Tax-deeded-land balances are a separate county lane

Arizona — Tax-Foreclosure and Tax-Deeded Land Excess Guide

This guide is limited to Court-authorized Article 6 excess-proceeds sales under sections 42-18204 and 42-18236, plus the separate county tax-deeded-land disposition rule in section 42-18303; no freestanding statewide claim form is inferred.

Last researched Primary sources: Arizona official sources

Sale type and custodian control

Choose the Arizona route that created the funds

Different statutes, counties, courts, notices, and custody transitions are not interchangeable.

Court-authorized

Article 6 begins with a court request and finding

The property owner whose redemption right is being foreclosed may request an excess-proceeds sale, and the court determines whether the sale is reasonable before directing it.

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Article 6 distribution

Article 6 distribution follows statutory priority

After listed costs, certificate-holder amounts, taxes, and recorded state liens, remaining proceeds go to the property owner whose redemption right was foreclosed.

Tax-deeded land

Tax-deeded-land balances are a separate county lane

When state-held tax-deeded land is sold by the county board, the county treasurer pays the balance remaining after listed charges to the owner dispossessed by that sale.

Record-first workflow

Trace the Arizona custody sequence before filing

Verify the live official record at every step; this orientation does not decide a claimant's rights.

01

Identify the judgment and requested sale

Confirm the tax-lien foreclosure action, the owner's request, the court's reasonableness finding, the opening-bid components, and the Article 6 order.

02

Trace the qualified entity's distribution

The retained ninety-day period is the qualified entity's distribution duty after sale and the point for disposing of unclaimed money; it is not stated as a claimant filing deadline.

03

Keep county tax-deeded land separate

Match the county board sale, deed, treasurer accounting, prior owner, and post-charge balance rather than importing the Article 6 court process.

No unsupported form or deadline

Prepare the records for this Arizona lane

Use only dates and filing mechanics tied to the confirmed sale type, statute, custodian, and retained source.

Open Arizona Revised Statutes section 42-18204

  • Court and valuation record

    Collect the complaint, redemption status, owner request, valuation evidence, court finding, judgment, and ordered Article 6 sale.

  • Distribution and priority record

    Collect the sale result, qualified-entity accounting, tax and lien payments, owner distribution, and any unclaimed-property transfer.

  • County tax-deeded sale record

    Collect the board notice, auction or approved sale, county deed, charge allocation, treasurer balance, and dispossessed-owner record.

scoped limitations

Arizona Tax-Foreclosure and Tax-Deeded Land Excess Guide

What can be researched in this Arizona scope

  • Current retained scope: Court-authorized Article 6 excess-proceeds sales under sections 42-18204 and 42-18236, plus the separate county tax-deeded-land disposition rule in section 42-18303; no freestanding statewide claim form is inferred.
  • FCAR cannot provide legal advice, decide priority, or promise that a court, county, locality, or state will pay a claim.
  • Ninety days is not established as a filing cutoff
  • Section 42-18236 directs the qualified entity to distribute and handle unclaimed money within that period; do not convert it into a universal claimant deadline.
  • The two Arizona tax lanes are not interchangeable
  • A county tax-deeded-land balance does not prove an Article 6 court sale, and an Article 6 judgment does not create a statewide county form.
  • Which retained Arizona source and sale lane match the record.
  • Which public case, parcel, notice, accounting, or custody records are still needed.
  • Which competing interests or missing authority require legal or source-completion review.

What this Arizona guide cannot legally decide

  • Whether a claimant is legally entitled to all or any part of the funds.
  • Whether a lien, assignment, estate, heir, successor, creditor, or other interest has priority.
  • What filing, service, hearing, evidence, or deadline applies beyond the verified retained scope.
  • Whether a court, county, locality, or state will approve or pay a claim.

Tax-deeded-land balances are a separate county lane

Each factual statement is bound to one retained official source with a retained source, source record, and verification check.

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Arizona route-specific questions

Does every Arizona tax-lien foreclosure produce an Article 6 sale?

No. The owner requests it and the court must find the sale reasonable before ordering the Article 6 process.

Who receives the Article 6 remainder in the retained rule?

After the listed distributions, the remainder goes to the property owner whose right to redeem was foreclosed.

Is ninety days the owner's filing deadline?

Not in the retained text. It is the qualified entity's post-sale distribution and unclaimed-money duty.

What happens to a tax-deeded-land sale balance?

After the listed charges and allocations, section 42-18303 directs the remaining balance to the owner dispossessed by that sale.

Full Circle Asset Recovery LLC is a private asset-recovery company, not a government agency. This guide provides general information only, not legal advice. FCAR cannot guarantee eligibility, recovery, or any result. Current official records and current office instructions control.