Title 13 — Criminal Code
48 chapters · 981 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 13-3701 Unlawful use of food stamps; classification; definitions
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A. A person commits unlawful use of food stamps if the person knowingly: 1. Uses, transfers, acquires, possesses or redeems food stamps by means of a false statement or representation, a material omission or the failure to disclose a change in circumstances or by any other fraudu…
A.R.S. § 13-3702 Defacing or damaging petroglyphs, pictographs, caves or caverns; classification
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A. A person commits defacing or damaging petroglyphs, pictographs, caves or caverns if such person knowingly, without the prior written permission of the owner: 1. Breaks, breaks off, cracks, carves upon, writes or otherwise marks upon or in any manner destroys, mutilates, injure…
A.R.S. § 13-3702.01 Excavating certain sites; collecting certain specimens; classification
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A. A person who knowingly excavates in violation of section 41-841, subsection A without obtaining a permit as required under section 41-842 is guilty of a class 5 felony. A second or subsequent violation under this subsection is a class 3 felony. B. A person who knowingly collec…
A.R.S. § 13-3703 Abuse of venerated objects; classification
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A. A person commits abuse of venerated objects by intentionally: 1. Desecrating any public monument, memorial or property of a public park; or 2. In any manner likely to provoke immediate physical retaliation: (a) Exhibiting or displaying, placing or causing to be placed any word…
A.R.S. § 13-3704 Adding poison or other harmful substance to food, drink or medicine; classification
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A. A person commits adding poison or another harmful substance to water, food, drink or medicine if the person intends to harm another human being and the person knowingly: 1. Introduces, adds or mingles any poison, bacterium, virus or chemical compound into any spring, well or r…
A.R.S. § 13-3705 Unlawful copying or sale of sounds or images from recording devices; true name and address of articles; definitions; classification
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A. A person commits unlawful copying or sale of sounds or images from recording devices by knowingly: 1. Manufacturing an article without the consent of the owner. 2. Distributing an article with the knowledge that the sounds thereon have been so transferred without the consent o…
A.R.S. § 13-3706 Failure to procure or exhibit a business license; classification
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A. A person commits failure to procure or exhibit a business license if such person knowingly commences or transacts any business, profession or calling, for which a license is required by any law of this state, without procuring the license prescribed for transacting such busine…
A.R.S. § 13-3707 Telecommunication fraud; classification; definitions
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A. A person commits telecommunication fraud if the person does any of the following: 1. With the intent to defraud another of the lawful charge for telecommunication service, obtains or attempts to obtain any telecommunication service by: (a) Charging or attempting to charge the …
A.R.S. § 13-3708 Sale or transfer of motor vehicle; lien disclosure; classification
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A. A person shall not knowingly sell or transfer the person's ownership in a motor vehicle without disclosing to the purchaser or transferee that the motor vehicle is subject to a restitution lien pursuant to section 13-806. B. A person who violates this section is guilty of a cl…
A.R.S. § 13-3709 Obtaining cable television and video services fraudulently; manufacturing, distributing and selling unauthorized decoding devices; classification; definition
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A. Any person who with the intent to defraud another of any part of the lawful charge for services that are provided over or by a licensed cable television system as defined in section 9-505 or a licensed video service network makes any unauthorized connection, whether physically…
A.R.S. § 13-3710 Obtaining subscription television services; manufacture, distribution and sale of interception and decoding devices; violation; classification; civil remedy; punitive damages
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A. A person who for profit does either of the following is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor: 1. Knowingly attaches or causes to be attached any device or devices to a television set, videotape recorder or other equipment intended to receive television transmissions or incorporates…
A.R.S. § 13-3711 Unlawful commercial use of cigarette machines; civil penalties; forfeiture; classification
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A. It is unlawful to possess, use or make available for use for commercial purposes a tobacco product rolling vending machine. A tobacco product rolling vending machine located in a nonresidential premises is presumed to be possessed, used or available for use for commercial purp…
A.R.S. § 13-3712 Interruption of or injury to cable television and video systems; classification
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Any person who, without the consent of the owner, knowingly tampers with, removes or injures any cable, wire, microwave or other component of a licensed cable television system as defined in section 9-505 or licensed video service network or knowingly interrupts the service of th…
A.R.S. § 13-3713 Consideration for referral of patient, client or customer; fraud; violation; classification
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A. Except for payments from a medical researcher to a physician licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17 in connection with identifying and monitoring patients for a clinical trial regulated by the United States food and drug administration, a person who knowingly offers, …
A.R.S. § 13-3714 Aggravated or multiple violations of insurance code; classification
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A person who knowingly performs any act for which the person is required to be licensed under title 20, chapter 2, article 3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 or 3.5 to lawfully perform and the person has been previously licensed pursuant to title 20, chapter 2, article 3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 or 3.5, but…
A.R.S. § 13-3715 Unauthorized manufacture, duplication, use or possession of key to a public building; classification
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A. A person who knowingly causes to be manufactured or duplicated or who possesses or uses a key to any building or other area owned, operated or controlled by this state or any agency, board, commission, institution or political subdivision of this state without authorization fr…
A.R.S. § 13-3716 Unlawful failure to give notice of conviction of dangerous crime against children or child abuse; classification
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A. It is unlawful for a person who has been convicted of a dangerous crime against children as defined in section 13-705 or child abuse pursuant to section 13-3623, subsection A or subsection B, paragraph 1 to fail to give notice of the fact of the conviction to a business instit…
