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  "fact": {
    "slug": "roc-complaint-window-two-years",
    "locale": "en",
    "title": "The Window for a Complaint to the Registrar",
    "statement": "Two years is the window. A workmanship or abandonment complaint has to reach the Registrar within two years of the act or omission, and for a brand new home the clock starts earlier than most people expect: at close of escrow or the day someone actually moves in, whichever comes first.",
    "factType": "public_rule",
    "source": {
      "label": "A.R.S. § 32-1162",
      "url": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01162.htm"
    },
    "authority": 1,
    "authorityName": "primary authority",
    "topic": "The Registrar's process",
    "observedOn": "2026-08-11",
    "recheckBy": "2027-02-11",
    "plain": "Count from the act or omission - the day the bad work happened, or the day something that should have been done was not - not from the day you discovered it. Two years from that day is the statute's own window for a workmanship or abandonment complaint to the Registrar.\n\nNew builds run on a different clock. For a brand new home the statute starts counting at close of escrow or actual occupancy, whichever comes first - so a house that sat sold but empty can have less of the window left than its owner assumes.",
    "limits": "This window belongs to the Registrar's own complaint process. Courts run on their own clocks, set by other statutes, and nothing here describes those.\n\nThe statute carries more detail than one page can - read it at the source link, and for your own situation, talk to a licensed Arizona attorney.",
    "faq": [
      {
        "question": "Does the two-year clock start when I notice the problem?",
        "answer": "The statute counts from the act or omission itself, not from discovery. The day the work was done wrong, or the day something owed was not done, is the day the statute names."
      },
      {
        "question": "What about a brand new house?",
        "answer": "For new construction the statute starts the clock at close of escrow or the day someone actually moves in, whichever comes first - even when a defect shows up later."
      }
    ],
    "publicationStatus": "published",
    "updatedOn": "2026-08-11",
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