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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 13-2204 (2026)

Defrauding secured creditors; definition; classification

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A. A person commits defrauding secured creditors if the person knowingly destroys, removes, conceals, encumbers, converts, sells, obtains, transfers, controls or otherwise deals with property subject to a security interest with the intent to hinder or prevent the enforcement of that interest.

B. For the purposes of this section, "control" has the same meaning as prescribed by section 13-1801.

C. Defrauding secured creditors is a class 6 felony.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2011–2011 · leading case: State v. Bhatt, 260 P.3d 1088 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2011).
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State v. Bhatt, 260 P.3d 1088 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 12× “Before trial, Defendant moved to dismiss for legal impossibility, asserting that the charging statute was “fatally defective” because the definition of security interest “required by A.R.S. § 13-2204 as an element of the offense doesn’t exist.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 13-2204(A) — 1 case
State v. Bhatt, 260 P.3d 1088 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2011). “Before trial, Defendant moved to dismiss for legal impossibility, asserting that the charging statute was “fatally defective” because the definition of security interest “required by A.R.S. § 13-2204 as an element of the offense doesn’t exist.”
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