Criminal Statutes of Limitations
Arizona
Last Updated: April 2023
Sexual abuse | Answer |
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This crime is a Class 3 felony if victim is under 15. Otherwise, this crime is a Class 5 felony.
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Public sexual indecency | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
This crime is a Class 5 felony if committed against a minor. Otherwise, this crime is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
NOTE: A minor is defined under Arizona’s criminal code as “any person who is under eighteen years of age.” |
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Sexual conduct with a minor | Answer |
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This crime is a Class 2 felony if minor is under 15; Class 6 felony if minor is at least 15 but under 18; or Class 2 felony if minor is at least 15 but offender is or was in a position of trust and the convicted person is not eligible for suspension of sentence, probation, pardon or release from confinement on any basis except as specifically authorized by § 31-233(A) or (B) until the sentence imposed has been served or commuted.
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Sexual assault | Answer |
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This crime is a Class 2 felony.
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Unlawful sexual conduct by an adult probation department employee or juvenile court employee | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
This crime is a Class 2 felony if minor is under 15; Class 3 felony if minor is at least 15 but under 18; or Class 5 felony otherwise.
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Molestation of child under 15 | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
This crime is a Class 2 felony.
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Continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
This crime is a Class 2 felony.
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Sexual misconduct; behavioral health professionals | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
This crime is a Class 6 felony.
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Unlawful sexual conduct; correctional employees | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
This crime is a Class 2 felony if minor is under 15; Class 3 felony if minor is at least 15 but under 18; or Class 5 felony otherwise.
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Violent sexual assault | Answer |
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This crime modifies the offenses of Sexual Abuse (§ 13-1404), Sexual Conduct with a Minor (§ 13-1405), Sexual Assault (§ 13-1406), and Molestation of a Child under 15 (§ 13-1410) when those offenses involve a deadly weapon, dangerous instrument, or knowing infliction of serious physical injury, and the perpetrator has a prior felony conviction for any sex offense. This crime modifies the above offenses by:
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Child sex trafficking | Answer |
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This crime is a Class 2 felony. It may be Class 5 felony if offender engaged in prostitution with a minor at least 15 years old and offender did not know or should not have known the victim was a minor, unless offender has previously been convicted of child sex trafficking or attempted child sex trafficking.
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Commercial sexual exploitation of a minor | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
This crime is a Class 2 felony.
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Sexual exploitation of a minor | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
This crime is a Class 2 felony.
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Luring a minor for sexual exploitation | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
This crime is a Class 3 felony.
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Aggravated luring of a minor for sexual exploitation | Answer |
What is the statute of limitations for this crime? |
This crime is a Class 2 felony.
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Incest | Answer |
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This crime is a Class 4 felony.
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Are there any exceptions to the statute of limitations laws? | Answer |
Exceptions |
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Anything else I should know? | Answer |
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