Arizona § 37-501 Trespass on state lands; classification

Arizona Statutes

§ 37-501 — Trespass on state lands; classification

Arizona § 37-501

Title 37Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 2ADMINISTRATION OF STATE AND OTHER PUBLIC LANDS

Art. 12Trespass on State Lands

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Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 37-501 (2026).

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A person is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor who:

1.Knowingly commits a trespass upon state lands, either by cutting down or destroying timber or wood standing or growing thereon, by carrying away timber or wood therefrom, by mowing, cutting, or removing hay or grass thereon or therefrom, or by grazing livestock thereon, unless he has a lease or sublease approved by the department for the area being grazed.

2.Knowingly extracts or removes oil, gas, coal, mineral, earth, rock, fertilizer or fossils of any kind or description therefrom.

3.Knowingly without right injures or removes any building, fence or improvements on state lands, or unlawfully occupies, plows or cultivates any of the lands.

4.With criminal negligence exposes growing trees, shrubs or undergrowth standing on state lan

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A person is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor who:

1. Knowingly commits a trespass upon state lands, either by cutting down or destroying timber or wood standing or growing thereon, by carrying away timber or wood therefrom, by mowing, cutting, or removing hay or grass thereon or therefrom, or by grazing livestock thereon, unless he has a lease or sublease approved by the department for the area being grazed.

2. Knowingly extracts or removes oil, gas, coal, mineral, earth, rock, fertilizer or fossils of any kind or description therefrom.

3. Knowingly without right injures or removes any building, fence or improvements on state lands, or unlawfully occupies, plows or cultivates any of the lands.

4. With criminal negligence exposes growing trees, shrubs or undergrowth standing on state lands to danger or destruction by fire.