Arizona Title 37 - Public Lands
Chapter 1 - STATE AGENCIES AND OFFICERS
Article 1 - State Land Department
- §37-101 Definitions
- §37-102 State land department; powers and duties
- §37-103 Seal of state land department
- §37-104 Power to make and accept conveyances of real property
- §37-105 Inclusion of state lands under reclamation projects and irrigation districts; assessments and charges
- §37-106 Federal reclamation trust fund
- §37-106.01 Power to contract for central Arizona project water for use on state lands; payment of costs; selling unallocated water; disposition of revenue from sale of central Arizona project water and water rights
- §37-107 Classification and appraisal fees; deposit in state general fund
- §37-108 Fees; accounts
- §37-109 Alternative payment methods
- §37-110 Due diligence fund; exemption; reversion
Article 2 - State Land Commissioner
- §37-131 State land commissioner; appointment; term; removal; compensation
- §37-132 Powers and duties
- §37-133 Decisions of commissioner; filing; notice to persons in interest
Chapter 1.2 - RESOURCE ANALYSIS DIVISION
Article 1 - General Provisions
- §37-171 Definitions
- §37-172 Resource analysis division; administrator; employees; compensation; state cartographer
- §37-173 Duties
- §37-174 Powers
- §37-175 Information; cost
- §37-176 Revolving fund; source of monies; claims
Chapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE AND OTHER PUBLIC LANDS
Article 1 - Selection
- §37-201 Examination and selection duties of commissioner
- §37-202 Selection board; powers and duties; distribution of central Arizona project water to state trust lands
- §37-203 Selection of lands; designation of land to institution or purpose; credit of receipts to specific funds
- §37-204 Advances for survey; repayment
- §37-205 Due diligence costs related to disposition of land
Article 2 - Investigation, Classification and Appraisal
- §37-211 Investigations of and experiments on state lands to determine possible uses; reclassification
- §37-212 Classification of lands selected; reclassification
- §37-213 Board of appeals
- §37-214 Board of appeals; approval of participation contracts; appeal
- §37-215 Appeal from decision of commissioner or board of appeals
Article 2.1 - Sale and Lease of State Lands for Public Education
Article 3 - Sale of State Lands
- §37-231 State lands subject to sale; rights reserved in lands sold; state lands not subject to sale; development agreements
- §37-232 Application to purchase state lands or for reimbursement for improvements; deposit
- §37-233 Sale of state lands; restriction on sale of timber land; expense of sale
- §37-234 Sale of agricultural lands without application; limitation on sales of agricultural lands
- §37-235 Subdivision of state lands for sale; size and price limitations
- §37-236 Order by department of sale of lands; sale at auction; cancellation of sale; appeal
- §37-236.01 Sale of lands suitable for conservation purposes and other purposes at single auction
- §37-237 Notice required for sale of lands or lands and improvements; publication
- §37-238 Procedure for sale; report of sale
- §37-239 Participation contracts; planning and disposition proposals
- §37-240 Limitations on amount of land one person may purchase
- §37-241 Terms of sale of state land; payment; interest rate
- §37-243 Payment of rent in arrears; payment for use of land
- §37-244 Certificate of purchase; conditions
- §37-245 Rights conferred by certificate of purchase; recording of certificate
- §37-246 Sale of natural products of lands by purchaser under certificate of purchase; disposition of proceeds; violation; classification
- §37-247 Purchaser’s default; forfeiture and cancellation of certificate of purchase; extension of time for payments
- §37-249 Actions to rescind sales
- §37-250 Replacement of lost or destroyed certificate of purchase
- §37-251 Issuance of patents for state lands
- §37-252 Taxation of lands sold
- §37-253 Report to assessor
- §37-254 Cancellation of tax assessment on lands reverting to state
- §37-255 Sale of or mortgage or other lien on interest of lessee or holder of certificate of purchase
- §37-256 Application of provisions; east half of dry bed of Colorado river
- §37-257 Application for sale
- §37-258 Sale of rights in dry riverbed
- §37-258.01 Sale of development rights
- §37-259 Application as offer to settle dispute
- §37-260 Selling and administrative expenses
- §37-261 Authority to auction reversion rights
Article 4 - Lease of State Lands
- §37-281 Lease of state lands for certain purposes without advertising; terms and conditions
