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2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-481 - Title and size prerequisites for recording maps and plats; recording fee; exception

11-481.
Title and size prerequisites for recording maps and plats;  recording fee;  exception
A. All maps or plats presented for recording shall have a title that at least indicates the type of map or plat,  the name of the subdivision or a description of the location of the area by section,  township and range,  the name of the owner of record of the area being surveyed and a place for the recorder s information and seal block on the sheet.
B. Any map or plat offered for recording that exceeds a size of eight and one-half by fourteen inches shall be the original map legibly drawn on polyester or a copy reproduced on polyester by a photographic silver imaging process or other method that assures archival quality and is subject to the following restrictions:
1. A map or plat of a subdivision shall be on a sheet or sheets measuring twenty-four by thirty-six inches,  including a left margin of two inches and be drawn to an accurate scale in at least eleven point type.
2. All other maps or plats shall be on a sheet or sheets measuring eighteen by twenty-four inches or twenty-four by thirty-six inches,  including a left margin of two inches and drawn to an accurate scale in at least eleven point type.
C. The fee for recording any map or plat sheet exceeding eight and one-half by fourteen inches shall be twenty dollars and shall be exclusive of the fees for recording any documents to which the map or plat is attached or by which it is accompanied.
D. The fee for recording any map or plat sheet exceeding eight and one-half by fourteen inches when recorded at the request of the United States,  this state or a political subdivision of this state is ten dollars and is exclusive of the fees for recording any documents to which the map or plat is attached or by which it is accompanied.
E. The requirements of this section do not apply to any map required to be recorded by the director of water resources under title 45,  chapter 2.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-482 - Incorporation by reference; legal descriptions

11-482.
Incorporation by reference;  legal descriptions
A. Any recorded instrument may be incorporated by reference in any subsequent instrument. The reference shall specify the record location of the referenced instrument and has the same effect as if the referenced instrument were reproduced in full where reference to it is made.
B. If a subsequent transaction is not to be subject to,  controlled by or otherwise affected by every term of the referenced instrument,  such intent must be stated. A reference to one term incorporates only that term.
C. If a legal description sufficient to determine the physical location of real property has been recorded,  a reference by record location to the instrument containing the description is a sufficient description of the real estate. The reference may be made to maps or plats,  surveys,  deeds or any other recorded instrument but must contain language indicating that only the legal description is to be incorporated in the subsequent instrument.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-487.01 - Definitions

11-487.01.
Definitions
In this chapter,  unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Document"  means information that is both of the following:
(a) Inscribed on a tangible medium or stored in an electronic or other medium,  and retrievable in perceivable form.
(b) Eligible to be recorded in the land records maintained by a county recorder.
2. " Electronic"  means relating to technology having electrical,  digital,  magnetic,  wireless,  optical,  electromagnetic or similar capabilities.
3. " Electronic document"  means a document that is received by a county recorder in an electronic form.
4. " Electronic signature"  means an electronic sound,  symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.
5. " Person"  means an individual,  corporation,  business trust,  estate,  trust,  partnership,  limited liability company,  association,  joint venture,  public corporation,  government or governmental subdivision,  agency or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity.
6. " State"  means a state of the United States,  the District of Columbia,  the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,  the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-487.02 - Validity of electronic documents

11-487.02.
Validity of electronic documents
A. If a law requires,  as a condition for recording,  that a document be an original,  be on paper or another tangible medium or be in writing,  the requirement is satisfied by an electronic document satisfying this article.
B. If a law requires,  as a condition for recording,  that a document be signed,  the requirement is satisfied by an electronic signature.
C. A requirement that a document or a signature associated with a document be notarized,  acknowledged,  verified,  witnessed or made under oath is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform that act,  and all other information required to be included,  is attached to or logically associated with the document or signature. A physical or electronic image of a stamp,  impression or seal need not accompany an electronic signature.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-487.03 - Recording of documents; definition

