AZ HB2610

Court must conduct due diligence before appointing a public fiduciary and cannot appoint one earlier than 90 days after receiving the appointment request.

During the 90-day waiting period, the court must determine if appointing a guardian or conservator is in the person's best interest and whether the person has granted decision-making authority through documents like a power of attorney or health care directive.

Court must document its efforts to contact qualified persons who could serve as fiduciary instead of a public fiduciary.

Public fiduciary must document its efforts to locate heirs or personal representatives and file this information with the court when taking possession of a deceased person's property.