12-521. Definitions A. In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. ' Adverse possession' means an actual and visible appropriation of the land, commenced and continued under a claim of right inconsistent with and hostile to the claim of another. 2. ' Peaceable possession' means possession which is continuous, and not interrupted by an adverse action to recover the estate. 3. ' Real property' includes mines and mining claims. B. ' Peaceable and adverse possession' need not be continued in the same person, but when held by different persons successively there must be a privity of estate between them.
Arizona Legal Code
§ 12.521
Source: https://www.azleg.gov/ars/12/00521.htm· Version 2026