Arizona Laws 13-3906. Processing arrestees; citizenship determination; notice
A. Within twenty-four hours after a person is brought to a law enforcement agency for incarceration, the law enforcement agency shall inquire of the person and determine that person’s country of citizenship. If the person is not a United States citizen, the law enforcement agency shall:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 13-3906
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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
- Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
1. Notify the person’s country of citizenship of the person’s detention if the person does not waive notification or if the person’s country of citizenship requires notification regardless of the person’s waiver of notification.
2. Document the notification to the person’s country of citizenship and any waiver of notification.
3. Transmit any information obtained pursuant to this section to the court and the prosecuting agency for the purpose of making a determination pursuant to section 13-3961, subsection A, paragraph 5 or section 13-3967, subsection B, paragraph 14 or for any other lawful purpose.
B. The failure or inability of a law enforcement agency to provide the notice required by this section does not:
1. Affect the admissibility of any statements, the voluntariness of a guilty plea or the validity of a conviction.
2. Afford a defendant any rights in any proceeding related to deportation, exclusion or denial of naturalization.