Title 13 — Criminal Code
48 chapters · 981 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 13-1102 Negligent homicide; classification
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A. A person commits negligent homicide if with criminal negligence the person causes the death of another person, including an unborn child. B. An offense under this section applies to an unborn child in the womb at any stage of its development. A person may not be prosecuted und…
A.R.S. § 13-1103 Manslaughter; classification
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A. A person commits manslaughter by doing any of the following: 1. Recklessly causing the death of another person. 2. Committing second degree murder as prescribed in section 13-1104, subsection A on a sudden quarrel or heat of passion resulting from adequate provocation by the v…
A.R.S. § 13-1104 Second degree murder; classification
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A. A person commits second degree murder if without premeditation: 1. The person intentionally causes the death of another person, including an unborn child or, as a result of intentionally causing the death of another person, causes the death of an unborn child; or 2. Knowing th…
A.R.S. § 13-1105 First degree murder; classification
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A. A person commits first degree murder if: 1. Intending or knowing that the person's conduct will cause death, the person causes the death of another person, including an unborn child, with premeditation or, as a result of causing the death of another person with premeditation, …
A.R.S. § 13-1201 Endangerment; classification
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A. A person commits endangerment by recklessly endangering another person with a substantial risk of imminent death or physical injury. B. Endangerment involving a substantial risk of imminent death is a class 6 felony. In all other cases, it is a class 1 misdemeanor.
A.R.S. § 13-1202 Threatening or intimidating; classification
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A. A person commits threatening or intimidating if the person threatens or intimidates by word or conduct: 1. To cause physical injury to another person or serious damage to the property of another; or 2. To cause, or in reckless disregard to causing, serious public inconvenience…
A.R.S. § 13-1203 Assault; classification
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A. A person commits assault by: 1. Intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causing any physical injury to another person; or 2. Intentionally placing another person in reasonable apprehension of imminent physical injury; or 3. Knowingly touching another person with the intent to i…
A.R.S. § 13-1204 Aggravated assault; classification; definitions
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(L25, ch. 172, sec. 1; Caution: 1998 Prop 105 applies) A. Until January 1, 2033, a person commits aggravated assault if the person commits assault as prescribed by section 13-1203 under any of the following circumstances: 1. If the person causes serious physical injury to another…
A.R.S. § 13-1204; Version 2 Aggravated assault; classification; definitions
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(L25, ch. 172, sec. 2; Caution: 1998 Prop 105 applies) A. Beginning from and after December 31, 2032, a person commits aggravated assault if the person commits assault as prescribed by section 13-1203 under any of the following circumstances: 1. If the person causes serious physi…
A.R.S. § 13-1205 Unlawfully administering intoxicating liquors, narcotic drug or dangerous drug; classification
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A. A person commits unlawfully administering intoxicating liquors, a narcotic drug or dangerous drug if, for a purpose other than lawful medical or therapeutic treatment, such person knowingly introduces or causes to be introduced into the body of another person, without such oth…
A.R.S. § 13-1206 Dangerous or deadly assault by prisoner or juvenile; classification
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A person, while in the custody of the state department of corrections, the department of juvenile corrections, a law enforcement agency or a county or city jail, who commits an assault involving the discharge, use or threatening exhibition of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrume…
A.R.S. § 13-1207 Prisoners who commit assault with intent to incite to riot or participate in riot; classification
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A. A person, while in the custody of the state department of corrections or a county or city jail, who commits assault on another person with the intent to incite to riot or who participates in a riot is guilty of a class 2 felony. B. A person who is convicted of a violation of t…
A.R.S. § 13-1208 Assault; vicious animals; classification; exception; definition
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A. A person who intentionally or knowingly causes any dog to bite and inflict serious physical injury on a human being or otherwise cause serious physical injury to a human being is guilty of a class 3 felony, unless the person would be justified in using physical force or deadly…
A.R.S. § 13-1209 Drive by shooting; forfeiture; driver license revocation; classification; definitions
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A. A person commits drive by shooting by intentionally discharging a weapon from a motor vehicle at a person, another occupied motor vehicle or an occupied structure. B. Motor vehicles that are used in violation of this section are subject to seizure for forfeiture in the manner …
A.R.S. § 13-1210 Assaults on hospital employees, public safety employees or volunteers and state hospital employees; disease testing; petition; hearing; notice; definitions
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A. A hospital employee, a public safety employee or volunteer or the employing agency, officer or entity may petition the court for an order authorizing testing of another person for the human immunodeficiency virus, common blood borne diseases or other diseases specified in the …
A.R.S. § 13-1211 Discharging a firearm at a structure; classification; definitions
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A. A person who knowingly discharges a firearm at a residential structure is guilty of a class 2 felony. B. A person who knowingly discharges a firearm at a nonresidential structure is guilty of a class 3 felony. C. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Nonresidential structure" …
A.R.S. § 13-1212 Prisoner assault with bodily fluids; liability for costs; classification; definition
