Arizona legal term
Motor vehicle in Arizona Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Arizona legislative session
In Arizona criminal law, “Motor vehicle” 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 “Motor vehicle” mean in Arizona criminal law?
"Motor vehicle" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28-101. 2. (A.R.S. § 13-1209)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Cruelty to animals
- Unlawful failure to return rented or leased property
- Accidents involving death or physical injuries
- Aggressive driving
- Burglary in the third degree
- Causing death by use of a vehicle
- Causing serious physical injury by use of a vehicle
- Causing serious physical injury or death by a moving violation
- Conducting a chop shop
- Driving on a suspended, revoked or canceled license
- Dropping objects from overpass
- Ignition interlock device certification and decertification
Related terms in the same statutes
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