amount of increased value of the land resulting from such development or improvement. In determining the value of the state's interest in the land,  the appraiser shall consider the likelihood of and costs to the state of the state's establishing title to the land.
AZ Rev Stat § 37-258 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Public Lands|§ 37-258 - Sale of rights in dry riverbed

37-258.  Sale of rights in dry riverbed A. Upon receipt of the appraisal and when it is in the best interests of this state and of the trust,  the commissioner may cause rights of the state in any dry riverbed on the land described in the application to be put up for sale to the highest bidder. This sale may include the state's interest in oil,  gas,  other hydrocarbon substances,  helium or other substances of a gaseous nature,  geothermal resources,  coal,  minerals,  fossils and fertilizer of every name and description together with all uranium,  thorium or other materials peculiarly essential to the production of fissionable materials. B. The sale shall be held at the county seat of the county wherein the land was located immediately preceding the river movement which left the riverbed dry,  and if such county cannot be determined by the commissioner,  then the sale shall be held at the county seat of Maricopa county. C. The sale is subject to all existing leases,  covenants,  conditions,  restrictions,  easements,  encumbrances,  rights and rights-of-way against the land described in the application. The state may sell its rights in an entire section in any one year. No sales shall be deemed to be agricultural land for purposes of section 37-234. At least ten per cent,  but not more than twenty-five per cent,  of the appraised value,  as stated in the auction notice,  which shall be applied to principal,  together with the prescribed fee under section 37-107 shall be paid by cashier's check upon announcement of the successful bidder. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by cashier's check within thirty days of the date of the sale and no interest shall be charged. In other respects,  the sale shall be conducted as specified in this article. The minimum price at the sale shall be the value of Arizona's interest in the land as determined by the preceding appraisal,  including the increased value resulting from the development or improvements made by the applicant and the applicant's predecessors in interest. D. If the applicant is not the purchaser the applicant is entitled to receive from the proceeds of sale the amount of the increased value of the land,  as determined by the appraisal,  resulting from the development of or improvement of or on the land made by the applicant or the applicant's predecessors in interest. If the applicant is the purchaser the applicant is entitled to an offset against the purchase price in the amount of the increased value resulting from said developments and improvements. The payment for these improvements shall be made in the manner specified in sections 37-322 and 37-322.02,  except that obtaining the prior approval of the state for making the development or improvement shall not be a prerequisite to the applicant's recovery of the increased value of the land resulting therefrom and that the payment for the improvements may not be on installments.
AZ Rev Stat § 37-258.01 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Public Lands|§ 37-258.01 - Sale of development rights

37-258.01.  Sale of development rights The department may offer for sale at public auction all or part of the development rights and other similar interests in land if the remaining fee land still retains long-term income production potential.
AZ Rev Stat § 37-259 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Public Lands|§ 37-259 - Application as offer to settle dispute

37-259.  Application as offer to settle dispute Any application under section 37-257 and any payments made to this state pursuant thereto shall be deemed an offer by the applicant to compromise and settle a dispute with this state,  and no applicant by filing such application shall be deemed to be admitting that title to the land applied for is owned by this state,  nor shall such application or any payments thereunder be admissible in evidence in any action at law or equity with respect to such land,  nor shall such sale by this state be an admission by this state that it does not own the bed of the present location of the Colorado river or any other bed not specifically covered by such sale.
AZ Rev Stat § 37-260 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Public Lands|§ 37-260 - Selling and administrative expenses

37-260.  Selling and administrative expenses Any application and any payment made to this state pursuant to sections 37-257 and 37-258 shall be exempt from the provisions of section 37-107. If the commissioner determines that an appraisal is required on the improvements,  the purchaser of the land shall pay the actual cost of such appraisal.
AZ Rev Stat § 37-261 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Public Lands|§ 37-261 - Authority to auction reversion rights

37-261.  Authority to auction reversion rights A. If this state has held a right of reversion with respect to any land sold under this article for ten years without exercise or encumbrance,  the commissioner may order the right of reversion to be appraised and offered for sale at public auction. The commissioner shall prescribe a minimum acceptable bid. B. The purchaser shall agree in writing to indemnify and hold harmless this state,  the department and the commissioner against all liability with respect to the land. C. The commissioner shall deposit,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  the revenues from the sale in the appropriate fund under article 13 of this chapter.
AZ Rev Stat § 37-281 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Public Lands|§ 37-281 - Lease of state lands for certain purposes without advertising; terms and conditions

37-281.  Lease of state lands for certain purposes without advertising;  terms and conditions A. All state lands are subject to lease as provided in this article for a term of not more than ten years for agricultural,  commercial and homesite purposes,  without advertising. The leases shall be granted according to the constitution,  the law and the rules of the state land department. B. No lease shall be granted as provided by this section without application. All applications for leases shall be made upon forms prepared and furnished by the department,  shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant or his authorized agent or attorney and shall be filed with the department. In lieu of signing and swearing to the application before a notary public or other person authorized to take acknowledgments,  the applicant may affix his signature to the application,  accompanied by a certification,  under penalty of perjury,  that the information and statements made in the application are to the best of his knowledge and belief true,  correct and complete,  and the application shall be accepted as duly executed. C. Any material false statement or concealment of facts made by an applicant,  his authorized agent or his attorney in the application to lease,  which,  if known to the department,  would have prevented issuance of the lease in the form or to the person issued,  shall be grounds for cancellation of a lease issued upon such application. D. No lessee shall use lands leased to him except for the purpose for which the lands are leased. E. No lessee shall sublease lands leased to him without written permission of the state land department.