Arizona Laws 31-331. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 31-331
- Court: means a justice of the peace, town magistrate, city magistrate, superior court commissioner or superior court judge. See Arizona Laws 31-331
- Detention facility: means any jail or other place of detention of persons charged with or convicted of a crime, including town, city, county, or regional facilities. See Arizona Laws 31-331
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Local governing board: means town council, city council or board of supervisors, or any combination thereof. See Arizona Laws 31-331
- Magistrate: means an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense and includes the chief justice and justices of the supreme court, judges of the superior court, judges of the court of appeals, justices of the peace and judges of a municipal court. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Work furlough administrator: means a probation officer, sheriff, or other person authorized by the local governing board to perform the functions of the work furlough administrator. See Arizona Laws 31-331
1. "Court" means a justice of the peace, town magistrate, city magistrate, superior court commissioner or superior court judge.
2. "Detention facility" means any jail or other place of detention of persons charged with or convicted of a crime, including town, city, county, or regional facilities.
3. "Employment" includes vocational training and other educational and rehabilitative activities, whether or not for compensation.
4. "Local governing board" means town council, city council or board of supervisors, or any combination thereof.
5. "Prisoner" means a person incarcerated in a detention facility who has been charged with or convicted of a misdemeanor, or a person incarcerated for nonpayment of a fine, for contempt or as a condition of probation for any criminal offense.
6. "Work furlough administrator" means a probation officer, sheriff, or other person authorized by the local governing board to perform the functions of the work furlough administrator.