A.R.S. § 13-3717 Unlawful subleasing of motor vehicle; violation; classification; definitions
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A. A person engages in an act of unlawful subleasing of a motor vehicle if all of the following conditions are met: 1. The motor vehicle is subject to a lease contract, retail installment contract or security agreement the terms of which prohibit the transfer or assignment of any…
A.R.S. § 13-3718 Sale of ticket in excess of regular price; classification; definition
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A. It is unlawful for any person to sell or offer to sell a ticket of admission to an event, which ticket was purchased for the purpose of resale, for a price in excess of the price as printed on the face of the ticket, plus lawful taxes and any other charge or assessment which i…
A.R.S. § 13-3719 Obtaining wireless telecommunications services or wireless telecommunications devices fraudulently; manufacturing, distributing and selling unauthorized decoding devices; classification; definitions
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A. A person who with the intent to defraud another person of any part of the lawful charge for services that are provided over or by a wireless telecommunications service or wireless telecommunications device, who makes any unauthorized connection, whether physically, electricall…
A.R.S. § 13-3720 Dropping objects from overpass; classification; definition
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A. A person on an overpass who with criminal negligence drops, throws, shoots or otherwise propels an object at or on the lower level street or highway or at or on a motor vehicle that is standing or being operated on the lower level street or highway is guilty of a class 1 misde…
A.R.S. § 13-3721 Tattoos, brands, scarifications and piercings; minors; anesthesia; exception; defense; violation; classification; definitions
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A. It is unlawful for a person: 1. To intentionally brand, scarify, implant, mutilate, tattoo or pierce the body of a person who is under eighteen years of age without the physical presence of the parent or legal guardian of the person requesting the brand, scar, tattoo, implant,…
A.R.S. § 13-3722 Solicitations for American veterans' organizations; approval; violation; classification
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A. It is unlawful for a person to solicit money or other support in the name of American veterans unless the veterans' organization for which the person is soliciting money or other support files a registration statement with the secretary of state in a format prescribed by the s…
A.R.S. § 13-3723 Unlawful operation of a recording device with the intent to record a motion picture; classification; definitions
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A. It is unlawful for a person to knowingly operate an audiovisual recording function of a device in a facility in which a motion picture is being exhibited with the intent to record the motion picture when that person knew or should have known they were doing so without the cons…
A.R.S. § 13-3724 Obtaining utility service fraudulently; classification; definitions
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A. It is unlawful for any customer or person to intentionally do any of the following: 1. Make a connection or reconnection with property that is owned or used by a utility to provide utility service without the authorization or consent of the utility. 2. Prevent a utility meter …
A.R.S. § 13-3725 Interference with monitoring devices; classification
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A. A person commits interference with monitoring devices by either: 1. Being required to be on electronic monitoring or global position system monitoring and removing or bypassing any device or equipment that is necessary for the electronic monitoring or global position system mo…
A.R.S. § 13-3726 Unauthorized use of the name, portrait or picture of a deceased soldier; civil action; exceptions; classification; definition
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A. A person shall not knowingly use the name, portrait or picture of a deceased soldier for the purpose of advertising for the sale of any goods, wares or merchandise or for the solicitation of patronage for any business without having obtained prior consent to the use by the sol…
A.R.S. § 13-3727 Unlawful residency; persons convicted of criminal offenses; exceptions; preemption; classification
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A. It is unlawful for a person who has been convicted of a dangerous crime against children as defined in section 13-705, or who has been convicted of an offense committed in another jurisdiction that if committed in this state would be a dangerous crime against children as defin…
A.R.S. § 13-3728 Unlawful purchase, solicitation, advertisement, possession or sale of used detached catalytic converter; classification; definition
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A. It is unlawful for a person to purchase, solicit, advertise, possess or sell a used detached catalytic converter or any nonferrous parts of a catalytic converter. B. Subsection A of this section does not apply to: 1. The possession or sale of a used detached catalytic converte…
A.R.S. § 13-3729 Unlawful operation of model or unmanned aircraft; state preemption; classification; definitions
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1. Is prohibited by a federal law or regulation that governs aeronautics, including federal aviation administration regulations. 2. Interferes with a law enforcement, firefighter or emergency services operation. B. It is unlawful for a person to operate or use an unmanned aircraf…
A.R.S. § 13-3730 Unlawful patient brokering; classification; definition
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A. It is unlawful for a person, including a health care provider, behavioral health professional, health care institution or sober living home, to offer, pay, solicit or receive any commission, bonus, rebate, kickback or bribe, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, or engag…
A.R.S. § 13-3731 Unlawful food or drink contamination; damages; classification
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B. The cost to clean up and sanitize the contaminated area and any monetary compensation that was provided to a human being who consumed the contaminated water, food, drink or other product may be included in calculating the dollar amount of the damages caused by the contaminatio…
A.R.S. § 13-3732 Unlawful video recording of law enforcement activity; classification; definition
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A. It is unlawful for a person to knowingly make a video recording of law enforcement activity if the person making the video recording is within eight feet of where the person knows or reasonably should know that law enforcement activity is occurring, either receives or has prev…
A.R.S. § 13-3733 Failure to maintain adequate records; intentional destruction of records; classification; definition
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A. A person commits failure to maintain adequate records if the Arizona health care cost containment system determines that a sufficient basis exists that the person has engaged in fraud related to the Arizona health care cost containment system, the Arizona health care cost cont…