Title 13 — Criminal Code
48 chapters · 981 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 13-752 Sentences of death, life imprisonment or natural life; imposition; sentencing proceedings; definitions
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A. If the state has filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty and the defendant is convicted of first degree murder, the trier of fact at the sentencing proceeding shall determine whether to impose a sentence of death in accordance with the procedures provided in this se…
A.R.S. § 13-753 Mental evaluations of capital defendants; hearing; appeal; definitions
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B. If the state files a notice of intent to seek the death penalty, the court, unless the defendant objects, shall appoint a prescreening psychological expert in order to determine the defendant's intelligence quotient using current community, nationally and culturally accepted i…
A.R.S. § 13-754 Capital defendant prescreening evaluation for competency and sanity
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A. If the state files a notice of intent to seek the death penalty, unless the defendant objects, the court shall appoint a psychologist or psychiatrist licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13, 17 or 19.1 to conduct a prescreening evaluation to determine if reasonable grounds e…
A.R.S. § 13-755 Death sentences; supreme court review
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A. The supreme court shall review all death sentences. On review, the supreme court shall independently review the trial court's findings of aggravation and mitigation and the propriety of the death sentence. B. If the supreme court determines that an error was made regarding a f…
A.R.S. § 13-756 Death sentences; supreme court review
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A. The supreme court shall review all death sentences to determine whether the trier of fact abused its discretion in finding aggravating circumstances and imposing a sentence of death. B. If the supreme court determines that an error occurred in the sentencing proceedings, the s…
A.R.S. § 13-757 Method of infliction of sentence of death; identity of executioners; license suspension
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A. The penalty of death shall be inflicted by an intravenous injection of a substance or substances in a lethal quantity sufficient to cause death, under the supervision of the state department of corrections. B. A defendant who is sentenced to death for an offense committed befo…
A.R.S. § 13-758 Persons present at execution of sentence of death; limitation
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The director of the state department of corrections or the director's designee shall be present at the execution of all death sentences and shall invite the attorney general and at least twelve reputable citizens of the director's selection to be present at the execution. The dir…
A.R.S. § 13-759 Death warrant; return
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A. After a conviction and sentence of death are affirmed and the first post-conviction relief proceedings have concluded, the supreme court shall issue a warrant of execution that authorizes the director of the state department of corrections to carry out the execution thirty-fiv…
A.R.S. § 13-3451 Definitions
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Controlled substance" means a drug, substance or immediate precursor in schedules I through V of title 36, chapter 27 or the rules adopted pursuant to title 36, chapter 27, or a dangerous drug or a narcotic drug listed i…
A.R.S. § 13-3452 Effect of representations made in construing status of certain substances whose origin is uncertain
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A. If a dosage unit is in the form of a powder or liquid or if the appearance of a dosage unit is not otherwise reasonably sufficient to establish that a substance is an imitation controlled substance, imitation prescription-only drug or imitation over-the-counter drug, the repre…
A.R.S. § 13-3453 Manufacture or distribution of imitation controlled substance; prohibited acts; classification
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A. It is unlawful for a person to manufacture, distribute or possess with intent to distribute an imitation controlled substance. B. It is no defense to prosecution under this section that the defendant believed the imitation controlled substance to be a legitimate controlled sub…
A.R.S. § 13-3454 Manufacture or distribution of imitation prescription-only drug; prohibited acts; classification
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A. It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, distribute or possess with intent to distribute an imitation prescription-only drug. B. It is no defense to prosecution under this section that the defendant believed the imitation prescription-only drug to be a legitimate prescrip…
A.R.S. § 13-3455 Manufacture or distribution of imitation over-the-counter drug; prohibited acts; classification
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A. It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, distribute or possess with intent to distribute an imitation over-the-counter drug. B. It is no defense to prosecution under this section that the defendant believed the imitation over-the-counter drug to be a legitimate over-the-c…
A.R.S. § 13-3456 Possession or possession with intent to use imitation controlled substance; violation; classification
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A. It is unlawful for any person to possess or possess with intent to use an imitation controlled substance. B. It is no defense to prosecution under this section that the defendant believed the imitation controlled substance to be a legitimate controlled substance. C. A person w…
A.R.S. § 13-3457 Possession or possession with intent to use an imitation prescription-only drug; violation; classification
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A. It is unlawful for any person to possess or possess with intent to use an imitation prescription-only drug. B. A person who violates subsection A by the possession or the possession of with intent to use an imitation prescription-only drug is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
A.R.S. § 13-3458 Possession or possession with intent to use an imitation over-the-counter drug; violation; classification
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A. It is unlawful for any person to possess or possess with intent to use an imitation over-the-counter drug. B. A person who violates subsection A by the possession or the possession of with intent to use an imitation over-the-counter drug is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
A.R.S. § 13-3459 Manufacture of certain substances and drugs by certain means; prohibited acts; classification
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A. It is unlawful for any person to make, distribute or possess any punch, die, plate, stone or other thing designed to print, imprint or reproduce the trademark, trade name or other identifying mark, imprint or device relating to the authorized identification of any controlled s…
A.R.S. § 13-3460 Civil forfeiture
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All imitation controlled substances, imitation over-the-counter drugs and imitation prescription-only drugs are subject to forfeiture as provided in chapter 39 of this title.
