NEW QUALIFYING PARTY INSTRUCTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
Each business license shall have one Qualifying Party. “Qualifying Party” means a person who is an
owner, employee, corporate officer, member or partner of the licensed business and who has active and
direct supervision of and responsibility for all operations of that licensed business. The Qualifying Party
shall ensure full compliance with all provisions of the Act in regulating the business of the licensee under
Title 41, Chapter 37, Articles 3 and 4, of the Arizona Revised Statutes, and the Rules and Regulations of
the Department of Housing (“Department”).
The Qualifying Party is required to reside within the State of the principal place of the licensee's business,
as listed on the license application, and shall not act in the capacity of qualifying party for more than one
license in the same classification.
It is the licensee's responsibility to notify the Department within five (5) business days of the
disassociation of a qualifying party, including the name of the person who will be temporarily responsible
for the operation of the business.
The following items must be submitted to the Department:
1. Resignation letter from previous Qualifying Party (“QP”) that states the date he or she ceased to be the
Qualifying Party for the license OR a letter, signed by a person who is listed under Section D of the
Application for License, that states the date the previous Qualifying Party ceased to be the Qualifying
Party for the license and that states the name of the person who will be the new Qualifying Party for the
license.
2. Certificate of New Qualifying Party
3. Statement of Authorization and Release of Information
4. Fingerprint card and $22.00 fingerprint processing fee in the form of certified funds payable to the
Arizona Department of Housing. Personal or company checks will not be accepted for the fingerprint
processing fee. *We will waive this requirement if you provide us with a copy of the front and back of
your current Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card issued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
5. Arizona Statement of Citizenship and Alien Status for State Public Benefits (pages 1 and 2) and provide
acceptable evidence of U.S. citizenship or, if not a U.S. citizen, acceptable evidence of the right to live
and work in the U.S. Acceptable evidence is outlined in 'Evidence of Citizenship or of he Right to Live
and Work in the U.S.' that is posted on our website. If you are a U.S. citizen, the most common form of
proof of this is a copy of your current U.S. passport or passport card.
6. Required Notice from F.B.I.
7. Successful completion of the appropriate online dealer or installer license classification test with a score
of 80% or better. Manufacturers do not have a testing requirement. New Qualifying Party will be
registered to take the appropriate Department online test after that individual has provided the
Department with items 1 through 6 listed above. All study materials are the responsibility of the
examinee. Dealer/Broker/Retailer examinations will consist of general knowledge of the Arizona
Revised Statutes and Rules of the Department of Housing. Links to the Statutes and Rules can be found
at our website, https://housing.az.gov/manufactured-housing. No test questions come from the “New
Dealer Handbook”. Installers will need a general knowledge of the current adopted codes we have
listed at our website, https://housing.az.gov/manufactured-housing. Code books may be available at
local libraries, the local city or county building departments or book stores. We do not provide code
books.