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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 11-202 (2026)

County as corporate body; name

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A. Each county is a body politic and corporate, possessing all the powers expressly provided in the constitution or laws of this state and such powers as are necessarily implied therefrom.

B. The name of the county designated in article 1, chapter 1 of this title is its corporate name by which it shall be known and designated in all actions and proceedings.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1957–2012 · leading case: Mohave Cnty. v. Mohave-Kingman Estates, Inc., 586 P.2d 978 (Ariz. 1978).
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Mohave Cnty. v. Mohave-Kingman Estates, Inc., 586 P.2d 978 (Ariz. 1978). · cites it 2× “The statute prescribes sale to the highest bidder at public auction after 90 days notice by publication.”
Gorman v. Pima Cnty., 287 P.3d 800 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “The board’s statutory powers and duties include the authority to adopt, amend, and repeal county ordinances that are necessary to carry out the duties, responsibilities, and functions of the county, § 11-251.”
Maricopa Cnty. v. Maricopa Cnty. Mun. Water Conservation Dist. No. 1, 830 P.2d 846 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “00 fee per vehicle for public recreational use of Lake Pleasant.”
Airport Props. v. Maricopa Cnty., 985 P.2d 574 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1999). “section 11-202 and standing through the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, A.”
Williams v. State Ex Rel. Morrison, 315 P.2d 981 (Ariz. 1957). “§ 37-202 (section 11-202, A.C.A. 1939) creates a selection board composed of the governor, state land commissioner and the attorney general and provides that this board shall do everything necessary to comply with United States and state law in securing title “to the lands…”
Maricopa Cnty. v. Am. Pipe & Constr. Co., 303 F. Supp. 77 (D. Ariz. 1969). “Under Arizona Revised Statutes § 11-202 each county in Arizona is a body politic and corporate, and by A.”
Universal Sur. Co. v. Lescher & Mahoney, Architect & Engineers, 340 F. Supp. 303 (D. Ariz. 1972). · cites it 2× “” A.R.S. § 11-202. “County as corporate tody; name A.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 11-202(A) — 2 cases
Gorman v. Pima Cnty., 287 P.3d 800 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2012). “The board’s statutory powers and duties include the authority to adopt, amend, and repeal county ordinances that are necessary to carry out the duties, responsibilities, and functions of the county, § 11-251.”
Maricopa Cnty. v. Maricopa Cnty. Mun. Water Conservation Dist. No. 1, 830 P.2d 846 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1991). “00 fee per vehicle for public recreational use of Lake Pleasant.”
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