Title 13 — Criminal Code
48 chapters · 981 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 13-3601 Domestic violence; definition; classification; sentencing option; arrest and procedure for violation; weapon seizure
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A. "Domestic violence" means any act that is a dangerous crime against children as defined in section 13-705 or an offense prescribed in section 13-1102, 13-1103, 13-1104, 13-1105, 13-1201, 13-1202, 13-1203, 13-1204, 13-1302, 13-1303, 13-1304, 13-1406, 13-1425, 13-1502, 13-1503, …
A.R.S. § 13-3601.01 Domestic violence; treatment; definition
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A. The judge shall order a person who is convicted of a misdemeanor domestic violence offense to complete a domestic violence offender treatment program that is provided by a facility approved by the court pursuant to rules adopted by the supreme court, the department of health s…
A.R.S. § 13-3601.02 Aggravated domestic violence; classification; definition
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A. A person is guilty of aggravated domestic violence if the person within a period of eighty-four months commits a third or subsequent violation of a domestic violence offense or is convicted of a violation of a domestic violence offense and has previously been convicted of any …
A.R.S. § 13-3602 Order of protection; procedure; contents; arrest for violation; penalty; protection order from another jurisdiction; definition
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A. A person may file a verified petition, as in civil actions, with a magistrate, justice of the peace or superior court judge for an order of protection for the purpose of restraining a person from committing an act included in domestic violence. If the person is a minor, the pa…
A.R.S. § 13-3603.01 Partial-birth abortions; classification; civil action; definitions
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A. Any physician who knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion and thereby kills a human fetus is guilty of a class 6 felony and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. B. This section does not apply to a partial-birth abortion that is ne…
A.R.S. § 13-3603.02 Abortion; sex and race selection; genetic abnormality; injunctive and civil relief; failure to report; definitions
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A. Except in a medical emergency, a person who knowingly does any of the following is guilty of a class 6 felony: 1. Performs an abortion knowing that the abortion is sought based on the sex or race of the child or the race of a parent of that child. 2. Performs an abortion knowi…
A.R.S. § 13-3605 Advertising to produce abortion or prevent conception; punishment
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A person who wilfully writes, composes or publishes a notice or advertisement of any medicine or means for producing or facilitating a miscarriage or abortion, or for prevention of conception, or who offers his services by a notice, advertisement or otherwise, to assist in the ac…
A.R.S. § 13-3606 Bigamy; classification; exception
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A. A person having a spouse living who knowingly marries any other person is guilty of a class 5 felony. B. Subsection A of this section does not extend to a person whose spouse by the former marriage has been absent for five successive years without being known to such person wi…
A.R.S. § 13-3607 Marrying spouse of another; classification
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A person who knowingly marries the spouse of another, in any case in which such spouse would be guilty of bigamy, is guilty of a class 5 felony.
A.R.S. § 13-3608 Incest; classification
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Persons who are eighteen or more years of age and are within the degrees of consanguinity within which marriages are declared by law to be incestuous and void, who knowingly intermarry with each other, or who knowingly commit fornication or adultery with each other are guilty of …
A.R.S. § 13-3609 Child bigamy; classification; definitions
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A. A person commits child bigamy if the person knowingly does any of the following: 1. Is at least eighteen years of age, has a spouse and marries a child. 2. Is at least eighteen years of age and, either alone or in association with others, directs, causes or controls the marria…
A.R.S. § 13-3610 Abandonment of spouse; classification
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A married person, having sufficient ability to provide for his or her spouse's support or who is able to earn the means of such spouse's support, who knowingly abandons and leaves such spouse in a destitute condition, is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.
