Arizona Attorney General Opinions
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When does a newly elected Arizona fire district board member take office after a November election?
On the first day of the month after the election. The Attorney General concluded that A.R.S. § 48-803(G) was meant to apply to all fire districts, even though a 2014 amendment accidentally added a cla…
Does Arizona's automatic-recount statute apply to a city ballot measure (like Tucson's Proposition 413) that passed by a margin under one-half of one percent?
No. Attorney General Kris Mayes concluded that 'referred measures' in A.R.S. § 16-661 covers only statewide initiatives and referenda, not municipal measures. The structure of the surrounding recount …
In Arizona, can a county board of supervisors decide on its own to hand-count every ballot from a general election?
No. A.R.S. § 16-602 sets the audit at a small random sample (at least 2% of precincts and 1% or 5,000 of early ballots, whichever is less). A county cannot turn the initial audit into a 100% manual re…
Can my Arizona county make me pay for a full land survey before it will approve splitting my parcel into smaller lots?
No. Under A.R.S. § 11-831(B)(3), a county must approve a qualifying land division if the applicant supplies a statement from a licensed surveyor or engineer about physical access (and meets the three …
If a fintech company lets workers withdraw their already-earned wages a few days early, does it have to be licensed as a consumer lender in Arizona?
No, not if the product is truly non-recourse and charges no finance charge. The AG concluded that a fully non-recourse Earned Wage Access product (no debt collection, no credit reporting, no legal cla…
Does an Arizona county supervisor have to resign to apply for a Superior Court judgeship the Governor would fill by appointment?
No. The AG's informal opinion concluded that submitting an application for a gubernatorial appointment is not the same as 'offering yourself for nomination or election.' The resign-to-run statute requ…
When an Arizona statute requires notice 'by mail' to political party precinct committeemen, can email satisfy the requirement?
No. The AG's informal opinion concluded that 'by mail' in A.R.S. § 16-824 means delivery through the postal service. Email is treated separately throughout Arizona law, so notice by email is not enoug…
Does Arizona's three-second minimum yellow-light duration apply to left-turn signals, or only to straight-ahead lights?
The Arizona AG concluded that A.R.S. § 28-643's requirement that yellow lights last at least three seconds applies to every traffic signal, including left-turn signals. The statute's plain language di…
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Attorney general opinions in Arizona are written by the Arizona Attorney General's office in response to questions from state agencies, legislators, and prosecutors. They are not binding like court decisions, but courts and agencies treat them as persuasive guidance on how state law applies. Every opinion above has a plain-English question and short answer, plus a link to the full original text.