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Arizona guide for buyer agents

Every Arizona deadline a buyer agent works against, on one page

Arizona puts a buyer agent on a handful of clocks, and they live in different sections of the Law Book. Here they are in the order a deal meets them, each with the rule behind it. Your purchase contract adds its own deadlines, and your designated broker can add more.

Rule text from the 2026 Law Book of the Arizona Department of Real Estate and the Arizona Legislature, read November 1, 2026. Informational, not legal advice.

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Before anything is signed

Before an ad goes up

The property owner’s written consent comes first, before you publish a home to an electronic medium, and the ad comes down promptly if the owner asks. In practice agents get a written yes from the listing side as well, and your brokerage may require it. R4-28-502(I)

Before any binding agreement

The other parties hear in writing about a present or prospective interest or conflict, such as a family member on the other side of the deal. R4-28-1101(E)

Before you take on a second party

Representing more than one party, or taking pay from more than one, needs the prior written consent of all parties. R4-28-1101(F)

While the deal runs

24 hours

You may not contact a principal another licensee represents unless that principal’s designated broker, a broker with delegated authority and the licensee are all unavailable for 24 hours. The principal can waive or alter this in writing. R4-28-1102(A)

Promptly

Cash, checks and other items of value received as payment go into the care of the designated broker. A.R.S. 32-2151.01(D)

Ten business days

The designated broker reviews each listing agreement and purchase agreement within ten business days after execution, initials and dates. A business day here is not a Saturday, a Sunday or another legal holiday in Arizona. A.R.S. 32-2151.01(G) and (K)

Three calendar days before closing

All parties get, in writing, the name of each employing broker who represents a party and will receive compensation. R4-28-701

Two of those are worth reading in the rule’s own words, because they are the ones a busy week loses:

“All licensees shall promptly place all cash, checks or other items of value received as payment in connection with a real estate transaction in the care of the designated broker.”
“A real estate broker shall disclose to all the parties in a transaction, in writing at least three calendar days before closing, the name of each employing broker who represents a party to the transaction and who will receive compensation from the transaction.”

After the deal

One year

A document showing a rejected offer is kept at least one year. A.R.S. 32-2151.01(I)

Five years

Transaction records stay at least five years after the transaction ends, and rejected offers stay five years too when the deal reached a binding contract. A.R.S. 32-2151.01(A) and (I)

The broker keeps these, and your office sets how paper reaches the broker. What Arizona wants in the file has the full list.

Your license

Every 24 months

The statute sets 24 credit hours for salespersons and associate brokers. Designated brokers have their own number, covered on the continuing education page. A.R.S. 32-2130(A)

90 days

Hours finished after you meet the requirement, and within 90 days of a renewal, may count toward the next license period, but not toward two. R4-28-402(A)(1)

The day a license expires

The rights under the license expire too, until it is renewed, and the Department terminates a license expired for more than one year. A.R.S. 32-2130(F)

The hours in detail are on the Arizona continuing education page. If a license goes inactive instead, the inactive license page has those clocks.

What this page leaves out

Contract deadlines. Inspection periods, earnest money dates and closing dates come from the contract you sign, and we did not read any contract form for this page. Ask your designated broker which forms your brokerage uses and how the office tracks those dates.

Common questions

How long does an Arizona designated broker have to review a purchase contract?

Ten business days after the date of execution. The broker initials and dates it on the same page as the signatures, and may authorize an associate broker in writing to do it.

When does Arizona require the broker compensation disclosure?

In writing, at least three calendar days before closing, to all the parties in the transaction. It names each employing broker who represents a party and will receive compensation.

How long are rejected offers kept in Arizona?

At least one year. When a transaction results in a binding contract, prior rejected offers are kept at least five years.

Does Listing AutomatEr track these deadlines?

No. The app posts listings you have permission to market on a schedule. Deal dates stay with you, your broker and your contract.

Where Listing AutomatEr fits

Listing AutomatEr is a desktop app for Mac and Windows that posts the listings you have permission to market to Facebook Marketplace on a schedule. By default it puts your name on the post as the agent marketing the home and credits the brokerage that holds the listing.

It does not obtain the permission for you, and it does not decide whether a post meets a rule. That stays with you and your broker.

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Sources

This is not legal advice. This page gathers Arizona rule text so you can find it quickly. It is not a lawyer's opinion about your situation. The official text, your brokerage and your own lawyer are the authorities, and the official text wins over this page.