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AZ SB1018

Bill

Status

Passed

5/11/2016

Primary Sponsor

John Kavanagh

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-second Legislature - Second Regular Session (2016)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 13-3802 regarding a sheriff's or public officer's authority to command inhabitants to assist in executing legal process.

  • Allows officers to command county inhabitants to assist when they find resistance or have reason to believe resistance will occur during process execution.

  • Adds exception permitting a person to refuse assistance if complying would expose them to physical injury.

  • Clarifies language by replacing "such" with "the" and specifying that officers shall certify names of persons resisting to the court for potential contempt of court proceedings.

Legislative Description

Aid; execution of process; injury

Last Action

Chapter 139

5/11/2016

Full Bill Text

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