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When a business extends credit and secures a personal guaranty from an individual borrower, enforcement can become complicated in Arizona, especially when the guarantor is married and community property is at stake.

Few things are more frustrating for an Arizona property owner than discovering strangers living in your home, and being told by police that it’s a “civil matter.” Until recently, your only option was a full eviction lawsuit that could drag on for weeks.

The rent stops coming. Calls go unanswered. The unit looks empty, or worse, it’s empty except for a pile of belongings. Every Arizona landlord eventually faces this situation, and it raises an urgent question: can you just change the locks and re-rent?