United States — Arizona
ARS § 9-101
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This section sets the steps for incorporating a community as a city or town, including petition, notice, election, and board action.
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United States — Arizona
ARS § 9-101.01
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This section defines when land is an urbanized area and limits incorporation of a city or town inside that area unless stated conditions are met.
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ARS § 9-101.02
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This section lets certain qualifying unincorporated communities become a city or town through a petition and election process, and it also sets rules for dissolving related districts.
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ARS § 9-101.03
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This section lets a qualifying unincorporated community use a special election process to incorporate as a city or town, and it also requires related district-dissolution elections and board actions.
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ARS § 9-102
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County supervisors must act on a properly supported disincorporation petition, either by disincorporating the city or town or by calling an election.
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ARS § 9-103
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This section lets an existing city or town be disincorporated and reincorporated if a majority of qualified electors petition the county board of supervisors.
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ARS § 9-104
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When county land becomes part of a newly incorporated city or town, county codes and services continue to apply for a limited time unless the city or town government replaces them sooner.
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ARS § 9-1101
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A local trustee for a townsite must convey title to the land to the persons named in the article once the entry at the proper land office has been made; if three or more town inhabitants request the entry and provide the needed money, the entry must be made.
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ARS § 9-1102
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A trustee must post a $2,000 bond before starting duties and keep detailed accounts and records for inspection.
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ARS § 9-1103
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The trustee must have the townsite land surveyed and platted, and the plat recorded, within three months after entry.
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ARS § 9-1104
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The trustee must publish or post notice of the land entry, and lot claimants must file a sworn written statement and later prove their claims within the stated time limits.
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ARS § 9-1105
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The trustee must file a written statement of all money spent and reasonable service charges within 60 days after the first publication.
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ARS § 9-1106
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The trustee must keep indexes of claimants, contests, and property disposed of by the trustee.
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ARS § 9-1107
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A claimant may enter no more than 14,000 square feet of lots in the aggregate, and additional lots are limited to 7,000 square feet per lot only if they have substantial improvements worth at least $100.
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ARS § 9-1108
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After the filing-statement period ends, trustees must hear nonconflicting claims and, if the proof meets legal requirements, enter a decision and execute a deed to the lots on payment of a $5 fee.
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ARS § 9-1109
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When conflicting claims are filed, the trustee must send the claim papers to the county superior court clerk and notify the claimants; the clerk and court then handle filing, pleadings, trial, and judgment notice. An appeal may be taken within 20 days after notice of judgment, and if no appeal is taken the trustee must
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ARS § 9-1110
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A claimant or contestant must pay the trustee $10 for each lot claimed when filing the statement or contest, subject to a 7,000-square-foot-per-lot limit.
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ARS § 9-1111
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A trustee with an interest in land must file and record a verified claim statement. If no adverse claim is filed in time, the trustee is treated as holding fee simple title, subject to later assessments and taxes. Conflicting claims go to court.
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ARS § 9-1112
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The trustee must set aside and deed certain sites after the townsite plat is recorded and required petitions are filed; the trustee may also set aside sites for a courthouse or a public square/park in specified cases.
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ARS § 9-1113
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A trustee may deed up to two blocks of land to a qualifying cemetery association if the officers petition and provide required proof.
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