Arizona § 28-4424 Motor vehicle sale rescission or cancellation

Arizona Statutes

§ 28-4424 — Motor vehicle sale rescission or cancellation

Arizona § 28-4424

Title 28Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 10VEHICLE DEALERS, AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLERS AND TRANSPORTERS

Art. 4Vehicle Dealer Requirements and Restrictions

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Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 28-4424 (2026).

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A.If a motor vehicle dealer and a purchaser elect to rescind or cancel the sale of a motor vehicle within thirty days after the date of the title application, the motor vehicle dealer shall document the rescission or cancellation of the sale, shall submit documentation to the department in a manner prescribed by the department on receipt of the following items from the applicable department and shall return to the rightful parties all fees, taxes and other monies. The documentation shall:

1.Be completed and submitted to the department within fifteen business days after the date the parties agreed to cancel or rescind the sale.

2.Include a copy of an agreement executed by the motor vehicle dealer, the purchaser and, if the purchase was financed, the lender financing the purchase provid

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A. If a motor vehicle dealer and a purchaser elect to rescind or cancel the sale of a motor vehicle within thirty days after the date of the title application, the motor vehicle dealer shall document the rescission or cancellation of the sale, shall submit documentation to the department in a manner prescribed by the department on receipt of the following items from the applicable department and shall return to the rightful parties all fees, taxes and other monies. The documentation shall:

1. Be completed and submitted to the department within fifteen business days after the date the parties agreed to cancel or rescind the sale.

2. Include a copy of an agreement executed by the motor vehicle dealer, the purchaser and, if the purchase was financed, the lender financing the purchase providing for the recission or cancellation of the sale.

3. Include a certificate of title if it has been issued or an attestation that the certificate of title has been lost or destroyed.

B. Within seven business days after receiving the documentation described in subsection A of this section, the department shall:

1. Rescind, cancel or revoke any application for a certificate of title or any issued certificate of title.

2. Refund to the motor vehicle dealer any fees and taxes that the motor vehicle dealer paid to the department, except:

(a) The fee prescribed in section 28-2003, subsection A, paragraph 1.

(b) All applicable fees, reimbursements and retained monies that are authorized by section 28-5101, subsections F, G and H.

3. Issue a certificate of title to the motor vehicle dealer that shows the motor vehicle dealer as the owner and the odometer mileage reading as recorded at the rescission or cancellation.

C. If a motor vehicle is subject to subsection A of this section, a motor vehicle dealer may not offer for retail sale the motor vehicle that is the subject of the sale rescission or cancellation until the motor vehicle dealer has received the certificate of title pursuant to subsection B of this section.

D. A rescission or cancellation under this section does not negate that the motor vehicle has been the subject of a previous retail sale.

E. In connection with the financing of a rescinded or canceled motor vehicle sale, a motor vehicle dealer shall return to a lienholder or a prospective lienholder:

1. All monies that the motor vehicle dealer receives pursuant to subsection B, paragraph 2 of this section. The motor vehicle dealer shall return the monies described in this paragraph within three business days after receiving the monies from the department.

2. All other monies that the motor vehicle dealer receives from the lienholder or the prospective lienholder. The motor vehicle dealer shall return the monies described in this paragraph within three business days after the motor vehicle dealer and the purchaser agree to rescind or cancel the sale.