Arizona statute
A.R.S. § 13-4520 — Expenses of maintenance of insane defendant as county charge
Current through 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 41: Incompetence to Stand Trial, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Full text of A.R.S. § 13-4520
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.
When a defendant in a criminal action, any time prior to pronouncement of sentence, is committed to the state hospital, the expenses of transporting him to and from the hospital and of maintaining him while confined therein shall be a charge against the county in which the indictment was found or information filed, but the county may recover such expenses from the estate of the defendant or from a relative, town, city or county required by law to provide for and maintain the defendant.
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