# Must an Arizona landlord provide air conditioning? | Who Pays the Repair?

> A.R.S. 33-1324 requires reasonable air-conditioning or cooling where installed and offered. The AG says fix a broken AC within five days of written notice.

**Who pays:** landlord

In Arizona, the landlord must supply reasonable air-conditioning or cooling where installed and offered, and the Attorney General says a broken AC must be fixed within five days of written notice when it poses a health and safety risk.

**Boundary:** Under A.R.S. 33-1324, the landlord must supply reasonable air-conditioning or cooling where such units are installed and offered, when required by seasonal weather conditions. The Arizona Attorney General states a landlord must fix a broken AC within five days of written notice if temperatures rise to a level that presents a health and safety risk.

**Exceptions:** In a single family residence, the landlord and tenant may agree in writing, supported by adequate consideration, that the tenant performs the landlord's duties in A.R.S. 33-1324(A)(5) and (6), which include supplying air-conditioning or cooling.; The cooling duty does not apply where the building is not required by law to be equipped for it, or where the cooling is generated by an installation within the exclusive control of the tenant and supplied by a direct public utility connection.

## Sources
- [A.R.S. 33-1324 - Landlord to maintain fit premises](https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/01324.htm) — "Supply running water and reasonable amounts of hot water at all times, reasonable heat and reasonable air-conditioning or cooling where such units are installed and offered, when required by seasonal weather conditions" (accessed 2026-10-15)
- [A.R.S. 33-1324 - Landlord to maintain fit premises](https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/01324.htm) — "The landlord and tenant of a single family residence may agree in writing, supported by adequate consideration, that the tenant perform the landlord's duties specified in subsection A, paragraphs 5 and 6 of this section" (accessed 2026-10-15)
- [Attorney General Mayes Warns Landlords About Obligations Under Arizona Landlord Tenant Act as Temperatures Rise](https://www.azag.gov/press-release/attorney-general-mayes-warns-landlords-about-obligations-under-arizona-landlord) — "landlord must fix your broken AC within five days of written notice, if temperatures rise to a level that presents a health and safety risk." (accessed 2026-10-15)
- [A.R.S. 33-1324(A)(6) exception](https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/01324.htm) — "except where the building that includes the dwelling unit is not required by law to be equipped for that purpose or the dwelling unit is so constructed that heat, air-conditioning, cooling or hot water is generated by an installation within the exclusive control of the tenant and supplied by a direct public utility connection" (accessed 2026-10-15)

_Last verified 2026-10-15. Source: Who Pays the Repair? — https://whopaystherepair.com/rules/arizona-landlord-air-conditioning-required/ — every claim checked against a primary source before publication (see /methodology/)._