Property Ownership

In Arizona, tenants in common differ from joint tenants in that tenants in common:

AMust hold equal shares
BHave the right of survivorship
CMay hold unequal shares and their interest passes by will or intestacy✓ Correct
DCannot sell their interest without all co-owners' consent

Explanation

Tenants in common may hold unequal shares, and each owner's interest passes to their heirs or devisees upon death — not to the surviving co-owners. There is no right of survivorship.

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