11-487.03.
Recording of documents;  definition
A. A county recorder:
1. Who implements any of the functions listed in this section shall do so in compliance with adopted standards.
2. May receive,  index,  store,  archive and transmit electronic documents.
3. May provide for access to,  and for search and retrieval of,  documents and information by electronic means.
4. Who accepts electronic documents for recording shall continue to accept paper documents as authorized by state law and shall place entries for both types of documents in the same index.
5. May convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form.
6. May convert into electronic form information recorded before the county recorder began to record electronic documents.
7. May accept electronically any fee that the county recorder is authorized to collect.
8. May agree with other officials of a state or a political subdivision of a state or of the United States,  on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of fees.
B. For the purposes of this section,  " paper document"  means a document that is received by a county recorder in a form that is not electronic.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-487.05 - Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act

11-487.05.
Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act
This article modifies,  limits and supersedes the federal electronic signatures in global and national commerce act (P.L. 106-229;  114 Stat. 464;  15 United States Code sections 7001 through 7006,  section 7021 and section 7031) but does not modify,  limit or supersede section 101(c) of that act (P.L. 106-229;  114 stat. 464;  15 United States Code Section 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act (P.L. 106-229;  114 Stat. 464;  15 United States Code section 7003(b)).
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-491 - Custodian of public monies

11-491.
Custodian of public monies
The treasurer shall keep all money belonging to the state,  or to the county,  in his possession until disbursed according to law. He shall not place it in the possession of any person to be used for any purpose,  or lend,  or in any manner use,  or permit any person to use,  such money except as provided by law.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-492 - Apportionment of county monies

11-492.
Apportionment of county monies
All taxes collected upon real and personal property of the county,  and all public monies arising from any source,  or accruing under the provisions of law to a county,  shall be paid into the treasury of the county,  and the county treasurer shall apportion and apply the same to the several special and general funds as provided by law.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-493 - Duties

11-493.
Duties
The county treasurer shall:
1. Receive all monies of the county,  and other monies directed by law to be paid to the county treasurer,  safely keep the monies and apply and pay the monies out,  rendering account thereof as required by law.
2. Keep an account of the receipt and expenditure of the monies in books or electronic books that are provided for that purpose,  in which shall be entered:
(a) The amount of monies received by the county treasurer and the time when,  from whom and on what account the monies were received by the county treasurer.
(b) The amount of disbursements made by the county treasurer and the time when,  to whom and on what account disbursements were made by the county treasurer.
3. Keep the county treasurer's books or electronic books so that the amount received and paid out on account of separate funds or specific appropriations are exhibited in separate and distinct accounts,  and the whole receipts and expenditures shown in one general or cash account.
4. Disburse the county monies:
(a) By county warrant that is issued by the board of supervisors and that is signed by the chairman and the clerk of the board.
(b) By electronic transfer with written authorization from a person designated by the governing board.
(c) As provided by law.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-494 - Receipts for monies received; violation; classification

11-494.
Receipts for monies received;  violation;  classification
A. The treasurer shall issue either an electronic or hard copy of a receipt for all monies the treasurer receives as treasurer or as tax collector except tax payments made by check,  which shall be received pursuant to section 42-18055. The receipts shall be in a standard format,  numbered consecutively,  issued in their serial order and signed or electronically validated by the treasurer. At the time of issuance,  the treasurer shall deliver one copy of the electronic or hard copy receipt to the person paying the money,  one copy to the clerk of the board or the clerk's designee,  who shall immediately charge the treasurer with the amount of the receipt,  and,  in the case of school district deposits,  one copy to the county school superintendent. The treasurer shall retain the original receipt.
B. An officer violating this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-495 - Taxpayers' information fund

