Arizona Revised Statutes

Provision 1· us, arizona, revised-statutes

ARS 28-121 — Arizona Revised Statutes 28-121 - Violation; classification; exception; civil traffic violation; surcharge 28-121 . Violation; classification; exception; civil traffic violation; surcharge A. A person who violates a provision of this title or who fails or refuses to do or perform an act or thing required by this title is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor, unless the statute defining the offense provides for a different classification. This subsection does not apply to any provision or requirement of chapter 3, 5, 7 or 8 or chapter 9, article 4 of this title. B. A violation of or failure or refusal to do or perform an act or thing required by chapter 3, 5, 7 or 8 or chapter 9, article 4 of this title is a civil traffic violation unless the statute defining the violation provides [...]

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ARS 28-627 — Arizona Revised Statutes 28-627 - Powers of local authorities 28-627 . Powers of local authorities A. This chapter and chapters 4 and 5 of this title do not prohibit a local authority, with respect to streets and highways under its jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police power, from: 1. Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles. 2. Regulating traffic by means of police officers, traffic control signals or volunteer posse organization members authorized by the sheriff under section 11-441 for the purpose of directing traffic only. 3. Regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the highways. 4. Designating particular highways as one-way highways and requiring that all vehicles on one-way highways be moved in one specific direction. 5. Regul [...]

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traffic benefits of electric bicycles and electric standup scooters when regulating electric bicycles and electric standup scooters. B. A local authority shall not erect or maintain a stop sign or traffic control signal at any location that requires the traffic on any state highway to stop before entering or crossing any intersecting highway unless approval in writing has first been obtained from the director. C. An ordinance or regulation enacted under subsection A, paragraph 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 or 10 of this section is not effective until signs giving notice of the local traffic regulations are posted on or at the entrances to the highway or part of the highway affected as is most appropriate. D. The definition of motor vehicle prescribed in section 28-101 does not prevent a local authority fr [...]

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pursuant to this paragraph may serve any process originating out of a municipal court in the municipality in which the unarmed police aide is employed. Service of process under this paragraph shall only be made during the hours the municipal court is open for the transaction of business and only on court premises. This paragraph does not grant to unarmed police aides or municipally approved private contractors other powers or benefits to which peace officers of this state are entitled. 2. Traffic investigators who may: (a) Investigate traffic accidents within the jurisdiction of the local authority. (b) Commence an action or proceeding before a court or judge for any violation of a state statute or local ordinance relating to traffic, if the violation is related to a traffic accident withi [...]

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and from terminals and service facilities on highways under its jurisdiction.

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ARS 28-644 — Arizona Revised Statutes 28-644 - Obedience to and required traffic control devices 28-644 . Obedience to and required traffic control devices A. Unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer and subject to the exemptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this chapter, the driver of a vehicle shall: 1. Obey the instructions of an official traffic control device applicable to the driver that is placed in accordance with this chapter. 2. Not drive over or across or park in any part of a gore area. This paragraph does not apply to the driver of a vehicle that is disabled while on the paved or main traveled portion of a highway in a manner and to an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in that [...]

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ARS 28-871 — Arizona Revised Statutes 28-871 - Stopping, standing or parking outside business or residence district 28-871 . Stopping, standing or parking outside business or residence district A. On a highway outside of a business or residence district, a person shall not stop, park or leave standing a vehicle, whether attended or unattended, on the paved or main traveled part of the highway if it is practicable to stop, park or leave the vehicle off that part of the highway. If a person stops, parks or leaves standing a vehicle, the person shall leave an unobstructed width of the highway opposite the standing vehicle for the free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of the standing vehicle shall be available from a distance of two hundred feet in each direction on the highway. B. T [...]

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ARS 28-872 — Arizona Revised Statutes 28-872 - Removal of vehicles; notice; liability for costs; hearing 28-872 . Removal of vehicles; notice; liability for costs; hearing A. If a police officer finds a vehicle standing on a highway in violation of section 28-871 the officer may move the vehicle or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the vehicle to a position off the paved or main traveled part of the highway. B. A police officer may remove or cause to be removed to a place of safety an unattended vehicle that is illegally left standing on a highway, bridge or causeway or in a tunnel in a position or under circumstances that obstruct the normal movement of traffic. C. A police officer may remove or cause the removal of a vehicle to the nearest garage or othe [...]

