Arizona legal term
Damage in Arizona Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Arizona legislative session
In Arizona criminal law, “Damage” 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 “Damage” mean in Arizona criminal law?
"Damage" means any physical or visual impairment of any surface. 2. (A.R.S. § 13-1701)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Duty to give information and assistance
- Interference with or disruption of an educational institution
- Interference with transmissions on public safety land mobile radio frequencies
- Misconduct involving weapons
- Threatening or intimidating
- Accidents involving damage to vehicle
- Aggravated criminal damage
- Aggressive solicitation
- Arson of an occupied jail or prison facility
- Interference with emergency transmission on citizens' band radio frequency
- Obtaining utility service fraudulently
- Public nuisance
Related terms in the same statutes
This reference is informational and is not legal advice.