Arizona legal term
Juvenile in Arizona Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Arizona legislative session
In Arizona criminal law, “Juvenile” 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 “Juvenile” mean in Arizona criminal law?
"Juvenile" means a person who is under eighteen years of age at the time the issue of competency is raised. 4. (A.R.S. § 8-291)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Abduction of child from a state agency
- Escape in the second degree
- False reporting
- Unlawful use of an electronic communication device by a minor
- Aggravated harassment
- Dangerous or deadly assault by prisoner or juvenile
- Escape in the first degree
- Making a terrorist threat
- Promoting secure care facility contraband
- Taking into temporary custody
- Unlawful sexual conduct
Related terms in the same statutes
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