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A. A prisoner commits prisoner assault with bodily fluids if the prisoner throws or projects any bodily fluid at or onto a correctional facility employee or private prison security officer who the prisoner knows or reasonably should know is an employee of a correctional facility …
A.R.S. § 13-1213 Aiming a laser pointer at a peace officer or an occupied aircraft; classification; definitions
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A. A person commits aiming a laser pointer at a peace officer if the person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly directs the beam of light from a laser pointer at another person and the person knows or reasonably should know that the other person is a peace officer. B. A person…
A.R.S. § 13-1214 Unlawful mutilation; classification; definition
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A. It is unlawful for a person to: 1. Mutilate a female who is under eighteen years of age. 2. Knowingly transport a female who is under eighteen years of age to another jurisdiction for the purpose of mutilation. 3. Recklessly transport a female who is under eighteen years of ag…
A.R.S. § 13-1215 Hazing; classification; definition
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1. Sexual humiliation or brutality, including forced nudity or an act of sexual penetration, or both. 2. Conduct or conditions, including physical or psychological tactics, that are reasonably calculated to cause severe mental distress to the minor or student, including activitie…
A.R.S. § 13-1216 Hazing planning or organizing; classification
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1. With the intent to promote or aid the commission of hazing, the person agrees with one or more persons that at least one of them or another person will engage in hazing and one of the parties commits an overt act in furtherance of hazing. 2. Intentionally or knowingly engages …
A.R.S. § 13-1301 Definitions
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Relative" means a parent or stepparent, ancestor, descendant, sibling, uncle or aunt, including an adoptive relative of the same degree through marriage or adoption, or a spouse. 2. "Restrain" means to restrict a person'…
A.R.S. § 13-1302 Custodial interference; child born out of wedlock; defenses; classification
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A. A person commits custodial interference if, knowing or having reason to know that the person has no legal right to do so, the person does one of the following: 1. Takes, entices or keeps from lawful custody any child, or any person who is incompetent, and who is entrusted by a…
A.R.S. § 13-1303 Unlawful imprisonment; classification; definition
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A. A person commits unlawful imprisonment by knowingly restraining another person. B. In any prosecution for unlawful imprisonment, it is a defense that: 1. The restraint was accomplished by a peace officer or detention officer acting in good faith in the lawful performance of hi…
A.R.S. § 13-1304 Kidnapping; classification; consecutive sentence
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A. A person commits kidnapping by knowingly restraining another person with the intent to: 1. Hold the victim for ransom, as a shield or hostage; or 2. Hold the victim for involuntary servitude; or 3. Inflict death, physical injury or a sexual offense on the victim, or to otherwi…
A.R.S. § 13-1305 Access interference; classification; definition
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A. A person commits access interference if, knowing or having reason to know that the person has no legal right to do so, the person knowingly engages in a pattern of behavior that prevents, obstructs or frustrates the access rights of a person who is entitled to access to a chil…
A.R.S. § 13-1306 Unlawfully obtaining labor or services; classification
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A. It is unlawful for a person to knowingly obtain the labor or services of another person by doing any of the following: 1. Causing or threatening to cause bodily injury to that person or another person. 2. Restraining or threatening to restrain that person or another person wit…
A.R.S. § 13-1307 Sex trafficking; classification; definitions
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A. It is unlawful for a person to knowingly traffic another person who is eighteen years of age or older with either of the following: 1. The intent to cause the other person to engage in any prostitution or sexually explicit performance by deception, force or coercion. 2. The kn…
A.R.S. § 13-1308 Trafficking of persons for forced labor or services; classification; definitions
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A. It is unlawful for a person to either: 1. Knowingly traffic another person with the intent to or knowledge that the other person will be subject to forced labor or services. 2. Knowingly benefit, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture th…
A.R.S. § 13-1309 Restitution
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The court shall order restitution for any violation of section 13-1306, 13-1307 or 13-1308 or section 13-3212, subsection A, paragraph 9 or 10, including the greater of either the gross income or value to the defendant of the victim's labor or services or the value of the victim'…
A.R.S. § 13-1310 Abduction of child from a state agency; classification; definition
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A. A person commits abduction of a child from a state agency if, knowing or having reason to know that a child is entrusted by authority of law to the custody of a state agency, the person does either of the following: 1. Takes, entices or keeps the child from the lawful custody …
A.R.S. § 13-1401 Definitions; factors
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A. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Oral sexual contact" means oral contact with the penis, vulva or anus. 2. "Position of trust" means a person who is or was any of the following: (a) The minor's parent, stepparent, grandparent, adoptive parent, legal …
A.R.S. § 13-1402 Indecent exposure; exception; classification
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A. A person commits indecent exposure if he or she exposes his or her genitals or anus or she exposes the areola or nipple of her breast or breasts and another person is present, and the defendant is reckless about whether the other person, as a reasonable person, would be offend…
A.R.S. § 13-1403 Public sexual indecency; public sexual indecency to a minor; classification
