AZ SB1088

Requires associations, owners, and managing agents of condominiums, planned communities, and gated or secured apartment communities to allow process servers access to serve legal documents through open gates, or by presenting identification to security/staff, or by mailing copies to the association if access is restricted by locked unattended gates.

Prohibits process servers from accessing residential units not listed on the service of process documents after being granted access to common areas or gated communities.

Allows associations and property managers to limit process server access time to 60 minutes in condominiums and planned communities, and permits apartment communities with exterior notification systems to require process servers to attempt using those systems before entering.

Establishes civil penalties up to $250 per violation enforceable by the Arizona Attorney General or county attorneys for non-compliance with process server access requirements.

Applies access requirements to condominiums (A.R.S. § 33-1262), planned communities (A.R.S. § 33-1819), and gated or secured apartment communities (A.R.S. § 33-1908).