A. If a board of supervisors or a county or school district officer, employee or agent, without authority of law, orders or causes any public monies to be paid, the board or county or school district officer, employee or agent and the party in whose favor the order is made are jointly and severally liable for the monies with interest at the legal rate, and twenty percent additional on the principal amount. If the monies are paid on a claim presented by a member of the board, the supervisor presenting the claim and the board are jointly and severally liable for the monies with interest at the legal rate, and twenty percent additional on the principal amount.
B. A county or school district officer, employee or agent who is responsible for disbursing public monies pursuant to a warrant or other form of claim that does not originate from the officer, employee or agent making the disbursal may not be held liable under subsection A of this section for an illegal payment of public monies unless the county or school district officer, employee or agent responsible for disbursing public monies knew or should have known that a warrant or other claim would result in an illegal payment.
C. If an illegal payment of monies is made as described in subsection A of this section, the county attorney may institute an action in the name of the county, against the board of supervisors or county or school district officer, employee or agent, to enjoin the payment of the monies, or if paid, to recover the monies with interest at the legal rate, and twenty percent additional on the principal amount, to be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the fund from which the allowance was made.
D. The board of supervisors may not dismiss, compromise or in any way control such an action. A bond is not required of a county in the action, on an injunction or on an appeal.
Notes of Decisions
Riley v. Cnty. of Cochise, 455 P.2d 1005 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1969).
· cites it 8× “r *58 15, 1967, the defendant objected to the approval of said demand by a letter, a copy of which was appended thereto; that the plaintiff’s contention was that the demand was valid and legal and should he allowed for payment; that the defendant County Attorney had indicated…”
Barbee v. Holbrook, 371 P.2d 886 (Ariz. 1962).
· cites it 4× “The county attorney of Santa Cruz County pursuant to the applicable statute, A.R.S. § 11-641, subd. B in the name of Santa Cruz County brought an action against the members of the board of supervisors and their sureties to recover the expenditures in excess of the budget not…”
Donahoe v. Arpaio, 872 F. Supp. 2d 900 (D. Ariz. 2012).
· cites it 2× “That statute, which has now eliminated the personal liability of the County Treasurer, carries forward as A.R.S. § 11-641. These statutes refer to claims and demands in contract, not tort.”
La Paz Cnty. v. Upton, 986 P.2d 252 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1999).
· cites it 3× “Joinder ¶ 32 The last issue is whether the county erred when it failed to name as defendants in this lawsuit the other members of the board who served with appellant.”
Bd. of Supervisors v. Woodall, 586 P.2d 640 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1978).
· cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 11-641(B) states: If an illegal payment of money is made as described in subsection A of this section, the county attorney shall institute an action in the name of the county against the supervisors and others liable, to enjoin the payment of the money, or if it has…”
Riley v. Cnty. of Cochise, 455 P.2d 1010 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1969).
· cites it 2× “Supervisors passed a resolution authorizing the chairman to secure a legal opinion relative to the legal operating status of the Cochise County Health Department from a member of the Cochise County Bar Association; that the defendant County Attorney had objected to the proposed…”
Bd. of Sup'rs of Maricopa Cty. v. Woodall, 586 P.2d 640 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1978).
· cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 11-641(B) states: If an illegal payment of money is made as described in subsection A of this section, the county attorney shall institute an action in the name of the county against the supervisors and others liable, to enjoin the payment of the money, or if it has…”
Cnty. of Cochise v. Good, 453 P.2d 544 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1969).
· cites it 6× “, A.R.S. § 11-641, § 44-1465, § 40-421, § 44-1402 and others).”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 11-641(B) — 2 cases
Bd. of Supervisors v. Woodall, 586 P.2d 640 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1978).
“A.R.S. § 11-641(B) states: If an illegal payment of money is made as described in subsection A of this section, the county attorney shall institute an action in the name of the county against the supervisors and others liable, to enjoin the payment of the money, or if it has…”
Bd. of Sup'rs of Maricopa Cty. v. Woodall, 586 P.2d 640 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1978).
“A.R.S. § 11-641(B) states: If an illegal payment of money is made as described in subsection A of this section, the county attorney shall institute an action in the name of the county against the supervisors and others liable, to enjoin the payment of the money, or if it has…”
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