11-495.
Taxpayers' information fund
A. A taxpayers' information fund is established in each county treasury consisting of monies collected from the public records copy surcharge imposed pursuant to section 11-496,  the tax lien processing fee imposed pursuant to section 42-18116,  subsection C,  fifteen dollars of each judgment deed fee collected pursuant to section 42-18205,  subsection A,  interest earned from the elderly assistance fund pursuant to section 42-17401,  the community facilities district special assessment fee imposed pursuant to section 48-721 and the fees authorized for collecting municipal fire and emergency services fees in certain areas of the county as prescribed in section 9-500.23.
B. The county treasurer shall administer the fund and spend monies in the fund only to defray the cost of converting or upgrading an automated public information system as follows:
1. Purchasing computer hardware and software.
2. Training employees to operate the system.
3. Maintaining the system,  including purchasing equipment maintenance agreements.
4. Updating the system hardware and software.
5. In counties with a population of more than two million persons,  notifying property owners of the tax and ownership status of a taxpayer's parcel prior to the taxpayer's parcel being sold at a deed sale and the tax and ownership status of any parcels being sold at a deed sale that are adjacent to a taxpayer's parcel,  prior to the deed sale.
C. The county treasurer shall annually submit to the board of supervisors the amount of anticipated revenues under this section. If the projected revenues are considered to be insufficient to establish and maintain the fund at an adequate level,  the monies may accumulate until sufficient monies are available in the fund.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-496 - Public records copy; proceeds of sale; agent duties; surcharge; special district assessments; deposit

11-496.
Public records copy;  proceeds of sale;  agent duties;  surcharge;  special district assessments;  deposit
A. In addition to the fee prescribed by section 39-121.01,  subsection D,  paragraph 1 or section 39-121.03,  subsection A,  the county treasurer may impose a surcharge of not more than twenty-five per cent of the fee charged for furnishing a copy,  printout or photograph.
B. A county treasurer who is designated as a registrar pursuant to section 35-491 may impose a surcharge of not more than twenty-five per cent of the average fee charged by commercial bank trust departments during the previous calendar year for discharging registrar,  transfer and paying agent duties.
C. The county treasurer may impose and collect a fee for expenses directly related to the collection of special assessments for a community facilities district pursuant to section 48-721 and a revitalization district pursuant to section 48-6815 and for collecting municipal fire and emergency services fees from owners of record in certain areas of the county as prescribed in section 9-500.23.
D. The county treasurer shall deposit monies collected pursuant to this section in the taxpayers' information fund established by section 11-495.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-497 - Disbursement of forest reserve monies

11-497.
Disbursement of forest reserve monies
The treasurer shall notify the clerk of the board of supervisors and the county school superintendent of the amount received from the state treasurer as the county share of pass through monies from the United States from forest reserves,  as provided in section 41-736,  and thereafter the money shall be disbursed for the benefit of public schools and public roads of the county as the board of supervisors may direct.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-499 - Issuance of county bonds; liability

11-499.
Issuance of county bonds;  liability
The board of supervisors and not the county treasurer is the official issuer of county bonds,  and the board of supervisors shall assume all liability on the bonds including bonds issued pursuant to sections 11-254.03,  11-264.01,  11-271,  11-281,  11-307,  11-371 and 11-721 and all other county bonds.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-501 - Monthly and annual reports to the board; posting

11-501.
Monthly and annual reports to the board;  posting
A. The county treasurer shall report accounts of collection,  custody and disbursement of public revenue to the county board of supervisors on the fifteenth day of each month for the preceding month. For that purpose the treasurer shall prepare a statement,  under oath,  of the amount of monies or other property received,  the sources from which the monies or property derived,  the amount of payments or disbursements and to whom,  with the amount remaining on hand.
B. The treasurer shall deposit all paid warrants issued by the board of supervisors with the clerk of the board.
C. The treasurer shall also make a full report to the board annually as of the last business day of June.
D. The treasurer shall post all annual and monthly reports on the treasurer's website. The treasurer shall post a report within five days after the treasurer submits the report to the board of supervisors.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-502 - Transmittal of money to state treasurer

11-502.
Transmittal of money to state treasurer
Upon receipt of an order from the state treasurer requiring the money in the county treasury belonging to the state or collected for it to be transmitted to the state treasury in the manner prescribed by law,  the county treasurer shall within ten days thereafter transmit the money in the manner directed by the state treasurer,  and as provided by law. The transmittal shall be at the risk of the state,  if sent as the state treasurer directs.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-503 - Failure to make settlement or report; penalty

