Arizona Laws 13-2322. Unlawful transactions involving drop house properties; classification; definition
A. A person or company that owns, sells, leases or brokers a transaction involving property or real property that the person or company knows will be used as a drop house is guilty of a class 4 felony.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 13-2322
- Felony: means an offense for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment in the custody of the state department of corrections is authorized by any law of this state. See Arizona Laws 13-105
- Person: means a human being and, as the context requires, an enterprise, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a firm, a society, a government, a governmental authority or an individual or entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property. See Arizona Laws 13-105
- Property: means anything of value, tangible or intangible. See Arizona Laws 13-105
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
B. It is a defense to a prosecution pursuant to this section if both of the following apply:
1. The person or company acquires actual knowledge that the property or real property is being used as a drop house after the person or company acquires ownership of, sells, leases or brokers a transaction involving the property or real property.
2. The person or company reports this information to a law enforcement agency.
C. For the purposes of this section, "drop house" means property or real property that is used to facilitate smuggling pursuant to section 13-2319.