Arizona § 8-542 Confidentiality of information; violation; classification

Arizona Statutes

§ 8-542 — Confidentiality of information; violation; classification

Arizona § 8-542

Title 8Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 4DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SAFETY

Art. 5Termination of Parent-Child Relationship

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Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 8-542 (2026).

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A.It is unlawful, except for purposes for which files and records or social records or parts of or information from files and records or social records have been released pursuant to section 8-541, or except for purposes permitted by order of the court, for any person to knowingly disclose, receive or make use of, or authorize, knowingly permit, participate in or acquiesce in the use of, any information involved in any proceeding under this article directly or indirectly derived from the files, records, reports or other papers compiled pursuant to this article or acquired in the course of the performance of official duties.

B.A person who knowingly discloses information in violation of this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

C.This section does not prohibit persons employed b

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A. It is unlawful, except for purposes for which files and records or social records or parts of or information from files and records or social records have been released pursuant to section 8-541, or except for purposes permitted by order of the court, for any person to knowingly disclose, receive or make use of, or authorize, knowingly permit, participate in or acquiesce in the use of, any information involved in any proceeding under this article directly or indirectly derived from the files, records, reports or other papers compiled pursuant to this article or acquired in the course of the performance of official duties.

B. A person who knowingly discloses information in violation of this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.

C. This section does not prohibit persons employed by the court, the division or a licensed child welfare agency from conducting the investigations or performing other duties pursuant to this article and done within the normal course of their employment.