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information: (a) The vehicle identification number. (b) A number identifying the law enforcement agency and the officer ordering the tow. (c) The year, make and model of the vehicle. (d) The license plate number if available. (e) The date and time the vehicle was towed. (f) The address from which the vehicle was towed. (g) The name, address and telephone number, if the telephone number is known, of the registered owner and the primary lien holder of the vehicle to permit the towing company to notify the registered owner or the primary lien holder. 2. Electronically communicate to the officer's law enforcement agency the following if the officer has the equipment to electronically communicate the information: (a) The name and telephone number of the person towing the vehicle. (b) The inform [...]

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include additional information on the notice as the director deems necessary. H. Except as provided in subsection I of this section: 1. The public agency employing an officer who removes or causes the removal of a vehicle under this section is not liable for the cost of towing or storing the vehicle if the officer acts under color of the officer's lawful authority. 2. Before release of the vehicle by the towing service, the owner or the owner's agent of a vehicle that is removed or caused to be removed under this article shall pay or make satisfactory arrangements to pay for any reasonable towing and storage costs incurred in towing or storing the vehicle. I. If a tow truck operator is required in writing by a public agency to tow or store a vehicle that is required as evidence in a crimin [...]

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ARS 28-873 — Arizona Revised Statutes 28-873 - Stopping, standing or parking prohibitions; exceptions; definition 28-873 . Stopping, standing or parking prohibitions; exceptions; definition A. Except if necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or if in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, a person shall not stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of the following places: 1. On a sidewalk. 2. In a private driveway if any part of the vehicle or an attachment to the vehicle, including a hitch or trailer, blocks an area of a sidewalk and impedes continuous pedestrian use of the sidewalk in a manner that is not consistent with the Americans with disabilities act as defined in section 41-1492. This paragraph does not apply if the vehicle is temp [...]

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entrance to a fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five feet of the entrance when properly posted. 12. Alongside or opposite a street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic. 13. On the roadway side of a vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street. 14. On a bridge or other elevated structure on a highway or within a highway tunnel. 15. At any place where official signs prohibit standing or stopping. 16. On a controlled access highway except: (a) For emergency reasons. (b) In areas specifically designated for parking such as rest areas. B. A local authority may allow motor vehicles providing a public entity's public transportation service to stop on a state highway or state [...]

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this section, public transportation vehicle means any vehicle that either: 1. Is owned or operated by a public entity. 2. Is operated under a contract with a public entity.

Provision 14· us, arizona, revised-statutes

ARS 28-874 — Arizona Revised Statutes 28-874 - Additional parking rules 28-874 . Additional parking rules A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who stops or parks a vehicle on a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall stop or park the vehicle with its right-hand wheels parallel to and within eighteen inches of the right-hand curb. B. A local authority may permit by ordinance: 1. Parking of vehicles with the left-hand wheels adjacent to and within eighteen inches of the left-hand curb of a one-way roadway. 2. Angle parking on any roadway, except that a local authority shall not permit angle parking on any federal aid highway or state highway unless the director has determined by resolution or order that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking with [...]

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ARS 28-876 — Arizona Revised Statutes 28-876 - Parking spaces for electric vehicles; civil penalty 28-876 . Parking spaces for electric vehicles; civil penalty A. A person shall not stop, stand or park a motor vehicle within any parking space specially designated for parking and fueling motor vehicles fueled exclusively by electricity unless the motor vehicle is powered by electricity and has been issued an alternative fuel vehicle special plate or sticker pursuant to section 28-2416. B. If a law enforcement officer finds a motor vehicle in violation of this section, the law enforcement officer shall issue a complaint to the operator or other person in charge of the motor vehicle or, if an operator or other person is not present, to the registered owner of the motor vehicle for a civil tra [...]

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ARS 28-877 — Arizona Revised Statutes 28-877 - Alternative fuel vehicles; parking in carpool parking spaces 28-877. Alternative fuel vehicles; parking in carpool parking spaces A person who is driving a vehicle powered by an alternative fuel may park without penalty in parking areas that are designated for carpool operators as defined in section 28-4032.

Provision 17· us, arizona, revised-statutes

ARS 28-884 — Arizona Revised Statutes 28-884 - Parking space for persons with physical disabilities; prohibition; access aisle 28-884 . Parking space for persons with physical disabilities; prohibition; access aisle A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a person shall not stop, stand or park a motor vehicle within any specially designated and marked parking space provided pursuant to this article unless the motor vehicle is transporting a person who has been issued a valid placard or international symbol of access special plates and either: 1. The motor vehicle displays the valid permanent disability or temporary disability removable windshield placard. 2. The motor vehicle displays international symbol of access special plates that are currently registered to the vehicle. [...]