11-503.
Failure to make settlement or report;  penalty
If the treasurer neglects or refuses to settle or report as required by law,  he shall forfeit and pay to the county the sum of five hundred dollars for each act of neglect or refusal,  and the board of supervisors shall institute action for the recovery thereof.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-504 - Correction of errors

11-504.
Correction of errors
When an error appearing in the accounts of the county treasurer,  excepting the tax rolls,  comes to the notice of the treasurer he shall,  if the error was made not more than fifteen years prior thereto,  immediately correct it,  and place on the margin of the book in which the original entry of the error appears and opposite the correction thereof,  a notation of the date of such correction and the reason therefor. If the correction depletes or creates a deficit in any fund or account,  the treasurer shall show the fund overdrawn,  and shall refuse to pay warrants or other evidences of indebtedness issued against it until the fund is replenished.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-505 - Disclosure of confidential information; violation; classification; definition

11-505.
Disclosure of confidential information;  violation;  classification;  definition
A. A person,  including a former employee or agent of the treasurer,  who has received confidential information while an employee or agent of the treasurer shall not disclose that information except as provided in subsection B of this section.
B. Confidential information relating to a taxpayer may be disclosed:
1. To the taxpayer,  its successor in interest or a designee of the taxpayer who is authorized in writing by the taxpayer. A principal corporate officer of a parent corporation may execute a written authorization for a controlled subsidiary.
2. To the taxpayer's title company duly licensed with the department of insurance and financial institutions.
3. Pursuant to a lawful court order or a subpoena that is issued by a law enforcement agency pursuant to a criminal investigation.
4. To the auditor general pursuant to an official audit and a written request specifying the information to be disclosed.
C. A knowing disclosure of confidential information in violation of this section is a class 6 felony.
D. For the purposes of this section,  " confidential information"  includes the following information whether it concerns individual taxpayers or is aggregate information for specifically identified taxpayers:
1. Images of checks received in payment of any ad valorem property tax.
2. Signatures,  bank account numbers and bank routing numbers contained on checks received in payment of any ad valorem property tax.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-533 - Statement of court and county attorney in connection with sentence

11-533.
Statement of court and county attorney in connection with sentence
When a defendant is sentenced the trial court and county attorney shall attach to the certified copy of the sentence a statement of the facts and circumstances constituting the crime upon which the defendant was convicted,  together with all other information accessible in regard to the career of the defendant prior to the commission of the crime of which he was convicted,  relative to the habits,  associates,  disposition,  reputation,  and any other facts and circumstances which may aid the board of executive clemency and warden in determining the capability of such prisoner to become a law-abiding citizen.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-534 - Effect of failure of county attorney to attend court

11-534.
Effect of failure of county attorney to attend court
If the county attorney fails to attend in person,  or by deputy,  any session of the superior court at which a criminal action is to be tried,  the court may designate some other person to perform the duties of county attorney during his absence from court. The person so designated shall receive a reasonable compensation,  to be fixed by the court and paid by the county treasurer,  and the amount thereof shall be deducted from the salary of the county attorney.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-536 - Witness protection

11-536.
Witness protection
A. A county attorney may provide for the security of government witnesses,  potential government witnesses and their immediate families in pending official criminal or civil proceedings or investigations,  if testimony by such witnesses may subject the witnesses or members of their immediate families to danger or bodily injury. Witness protection may include providing for the health,  safety,  welfare and housing facilities of witnesses and their immediate families. Witness protection may continue for as long as such danger exists.
B. The county attorney may authorize the purchase,  rental or modification of housing facilities provided pursuant to this section. The county attorney may also contract with any government or department of government to provide facilities or services for the purposes of this section.
C. Monies deposited in the county anti-racketeering revolving fund established pursuant to section 13-2314.03 may be used for witness protection.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-537 - County attorney juvenile diversion fund

11-537.
County attorney juvenile diversion fund
A. The county attorney juvenile diversion fund is established consisting of the following:
1. County general fund appropriations.
2. Federal monies that are appropriated for community based alternative programs.
3. Quarterly reimbursements from the supreme court pursuant to section 8-321,  subsection O for juveniles participating in county attorney community based alternative programs.
4. Grants,  gifts,  devises and donations from any public or private source.
B. The county board of supervisors may apply to the internal revenue service for a ruling that donations to the fund are tax deductible.
C. The monies shall be used at the discretion of the county attorney for administering county community based alternative programs that are established pursuant to section 8-321.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-538 - County attorney victim compensation fund; exemption from lapsing

