Title 1, General Provisions
8 chapters · 67 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 1-201 Adoption of common law; exceptions
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The common law only so far as it is consistent with and adapted to the natural and physical conditions of this state and the necessities of the people thereof, and not repugnant to or inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States or the constitution or laws of this stat…
A.R.S. § 1-202 Private and corporate seals or scrolls; effect
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Unless otherwise specifically required by law, no private or corporate seal or scroll is necessary to establish the validity of any contract, bond, conveyance or other instrument of writing, nor shall the addition or omission of any private or corporate seal or scroll in any way …
A.R.S. § 1-211 Rules of construction and definitions
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A. The rules and the definitions set forth in this chapter shall be observed in the construction of the laws of the state unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature. B. Statutes shall be liberally construed to effect their objects a…
A.R.S. § 1-212 Section headings; source notes; reviser's notes; cross references; exception
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Except as provided in section 47-1107, headings to sections, source notes, reviser's notes and cross references are supplied for the purpose of convenient reference and do not constitute part of the law.
A.R.S. § 1-213 Words and phrases
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Words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved use of the language. Technical words and phrases and those which have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law shall be construed according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning.
A.R.S. § 1-214 Words of tense, number and gender
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A. Words in the present tense include the future as well as the present. B. Words in the singular number include the plural, and words in the plural number include the singular. C. Words of the masculine gender include the feminine and the neuter. D. Words of the feminine gender …
A.R.S. § 1-215 Definitions
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In the statutes and laws of this state, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Action" includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. 2. "Adopted rule" means a final rule as defined in section 41-1001. 3. "Adult" means a person who has attained eighteen year…
A.R.S. § 1-216 Joint authority of public officers; quorum of board or commission
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A. Words purporting to give a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons shall be construed as giving the authority to a majority of the officers or persons unless it is otherwise expressly declared in the law giving the authority. B. A majority of a board …
A.R.S. § 1-217 Definitions of certain words when used in pleadings
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In pleadings, civil or criminal: 1. "Horse" includes all kinds, ages and sexes of the horse species. 2. "Mule" includes all kinds, ages and sexes of the mule species. 3. "Neat animal" includes all kinds, ages and sexes of the bovine species.
A.R.S. § 1-218 Filing by mail; date of filing
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A. Any report, claim, tax return, statement, payment, deposit or other material dealing in any way or manner with taxation, other than petitions or notices of appeal, that is required or authorized to be filed with or made to this state or any agency or political subdivision of t…
A.R.S. § 1-219 Interpretation of laws; unborn child; definition
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A. The laws of this state shall be interpreted and construed to acknowledge, on behalf of an unborn child at every stage of development, all rights, privileges and immunities available to other persons, citizens and residents of this state, subject only to the Constitution of the…
A.R.S. § 1-241 Time statutes take effect
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A. An act or statute which by its terms is to take effect on a specified day shall, unless otherwise provided in the act or statute, take effect at twelve o'clock noon on the day specified. B. An act or statute, which by its terms is to take effect from and after a specified day,…
A.R.S. § 1-242 Standard time
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A. The standard time in Arizona shall be the solar time of the one hundred fifth meridian west of Greenwich, commonly known as standard mountain time. B. This section shall not be construed to affect the standard time established by United States law governing the movements of co…
A.R.S. § 1-243 Computation of time
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A. Except as provided in subsection B, the time in which an act is required to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last day, unless the last day is a holiday, and then it is also excluded. B. In cases in which notice of a decision by the state, …
A.R.S. § 1-244 Retroactivity of statutes
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No statute is retroactive unless expressly declared therein.
A.R.S. § 1-245 Subsequent statute as superseding former law
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When a statute has been enacted and has become a law, no other statute or law is continued in force because it is consistent with the statute enacted, but in all cases provided for by the subsequent statute, the statutes, laws and rules theretofore in force, whether consistent or…
A.R.S. § 1-246 Penalty altered by subsequent law; effect
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When the penalty for an offense is prescribed by one law and altered by a subsequent law, the penalty of such second law shall not be inflicted for a breach of the law committed before the second took effect, but the offender shall be punished under the law in force when the offe…
A.R.S. § 1-247 Repeal of law and substitution of penalty; effect
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When by the provisions of a repealing statute a new penalty is substituted for an offense punishable under the law repealed, such repealing statute shall not exempt from punishment a person who has offended against the repealed law while it was in force, but in such case the rule…
A.R.S. § 1-248 Repealing acts; certain laws not affected
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A repealing act shall not affect: 1. Any law funding the territorial or state debt. 2. Any law authorizing the issuance of, funding of, or payment of principal or interest on, territorial bonds, bonds of the state, bonds of an agency, institution, department or political subdivis…
A.R.S. § 1-249 Repealing act; effect on pending action or accrued right
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No action or proceeding commenced before a repealing act takes effect, and no right accrued is affected by the repealing act, but proceedings therein shall conform to the new act so far as applicable.
A.R.S. § 1-250 Change of limitation; effect
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When a limitation or period of time prescribed in a law for acquiring a right or barring a remedy or for any purpose has begun to run before an act repealing such law takes effect and the same or any other limitation is prescribed in any other act passed at the same session of th…
A.R.S. § 1-251 Act abolishing office; effect on tenure
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A person who at the time an act takes effect holds office under a law repealed by such act continues to hold the office according to the tenure of the law repealed, unless the duties of the office are expressly transferred to some other office.
A.R.S. § 1-252 Repeal of repealing statute; effect
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The repeal or abrogation of a statute, law or rule does not revive the former statute, law or rule theretofore repealed or abrogated, nor does it affect any right then already existing or accrued at the time of such repeal, nor any action or proceeding theretofore taken, except s…
A.R.S. § 1-253 Effect of penal laws on civil remedies, forfeitures, military laws and contempts
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A. The omission to specify or affirm by law liability to damages, penalty, forfeiture or other remedy imposed by law and allowed to be recovered or enforced in a civil action or proceeding for an act or omission declared punishable by law, does not affect a right to recover or en…
A.R.S. § 1-254 Limitation on duty of statutory implementation; legislative appropriation requirement
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No statute may be construed to impose a duty on an officer, agent or employee of this state to discharge a responsibility or to create any right in a person or group if the discharge or right would require an expenditure of state monies in excess of the expenditure authorized by …
A.R.S. § 1-255 Adopting statute by reference; subsequent amendments
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A reference to a statute or portion of a statute applies to all reenactments, revisions or amendments of the statute or portion of the statute.
A.R.S. § 1-271 Sovereign authority; affordable care act; definition
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A. Pursuant to the sovereign authority of this state and article II, section 3, Constitution of Arizona, this state and all political subdivisions of this state are prohibited from using any personnel or financial resources to enforce, administer or cooperate with the affordable …
A.R.S. § 1-272 Sovereign authority; right of the people to keep and bear arms
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Pursuant to the sovereign authority of this state and article II, section 3, Constitution of Arizona, this state and all political subdivisions of this state are prohibited from using any personnel or financial resources to enforce, administer or cooperate with any act, law, trea…