Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 33-1125

Current through L. 2024, ch. 259

Section 33-1125 - Personal items

The following property of a debtor used primarily for personal, family or household purposes is exempt from process:

1. All wearing apparel of not more than a fair market value of five hundred dollars.

2. All musical instruments provided for the debtor's individual or family use of not more than an aggregate fair market value of four hundred dollars.

3. Horses, milk cows and poultry of not more than an aggregate fair market value of one thousand dollars.

4. All engagement and wedding rings of not more than an aggregate fair market value of two thousand dollars.

5. The library of a debtor, including books, manuals, published materials and personal documents of not more than an aggregate fair market value of two hundred fifty dollars.

6. One watch of not more than a fair market value of two hundred fifty dollars.

7. One typewriter, one computer, one bicycle, one sewing machine, a family bible or a lot in any burial ground of not more than an aggregate fair market value of two thousand dollars.

8. Equity in one motor vehicle of not more than $15,000. If the debtor or debtor's dependent has a physical disability, the equity in the motor vehicle shall not exceed $25,000. The exemption prescribed in this paragraph shall be adjusted annually beginning on January 1, 2024 and thereafter on January 1 of each successive year by the increase in the cost of living. The increase in the cost of living shall be measured by the percentage increase as of August of the immediately preceding year over the level as of August of the previous year of the consumer price index (all urban consumers, United States city average for all items) or its successor index as published by the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, or its successor agency, with the amount of the exemption rounded up to the nearest $100.

9. Professionally prescribed prostheses for the debtor or a dependent of the debtor, including a wheelchair or motorized mobility device.

10. All firearms of not more than an aggregate fair market value of two thousand dollars.

11. All domestic animals or household pets.

A.R.S. § 33-1125

Amended on November 8, 2022 via voter approval of Proposition 209 (Petition Serial Number I-05-2022).

Amended by L. 2018, ch. 200,s. 1, eff. 8/3/2018.

Amended by L. 2014, ch. 215,s. 88, eff. 7/24/2014.

Amended by L. 2013, ch. 123,s. 2, eff. 9/13/2013.