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Senate Engrossed
issuance; affidavit; arrest warrant |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session 2021
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SENATE BILL 1226 |
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AN ACT
amending title 13, chapter 38, article 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13-3904; relating to arrest warrants.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 13, chapter 38, article 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-3904, to read:
13-3904. Arrest warrant; grounds; form of warrant; definition
A. A magistrate shall issue an arrest warrant after reviewing an affidavit that is sworn to or affirmed by a peace officer before the magistrate and that contains facts sufficient to establish probable cause that a specific offense has been committed and that a particular person committed that offense.
B. The arrest warrant shall be in a form substantially similar to a form that is adopted by the Arizona supreme court.
C. For the purposes of this section, "arrest warrant" means a written order that is issued in the name of the state of Arizona, that is signed by a magistrate, that is directed to a peace officer and that commands a peace officer to arrest the person named in the warrant and take that person before a magistrate as prescribed by rules adopted by the supreme court.