2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §37-108  Fees; accounts

A. The department shall charge fees in the following amounts:

1. Applications to lease; agreements:

(a) Surface lease:

(i) Agriculture, new lease

for each section or

                      fraction thereof $100
 

(ii) Agricultural, renewal

                       for each lease                                 $100
               (iii)  Commercial, new $200
               (iv)  Commercial, renewal                              $100
 

(v) Grazing, new for each

section or fraction

                      thereof $100
 

(vi) Grazing, renewal for

                       each lease                                     $100
               (vii)  Homesite, new $100
               (viii)  Homesite, renewal                              $100
 

(b) Urban planning/permits:

               (i)  Classification $100
               (ii)  Development plan $100
 

(c) Subsurface lease/permit/agreement:

               (i)  Mineral materials $100
               (ii)  Mineral exploration                              $100
               (iii)  Mineral for each subdivision                    $100
               (iv)  Oil and gas $100
               (v)  Geothermal $200
 

2. All assignments of leases, permits,

            rights-of-way and contracts                               $200
      3.  Exchanges of land $1,000
 

4. Improvements:

          (a)  Application to place $50
          (b)  Land treatment $50
 

(c) Report of improvements without

                 prior approval                                        $50
 

5. Natural products:

          (a)  Commercial timber $100
          (b)  Other natural products                                 $100
 

6. Permits:

          (a)  Special land use $100
 

(b) Recreational: noncommercial

activities

               (i)  Annual use, per person                             $15
 

(ii) Group of fewer than twenty

persons for less than

                       five days                                       $15
 

(iii) Annual use, family unit of

two adults and children

under fourteen years

                         of age                                        $20
               (iv)  Annual use, group or club                         $50
      7.  Reclassification of lands $100
      8.  Right-of-way                                               $100
 

9. Sales:

          (a)  Application to purchase                               $200
 

(b) Certificate of purchase:

               (i)  Issuance $100
               (ii)  Transfer $200
          (c)  Issuance of patent $100
 

10. Selling and administrative expenses:

(a) Up to three per cent of the

consideration paid for all

lands sold or long-term

leased.

(b) Two per cent of the first two

hundred fifty thousand

                 dollars of the appraised
 

value of all improvements

                 sold or the actual costs
 

of the appraisal of the

                   improvements sold, whichever
 

is greater.

(c) The actual cost of zoning

application fees paid by the

department to rezone trust land.

(d) The actual costs of legal

advertising expenses required

by law and paid by the

department, including costs

of advertising hearings, land,

leases and rights-of-way.

(e) The actual costs of appraisals

paid by the department unless

prepaid by the applicant.

11. Service fee:

          (a)  Replacement of lost documents                           $50
          (b)  Certified copy of documents                       $10 plus
                                                               $1 per page
          (c)  Returned check $20
 

12. Miscellaneous filings, including power

of attorney, mortgage, probate

documents, divorce documents, deeds

of trust, agreements, subleases,

rights of entry, applications to

open land and other similar

            documents                                                  $50
 

13. Bond for conservation lease or sale

            for conservation purposes                               $1,000
 

B. Notwithstanding section 37-107, monies paid as legal advertising costs under subsection A of this section, appraisal monies received pursuant to subsection D of this section and monies paid as application evaluation and processing costs pursuant to section 37-205, subsection A shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, in a separate account of the state land department fund to be used to pay costs of legal advertising, appraisals required by the enabling act, the Constitution of Arizona or statute and costs of evaluating and processing an application. The account shall be administered by the commissioner. On notice from the commissioner, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the state land department fund as provided by section 35-313, and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund.

C. Monies paid as actual costs of zoning application fees paid by the department to rezone trust land under subsection A of this section shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, in a separate account of the state land department fund designated the zoning application fees account. Monies in the account shall be used to pay zoning application fees if developing trust lands require rezoning by the jurisdiction in which the lands are located. The account shall be administered by the commissioner.

D. At the request of an applicant, the commissioner may accept prepayment for the estimated cost of an appraisal required pursuant to section 27-234 and this title. The commissioner shall deposit and administer prepayment monies as provided by subsection B of this section. The commissioner shall use monies accepted pursuant to this subsection to conduct contract appraisals. If an auction is held pursuant to this section and the applicant, who has prepaid the estimated cost of an appraisal, is not the successful bidder, the successful bidder shall reimburse the applicant for the actual cost of the appraisal. Nothing in this section does any of the following:

1. Requires the commissioner to offer any land at auction or for lease.

2. Requires the commissioner to reimburse the applicant if the land is not auctioned or leased.

3. Affects the status of any other application pending an appraisal.

E. Except as provided under section 37-205, application fees paid to the department under this section are not refundable to the applicant, regardless of the outcome of the application.