28-1551. Parties to a crime A. A person who commits, attempts to commit, conspires to commit or aids or abets in the commission of an act declared in chapter 3 or 4 of this title or this chapter to be a crime, whether individually, in connection with one or more other persons or as a […]
28-1552. Jurisdiction of municipal and justice courts A. Municipal courts and justice courts have concurrent jurisdiction over all civil and misdemeanor criminal violations of chapters 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14 and 15 of this title and over class 2 and 3 misdemeanor criminal violations of chapter 25 of this title that […]
28-1553. Hearing officers; civil traffic violations A. Subject to funding by the governing body and within their jurisdictions, justice courts may appoint hearing officers to preside over civil traffic violation cases. The appointments are subject to the concurrence of the presiding judge of the superior court in the county in which the justice court is […]
28-1554. Disposition of fees, fines, forfeitures and civil penalties A. All fees, fines, forfeitures and civil penalties imposed and collected by the municipal courts in the exercise of their concurrent jurisdiction shall be retained by and inure to the benefit of the city or town in which the municipal court is located. B. All fees, […]
28-1555. Traffic violation charge; juveniles A. A court shall not dispose of a moving traffic violation charge arising from the issuance of a traffic citation to a juvenile under eighteen years of age unless a parent or guardian of the juvenile appears in court with the juvenile at the time of the disposition of the […]
28-1556. Applicability of procedures; arrest without warrant A. Sections 28-1524 and 28-1551 through 28-1554 govern all police officers in making arrests without a warrant for violations of chapters 3 and 4 of this title and this chapter. The procedure prescribed in this article is not exclusive of any other method prescribed by law for the […]
28-1557. Traffic complaint form; use of social security number prohibited A. Each traffic enforcement agency in this state shall use a uniform traffic ticket and complaint form for traffic complaints pursuant to the rules of procedure in traffic cases adopted by the supreme court of Arizona that is issued in books meeting the requirements of […]
28-1558. Traffic complaints; disposition; records A. On issuing a traffic complaint to an alleged violator of any provision of the motor vehicle laws of this state or of any traffic ordinance of any city or town, each traffic enforcement officer shall deposit the original or a copy of the traffic citation with a court having […]
28-1559. Traffic case records; abstract of record; reports A. Each magistrate, judge or hearing officer of a court shall: 1. Keep or cause to be kept a record of each traffic complaint or other legal form of traffic charge deposited with or presented to the court or its traffic violations bureau. 2. Keep a record […]
28-1560. Illegal cancellation of traffic citation; classification; audit A. A person who cancels any traffic citation, in any manner other than as provided in this article or the nonresident violator compact adopted by chapter 6, article 4 of this title, is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor. B. The appropriate fiscal officer of the governmental […]
28-1561. Certification of uniform traffic complaint forms; false certification A. Uniform traffic complaint forms need not be sworn to if they contain a form of certification by the issuing officer in substance as follows: " I hereby certify that I have reasonable grounds to believe and do believe that the person named herein committed the […]