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A. A person commits public sexual indecency by intentionally or knowingly engaging in any of the following acts, if another person is present, and the defendant is reckless about whether such other person, as a reasonable person, would be offended or alarmed by the act: 1. An act…
A.R.S. § 13-1404 Sexual abuse; classification
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A. A person commits sexual abuse by intentionally or knowingly engaging in sexual contact with any person who is fifteen or more years of age without consent of that person or with any person who is under fifteen years of age if the sexual contact involves only the female breast.…
A.R.S. § 13-1405 Sexual conduct with a minor; classification
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A. A person commits sexual conduct with a minor by intentionally or knowingly engaging in sexual intercourse or oral sexual contact with any person who is under eighteen years of age. B. Sexual conduct with a minor who is twelve years of age or under and who suffers serious physi…
A.R.S. § 13-1406 Sexual assault; classification; increased punishment
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B. Sexual assault is a class 2 felony, and the person convicted shall be sentenced pursuant to this section and the person is not eligible for suspension of sentence, probation, pardon or release from confinement on any basis except as specifically authorized by section 31-233, s…
A.R.S. § 13-1407 Defenses
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A. It is a defense to a prosecution pursuant to sections 13-1404 and 13-1405 involving a minor if the act was done in furtherance of lawful medical practice. B. It is a defense to a prosecution pursuant to sections 13-1404 and 13-1405 in which the victim's lack of consent is base…
A.R.S. § 13-1408 Adultery; classification; punishment; limitation on prosecution
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A. A married person who has sexual intercourse with another than his or her spouse, and an unmarried person who has sexual intercourse with a married person not his or her spouse, commits adultery and is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor. When the act is committed between parties o…
A.R.S. § 13-1409 Unlawful sexual conduct; adult probation department employees; juvenile court employees; classification; definitions
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A. An adult probation department employee or juvenile court employee commits unlawful sexual conduct if the employee knowingly coerces the victim to engage in sexual contact, oral sexual contact or sexual intercourse by either: 1. Threatening to negatively influence the victim's …
A.R.S. § 13-1410 Molestation of a child; classification
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A. A person commits molestation of a child by intentionally or knowingly engaging in or causing a person to engage in sexual contact, except sexual contact with the female breast, with a child who is under fifteen years of age. B. Molestation of a child is a class 2 felony that i…
A.R.S. § 13-1411 Bestiality; classification; definitions
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A. A person commits bestiality by knowingly doing any of the following: 1. Engaging in oral sexual contact, sexual contact or sexual intercourse with an animal. 2. Causing another person to engage in oral sexual contact, sexual contact or sexual intercourse with an animal. 3. Pos…
A.R.S. § 13-1412 Unlawful sexual conduct; peace officers; classification; definitions
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A. A peace officer commits unlawful sexual conduct by knowingly engaging in sexual contact, oral sexual contact or sexual intercourse with any person who is in the officer's custody or a person who the officer knows or has reason to know is the subject of an investigation. B. Unl…
A.R.S. § 13-1413 Capacity of minor sexual assault victim to consent to medical examination
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Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, when it is not possible to contact the parents or legal guardian within the short time span in which the examination should be conducted a minor twelve years of age or older alleged to be the victim of a violation of section 13-1406…
A.R.S. § 13-1414 Expenses of investigation; website notice
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A. Any medical or forensic interview or examination expenses arising out of the need to secure evidence that a person has been the victim of a dangerous crime against children as defined in section 13-705 or a sexual offense pursuant to section 13-1404, 13-1405, 13-1406 or 13-321…
A.R.S. § 13-1415 Human immunodeficiency virus and sexually transmitted disease testing; victim's rights; petition; definitions
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A. A defendant, including a defendant who is a minor, who is alleged to have committed a sexual offense or another offense involving significant exposure is subject to a court order that requires the defendant to submit to testing for the human immunodeficiency virus and other se…
A.R.S. § 13-1416 Admissibility of minor's statement; notice
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A. Except as otherwise provided in title 8, a statement made by a minor who is under the age of ten years describing any sexual offense or physical abuse performed with, on or witnessed by the minor, which is not otherwise admissible by statute or court rule, is admissible in evi…
A.R.S. § 13-1417 Continuous sexual abuse of a child; classification
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A. A person who over a period of three months or more in duration engages in three or more acts in violation of section 13-1405, 13-1406 or 13-1410 with a child who is under fourteen years of age is guilty of continuous sexual abuse of a child. B. Continuous sexual abuse of a chi…
A.R.S. § 13-1418 Sexual misconduct; behavioral health professionals; classification
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A. A behavioral health professional licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 33 or a psychiatrist or psychologist licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13, 17 or 19.1 commits sexual misconduct by intentionally or knowingly engaging in sexual intercourse with a client who is curren…
A.R.S. § 13-1419 Unlawful sexual conduct; correctional facilities; classification; definition
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A. A person commits unlawful sexual conduct by intentionally or knowingly engaging in any act of a sexual nature with an offender who is in the custody of the state department of corrections, the department of juvenile corrections, a private prison facility, a juvenile detention …