Arizona legal term
Article in Arizona Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Arizona legislative session
In Arizona criminal law, “Article” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Arizona criminal code.
What does “Article” mean in Arizona criminal law?
"Article" means the tangible medium on which sounds or images are recorded including any original phonograph record, disc, compact disc, tape, audio or video cassette, wire, film or other medium now known or later developed on which sounds or images are or can be recorded or otherwise stored, or any copy or reproduction which duplicates in whole or in part the original. 3. (A.R.S. § 13-3705)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Consideration for referral of patient, client or customer
- Shoplifting
- Abandonment or concealment of a dead body
- Abuse of venerated objects
- Aggravated or multiple violations of insurance code
- Aggressive driving
- Causing death by use of a vehicle
- Causing serious physical injury by use of a vehicle
- Coercing acceptance of obscene articles or publications
- Criminal possession of a forgery device
- Failure to maintain adequate records
- Organized retail theft
Related terms in the same statutes
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