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Arizona State Land Department
1616 West Adams Street
Phoenix, AZ 85007
602-542-4621
Mark Winkleman, Land Commissioner
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| Of Interest |
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| State Resources |
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| Current Land Holdings |
9.3 million surface acres; 9 million subsurface acres (88 percent of original land grant of 10.5 million acres)
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| Uses |
agriculture, grazing, mining of oil, gas, and minerals, commercial leases, and land sales for commercial and residential development
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| Primary Revenue Source |
land sales for commercial and residential development
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| Trust Requirements |
Lands are held in trust pursuant to the state enabling act and state constitution. Arizona has one of the most restrictive trust management requirements: trust lands and their natural products may be sold only to the “highest and best bidder at public auction;” all lands and leases must be appraised at their “true value” before being offered; and lands cannot be disposed for less than the appraised value. Lands are managed by the Arizona State Land Department under the direction of a state land commissioner who is appointed and serves at the pleasure of the governor.
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| Beneficiaries |
- common schools
- universities
- legislative, executive, and judicial public buildings
- penitentiaries
- insane asylums
- schools and asylums for the deaf, dumb, and blind
- miners’ hospitals
- normal schools
- charitable, penal, and reformatory institutions
- agricultural and mechanical colleges
- a school of mines
- military institutes
- county bond payment (once repaid, grant is passed to common schools trust)
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