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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 22-103 (2026)

Presiding justice of the peace; selection

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22-103. Presiding justice of the peace; selection

In any county in which two or more justice courts are located, the justices of the peace in that county shall periodically select one justice of the peace to serve as presiding justice of the peace and another justice of the peace to act as the presiding justice of the peace and to perform the duties and exercise the powers of the presiding justice of the peace during the absence or inability to act of the presiding justice of the peace.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1942–2008 · leading case: Hornbeck v. Lusk, 177 P.3d 323 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2008).
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Hornbeck v. Lusk, 177 P.3d 323 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 4× “, defines “presiding judge” in pertinent part, as follows: “For other courts [than superior court]: the judge, or, in courts having more than one judge, the judge designated as presiding judge by the appropriate authority.”
Serasio v. Sears, 121 P.2d 639 (Ariz. 1942). “That was necessary to continue the lien as is seen from the following quotation from section 22-103: “ . . . No lien upon or against the real property of the judgment debtor shall be continued by an affidavit of renewal until a copy of said affidavit, properly certified by the…”
Hornbeck v. Lusk (Ariz. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “5, and § 22-103, the “presiding judge” would be the presiding justice of the peace of Pinal County.”
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