Arizona Laws 41-1071. Military relief from administrative procedures; process
At any stage, any action or proceeding before any state agency, board, commission or administrative tribunal involving a person on active duty in the military service of the United States or this state as a necessary party, which occurs during such period of service or within sixty days thereafter, may be stayed in the discretion of the state administrative entity before which it is pending, on its own motion. The state administrative entity shall not stay an action or proceeding on its own motion if the service member makes a written objection to the stay. Such action or proceeding shall be stayed on application to the state administrative entity by such person or some person on his behalf, unless in the written decision of the state administrative entity, the ability of the service member to pursue the claim or defense in the action or proceeding is not prejudiced by the military service.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 41-1071
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Agency: means any board, commission, department, officer or other administrative unit of this state, including the agency head and one or more members of the agency head or agency employees or other persons directly or indirectly purporting to act on behalf or under the authority of the agency head, whether created under the Constitution of Arizona or by enactment of the legislature. See Arizona Laws 41-1001
- Party: means each person or agency named or admitted as a party or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party. See Arizona Laws 41-1001
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision or unit of a governmental subdivision, a public or private organization of any character or another agency. See Arizona Laws 41-1001
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215