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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 12-653.02 (2026)

Failure to demand or publish or broadcast correction; publication with actual malice; damages; service of demand

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In an action for damages for the publication of a libel in a newspaper or magazine, or of a slander by radio or television broadcast, the plaintiff shall recover no more than special damages unless a correction is demanded and not published or broadcast, unless the plaintiff shall prove the publication or broadcast was made with actual malice. The plaintiff shall serve upon the publisher at the place of publication, or broadcaster at the place of broadcast, a written notice specifying the statements claimed to be libelous and demanding that the same be corrected. The notice and demand shall be served within twenty days after actual knowledge of the plaintiff of the publication or broadcast of the statements claimed to be libelous.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2023 · leading case: Boswell v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., 730 P.2d 186 (Ariz. 1986).
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Boswell v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., 730 P.2d 186 (Ariz. 1986). · cites it 12× “Relying on A.R.S. §§ 12-653.02 and 12-653.03, the trial judge instructed the jury that if it found that the newspaper had published the retraction in substantially as conspicuous a manner as the defamatory article, it could award plaintiffs only those damages “suffered in…”
Boswell v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., 730 P.2d 178 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 6× “A.R.S. § 12-653.02 provides that: In an action for damages for the publication of a libel in a newspaper or magazine, or of a slander by radio or television broadcast, the plaintiff shall recover no more than special damages unless a correction is demanded and not published or…”
Khalifa v. Muslim Students' Ass'n of U. S. & Canada, Inc., 641 P.2d 242 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 8× “This action is governed by A.R.S. § 12-653.02 which states: "In an action for damages for the publication of a libel in a .”
Boswell v. Superior Court, Etc., 609 P.2d 577 (Ariz. 1980). · cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 12-653.02 provides in pertinent part that in an action for damages for the publication of a libel in a newspaper or magazine, the plaintiff shall recover no more than special damages unless a correction is demanded and not published.”
Read v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., 805 P.2d 1062 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “See A.R.S. § 12-653.02 which provides in part: “In an action for damages .”
de Jesus v. Dignity Health Corp. (D. Ariz. 2023). · cites it 2× “” A.R.S. § 12-653.02. 1 employee would not give me or the security guard her name this morning during our 2 interaction.”
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