11-538.
County attorney victim compensation fund;  exemption from lapsing
A. The board of supervisors may establish a county attorney victim compensation fund in the county treasury consisting of monies that are distributed pursuant to section 12-286,  subsection D. The county attorney in cooperation with the board of supervisors shall administer the fund.
B. The county attorney shall use monies in the fund to assist eligible victims of crime. The rules of the Arizona criminal justice commission adopted pursuant to section 41-2405,  subsection A,  paragraph 8 apply to victim compensation.
C. The county attorney shall annually report to the board of supervisors the fund balance and the amount of revenues that the county attorney projects will be available in the fund for the next fiscal year.
D. Monies in the fund shall be used to supplement,  not supplant,  monies that would otherwise be available to assist victims of crime.
E. Any monies in the fund remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the end of the fiscal year do not revert to the county general fund.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-539 - State aid to county attorneys fund

11-539.
State aid to county attorneys fund
A. The state aid to county attorneys fund is established consisting of monies appropriated to the fund and monies allocated pursuant to section 41-2421,  subsections B and J. The purpose of the fund is to provide state aid to county attorneys for the processing of criminal cases.
B. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the fund. The commission shall allocate fund monies to each county pursuant to section 41-2409,  subsection A.
C. All monies distributed or spent from the fund shall be used to supplement,  not supplant,  funding at the level provided in fiscal year 1997-1998 by the counties for the processing of criminal cases by county attorneys.
D. Monies in the state aid to county attorneys fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations and monies allocated pursuant to section 41-2421,  subsections B and J are subject to legislative appropriation. Any state general fund monies appropriated to the fund may be spent without further legislative appropriation.
E. On notice from the commission,  the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35-313,  and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-542 - County assessor; oath

11-542.
County assessor;  oath
The assessor and the assessor's deputies shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation:
" I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will well and truly discharge the duties of assessor of the county of _________,  and will,  to the best of my knowledge and ability,  truly and fairly determine the valuation,  without favor or partiality,  of all the taxable property in said county at its full cash value."
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-543 - Liability for taxes on property unassessed through negligence

11-543.
Liability for taxes on property unassessed through negligence
The assessor and his sureties shall be liable for all taxes on taxable property within the county which,  through the neglect of the assessor,  remains unassessed. The county attorney of the county shall,  in such instances,  sue the assessor and his sureties therefor,  but not until after the assessment roll is completed.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-562 - Duties

11-562.
Duties
A. The county engineer shall be custodian of the records and property of the county relating to surveying,  engineering and road construction.
B. Except where highways are being constructed under the direction of a highway commission,  the county engineer shall,  under the direction of the board,  have charge of all highways,  other engineering construction and improvements,  alterations and repairs to county property,  and shall make surveys,  maps,  plans and specifications required by the board.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-571 - County volunteer forest fire wardens; appointment; term

11-571.
County volunteer forest fire wardens;  appointment;  term
Judges of the superior court in each county may appoint any number of voluntary forest fire wardens deemed necessary for the proper protection of the forested lands within the county. The wardens shall serve without pay,  and their appointments shall expire on November 1 each year.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-582 - Qualifications; salary

11-582.
Qualifications;  salary
A. No person shall be eligible for the office of public defender or deputy public defender unless he is an attorney at law,  licensed and in good standing in this state.
B. The public defender shall receive that salary which the board of supervisors shall determine,  provided that it shall be not less than seventy per cent of that paid to the county attorney.
C. The board of supervisors shall not pay a salary to any person as public defender or deputy public defender who is not eligible for the office.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-583 - Private practice of civil and criminal law prohibited; exception; limitation

