Frequently Asked Questions

Current Precinct Committeemen(PDF, 230KB)

All other questions regarding the list of Precinct Committeemen can be directed to the Clerk of the Board’s Office at (928) 771-3200

Board actions, agenda, minutes, ordinances, resolution, county contracts, etc

Clerk of the Board
1015 Fair Street, 3rd Floor
Prescott, AZ 86305
(928) 771-3200

Permits, land use and zoning, etc

Development Services
1120 Commerce Dr.
Prescott, AZ 86305
(928) 771-3214

Incident & accident reports, etc

Sheriff’s Office
Records Dept
255 E. Gurley Street, 1st Floor
Prescott, AZ 86301
(928) 771-3260

The County is divided into five districts. To find out which district you are located in, you may review the list of Supervisor District Communities(PDF, 83KB).

You may also look at the map of Supervisor Districts(PDF, 6MB).

Or visit the Board of Supervisors website for more information.

All of Yavapai County is “Open Range”. At this time, Yavapai County does not have a “No-Fence District”.

For more information you may find the following resources helpful:

• Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS) Title 3, Chapter 11, Article 8
• The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension

A quorum is a majority of the members of the public body unless otherwise provided by law. For purposes of computing whether a quorum is present, vacancies must be included unless otherwise provided for by law.

Yes. The open meeting law does not require that a public body offer a call to the public. The public has a right to attend meetings, not participate in meetings. Ariz. Att’y Gen. Op. 78-1. If the public body allows a call to the public, the public body determines when attendees may address the public body and may place time restrictions.

In addition, the public body may not discuss or take action on matters raised during the call to the public that are not specifically identified on the agenda, but may respond to criticism, ask staff to review a matter, or ask that a matter be placed on a future agenda.

Yes. At the end of the call to the public, public officials may ask staff to review a matter, or ask that a matter raised by a member of the public be put on a future agenda.

A public body may meet in executive session for one of seven reasons:

• personnel discussions
• confidential records
• legal advice
• litigation, contract negotiations, and settlement discussions
• employee salary discussions
• discussion regarding international, interstate, and tribal negotiations
• discussion regarding the purchase, sale, or lease of real property

A.R.S. § 38-431.03

Any entity, however designated, that is officially established on motion or order of a public body or presiding officer of the public body, and whose members have been appointed for the specific purpose of making a recommendation concerning a decision to be made or considered or a course of conduct to be taken or considered by the public body is subject to all of the open meeting law requirements.

A.R.S. § 38-431.01 was amended and requires subcommittees and advisory committees to take meeting minutes or record all of their meetings, including executive sessions.

The Tax Lien Sale is conducted by the Treasurer’s Office on parcels that have 1 to 2 years delinquent taxes owing on them. The bidding is on the interest percentage rate that you would earn on your initial investment starting at 16% per year and bidding down from that rate. For more information on this process, please visit the Yavapai County Treasurer’s website.

The Tax Deeded Property Auction is conducted by the Board of Supervisors Office on parcels that have more than seven years of taxes owing on them.

Yavapai County Board of Supervisors' Property Tax Sales

Board of Equalization