Arizona Laws 20-1901. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 20-1901
- department: means the department of insurance and financial institutions. See Arizona Laws 20-101
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
1. "Authorized agency" means:
(a) The office of the state fire marshal when authorized or charged with the investigation of a fire.
(b) The director of the department of public safety.
(c) A county attorney.
(d) A county sheriff.
(e) The attorney general.
(f) The fire department of any city, town or county of this state.
(g) A police agency of any city, town or county of this state.
(h) Solely for the purposes of section 20-1902, subsection A, the federal bureau of investigation, any other federal agency or the United States attorney general’s office when authorized or charged with investigation or prosecution of a crime in this state.
(i) The automobile theft authority.
2. "Insurer" means every person or entity engaged in the business of making contracts of insurance in this state.
3. "Relevant" means having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the investigation or determination of the issue more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.