Arizona legal term
Unlawful in Arizona Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Arizona legislative session
In Arizona criminal law, “Unlawful” 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 “Unlawful” mean in Arizona criminal law?
"Unlawful" means contrary to law or, where the context so requires, not allowed by law. 41. (A.R.S. § 13-105)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Illegal entry from foreign nation
- Interference with transmissions on public safety land mobile radio frequencies
- Prostitution
- Shoplifting
- Unlawful copying or sale of sounds or images from recording devices
- Unlawful disclosure of images depicting states of nudity or specific sexual activities
- Unlawful failure to return rented or leased property
- Unlawful imprisonment
- Unlawful operation of model or unmanned aircraft
- Unlawful purchase, solicitation, advertisement, possession or sale of used detached catalytic converter
- Unlawful residency
- Unlawful transporting, moving, concealing, harboring or shielding of unlawful aliens
Related terms in the same statutes
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