11-583.
Private practice of civil and criminal law prohibited;  exception;  limitation
A. The public defender and his full-time deputies shall not engage in the private practice of law,  except:
1. Such prohibition shall not apply to part-time deputies,  except that in no instance shall part-time deputies engage in any private litigation in which the county or an officer thereof in his official capacity is a party.
2. Deputy county public defenders may,  but in no circumstances shall be required to,  represent private clients in pro bono,  private civil matters under the following circumstances:
(a) The representation will be conducted exclusively during off hours or while on leave and the attorney will not receive any compensation for such services.
(b) The client is not seeking an award of attorney fees for the services.
(c) The services are for an individual in need of personal legal services who does not have the financial resources to pay for the professional services or for a nonprofit,  tax exempt charitable organization formed for the purpose of providing social services to individuals and families.
(d) The representation will not interfere with the performance of any official duties.
(e) The subject matter of pro bono representation is outside of the area of practice to which the attorney is assigned in the public defender's office and the activity will not appear to create a conflict of interest.
(f) The activity will not reflect adversely on this state,  the county or any of their agencies.
(g) The deputy county public defender's position will not influence or appear to influence the outcome of any matter.
(h) The activity will not involve assertions that are contrary to the interest or position of this state,  the county or any of their agencies.
(i) The activity does not involve a criminal matter or proceeding or any matter in which this state or the county is a party or has a direct or substantial interest.
(j) The activity will not utilize resources that will result in cost to this state,  the county or any of their agencies.
(k) The attorney's supervisor may require the attorney to submit a prior written request to engage in pro bono work which includes a provision holding the agency harmless from any of the work undertaken by the attorney.
Notwithstanding any provision of law or rule to the contrary,  representation by an attorney of a pro bono client shall not disqualify the office from subsequently participating in any action affecting the client.
B. The public defender shall not during his incumbency defend or assist in the defense of,  or act as counsel for,  any person accused of any crime in any county except as provided in this article unless authorized by the board of supervisors to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with another county pursuant to chapter 7,  article 3 of this title.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-585 - Provision for office and supplies; reimbursement from other agencies

11-585.
Provision for office and supplies;  reimbursement from other agencies
A. In each county where the office of public defender is established,  the board of supervisors shall provide suitable rooms,  office furniture and supplies with which to properly conduct the business of his office.
B. The county shall be reimbursed by the appropriate governmental agency for the expenses incurred in providing the public defender's services to municipal courts or agencies not under the jurisdiction of the county.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-586 - Provision for deputies, assistants and employees

11-586.
Provision for deputies,  assistants and employees
A. The public defender,  with the consent and at salaries fixed by the board of supervisors,  may appoint those full-time and part-time deputies,  and hire stenographers and assistants necessary to conduct the affairs of their respective offices. The appointments shall be in writing.
B. Deputies shall hold office at the pleasure of the officer appointing them and the board of supervisors.
C. Wherever possible,  part-time deputies shall be appointed at minimal salaries to supplement the regular staff of the office of the public defender. When these deputies are appointed,  the public defender shall make every effort,  which does not interfere with the faithful performance of his duties,  to acquaint them fully with all phases of the activities of his office.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-588 - State aid to indigent defense fund

11-588.
State aid to indigent defense fund
A. The state aid to indigent defense fund is established consisting of monies appropriated to the fund and monies allocated to the fund pursuant to section 41-2421,  subsections B and J. The purpose of the fund is to provide state aid to the county public defender,  legal defender and contract indigent defense counsel for the processing of criminal cases.
B. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the fund. The commission shall allocate monies in the fund to each county pursuant to section 41-2409,  subsection C.
C. All monies distributed or spent from the fund shall be used to supplement,  not supplant,  funding at the level provided in fiscal year 1997-1998 by counties for the processing of criminal cases by the county public defender,  legal defender and contract indigent defense counsel in each county.
D. Monies in the state aid to indigent defense fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations and monies allocated pursuant to section 41-2421,  subsections B and J are subject to legislative appropriation. Any state general fund monies appropriated to the fund may be spent without further legislative appropriation.
E. On notice from the commission,  the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35-313,  and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-591 - Definitions