- §37-281.01 Lease of state lands for grazing purposes; notice
- §37-281.02 Leasing state lands for commercial purposes for more than ten years
- §37-281.03 Leasing land along Colorado river from United States; subleasing requirements; limitations
- §37-281.04 Default of lease of state land; assignment to cities and towns
- §37-282 Duty of lessees to cooperate with state land department in making classifications and appraisals
- §37-283 Subleases by grazing lessee; limitation upon grazing use; sublease surcharge
- §37-284 Conflicting short‑term lease applications; preference rights
- §37-285 Rental rates for grazing and other lands; grazing land valuation commission; reclassification and reappraisal; definitions
- §37-286 Execution of leases by land department; covenants; assignment of lease by lessee
- §37-286.01 Duty to exclude unauthorized livestock bond; damages; injunction
- §37-287 Reservation of rights in state land leases
- §37-288 Forfeiture of leases; extension of time for payment; penalty and interest on delinquent rental; automatic termination for arrearage
- §37-288.01 Disposition of personal property abandoned by lessee at the end of the lease; definitions
- §37-289 Procedure on cancellation of lease; notice, default, hearing and appeal
- §37-290 Cancellation of lease by reclassification of lands; preferred right to lease reclassified land; refund of advance rental payments
- §37-291 Preferred rights to renewal of lease; exceptions; notification
- §37-294 Recovery of lands unlawfully held
- §37-295 Disposition of long‑term commercial lease prepayments; prepayment fund
Article 4.1 - Protesting Auctions
Article 4.2 - Trust Lands Suitable for Conservation
- §37-311 Definitions
- §37-312 Nominating and classifying trust land as suitable for conservation purposes
- §37-312.01 Access to private lands
- §37-313 Conservation lease of trust lands suitable for conservation; definition
- §37-314 Conveyance of title to trust lands suitable for conservation purposes
- §37-315 Withdrawing trust lands suitable for conservation purposes by department without lease or sale
- §37-316 Conservation advisory committee
- §37-317 Subordination to constitution and enabling act
Article 5 - Improvements on State Lands
- §37-321 Permission required for person other than holder of certificate of purchase to make improvements; forfeiture for failure to obtain permission; report of improvements
- §37-321.01 Rights to water used on state land; definition
- §37-322 Basis for appraisal of improvements; reimbursements; amortization; reimbursement for irrigation or district assessments and levies; limitation
- §37-322.01 Reimbursement by succeeding lessee of lands not subject to auction for nonremovable improvements; failure to pay; penalty
- §37-322.02 Payment by purchaser or succeeding lessee for improvements on auctioned land
- §37-322.03 Improvements on state lands; taxation; disposition on termination of lease; statement of improvements
- §37-322.04 Accounting for improvements which become property of state
- §37-323 Permission required for construction on floodplains; criteria
- §37-324 Development or secondary plan; effect
Article 5.1 - Urban Lands Development
- §37-331 Definitions
- §37-331.01 Designation of state lands as urban lands on request
- §37-331.02 Urban land planning oversight committee
- §37-331.03 Conceptual urban state trust land use plans; five year state trust land disposition plans; definitions
- §37-332 Urban lands; notice; hearing; requirements; classification; state general plan
- §37-334 Designation of lands; development or secondary plan; requirements; approval
- §37-334.01 Development plan for a master plan area
- §37-335 Sale or lease of state lands for development
- §37-335.01 Compensation and reimbursement of lessee upon cancellation of lease
- §37-335.02 Off‑site improvement of urban lands
- §37-335.03 Assessment district assessments and city improvement plan assessments as lien on urban lands within district; enforcement
- §37-335.04 Liens not liabilities of state
- §37-335.06 Agreements to fund, install and reimburse costs of infrastructure on trust lands
- §37-336 Rules; review and approval by legislature; duties of commissioner
- §37-338 Selection of application for development planning permit or secondary permit
Article 6 - Reclamation of State Lands
- §37-341 Preliminary investigation of projects for reclamation of state lands
- §37-342 Acquisition by land department of rights necessary or advisable for reclamation or irrigation of state lands
