A. A person commits residential picketing if the person intentionally engages in picketing or otherwise demonstrates before or about an individual’s residence or dwelling place and both of the following apply:

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 13-2909

  • Misdemeanor: means an offense for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment other than to the custody of the state department of corrections is authorized by any law of this state. See Arizona Laws 13-105
  • Person: means a human being and, as the context requires, an enterprise, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a firm, a society, a government, a governmental authority or an individual or entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property. See Arizona Laws 13-105

1. The picketing or demonstrating is intentionally directed at a person who resides in the residence or dwelling place.

2. A reasonable person would find the person’s picketing or demonstrating to be harassing, threatening or alarming to a person in the residence or dwelling place.

B. This section does not apply to a residence or dwelling place that is also used as the individual’s principal place of business.

C. Residential picketing is a class 3 misdemeanor.