If separate actions are brought on the debt and to foreclose the mortgage given to secure it, the plaintiff shall elect which to prosecute and the other shall be dismissed.
A.R.S. § 33-722
Election between action on debt or to foreclose
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case United States v. Dos Cabezas Corp. (1993)
Most recently applied in Royal Palm Corporate Center Ass'n v. PNC Bank, NA (March 2012)
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