11-591.
Definitions
In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Alternate medical examiner"  means a physician who has training and competence in the principles of death investigation and who performs or directs the conduct of death investigations.
2. " Autopsy"  means a surgical procedure in which internal organs are exposed,  removed or examined for the identification of trauma or natural disease.
3. " Death investigation"  means the investigation directed by a county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner into the circumstances surrounding a death occurring as prescribed in section 11-593.
4. " External examination"  means an external inspection of a body.
5. " Forensic pathologist"  means a physician who has successfully completed a pathology residency and a forensic fellowship or has extensive experience performing forensic autopsies in an official capacity.
6. " Investigative information"  means information received by a medical examiner or alternate medical examiner from law enforcement,  witnesses,  family members,  health care personnel or medical death investigators concerning cause and manner of death.
7. " Medical death investigator"  means a person trained in the principles of death investigation.
8. " Medical examiner"  means a forensic pathologist who performs or directs the conduct of death investigations.
9. " Nurse practitioner"  means a person licensed and certified pursuant to title 32,  chapter 15.
10. " Organ procurement organization"  means an organization located within this state that meets the requirements of 42 United States Code section 273.
11. " Pathologist assistant"  means a person certified as a pathologist assistant who has graduated from a pathologist assistant training program approved by a national accrediting agency for clinical laboratory sciences.
12. " Physician"  means a person licensed pursuant to title 32,  chapter 13 or 17.
13. " Tissue bank"  means a person that is licensed or regulated under federal or state law or accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting organization to engage in the recovery,  screening,  testing,  processing,  storage or distribution of tissue.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-592 - County medical examiner; alternate medical examiners; fund; notification

11-592.
County medical examiner;  alternate medical examiners;  fund;  notification
A. The board of supervisors of each county may appoint a forensic pathologist to the position of medical examiner. The medical examiner shall receive compensation as determined by the board of supervisors.
B. If the board of supervisors determines that the appointment of a medical examiner is not practicable,  the board of supervisors shall designate one or more alternate medical examiners who need not be residents of the county. An alternate medical examiner shall perform the duties of a medical examiner except all autopsies shall be performed by a forensic pathologist.
C. If the board of supervisors designates one or more alternate medical examiners,  the board may establish a county fund and shall pay expenses incurred by alternate medical examiners in the performance of their duties and for the cost of cases referred to a forensic pathologist.
D. The sheriff of the county is responsible for notifying an alternate medical examiner to direct a death investigation.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-595 - Right to enter premises; right to seize articles

11-595.
Right to enter premises;  right to seize articles
A. The county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner may enter any room,  dwelling,  building or other place in which the body or evidence of the circumstances of the death requiring investigation may be found,  provided that a law enforcement agency investigating the death obtains a search warrant for private property other than in the immediate location where the body was found.
B. The county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner,  with the permission of the law enforcement agency investigating the death may take into possession any object or article found on the deceased or in the deceased's immediate vicinity which may aid in the determination of the deceased's identity or determination of the cause or manner of death. Upon completion of the findings,  the medical examiner or alternate medical examiner,  within thirty days,  shall deliver the object or article to the law enforcement agency concerned,  to the legal representative of the deceased or to the county treasurer.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-596 - Removal or disturbance of body or effects or weapons without consent prohibited

11-596.
Removal or disturbance of body or effects or weapons without consent prohibited
A. A human body or body suspected of being human shall not be removed from the place where the death occurred,  if the death is of a nature requiring investigation,  without first obtaining permission of the county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner.
B. Embalming,  cleansing of the surfaces of the body or other alteration of the appearance or state of the body,  clothing or personal effects shall not be performed until the permission of the county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner has been obtained. A funeral director or embalmer who receives custody of a human body from a county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner is deemed to have the permission required by this subsection,  unless permission is expressly withheld by the county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner.
C. A person,  except a law enforcement agent in the performance of the agent's duties,  shall not remove from the place of death or from the body of the deceased any of the effects of the deceased,  or instruments or weapons that may have been used in the death requiring investigation,  without prior permission of the county medical examiner,  alternate medical examiner or the investigating law enforcement agent.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-597 - Autopsies; reports; exemption from liability

