Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 11 > Chapter 7 > Article 4 - Relocation Assistance

• Acquiring agency: means the state, any department, agency, board or commission of the state, counties, school districts, cities, towns, all municipal corporations, any other political subdivision of the state and any other person or entity with the power of eminent domain. See Arizona Laws 11-961
• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Business: means any lawful activity, excepting a farm operation, conducted primarily by or for any of the following:

  (a) For the purchase, sale, lease and rental of personal and real property and for the manufacture, processing or marketing of products, commodities or any other personal property. See Arizona Laws 11-961

• Comparable replacement dwelling: means a dwelling that is all of the following:

  (a) Decent, safe and sanitary. See Arizona Laws 11-961

• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Displaced person: means :

  (a) A person who moves from real property or moves his personal property from real property either:

  (i) As a direct result of a written notice of intent to acquire, the initiation of negotiations for or the acquisition of such real property in whole or in part for a program or project undertaken by a displacing agency. See Arizona Laws 11-961

• Displacing agency: means the state or state agency and any political subdivision or person carrying out a program or project with federal financial assistance, or with the approval of the governing body of the acquiring agency, state or local financial assistance, which causes a person to be a displaced person. See Arizona Laws 11-961
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Farm operation: means any activity conducted primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities for sale and home use, and customarily producing such products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support. See Arizona Laws 11-961
• Federal financial assistance: means a grant, loan or contribution in any form whatsoever provided by the United States to an acquiring agency, except any federal guarantee or insurance, and any interest reduction payment to a person in connection with the purchase and occupancy of a residence by that person. See Arizona Laws 11-961
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Initiation of negotiations: means the delivery of the initial written offer by the acquiring agency to the owner or the owner's representative to purchase real property for a project for the amount determined to be proper compensation or other actions to serve this purpose as determined by the lead agency. See Arizona Laws 11-961
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lead agency: means the acquiring agency except as required by federal law. See Arizona Laws 11-961
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means any individual, family, partnership, corporation or association. See Arizona Laws 11-961
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Small business: means a business as defined in paragraph 2 of this section if the number of employees of the business at the affected site is five hundred or less. See Arizona Laws 11-961
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215