Arizona § 13-2802 Influencing a witness; classification

Arizona Statutes

§ 13-2802 — Influencing a witness; classification

Arizona § 13-2802

Title 13Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 28INTERFERENCE WITH JUDICIAL AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS

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Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 13-2802 (2026).

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A.A person commits influencing a witness if such person threatens a witness or offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit upon a witness in any official proceeding or a person he believes may be called as a witness with intent to:

1.Influence the testimony of that person; or

2.Induce that person to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or

3.Induce that person to absent himself from any official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned.

B.Influencing a witness is a class 5 felony.

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A. A person commits influencing a witness if such person threatens a witness or offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit upon a witness in any official proceeding or a person he believes may be called as a witness with intent to:

1. Influence the testimony of that person; or

2. Induce that person to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or

3. Induce that person to absent himself from any official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned.

B. Influencing a witness is a class 5 felony.