11-597.
Autopsies;  reports;  exemption from liability
A. The county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner shall conduct a death investigation to determine whether or not the public interest requires an external examination,  autopsy or other special investigation.
B. An external examination or autopsy is not required for deaths due to natural diseases that occur during surgical or anesthetic procedures unless the medical examiner or alternate medical examiner determines that an external examination or autopsy is necessary.
C. In the determination of the need for an autopsy,  the county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner may consider the request for an autopsy made by private persons or public officials. If the county attorney or a superior court judge of the county where the death occurred requests an autopsy,  the county medical examiner shall perform the autopsy,  or,  in the case of an alternate medical examiner,  an autopsy shall be performed by a forensic pathologist.
D. A forensic pathologist shall perform an autopsy in cases of sudden and unexplained infant death in accordance with protocols adopted by the director of the department of health services. If the medical examiner or forensic pathologist determines that the infant died of sudden infant death syndrome,  the medical examiner or forensic pathologist shall notify the department of health services. The medical examiner or forensic pathologist may retain tissue samples,  specimens and other biological materials for diagnostic purposes.
E. If an autopsy is performed,  a full record or report of the facts developed by the autopsy in the findings of the person performing the autopsy shall be properly made and filed in the office of the county medical examiner or the board of supervisors. If the person performing the autopsy determines that the report should be forwarded to the county where the death occurred or the county in which any injury contributing to or causing the death was sustained,  the report shall be forwarded to the county attorney.
F. A county attorney may request and on request shall receive from the county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner a copy of the report on any autopsy performed.
G. The county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner may perform other tests deemed necessary to determine identity and the cause and manner of death and may retain tissues,  specimens and other biological materials for subsequent examination.
H. When a death investigation,  including an external examination,  autopsy or other tests are performed by the county medical examiner,  alternate medical examiner or a forensic pathologist,  no cause of action shall lie against the physician or any other person for requesting,  performing,  participating in or determining the cause and manner of death or otherwise reporting the results from the external examination,  death investigation,  autopsy or other tests or for retaining specimens,  tissues or other biological materials.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-597.01 - Duty to conduct identification meeting; exception; immunity; definitions

11-597.01.
Duty to conduct identification meeting;  exception;  immunity;  definitions
A. On receipt of notification from an immediate family member of a decedent in the physical possession of the medical examiner,  the medical examiner shall conduct an identification meeting in the time frame prescribed by this section,  unless in the professional opinion of the medical examiner an identification meeting should be delayed or limited because the risk of loss of forensic evidence may compromise the death investigation of the medical examiner or the decedent's body is in a physical condition that does not allow the decedent to be reasonably recognized.
B. This section does not limit or otherwise restrict or affect the county medical examiner's professional judgment and discretion to determine the nature and extent of any death investigation or positive identification of a dead body.
C. If an identification meeting is conducted pursuant to this section or otherwise,  the county medical examiner,  all employees,  agents,  contractors and other representatives of the county medical examiner and the county are immune from civil liability for any injuries or damages of any kind alleged to have been suffered by an immediate family member as a result of or arising from an identification meeting or by any other third party due to the conduct of the immediate family member allegedly attributable to or otherwise arising out of the identification meeting. A cause of action shall not arise against them as a result of the identification meeting.
D. The medical examiner shall provide information on the county website as to the means of making a request for notification.
E. For the purposes of this section:
1. " Identification meeting"  means an examination of photographs or videos of the decedent or any distinguishing marks of the dead body or any information that may assist the immediate family in making identification.
2. " Immediate family member"  means,  with respect to a particular decedent,  an individual who is at least eighteen years of age and who is one of the following:
(a) The decedent's spouse.
(b) The decedent's child.
(c) The decedent's parent.
(d) The decedent's grandparent.
(e) The decedent's grandchild.
(f) The decedent's sibling.
(g) The decedent's legal guardian.
3. " Notification"  means a written or electronic request to the medical examiner.
4. " Time frame"  means forty-eight hours,  excluding weekends and legal holidays.