- §37-343 Investigation of adverse claims upon state lands; protection of equities of persons appropriating water prior to reservation of land for the state
Article 7 - Payments to Local Governments
- §37-371 Definition of acquired entitlement land
- §37-372 Payments to local governments with respect to acquired entitlement lands
Article 8 - Rights of Entrymen Upon Public Domain
- §37-411 Rights of entrymen under federal laws to possession and enjoyment of land
- §37-412 Limitation on claims; marking boundaries of claim; notice; recording of notice
Article 9 - Use of State Lands by State Institutions
- §37-441 Taking by state of state lands and improvements; reimbursement of owners for improvements; lease by department or institution
- §37-442 Application by department or institution to take over state lands; approval by governor; compensation of lessee for improvements and damages resulting from termination
- §37-443 Improvements as state property
- §37-444 Offset against rent due from trust beneficiaries; substituting trust designations
Article 10 - Rights of Way and Sites for Public Uses
Article 11 - Disposition of Products of State Lands
- §37-481 Conservation and administration of products of state lands
- §37-482 Contracts for sale of timber; limitations; universities timber land account; composition; use
Article 12 - Trespass on State Lands
- §37-501 Trespass on state lands; classification
- §37-502 Damages in civil action for trespass on state lands; seizure of products; report of trespasses
- §37-503 Disposition of personal property unlawfully abandoned on state land
Article 13 - Segregation of Funds Derived from Lands
- §37-521 Permanent state school fund; composition; use
- §37-522 Universities land fund; composition; use
- §37-523 Normal schools land fund; composition; use
- §37-524 Agricultural and mechanical colleges land fund and school of mines land fund; composition; use
- §37-525 Other land funds; composition; use
- §37-526 Central Arizona project municipal and industrial repayment fund
Article 14 - Exchange of Public Lands
- §37-601 Authorization to exchange
- §37-602 Notice
- §37-603 Method of exchange; appraisal
- §37-604 Exchange of state land; procedure; limitation and exceptions
- §37-604.01 Exchange of state subsurface rights and interests
- §37-605 Title; reservations, restrictions and encumbrances
- §37-606 Protest; public hearing; judicial review
- §37-607 Method of exchange; valuation
- §37-608 Supplemental authority
- §37-609 Exchange of sovereign lands
- §37-610 Disposition of surplus floodplain lands
Article 15 - Acquisition of Lands by United States for Penal Purposes
- §37-611 Acquisition of lands by United States for penal purposes
- §37-612 Concurrent jurisdiction of the United States over lands acquired for penal purposes; termination of jurisdiction
- §37-613 Power of state to serve process upon land ceded United States for penal purposes
Article 16 - Exchange of Road Rights-of-Way
- §37-615 Exchange of road rights‑of‑way on state land; procedure; limitation and exceptions
- §37-616 Protest; public hearing; judicial review
- §37-617 Method of exchange; valuation
- §37-618 Supplemental authority
Article 17 - Concurrent Jurisdiction With United States Over Certain Lands and Areas
- §37-620 Vesting of concurrent criminal jurisdiction in the United States over certain lands and areas
- §37-620.01 Concurrent jurisdiction over veterans administration properties; acceptance
- §37-620.02 State consent to acquisition of land by the United States for exclusive jurisdiction
Article 18 - Interstate Compact for Jurisdiction on the Colorado River
Article 19 - Holistic Resource Management
Chapter 2.1 - FORESTS
Article 1 - State Forester
- §37-621 State forester; qualifications
- §37-622 Duties of state forester; acceptance of federal law
- §37-623 Suppression of wildfires; powers and duties of state forester; entry on private lands
- §37-623.01 Forestry administrative districts; equipment and personnel
- §37-623.02 Emergencies; prohibiting fireworks; liabilities and expenses; fire suppression revolving fund
- §37-624 Cooperative forestry fund
Chapter 3 - ACTS OF CONGRESS RELATING TO STATE AND FEDERAL LANDS
Article 1 - Carey Land Acts
- §37-701 Acceptance of Carey land acts; state agency
- §37-702 Application for selection of arid lands for irrigation projects or reclamation projects; proposal; deposit
- §37-703 Processing of proposal by land department; processing by director of water resources; approval or disapproval of application
- §37-704 Contract; contents; bond of contractor
