Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 9-463.03
It is unlawful for any person to offer to sell or lease, to contract to sell or lease or to sell or lease any subdivision or part thereof until a final plat thereof, in full compliance with provisions of this article and of any subdivision regulations which have been duly recorded in the office of recorder of the county in which the subdivision or any portion thereof is located, is recorded in the office of the recorder, except that this shall not apply to any parcel or parcels of a subdivision offered for sale or lease, contracted for sale or lease, or sold or leased in compliance with any law or subdivision regulation regulating the subdivision plat design and improvement of subdivisions in effect at the time the subdivision was established. The county recorder shall not record a plat located in a municipality having subdivision regulations enacted under this article unless the plat has been approved by the legislative body of the municipality.
A.R.S. § 9-463.03