A.R.S. § 13-3611 Refusal or neglect to provide for spouse; classification
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A married person, having sufficient ability to provide for his or her spouse's support or who is able to earn the means of such spouse's support, who knowingly fails or refuses to provide the spouse with necessary food, clothing, shelter or medical attendance, unless by such spou…
A.R.S. § 13-3612 Definitions; contributing to dependency or delinquency
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For the purposes of sections 13-3613 through 13-3618, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Delinquency" means any act that tends to debase or injure the morals, health or welfare of a child. 2. "Delinquent person" includes any person under the age of eighteen years who viol…
A.R.S. § 13-3613 Contributing to delinquency and dependency; classification; procedure
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A. A person who by any act, causes, encourages or contributes to the dependency or delinquency of a child, as defined by section 13-3612, or who for any cause is responsible therefor is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor. B. The procedure and prosecution shall be the same as in othe…
A.R.S. § 13-3614 Proof of guilt
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In order to find a person guilty of violating the provisions of section 13-3613, it is not necessary to prove that the child has actually become dependent or delinquent, if it appears from the evidence that through any act of neglect or omission of duty, or by any improper act or…
A.R.S. § 13-3615 Suspension of sentence upon posting bond; custody of child; revocation of suspension
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A. The sentence which may be imposed by section 13-3613, or its execution, may be suspended by the court upon condition that defendant give a good and sufficient bond to the state in such penal sum as the court determines, not exceeding one thousand dollars, conditioned for the p…
A.R.S. § 13-3616 Conditions of bond; forfeiture; disposition of proceeds recovered
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A. A condition of the bond provided in section 13-3615, shall be that it shall not be necessary to bring a separate action to recover the penalty of such bond if forfeited, but that the court may order a citation to issue to the sureties thereon, requiring that they appear at a t…
A.R.S. § 13-3617 Limitation on period of suspension or stay; discharge of defendant
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Sentence shall not be suspended, or execution stayed, for more than two years, and if at any time within such period, it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the person has complied with the conditions of the suspension, or is for any cause entitled to be released, the c…
A.R.S. § 13-3618 Construction and effect of chapter
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A. The provisions of sections 13-3612 through 13-3618 shall be liberally construed in favor of the state for the protection of the child from neglect or omission of parental duty toward the child, and also to protect children of the state from the effects of the improper conduct,…
A.R.S. § 13-3619 Permitting life, health or morals of minor to be imperiled by neglect, abuse or immoral associations; classification
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A person having custody of a minor under sixteen years of age who knowingly causes or permits the life of such minor to be endangered, its health to be injured or its moral welfare to be imperiled, by neglect, abuse or immoral associations, is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.
A.R.S. § 13-3620 Duty to report abuse, physical injury, neglect and denial or deprivation of medical or surgical care or nourishment of minors; medical records; exception; violation; classification; definitions
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A. Any person who reasonably believes that a minor is or has been the victim of physical injury, abuse, child abuse, a reportable offense or neglect that appears to have been inflicted on the minor by other than accidental means or that is not explained by the available medical h…
A.R.S. § 13-3620.01 False reports; violation; classification
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A. A person acting with malice who knowingly and intentionally makes a false report of child abuse or neglect or a person acting with malice who coerces another person to make a false report of child abuse or neglect is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor. B. A person who knowingly a…
A.R.S. § 13-3621 Hire or use of child under sixteen for public vocation; classification
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A person having in his care, custody or control, in any capacity, a child under the age of sixteen years, who knowingly sells, apprentices or otherwise disposes of such child to any person under any name, title or pretense for the purpose of giving a performance, begging or peddl…
A.R.S. § 13-3622 Furnishing of tobacco product, vapor product or tobacco or shisha instruments or paraphernalia to underage person; underage person accepting or receiving tobacco product, vapor product or tobacco or shisha instruments or paraphernalia; illegally obtaining tobacco product, vapor product or tobacco or shisha instruments or paraphernalia by underage person; classification; definitions
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A. A person who knowingly sells, gives or furnishes a tobacco product, a vapor product or any instrument or paraphernalia that is solely designed for smoking or ingesting tobacco or shisha, including a hookah or waterpipe, to a person who is under twenty-one years of age is guilt…
A.R.S. § 13-3623 Child or vulnerable adult abuse; emotional abuse; classification; exceptions; definitions
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A. Under circumstances likely to produce death or serious physical injury, any person who causes a child or vulnerable adult to suffer physical injury or, having the care or custody of a child or vulnerable adult, who causes or permits the person or health of the child or vulnera…
A.R.S. § 13-3623.01 Safe haven for newborn infants; definitions
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A. A person is not guilty of abuse of a child pursuant to section 13-3623, subsection B solely for leaving an unharmed newborn infant with a safe haven provider. B. A fire station and a health care institution that is classified by the department of health services pursuant to se…
A.R.S. § 13-3624 Emergency orders of protection
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A. In counties with a population of one hundred fifty thousand persons or more, the presiding judge of the superior court, during the hours that the courts are closed, shall make available on a rotating basis a judge, justice of the peace, magistrate or commissioner who shall iss…
A.R.S. § 13-3625 Unlawful sale or purchase of children; classification
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A. Except for adoptions pursuant to title 8, chapter 1 and guardianships pursuant to title 14, chapter 5, a person shall not sell or offer to sell a child for money or other valuable consideration and shall not purchase or offer to purchase a child in exchange for money or other …