Arizona legal term
Material in Arizona Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Arizona legislative session
In Arizona criminal law, “Material” 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 “Material” mean in Arizona criminal law?
"Material" means that which could have affected the course or outcome of any proceeding or transaction. (A.R.S. § 13-2701)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Consideration for referral of patient, client or customer
- Unlawful use of an electronic communication device by a minor
- Unlawful use of food stamps
- Aggravated luring a minor for sexual exploitation
- Causing death by use of a vehicle
- Causing serious physical injury by use of a vehicle
- Criminal impersonation
- Criminal possession of a forgery device
- Defacing or damaging petroglyphs, pictographs, caves or caverns
- Duty of physician or attendant upon treating certain wounds
- False statement as to financial condition or identity
- Fraudulent schemes and artifices
Related terms in the same statutes
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