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Arizona pesticide application records
Arizona Department of Agriculture, Pest Management Division (AZDA) requires licensed pest management businesses and their applicators to keep a record of every pest management service. The rule: A.A.C. R3-8-501; A.A.C. R3-8-503. This guide lists what the record must contain, when it is due, how long to keep it, and what SprayDocs checks before the PDF leaves your phone.
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At a glance
- Complete the record
- The applicator must deliver the record to the business licensee within 5 business days — SprayDocs tracks that as a copy duty on the record.
- Keep it for
- At least 3 years from the application.
- Who keeps it
- Licensed pest management businesses and their applicators.
- Official form
- None mandated — the rule lists the elements the record must contain. SprayDocs exports its own layout with the citations printed on it.
- Filed with the state?
- No filing for lawn and landscape service records. Termite pre-treatment and corrective work has its own TARF filing, which SprayDocs does not cover.
- Copies
- The applicator delivers the record to the business licensee within 5 business days.
What the record must contain
The elements below are required on every Arizona record. SprayDocs shows exactly these inputs for a Arizona record and will not produce the PDF while a required one is blank.
Always on the record
Required in every state, including Arizona.
- Date of the application
- Firm name, address and phone number
- Responsible commercial applicator and license number
- Name of each applicator who made the application
- Customer name and the address of the treated site
- Trade name of each product applied
- Type of site or property treated
Arizona adds
- Start timeThe time the application began, for each treatment.
- Amount applied / total mix volumeThe total amount of mix or product applied to the site.
- Application methodHow the pesticide was applied — ground, aerial, or chemigation.
- Mix rate / concentrationThe mix rate or concentration of each product in the tank.
- Target pestThe pest or purpose each product was applied for.
Also on the SprayDocs record
Not required on every record by the Arizona rule we reviewed, but common on inspection and worth having. SprayDocs shows these inputs and blocks the PDF over only one of them: the EPA registration number on a restricted-use line, which federal law requires.
- EPA registration numberThe EPA registration number printed on each product label.
Who must keep it, and for which jobs
Who: Licensed pest management businesses and their applicators.
Which jobs: Every pest management service. The EPA registration number is mandatory only for restricted-use products — SprayDocs captures it for every product anyway.
Is anything filed with the state?
No filing for lawn and landscape service records. Termite pre-treatment and corrective work has its own TARF filing, which SprayDocs does not cover.
Copies of the record
The applicator delivers the record to the business licensee within 5 business days.
Restricted-use products in every state: federal law (7 U.S.C. 136i-1) requires commercial applicators to keep the record 2 years and give the customer a copy within 30 days. SprayDocs flags this on any record with a restricted-use line.
What SprayDocs checks before the PDF
Validation runs on your phone as you type. Blocking items stop the export; reminders do not.
- Every required element above is checked for a blank: 5 state-specific inputs plus the elements common to all states.
- A stop time before the start time blocks; an application date in the future is flagged.
- A product marked restricted-use requires its EPA registration number and shows the federal 2-year / 30-day reminder.
- Text that the PDF fonts cannot print (an emoji, say) is cleaned rather than allowed to blank a field.
Sources
The rule text SprayDocs was built against, and where to read it. The SprayDocs research ledger is dated August 4, 2026 and each state’s configuration was checked against it as the state was built; confidence for Arizona: high.
- A.A.C. R3-8-501
- A.A.C. R3-8-503
- law.cornell.edu — https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/arizona/Ariz-Admin-Code-SS-R3-8-501
- law.cornell.edu — https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/arizona/Ariz-Admin-Code-SS-R3-8-503
- apps.azsos.gov — https://apps.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_03/3-08.pdf
- agriculture.az.gov — https://agriculture.az.gov/pestspest-control/pest-management-faq
Retention, deadline and filing facts on this page come from the rule cited above. Rules change; when in doubt, read the rule or ask AZDA.
Fill out the Arizona record
SprayDocs opens with exactly the Arizona inputs above, checks them as you type, and produces a PDF (usually one page) laid out around the rule, with the citations printed on it — all on your phone. The app runs in English or Spanish. Filling it out needs no account; a free account downloads the PDF and keeps a synced copy; the Pro plan adds the crew.
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