Arizona legal term
Manufacture in Arizona Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Arizona legislative session
In Arizona criminal law, “Manufacture” 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 “Manufacture” mean in Arizona criminal law?
"Manufacture" means produce, prepare, propagate, compound, mix or process, directly or indirectly, by extraction from substances of natural origin or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis. (A.R.S. § 13-3401)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Possession or sale of precursor chemicals, regulated chemicals, substances or equipment
- Unlawful copying or sale of sounds or images from recording devices
- Fraudulent schemes and artifices
- Manufacture or distribution of imitation controlled substance
- Manufacture or distribution of imitation over-the-counter drug
- Manufacture or distribution of imitation prescription-only drug
- Manufacturing methamphetamine under circumstances that cause physical injury to a minor
- Misconduct involving explosives
- Ownership, possession, purchase, sale, transfer or manufacture of animal fighting paraphernalia
- Possessing, trafficking or importing a child sex doll
- Possession, manufacture, delivery and advertisement of drug paraphernalia
- Possession, use, sale or transfer of marijuana, peyote, prescription drugs, dangerous drugs or narcotic drugs or manufacture of dangerous drugs in a drug free school zone
Related terms in the same statutes
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