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ARS 28-885 — Arizona Revised Statutes 28-885 - Civil traffic violation; civil penalty; recall of placards and plates; defense 28-885 . Civil traffic violation; civil penalty; recall of placards and plates; defense A. If a law enforcement officer or a parking enforcement specialist employed by a local authority finds a motor vehicle in violation of this article, the person shall issue a complaint to the operator or other person in charge of the motor vehicle or, if an operator or person in charge is not present, to the registered owner of the vehicle for a civil traffic violation. A court or duly appointed hearing officer may impose on the operator, person in charge or owner of a vehicle parked in violation of this section a minimum civil penalty of fifty dollars plus the penalty assessment [...]

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ARS 28-1204 — Arizona Revised Statutes 28-1204 - Photo enforcement zones; signage; standards; citation dismissal 28-1204. Photo enforcement zones; signage; standards; citation dismissal A. Except as provided in subsection F of this section, every local authority or agency of this state using a photo enforcement system shall adopt standards and specifications that indicate to a person operating a motor vehicle that a photo enforcement system is present and operational. B. The standards and specifications adopted pursuant to subsection A of this section shall include all of the following: 1. At least two signs shall be placed in a location before a photo enforcement system. One sign shall be in a location that is approximately three hundred feet before the photo enforcement system. Placement [...]

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the vehicle is functioning as a photo enforcement vehicle. This subsection does not apply to a vehicle that does not contain a photo enforcement system and that is used by a law enforcement officer. F. Subsection B of this section does not apply to a mobile photo enforcement vehicle during the time a mobile photo enforcement vehicle is deployed on streets with a posted speed limit of forty miles per hour or less.

Provision 21· us, arizona, revised-statutes

ARS 28-1591 — Arizona Revised Statutes 28-1591 - Traffic violations; civil matters; service 28-1591 . Traffic violations; civil matters; service A. A violation of a statute relating to traffic movement and control, including a statute governing parking or standing requirements, shall be treated as a civil matter as provided in chapter 3 of this title or this chapter, unless the statute provides for a different classification as a criminal offense. B. This article does not require that either the initial notification or a subsequent summons and complaint for a parking or standing violation be issued or served as required by this article. C. If it is necessary to issue a summons and complaint because there is not a satisfactory response to the initial notice of a parking or standing violatio [...]

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ARS 28-1592 — Arizona Revised Statutes 28-1592 - Commencement of action; original citation changes 28-1592 . Commencement of action; original citation changes A. A civil traffic violation case is commenced by issuance or filing of a uniform traffic ticket and complaint as provided in this article. B. A civil traffic violation case shall be commenced as follows: 1. If a case is commenced by issuance, it shall be issued within sixty days after the alleged violation. 2. If the case is commenced by filing, it shall be filed within sixty days after the alleged violation and shall be served within ninety days after the filing date. 3. Except as provided in paragraph 4 of this subsection, within one hundred eighty days after the alleged violation if the alleged violation is under investigation in [...]

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ARS 28-1593 — Arizona Revised Statutes 28-1593 - Service of uniform traffic ticket and complaint 28-1593 . Service of uniform traffic ticket and complaint A. A traffic complaint may be served by delivering a copy of the uniform traffic ticket and complaint to the person charged with the violation or by any means authorized by the Arizona rules of civil procedure. At the discretion of the issuing authority, a complaint for a violation issued after an investigation in conjunction with a traffic accident may be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested and delivered to addressee only, to the address provided by the person charged with the violation. Service of the complaint is complete on filing the receipt in the court having jurisdiction of the violation. B. The original complaint sh [...]

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ARS 28-1594 — Arizona Revised Statutes 28-1594 - Authority to detain persons 28-1594 . Authority to detain persons A peace officer or duly authorized agent of a traffic enforcement agency may stop and detain a person as is reasonably necessary to investigate an actual or suspected violation of this title and to serve a copy of the traffic complaint for an alleged civil or criminal violation of this title.

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ARS 28-1595 — Arizona Revised Statutes 28-1595 - Failure to stop or provide driver license or evidence of identity; violation; classification 28-1595 . Failure to stop or provide driver license or evidence of identity; violation; classification A. The operator of a motor vehicle who knowingly fails or refuses to bring the operator's motor vehicle to a stop after being given a visual or audible signal or instruction by a peace officer or duly authorized agent of a traffic enforcement agency is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. B. After stopping as required by subsection A of this section, the operator of a motor vehicle who fails or refuses to exhibit the operator's driver license as required by section 28-3169 or a driver who is not licensed and who fails or refuses to provide evidence of t [...]