LOG IN. Professional Excavators. Political Signs. Project Designers. Special Events. Contact Arizona from anywhere in Arizona at least two full working days prior to digging. You can also make your ticket request online using E-Stake. Homeowners, and even some professional excavators, still make risky assumptions about whether they need to have utility lines marked.
Protect yourself and your family, or co-workers at a job site. By the way, digging is just one of the many activities that requires you to contact Arizona first. If your job calls for any of these activities, call or use Exactix to create your request online. In Arizona, locators have two full working days to respond that excludes weekends and state holidays, so plan accordingly.
You might also be contacted by telephone or email. Just remember: Wait until you receive responses from every single utility listed on your ticket!
If the two full working days have passed and not all utilities listed on your ticket have responded, or if you have any questions about the marks or the process, call So you contacted Arizona before digging and then waited two full working days for buried cables, lines and pipes to be marked. Well, almost time โฆ. Utility locators โ possibly from multiple companies and local municipalities โ have been to the dig site you identified and marked the location of underground facilities with paint or flags, or informed you they have nothing in conflict.
Still, Arizona advises you to double-check the dig site before proceeding with your project. As you excavate, make sure you always dig around the marks, not on them. In Arizona you are required by law to use only hand tools within two feet 24 inches of marked facilities. Even when hand digging, use extreme caution. Some utility lines might be very shallow and an unintended shovel thrust can bring you right back to square one โ facing potentially dangerous or costly consequences.
