Title 13 — Criminal Code
48 chapters · 981 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 13-3001 Definitions
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Aural transfer" means a communication containing the human voice at any point between and including the point of origin and the point of reception. 2. "Child monitoring device" means a device that is capable of transmitt…
A.R.S. § 13-3002 False or forged messages; classification
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A. It is unlawful for a person: 1. Knowingly to send to any person by telegraph or telephone a false or forged message, purporting to be from a telegraph or telephone office, or from any other person. 2. Knowingly to deliver or cause to be delivered to any person a false or forge…
A.R.S. § 13-3003 Opening, reading or publishing sealed letter of another without authority; classification
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A person who knowingly opens or reads or causes to be read a sealed letter not addressed to himself, without being authorized so to do either by the writer of such letter, or by the person to whom it is addressed, or a person who, without like authority, publishes the contents of…
A.R.S. § 13-3004 Sending threatening or anonymous letter; classification
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A person who knowingly sends or delivers to another a letter or writing, whether subscribed or not, threatening to accuse him or another of a crime, or to expose or publish his failings or infirmities, and a writer or sender of an anonymous letter or writing calculated to create …
A.R.S. § 13-3005 Interception of wire, electronic and oral communications; installation of pen register or trap and trace device; classification; exceptions
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A. Except as provided in this section and section 13-3012, a person is guilty of a class 5 felony who either: 1. Intentionally intercepts a wire or electronic communication to which he is not a party, or aids, authorizes, employs, procures or permits another to so do, without the…
A.R.S. § 13-3006 Divulging communication service information; classification; exception
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A person is guilty of a class 6 felony who either: 1. Intentionally and without lawful authority obtains any knowledge of the contents of a wire or electronic communication by connivance with a communication service provider or its officer or employee. 2. Is a communications serv…
A.R.S. § 13-3008 Possession of interception devices; classification
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A. It is unlawful for a person to have in his possession or control any device, contrivance, machine or apparatus designed or primarily useful for the interception of wire, electronic or oral communications as defined in section 13-3001 with the intent to unlawfully use or employ…
A.R.S. § 13-3009 Duty to report to law enforcement officers; classification
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It shall be the duty of every communications service provider and its officers and employees to report any violation of sections 13-3005, 13-3006 and 13-3008 coming within their knowledge to the county attorney having jurisdiction and to the attorney general. Any intentional viol…
A.R.S. § 13-3010 Ex parte order for interception; definition
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A. On application of a county attorney, the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney whom a county attorney or the attorney general designates in writing, any justice of the supreme court, judge of the court of appeals or superior court judge may issue an ex parte order for the…
A.R.S. § 13-3011 Disclosing confidential information relating to ex parte order; exceptions; classification
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A. Except in any trial, hearing or other judicial proceeding, a person shall not knowingly disclose to another person any information concerning either: 1. The application for or the granting or denial of orders for the interception or installation of a pen register or trap and t…
A.R.S. § 13-3012 Exemptions
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The following are exempt from the provisions of this chapter: 1. The interception of wire, electronic or oral communications, the installation and operation of a pen register or trap and trace device, the providing of information, facilities or technical assistance to an investig…
A.R.S. § 13-3013 Defenses
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The following constitute a complete defense to any civil or criminal action brought under this chapter or under any other law: 1. A good faith reliance on an ex parte order or subpoena that is issued pursuant to section 13-3010, 13-3015, 13-3016, 13-3017 or 13-3018. 2. Providing …
A.R.S. § 13-3014 Communication service provider; right to compensation
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Any communication service provider who furnishes information, facilities or technical assistance pursuant to this chapter shall be compensated therefor by the applicant at the prevailing rates.
A.R.S. § 13-3015 Emergency interception
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A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the attorney general or a county attorney or such prosecuting attorneys as they may designate in writing reasonably determines that an emergency situation exists involving immediate danger of death or serious physical inj…
A.R.S. § 13-3016 Stored oral, wire and electronic communications; agency access; backup preservation; delayed notice; records preservation request; violation; classification
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A. This section applies to oral, wire and electronic communications that are entrusted to a communication service provider or remote computing service solely for the purpose of transmission, storage or processing. Oral, wire and electronic communications that are in the possessio…
A.R.S. § 13-3017 Ex parte order for pen register or trap and trace device
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A. Any prosecuting attorney or investigating peace officer of this state or its political subdivisions may apply to any justice of the supreme court, judge of the court of appeals, judge of the superior court or magistrate for an ex parte order authorizing the installation and us…
A.R.S. § 13-3018 Communication service records; subpoenas; application; certification; definition
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A. This section applies to all communication service providers that do business in this state or that furnish communication services to persons within this state. B. The prosecutor may issue a subpoena duces tecum to a communication service provider in order to obtain communicati…
A.R.S. § 13-3019 Surreptitious photographing, videotaping, filming or digitally recording or viewing; exemptions; classification; definitions
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A. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly photograph, videotape, film, digitally record or by any other means secretly view, with or without a device, another person without that person's consent under either of the following circumstances: 1. In a restroom, bathroom, locker …