Section 1.4.2.2 Strict Compliance

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

Although the courts generally try to give liberal interpretation to the remedial nature of the statutes, a claimant must strictly comply with the procedural requirements of the statutes.¹⁴ For example, there is Arizona case authority that disallowed a lien foreclosure action because the preliminary twenty-day notice did not contain required statutory language: "In accordance with Arizona Revised Statutes Sec. 33-992.01, this is not a lien."¹⁵ Accordingly, it is essential that the careful practitioner, when...