- §37-705 Contract provisions as to beginning and completion dates; forfeiture for failure to prosecute work
- §37-706 Persons eligible to apply for entry; limitation on area; contents of application; price of lands; disposition of monies received
- §37-707 Procedure upon completion of project by settler; application for federal patent; grant of state patent to settler
- §37-708 Water rights appurtenant to lands; lien; foreclosure and redemption
- §37-709 Maps of project; right of easement reserved
- §37-710 Reservation of mineral rights in school lands sold
Article 2 - Taylor Grazing Act
- §37-721 Acceptance of Taylor grazing act, amendment of enabling act and other federal laws relating to exchange of lands
- §37-722 Authority of land department and selection board to make exchanges of state owned for federally owned land
- §37-723 Distribution of money received from United States; appropriations to counties
- §37-724 Receipts from lease of public lands
- §37-725 Receipts from grazing district fees; district treasurer; duties
- §37-726 Expenditure of grazing fees of district; purposes authorized
Article 3 - Federal Mineral, Oil and Gas Lease Act
Chapter 4 - ACQUISITION OF PRIVATE REAL PROPERTY BY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
Article 1 - In General
- §37-801 Duty to disclose names of persons having a beneficial interest in real property
- §37-802 Disposition of real property by state agency; alternative fuel delivery systems; definition
- §37-803 Disposition of real property by state agency
- §37-804 Payment of outstanding taxes, penalties and interest on acquiring property
Chapter 5 - STATE CLAIMS TO PUBLIC LANDS
Article 1 - General Provisions
- §37-901 Definitions
- §37-902 Public lands; public policy; state land department
- §37-903 State land commissioner; powers; duties
- §37-904 Public lands board of review; members; powers and duties; staff and officers; service of process
- §37-905 Appeal of commissioner's decision; board of review; procedures; decision; further appeal
- §37-906 Public lands; disposal; use; written authorization required
- §37-907 Federal lands acquired without legislative consent; placement on tax rolls
- §37-908 Powers and duties of attorney general
- §37-909 State payments to counties
Chapter 6 - NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
Article 1 - General Provisions
Article 2 - Division of Natural Resource Conservation
- §37-1011 Division of natural resource conservation
- §37-1012 State natural resource conservation commissioner
- §37-1013 Powers and duties of commissioner
- §37-1014 State financial assistance; application; criteria
- §37-1015 Environmental special plate fund; distribution
Article 3 - Formation, Change in Boundaries and Dissolution
- §37-1031 Petition for creation of district
- §37-1032 Hearing on petition; notice
- §37-1033 Determination by commissioner
- §37-1034 Referendum; election of supervisors
- §37-1035 Proclamation of result of referendum and election; terms of supervisors
- §37-1036 Proceedings to organize district; certificate of organization
- §37-1037 Addition of territory
- §37-1038 Dissolution of district
- §37-1039 Status following dissolution
- §37-1040 Change in boundaries; combination or division of districts; change in name of districts
Article 4 - Administration
- §37-1051 District supervisors; term of office; biennial election
- §37-1052 Organization of supervisors; vacancies
- §37-1053 Powers and duties of supervisors
- §37-1054 Powers of district
- §37-1055 Limitation of powers
- §37-1056 Cooperation between districts
- §37-1057 Cooperation by state agencies
Chapter 7 - STATE CLAIMS TO STREAMBEDS
Article 1 - General Provisions
Article 2 - Determining Navigability
- §37-1121 Arizona navigable stream adjudication commission
- §37-1122 General powers and duties of the commission
- §37-1123 Receiving and compiling evidence and records
- §37-1124 Compiling evidence and records by department
- §37-1126 Hearings; notice
- §37-1128 Determination of navigability
- §37-1129 Judicial review
- §37-1130 Title to bed of nonnavigable watercourse; appropriation of waters for public trust values
- §37-1131 Notice to landowners; quiet title action
- §37-1132 Refunds to record title owners
Article 3 - Management of Public Trust Lands
- §37-1151 Petition to release public trust status
- §37-1152 Auction and sale of released public trust lands
- §37-1153 Permit to use public trust lands
- §37-1154 Public improvements in beds of navigable watercourses; definition
- §37-1155 Prior use of public trust lands
- §37-1156 Riparian trust fund; acquisition and management of riparian lands