Arizona § 38-363 Withholding or destruction of records or property of office by former officer; classification

Arizona Statutes

§ 38-363 — Withholding or destruction of records or property of office by former officer; classification

Arizona § 38-363

Title 38Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 2QUALIFICATION AND TENURE

Art. 9Successor to Office

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Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 38-363 (2026).

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A public officer whose office is abolished by law, or who, after expiration of the time for which he has been appointed or elected, or after he has resigned or been legally removed from office, knowingly and unlawfully withholds or detains from his successor, or other person entitled thereto, the records, papers, documents or other writings pertaining or belonging to his office, or who knowingly mutilates, destroys or takes away any thereof, or who knowingly and unlawfully withholds or detains from his successor, or other person entitled thereto, any money or property in his custody as such officer, is guilty of a class 4 felony.

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A public officer whose office is abolished by law, or who, after expiration of the time for which he has been appointed or elected, or after he has resigned or been legally removed from office, knowingly and unlawfully withholds or detains from his successor, or other person entitled thereto, the records, papers, documents or other writings pertaining or belonging to his office, or who knowingly mutilates, destroys or takes away any thereof, or who knowingly and unlawfully withholds or detains from his successor, or other person entitled thereto, any money or property in his custody as such officer, is guilty of a class 4 felony.