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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 11-409 (2026)

Deputies and employees; appointment

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The county officers enumerated in section 11-401, by and with the consent of, and at salaries fixed by the board, may appoint deputies, stenographers, clerks and assistants necessary to conduct the affairs of their respective offices. The appointments shall be in writing.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1957–2025 · leading case: Hounshell v. White, 202 P.3d 466 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2008).
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Hounshell v. White, 202 P.3d 466 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 8× “AR.S. § 11-409 (2001). 2. County Merit Systems ¶ 10 Independent of the foregoing, any county in Arizona may “adopt a limited county employee merit system as is adaptable to its size and type.”
Boies v. Cole, 407 P.2d 917 (Ariz. 1965). · cites it 6× “The appointments shall be in writing, and filed in the office of the county recorder.”
Walker v. Walthall, 588 P.2d 863 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 4× “A.R.S. § 11-409. Cf. State v. Ovens, 4 Ariz.”
State v. White, 574 P.2d 840 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 4× “We must assume therefore that the motion for findings was denied since no specific ruling is included in the minute entries. [2] No allegation is made that Alexander was acting other than as a private citizen.”
Mann v. Cnty. of Maricopa, 456 P.2d 931 (Ariz. 1969). · cites it 3× “Sections 11-351 to 11-356 were added to the Arizona Revised Statutes, and A.R.S. 11-409 was amended. The system provides for dismissal, suspension, or re *566 duction in rank or compensation of any-appointed employee only by written order of the appointing authority filed with…”
Roylston v. Pima Cnty., 475 P.2d 233 (Ariz. 1970). · cites it 2× “If the judiciary has the power under Article VI, § 23 to provide for the powers and duties of the Clerk of the Superior Court it necessarily follows that the judiciary has the power to supervise the operation of that office. Having decided that the Clerk of the Superior Court is…”
State v. Stago, 312 P.2d 160 (Ariz. 1957). “Section 11-409, A.R.S.1956 provides the method by which deputy sheriffs are appointed: “A.”
Patton v. Cnty. of Mohave, 741 P.2d 301 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1987). “Arizona Revised Statutes § 11-409 authorizes county officers to appoint deputies.”
Maricopa Cnty. v. Black, 506 P.2d 279 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1973). · cites it 2× “§ 11-409 authorizes the county boards of supervisors to fix salaries at which employees may be employed by the county, and from this argues that “Such authority must include therein the authority to reduce prospectively salaries to be paid to future employees of the county, and…”
Maricopa Cnty. v. Biaett, 518 P.2d 1003 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1974). · cites it 2× “In support of this proposition appellant cites A.R.S. § 11-409: “The county officers enumerated in § 11-401 may, by and with the consent of, and at'salaries fixed by the board, appoint deputies, stenographers, clerks and assistants necessary to conduct the affairs of their…”
Wenc v. Sierra Vista Unified Sch. Dist. No. 68, 108 P.3d 962 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “” § 38-461(C); see also A.R.S. § 11-409 (requiring written and filed appointments of “deputies, .”
State v. Ovens, 422 P.2d 719 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1967). · cites it 2× “Section 11-409, subsec. A authorizes the Sheriff and the County Attorney to appoint deputies “ * * * by and with the consent of, and at salaries fixed by the board * * The same section also provides that “(t)he appointments shall be in writing, and filed in the office of the…”
Wenc v. Sierra Vista Unified Sch. Dist., 108 P.3d 962 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “appoint clerks and employees for the prompt discharge of the duties of the office," § 38-461(A), but requires that such appointments of "deputies, assistants or clerks .”
Sanchez v. Maricopa Cnty. (Ariz. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 3× “A.R.S. § 11-409; see also Hounshell, 220 Ariz.”
Sanchez v. Maricopa Cnty. (Ariz. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 3× “A.R.S. § 11-409; see also Hounshell, 220 Ariz.”
Sanchez v. Maricopa Cnty. (Ariz. 2025). · cites it 3× “See A.R.S. § 11-409. Although § 11-409 provides that a sheriff appoints deputies “by and with the consent of, and at salaries fixed by the board,” that statute does not suggest that a board appoints a sheriff’s deputies.”
johnson/trejo/carter v. Hon. vederman/state (Ariz. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “1 Petitioners cite no authority, however, for the proposition that § 11-409 requires Board approval of volunteer deputies, and, in any event, Schilder is acting not as a deputy county attorney but as a Special Deputy Prosecutor.”
Nina Alley v. Cnty. of Pima (D. Ariz. 2024). · cites it 2× “As this Court has already found, the county board of supervisors must 28 consent pursuant to A.R.S. § 11-409 to the county attorney’s appointment of deputy - 30 - Case 4:15-cv-00152-RM Document 869 Filed 01/19/24 Page 31 of 60 1 county attorneys, and the board fixes the…”
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