Arizona legal term
Government in Arizona Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Arizona legislative session
In Arizona criminal law, “Government” 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 “Government” mean in Arizona criminal law?
"Government" means the state, any political subdivision of the state or any department, agency, board, commission, institution or governmental instrumentality of or within the state or political subdivision. 21. (A.R.S. § 13-105)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Illegal entry from foreign nation
- Unlawful transporting, moving, concealing, harboring or shielding of unlawful aliens
- Abuse of venerated objects
- Arrest of principal by surety
- Firearms regulated by state
- Selling or giving nitrous oxide to underage person
- Sex trafficking
- Tampering with a public record
- Trafficking of persons for forced labor or services
- Unlawful foreign law enforcement activity
- Unlawful stopping to hire and pick up passengers for work
- Willful failure to complete or carry an alien registration document
Related terms in the same statutes
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