Arizona Laws 12-127. Days for transaction of business; exceptions
A. The superior court shall at all times be open for transaction of business except on nonjudicial days. The superior court shall not transact business on a legal holiday except:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 12-127
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Magistrate: means an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense and includes the chief justice and justices of the supreme court, judges of the superior court, judges of the court of appeals, justices of the peace and judges of a municipal court. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
1. To give, on its request, instructions to a jury deliberating on its verdict.
2. To receive a verdict or discharge a jury.
3. For the exercise of the powers of a magistrate in a criminal action or in a proceeding of a criminal nature.
B. Writs of injunction, attachment, garnishment, replevin and prohibition may be issued and served on any day.
C. With the approval of the presiding judge of the county, business shall be transacted in the division of the superior court of that county on the second Monday in October if the board of supervisors designates the Friday after the fourth Thursday in November a legal holiday in place of the second Monday in October.
D. A division of the superior court shall not be open for the transaction of business on the Friday after the fourth Thursday in November if the division of the superior court of that county is open for the transaction of business on the second Monday in October pursuant to subsection C of this section.