Arizona § 13-4520 Expenses of maintenance of insane defendant as county charge

Arizona Statutes

§ 13-4520 — Expenses of maintenance of insane defendant as county charge

Arizona § 13-4520

Title 13Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 41INCOMPETENCE TO STAND TRIAL

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Bluebook

Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 13-4520 (2026).

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When a defendant in a criminal action, any time prior to pronouncement of sentence, is committed to the state hospital, the expenses of transporting him to and from the hospital and of maintaining him while confined therein shall be a charge against the county in which the indictment was found or information filed, but the county may recover such expenses from the estate of the defendant or from a relative, town, city or county required by law to provide for and maintain the defendant.

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When a defendant in a criminal action, any time prior to pronouncement of sentence, is committed to the state hospital, the expenses of transporting him to and from the hospital and of maintaining him while confined therein shall be a charge against the county in which the indictment was found or information filed, but the county may recover such expenses from the estate of the defendant or from a relative, town, city or county required by law to provide for and maintain the defendant.