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Administrative Orders. The Arizona Supreme Court adopts policies and procedures to guide municipal, justice of the peace, superior court and appellate courts throughout Arizona in conducting their administrative functions in a fair, efficient and fiscally responsible way.
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Arizona Code of Judicial Administration. The Supreme Court adopts policies and procedures to
guide municipal, justice of the peace, superior court and appellate courts
throughout Arizona in conducting their administrative functions in a fair,
efficient and fiscally responsible way. The
Code of Judicial Administration is a compilation of these policies and
procedures for the administration of all Arizona courts.
Arizona Court of Appeals - Division
1, Opinions. View online opinions by category. For a complete official copy of the opinions, contact the Court of Appeals, Division One.
Arizona Court of Appeals - Division
2, Opinions. Decisions posted here may not be final. A motion for
reconsideration or petition for review may be pending. Counsel is responsible
for determining the status of a case.
Arizona Supreme Court Opinions. Published
opinions going back to 1998. Note: Only the bound volumes of Arizona Reports
contain the final, official report of cases argued and determined in the Supreme
Court and Court of Appeals of the state of Arizona. (Sign up and
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Arizona Revised Statutes
(A.R.S.) Search for A.R.S. keywords at the Arizona legislature's information
service. Users may also view statutes by title or chapter number.
Arizona Rules of Court. The Arizona Supreme Court is responsible for making court rules. This site contains a list of amendments to the rules that may not yet be published in the Arizona Rules of Court - State (published by West Group), along with rule change petitions currently pending before the Arizona Supreme Court.
Capital Sentencing Guide was created by the staff attorneys of the Arizona Death Penalty Judicial Assistance Program to assist Arizona’s superior court judges in resolving capital sentencing matters. The Guide consists of two major parts: the aggravation and mitigation tables, and the case summaries. The aggravation and mitigation tables list every Arizona Supreme Court opinion that
discusses
a particular aggravating or mitigating circumstance. The case summaries enable the reader to see, at a glance,
the
entire aggravating and mitigating circumstances in that specific case.
2000 Child Support Calculator is an
interactive PDF (Portable Document Format) document that will calculate a child support amount based on the Arizona Child Support Guidelines, which took effect January 1, 2001, (the minor revision to Section
8a, effective May 1, 2001, does not affect the calculator). It has been designed to function with Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4.05. Please remember that this calculator is for informational and educational purposes only.
Civil Cover Sheet - (Rule 8(h) of the Arizona Rules of Civil
Procedure). The Arizona Supreme Court has amended
Rule 8 (h) of
the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure to require the utilization of a
statewide Civil Cover Sheet. The Civil Cover Sheet was approved by the Supreme
Court and will be maintained on the Administration of Courts website. The
plaintiff or plaintiff’s attorney must complete and submit the Civil Cover Sheet
to the Superior Courts when filing the initial complaint or petition in a civil
action. The Rule went into effect January 1, 2009. FORMS:
Statewide -
Maricopa County -
Pima
County
The Clerk of the Arizona Supreme Court
performs a myriad of detailed responsibilities in support of the Court’s
constitutional appellate litigation functions, rule making authority, and
attorney discipline authority. The Clerk maintains the Court’s case files and
disseminates the Court’s opinions, decisions and orders.
Criminal Code Sentencing Chart.
These booklets describes misdemeanors, fines, financial assessments, length of
probation ranges, juvenile offenders, drug offense sentencing ranges, personal
possession and use of drugs, general crimes sentencing ranges, dangerous crimes
against children sentencing ranges, first and second degree murder and community
supervision ranges.
Legislative Update provides summaries of legislation of interest to the court community that were passed in the
Arizona Legislature.
Minutes of the Clerk of the
Arizona Supreme Court
contain decisions on matters scheduled by the Court.
Oral Argument Calendar.
The Court normally schedules oral arguments one to two days per month during its
regular term (September through June). Most oral arguments are held in the Supreme Court
court room at the
Arizona State Courts Building. Arguments are also held once each year at the law
schools of Arizona State University and the University of Arizona.
Oral Argument Case Summaries are
summaries
of cases heard or being heard by the justices of the Arizona Supreme Court
Arizona's judges are subject to the
Code of Judicial Conduct approved by the Arizona Supreme Court in 1993. It
follows the Model Code of Judicial Conduct adopted by the American Bar
Association in 1990.
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Summary
of Issues Accepted for Review. The Minutes on this web page contain
Issues Accepted for Review by the Arizona Supreme Court.
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