Senate Engrossed House Bill

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty‑first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

 

CHAPTER 135

 

HOUSE BILL 2245

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending section 13-1502, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to criminal trespass.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 13-1502, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE13-1502.  Criminal trespass in the third degree; classification

A.  A person commits criminal trespass in the third degree by:

1.  Knowingly entering or remaining unlawfully on any real property after a reasonable request to leave by a law enforcement officer, the owner or any other person having lawful control over such property, or reasonable notice prohibiting entry.

2.  Knowingly entering or remaining unlawfully on the right‑of‑way for tracks, or the storage or switching yards or rolling stock of a railroad company.

B.  Pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section, a request to leave by a law enforcement officer acting at the request of the owner of the property or any other person having lawful control over the property has the same legal effect as a request made by the property owner or other person having lawful control of the property.

B.  c.  Criminal trespass in the third degree is a class 3 misdemeanor. END_STATUTE


 

 

 

 

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 29, 2013.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 30, 2013.