# Arizona — Final paycheck deadlines by US state — how long an employer has to pay a departing employee's last wages, quoted from the state's own labor law

For Arizona, deadline after firing/layoff is within seven working days or the end of the next regular pay period, whichever is sooner; deadline after quitting is no later than the regular payday for the pay period during which the termination occurred; penalty for late payment is guilty of a petty offense; statute or source is 23-353, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Arizona _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Deadline after firing/layoff:** within seven working days or the end of the next regular pay period, whichever is sooner _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline after quitting:** no later than the regular payday for the pay period during which the termination occurred _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Penalty for late payment:** guilty of a petty offense _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute or source:** 23-353 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> When an employee is discharged from the service of an employer, he shall be paid wages due him within seven working days or the end of the next regular pay period, whichever is sooner.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Deadline after quitting

> When an employee quits the service of an employer he shall be paid in the usual manner all wages due him no later than the regular payday for the pay period during which the termination occurred.

### Penalty for late payment

> A person violating this section is guilty of a petty offense.

### Statute or source

> 23-353. Payment of wages of discharged employee; violation; classification

## Source

- https://www.azleg.gov/ars/23/00353.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-08-31.
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