REFERENCE TITLE: petty offenses; lawful detainment; identification

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

 

 

 

HB 2178

 

Introduced by

Representative Willoughby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending section 13-2412, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to obstruction of public administration.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


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

Section 1. Section 13-2412, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE13-2412. Refusing to provide truthful name or birth date when lawfully detained; classification

A. It is unlawful for a person, after being advised that the person’s refusal to answer is unlawful, to fail or refuse to state the person's true full name or date of birth on request of a peace officer who has lawfully detained the person based on reasonable suspicion that the person has committed, is committing or is about to commit a crime or a petty offense.  A person who is detained under this section shall state the person's true full name and date of birth but shall not be compelled to answer any other inquiry of a peace officer.

B. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. END_STATUTE