The Arizona Revised Statutes have been updated to include the revised sections from the 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session. Please note that the next update of this compilation will not take place until after the conclusion of the 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session, which convenes in January 2024.
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This online version of the Arizona Revised Statutes is primarily maintained for legislative drafting purposes and reflects the version of law that is effective on January 1st of the year following the most recent legislative session. The official version of the Arizona Revised Statutes is published by Thomson Reuters.
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Court" means a justice of the peace, town magistrate, city magistrate, superior court commissioner or superior court judge.
2. "Detention facility" means any jail or other place of detention of persons charged with or convicted of a crime, including town, city, county, or regional facilities.
3. "Employment" includes vocational training and other educational and rehabilitative activities, whether or not for compensation.
4. "Local governing board" means town council, city council or board of supervisors, or any combination thereof.
5. "Prisoner" means a person incarcerated in a detention facility who has been charged with or convicted of a misdemeanor, or a person incarcerated for nonpayment of a fine, for contempt or as a condition of probation for any criminal offense.
6. "Work furlough administrator" means a probation officer, sheriff, or other person authorized by the local governing board to perform the functions of the work furlough administrator.