Arizona Statutes

§ 31-125 — Duty of sheriff to deliver judicial papers to prisoner

Arizona·Title 31 Arizona Revised Statutes·Ch. 1 JAILS·Art. 2 Prisoners

When a paper in a judicial proceeding is directed to a prisoner in the custody of a sheriff and is served upon the sheriff, he shall forthwith deliver it to the prisoner with a notation thereon of the time of service. If the sheriff neglects to do so he is liable to the prisoner for damages occasioned thereby.

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