Title 13 — Criminal Code
48 chapters · 981 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 13-401 Unavailability of justification defense; justification as defense
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A. Even though a person is justified under this chapter in threatening or using physical force or deadly physical force against another, if in doing so such person recklessly injures or kills an innocent third person, the justification afforded by this chapter is unavailable in a…
A.R.S. § 13-402 Justification; execution of public duty
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A. Unless inconsistent with the other sections of this chapter defining justifiable use of physical force or deadly physical force or with some other superseding provision of law, conduct which would otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable when it is required or authorized…
A.R.S. § 13-403 Justification; use of physical force
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The use of physical force upon another person which would otherwise constitute an offense is justifiable and not criminal under any of the following circumstances: 1. A parent or guardian and a teacher or other person entrusted with the care and supervision of a minor or incompet…
A.R.S. § 13-404 Justification; self-defense
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A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a person is justified in threatening or using physical force against another when and to the extent a reasonable person would believe that physical force is immediately necessary to protect himself against the other's use or …
A.R.S. § 13-405 Justification; use of deadly physical force
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A. A person is justified in threatening or using deadly physical force against another: 1. If such person would be justified in threatening or using physical force against the other under section 13-404, and 2. When and to the degree a reasonable person would believe that deadly …
A.R.S. § 13-406 Justification; defense of a third person
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A person is justified in threatening or using physical force or deadly physical force against another to protect a third person if, under the circumstances as a reasonable person would believe them to be, such person would be justified under section 13-404 or 13-405 in threatenin…
A.R.S. § 13-407 Justification; use of physical force in defense of premises
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A. A person or his agent in lawful possession or control of premises is justified in threatening to use deadly physical force or in threatening or using physical force against another when and to the extent that a reasonable person would believe it immediately necessary to preven…
A.R.S. § 13-408 Justification; use of physical force in defense of property
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A person is justified in using physical force against another when and to the extent that a reasonable person would believe it necessary to prevent what a reasonable person would believe is an attempt or commission by the other person of theft or criminal damage involving tangibl…
A.R.S. § 13-409 Justification; use of physical force in law enforcement
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A person is justified in threatening or using physical force against another if in making or assisting in making an arrest or detention or in preventing or assisting in preventing the escape after arrest or detention of that other person, such person uses or threatens to use phys…
A.R.S. § 13-410 Justification; use of deadly physical force in law enforcement
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A. The threatened use of deadly physical force by a person against another is justified pursuant to section 13-409 only if a reasonable person effecting the arrest or preventing the escape would believe the suspect or escapee is: 1. Actually resisting the discharge of a legal dut…
A.R.S. § 13-411 Justification; use of force in crime prevention; applicability
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A. A person is justified in threatening or using both physical force and deadly physical force against another if and to the extent the person reasonably believes that physical force or deadly physical force is immediately necessary to prevent the other's commission of arson of a…
A.R.S. § 13-412 Duress
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A. Conduct which would otherwise constitute an offense is justified if a reasonable person would believe that he was compelled to engage in the proscribed conduct by the threat or use of immediate physical force against his person or the person of another which resulted or could …
A.R.S. § 13-413 No civil liability for justified conduct
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No person in this state shall be subject to civil liability for engaging in conduct otherwise justified pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
A.R.S. § 13-414 Justification; use of reasonable and necessary means
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A correctional officer as defined in section 41-1661 may use all reasonable and necessary means including deadly force to prevent the attempt of a prisoner sentenced to the custody of the state department of corrections to: 1. Escape from custody or from a correctional facility. …
A.R.S. § 13-415 Justification; domestic violence
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If there have been past acts of domestic violence as defined in section 13-3601, subsection A against the defendant by the victim, the state of mind of a reasonable person under sections 13-404, 13-405 and 13-406 shall be determined from the perspective of a reasonable person who…
A.R.S. § 13-416 Justification; use of reasonable and necessary means; definition
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A. A security officer who is employed by a private contractor may use all reasonable and necessary means, including deadly force, to prevent a prisoner in the custody of the private contractor from the following: 1. Escaping from the custody of a law enforcement officer, an autho…
A.R.S. § 13-417 Necessity defense
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A. Conduct that would otherwise constitute an offense is justified if a reasonable person was compelled to engage in the proscribed conduct and the person had no reasonable alternative to avoid imminent public or private injury greater than the injury that might reasonably result…
A.R.S. § 13-418 Justification; use of force in defense of residential structure or occupied vehicles; definitions
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A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person is justified in threatening to use or using physical force or deadly physical force against another person if the person reasonably believes himself or another person to be in imminent peril of death or serious phys…
A.R.S. § 13-419 Presumptions; defense of a residential structure or occupied vehicle; exceptions; definitions
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A. A person is presumed to reasonably believe that the threat or use of physical force or deadly force is immediately necessary for the purposes of sections 13-404 through 13-408, section 13-418 and section 13-421 if the person knows or has reason to believe that the person again…
A.R.S. § 13-420 Attorney fees; costs
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The court shall award reasonable attorney fees, costs, compensation for lost income and all expenses incurred by a defendant in the defense of any civil action based on conduct otherwise justified pursuant to this chapter if the defendant prevails in the civil action.
A.R.S. § 13-421 Justification; defensive display of a firearm; definition
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A. The defensive display of a firearm by a person against another is justified when and to the extent a reasonable person would believe that physical force is immediately necessary to protect himself against the use or attempted use of unlawful physical force or deadly physical f…