2 chapters · 31 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 39-101 Permanent public records; quality; storage; violation; classification
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A. Permanent public records of the state, a county, city or town, or other political subdivision of the state, shall be transcribed or kept on paper or other material which is of durable or permanent quality and which conforms to standards established by the director of the Arizo…
A.R.S. § 39-102 Annual report; copies
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Unless otherwise specifically required by law, each agency, board, commission and department which prepares an annual report of its activities shall prepare and distribute as provided by law copies of such annual report on twenty pound bond paper printed with black ink except tha…
A.R.S. § 39-103 Size of public records; exemptions
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A. All public records of this state or a political subdivision of this state created on paper, regardless of weight or composition, shall conform to standard letter size of eight and one-half inches by eleven inches, within standard paper manufacturing tolerances. B. This section…
A.R.S. § 39-121 Inspection of public records
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Public records and other matters in the custody of any officer shall be open to inspection by any person at all times during office hours.
A.R.S. § 39-121.01 Definitions; maintenance of records; copies, printouts or photographs of public records; examination by mail; index
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A. In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Officer" means any person elected or appointed to hold any elective or appointive office of any public body and any chief administrative officer, head, director, superintendent or chairman of any public body. 2. "Publ…
A.R.S. § 39-121.02 Action on denial of access; costs and attorney fees; damages
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A. Any person who has requested to examine or copy public records pursuant to this article and who has been denied access to or the right to copy such records may appeal the denial through a special action in the superior court pursuant to the rules of procedure for special actio…
A.R.S. § 39-121.03 Request for copies, printouts or photographs; statement of purpose; commercial purpose as abuse of public record; determination by governor; civil penalty; definition
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A. When a person requests copies, printouts or photographs of public records for a commercial purpose, the person shall provide a statement setting forth the commercial purpose for which the copies, printouts or photographs will be used. Upon being furnished the statement the cus…
A.R.S. § 39-121.04 Public access to law enforcement records depicting certain witnesses or crime victims; victim rights
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A. In a special action brought pursuant to this article for the release of any record created or received by or in the possession of a law enforcement or prosecution agency that relates to a criminal investigation or prosecution and that visually depicts the image of a witness un…
A.R.S. § 39-122 Free searches for and copies of public records to be used in claims against United States; liability for noncompliance
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A. No state, county or city, or any officer or board thereof shall demand or receive a fee or compensation for issuing certified copies of public records or for making search for them, when they are to be used in connection with a claim for a pension, allotment, allowance, compen…
A.R.S. § 39-123 Information identifying eligible persons; confidentiality; definitions
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A. Nothing in this chapter requires disclosure from a personnel file by a law enforcement agency or employing state or local governmental entity of the home address or home telephone number of eligible persons or the address of a property held in trust by a public official. B. Th…
A.R.S. § 39-123.01 Personal identifying information of crime witnesses; redaction of crime witness's name; exceptions; confidentiality; definitions
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A. The personal identifying information of a witness to a crime contained in a record that is created or received by a law enforcement or prosecution agency and that is related to a criminal investigation or prosecution may not be disclosed by a public body pursuant to this artic…
A.R.S. § 39-124 Releasing information identifying an eligible person; violations; classification; definitions
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A. Any person who is employed by a state or local government entity and who, in violation of section 39-123, knowingly releases the home address or home telephone number of an eligible person or the address of a property held in trust by a public official with the intent to hinde…
A.R.S. § 39-125 Information relating to location of archaeological discoveries and places or objects included or eligible for inclusion on the Arizona register of historic places; confidentiality
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Nothing in this chapter requires the disclosure of public records or other matters in the office of any officer that relate to the location of archaeological discoveries as described in section 41-841 or 41-844 or places or objects that are included on or may qualify for inclusio…
A.R.S. § 39-126 Federal risk assessments of infrastructure; confidentiality
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Nothing in this chapter requires the disclosure of a risk assessment that is performed by or on behalf of a federal agency to evaluate critical energy, water or telecommunications infrastructure to determine its vulnerability to sabotage or attack.
A.R.S. § 39-126.01 Local government; telecommunications infrastructure records; nondisclosure; exceptions
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A. Except as provided in subsection B, a city, town or county shall not disclose any records relating to the construction of wireline telecommunications infrastructure, including the location of lines, equipment and plants used for telecommunications services on or along public s…
A.R.S. § 39-127 Free copies of police reports, audio recordings, video recordings and transcripts for crime victims; definitions
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A. A victim of a criminal offense that is a part I crime under the statewide uniform crime reporting program, the victim's attorney on behalf of the victim or an immediate family member of the victim if the victim is killed or incapacitated has the right to receive one copy of th…
A.R.S. § 39-128 Disciplinary records of public officers and employees; disclosure; exceptions
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A. A public body shall maintain all records that are reasonably necessary or appropriate to maintain an accurate knowledge of disciplinary actions, including the employee responses to all disciplinary actions, involving public officers or employees of the public body. The records…
A.R.S. § 39-129 Local law enforcement; video recordings; fee
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1. The reasonable cost of reviewing, transmitting, making a copy of and, as necessary, redacting the video recording. 2. Any other relevant information.
A.R.S. § 39-141 Proof of certain lost or destroyed documents or instruments
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Any deed, bond, bill of sale, mortgage, deed of trust, power of attorney or conveyance which is required or permitted by law to be acknowledged or recorded which has been so acknowledged or recorded, or any judgment, order or decree of a court of record in this state or the recor…
A.R.S. § 39-142 Action for restoration and substitution of lost or destroyed documents
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Upon loss or destruction of an instrument as indicated in section 39-141, a person interested therein may bring an action in the superior court of the county where the loss or destruction occurred for restoration and substitution of such instrument against the grantor in a deed, …
A.R.S. § 39-143 Judgment of restoration; recording of judgment; judgment as substitute for original instrument
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A. If upon the trial of the action provided for in section 39-142, the court finds that such instrument existed, and has been lost or destroyed and determines the contents thereof, it shall enter a judgment containing the finding and a description of the lost instrument and conte…
A.R.S. § 39-144 Recording of certified copies of lost or destroyed records or records of a former county
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Certified copies from a record of a county, the record of which has been lost or destroyed, and certified copies from records of the county from which a new county was created, may be recorded in such county when the loss of the original has been first established.
A.R.S. § 39-145 Re-recording of original papers when record destroyed
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When the original papers have been preserved but the record thereof has been lost or destroyed, they may again be recorded within four years from the loss or destruction of such record. The last registration shall have force and effect from the date of the original registration.
A.R.S. § 39-161 Presentment of false instrument for filing; classification
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A person who acknowledges, certifies, notarizes, procures or offers to be filed, registered or recorded in a public office in this state an instrument he knows to be false or forged, which, if genuine, could be filed, registered or recorded under any law of this state or the Unit…
A.R.S. § 39-171 Public records; requests; point of contact
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B. Except if the entity maintains a centralized online portal for submission of public records requests that provides receipt on submission of a request, an employee or department that is authorized and able to provide information requested pursuant to subsection A of this sectio…