Landlord and Tenant - Mobile Home Parks

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Question: If you own a trailer in a mobile home park is it considered residential the owner is charging 21 cents a KWH for electric and says he can do it because it's not residential

Answer: Section A.R.S. 33-1413.01 of the Arizona Mobile Home Parks Residential Landlord and Tenant says the following: “A. If a landlord charges separately for gas, water or electricity there shall be a separate meter for every user. For each billing period the cost of the charges for the period shall be separately stated, along with the opening and the closing meter readings and the dates of the meter readings. Each bill shall show the computation of the charge generally in accordance with the serving utility company billing format for individual service supplied through a single service meter. B. If the landlord separately charges for utilities, the landlord shall not charge more than the prevailing basic service single family residential rate charged by the serving utility or provider.”