Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-1501 (2026)

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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Gross weight" means the weight of a vehicle without a load plus the weight of any load on the vehicle.

2. "License" means any license, temporary instruction permit or temporary license issued under the laws of this state or any other state pertaining to the licensing of persons to operate motor vehicles.

3. "Police officer" means an officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or make arrests for violations of traffic rules or for other offenses.

4. "Stop", if required, means complete cessation from movement.

5. "Stop, stopping or standing", if prohibited, means any stopping or standing of an occupied or unoccupied vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with directions of a police officer or traffic control sign or signal.

6. "Traffic" means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyances either singly or together while using a highway for purposes of travel.  

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1963–1969 · leading case: City of Mesa v. Killingsworth, 394 P.2d 410 (Ariz. 1964).
City of Mesa v. Killingsworth, 394 P.2d 410 (Ariz. 1964). · cites it 3× “9, A.R.S. § 28-1501, distributors, as defined in Title 28, Article 1, Ch.”
Gustafson v. Riggs, 456 P.2d 92 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1969). · cites it 6× “, and the gasoline taxes are those levied under A.R.S. § 28-1501 et seq. It is admitted by all parties that both of these taxes are excise taxes.”
State v. Texas Indep. Oil Co., 388 P.2d 427 (Ariz. 1964). · cites it 6× “Plaintiff oil company sued to recover a tax penalty paid under protest in 1957 to the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles pursuant to A.R.S. §§ 28-1501 and 28-1506. The case was heard by the court without a jury and judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff-appellee, in the…”
City of Phoenix v. Popkin, 378 P.2d 242 (Ariz. 1963). “It is the usual type of gasoline tax and is patterned after the state motor vehicle fuel tax provided for in Arizona Revised Statutes, § 28-1501 et seq. The ordinance characterizes the tax as an excise tax.”
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