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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.  (Sign up and receive email notification when a new order is released.)

Arizona Code of Judicial AdministrationThe 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 receive email notification when a new order or opinion is released.)

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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