Arizona statute
A.R.S. § 13-1308 — Trafficking of persons for forced labor or services; classification; definitions
Current through 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 13: Kidnapping and Related Offenses, Arizona Revised Statutes.
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Full text of A.R.S. § 13-1308
Statutory text current through the 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text published by the Arizona Legislature (Arizona Legislative Council compilation, azleg.gov); it is not the official statutes of the State of Arizona.
A. It is unlawful for a person to either:
1. Knowingly traffic another person with the intent to or knowledge that the other person will be subject to forced labor or services.
2. Knowingly benefit, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture that has engaged in an act in violation of section 13-1306, section 13-1307, this section or section 13-3212, subsection A, paragraph 9 or 10.
B. A violation of this section is a class 2 felony and the person is not eligible for suspension of sentence, probation, pardon or release from confinement on any basis except as specifically authorized by section 31-233, subsection A or B until the sentence imposed by the court has been served or commuted.
C. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Forced labor or services":
(a) Means labor or services that are performed or provided by another person and that are obtained through a person's either:
(i) Causing or threatening to cause serious physical injury to any person.
(ii) Restraining or threatening to physically restrain another person.
(iii) Knowingly destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating, possessing or withholding another person's actual or purported passport or other immigration document, government issued identification document, government record or personal property.
(iv) Abusing or threatening to abuse the law or the legal system.
(v) Extortion.
(vi) Causing or threatening to cause financial harm to any person.
(vii) Facilitating or controlling another person's access to a controlled substance.
(b) Does not include ordinary household chores and reasonable disciplinary measures between a parent or legal guardian and the parent's or legal guardian's child.
2. "Traffic" means to entice, recruit, harbor, provide, transport or otherwise obtain another person by deception, coercion or force.
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Questions this section answers
Is trafficking of persons for forced labor or services a felony or a misdemeanor in Arizona?
Trafficking of persons for forced labor or services is a Class 2 Felony in Arizona under A.R.S. § 13-1308.
Which Arizona statute covers trafficking of persons for forced labor or services?
Trafficking of persons for forced labor or services is governed by A.R.S. § 13-1308 (Trafficking of persons for forced labor or services; classification; definitions).
This reference is informational and is not legal advice.