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A.R.S. § 13-1701 — Definitions
Current through 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 17: Arson, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Full text of A.R.S. § 13-1701
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.
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Damage" means any physical or visual impairment of any surface.
2. "Occupied structure" means any structure as defined in paragraph 4 in which one or more human beings either is or is likely to be present or so near as to be in equivalent danger at the time the fire or explosion occurs. The term includes any dwelling house, whether occupied, unoccupied or vacant.
3. "Property" means anything other than a structure which has value, tangible or intangible, public or private, real or personal, including documents evidencing value or ownership.
4. "Structure" means any building, object, vehicle, watercraft, aircraft or place with sides and a floor, used for lodging, business, transportation, recreation or storage.
5. "Wildland" means any brush covered land, cutover land, forest, grassland or woods.
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