Bill Text: AZ HB2239 | 2020 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 2nd Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: Issuance; affidavit; arrest warrant
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-02 - Senate read second time [HB2239 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2020-HB2239-Engrossed.html
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session 2020
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HOUSE BILL 2239 |
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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 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 the Arizona rules of criminal procedure.
