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Senate Engrossed House Bill |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature Second Regular Session 2012
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HOUSE BILL 2071 |
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AN ACT
Amending section 13‑2508, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to resisting arrest.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 13-2508, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
13-2508. Resisting arrest; classification; definition
A. A person commits resisting arrest by intentionally preventing or attempting to prevent a person reasonably known to him to be a peace officer, acting under color of such peace officer's official authority, from effecting an arrest by:
1. Using or threatening to use physical force against the peace officer or another. ; or
2. Using any other means creating a substantial risk of causing physical injury to the peace officer or another.
3. Engaging in passive resistance.
B. Resisting arrest pursuant to subsection A, Paragraph 1 or 2 of this section is a class 6 felony. resisting arrest pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 3 of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor.
C. For the purposes of this section, "passive resistance" means a nonviolent physical act or failure to act that is intended to impede, hinder or delay the effecting of an arrest.