REFERENCE TITLE: service; process; no public assistance |
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015
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SB 1380 |
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Introduced by Senator Dial
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AN ACT
amending section 13‑3802, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the prevention of offenses.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 13-3802, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
13-3802. Punishment for resisting process
A. When a sheriff or other public officer authorized to execute process finds, or has reason to believe that resistance will be made to execution of the process, such officer may command as many inhabitants of the county as the officer deems proper to assist in overcoming such resistance.
B. the officer shall certify to the court from which the process issued the names of those persons resisting, and they may be proceeded against for contempt of court.