A.R.S. § 13-3461 Placebos; exemption from coverage
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Notwithstanding any contrary statute, the manufacture, distribution, possession, possession with intent to distribute or possession with intent to use placebos in this state by the following persons is not unlawful: 1. Exempt manufacturers, wholesalers and pharmacists under secti…
A.R.S. § 13-3551 Definitions
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Advertising" or "advertisement" means any message in any medium that offers or solicits any person to engage in sexual conduct in this state. 2. "Communication service provider" has the same meaning prescribed in section…
A.R.S. § 13-3552 Commercial sexual exploitation of a minor; classification
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A. A person commits commercial sexual exploitation of a minor by knowingly: 1. Using, employing, persuading, enticing, inducing or coercing a minor to engage in or assist others to engage in exploitive exhibition or other sexual conduct for the purpose of producing any visual dep…
A.R.S. § 13-3553 Sexual exploitation of a minor; evidence; classification; definition
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A. A person commits sexual exploitation of a minor by knowingly: 1. Recording, filming, photographing, developing or duplicating any visual depiction in which a minor is engaged in exploitive exhibition or other sexual conduct. 2. Distributing, transporting, exhibiting, receiving…
A.R.S. § 13-3554 Luring a minor for sexual exploitation; classification
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A. A person commits luring a minor for sexual exploitation by offering or soliciting sexual conduct with another person knowing or having reason to know that the other person is a minor. B. It is not a defense to a prosecution for a violation of this section that the other person…
A.R.S. § 13-3555 Portraying adult as minor; classification
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A. It is unlawful for any person depicted in a visual depiction or live act as a participant in any exploitive exhibition or sexual conduct to masquerade as a minor. B. It is unlawful for any person knowingly to produce, record, film, photograph, develop, duplicate, distribute, t…
A.R.S. § 13-3556 Permissible inferences
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In a prosecution relating to the sexual exploitation of children, the trier of fact may draw the inference that a participant is a minor if the visual depiction or live act through its title, text or visual representation depicts the participant as a minor.
A.R.S. § 13-3557 Equipment; forfeiture
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On the conviction of a person for a violation of section 13-3552, 13-3553, 13-3554 or 13-3560, the court shall order that any photographic equipment, computer system or instrument of communication that is owned or used exclusively by the person and that was used in the commission…
A.R.S. § 13-3558 Admitting minors to public displays of sexual conduct; constructive knowledge of age; classification
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A. It is unlawful for an owner, operator or employee to admit a person under the age of eighteen into any business establishment where persons, in the course of their employment expose their genitals or anus or the areola or nipple of the female breast. B. An owner, operator or e…
A.R.S. § 13-3559 Reporting suspected visual depictions of sexual exploitation of a minor; immunity
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A. Any communication service provider, remote computing service, system administrator, computer repair technician or other person who discovers suspected visual depictions of sexual exploitation of a minor on a computer, computer system or network or in any other storage medium m…
A.R.S. § 13-3560 Aggravated luring a minor for sexual exploitation; classification; definitions
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A. A person commits aggravated luring a minor for sexual exploitation if the person does both of the following: 1. Knowing the character and content of the depiction, uses an electronic communication device to transmit at least one visual depiction of material that is harmful to …
A.R.S. § 13-3561 Unlawful age misrepresentation; classification; definition
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A. A person commits unlawful age misrepresentation if the person is at least eighteen years of age, and knowing or having reason to know that the recipient of a communication is a minor, uses an electronic communication device to knowingly misrepresent the person's age for the pu…
A.R.S. § 13-3562 Notice to communication service provider of website hosting alleged sexual exploitation of children
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A. If a law enforcement agency receives information that a communication service provider is hosting a website that contains an alleged violation of this chapter, the law enforcement agency shall notify the communication service provider by serving a notice of the alleged violati…