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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 11-402 (2026)

Qualifications

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A person shall not be eligible for a county office, whether elective or appointive, nor shall a certificate of election or commission issue to any person, unless he is, at the time of his election or appointment, eighteen years of age or over, a resident of the state, an elector of the county or precinct in which the duties of the office are to be exercised and able to read and write the English language. The board of supervisors shall be the sole judge of such qualifications, subject to review by certiorari in the superior court.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1970–2014 · leading case: Clark v. Campbell, 193 P.3d 320 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2008).
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Clark v. Campbell, 193 P.3d 320 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “22, § 17, it is the Legislature that has established the qualifications for holding the office, A.R.S. § 11-402 (2001), construed in Nicol v.”
Nicol v. Superior Court, Maricopa Cnty., 473 P.2d 455 (Ariz. 1970). · cites it 3× “But § 11-402, A.R.S., is not limited to those enumerated officers, since it explicitly refers to an officer’s qualification as an elector of the precinct in which the duties of such officer are to be carried out.”
Collins v. Corbin, 771 P.2d 1380 (Ariz. 1989). · cites it 2× “2d 697 (1971). Petitioners erroneously attempt to limit our decision in Heilman by characterizing it as merely a venue determination.”
Griffith v. Baca, 236 P.3d 1192 (Ariz. 2010). · cites it 3× “¶ 10 In their briefing before this Court, Griffith and Baca interpret § 16-311(A) to require candidates like Baca to be registered to vote in the relevant precinct (and therefore a resident of that precinct) when they file nomination papers.”
State v. Andrus (Ariz. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “2d 697, 698 (1971) (stating A.R.S. § 11-402 is applicable to justices of the peace).”
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