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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-448 (2026)

Notice of address or name change; address update; civil traffic violation; definition

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A. If a person's name or address changes after the person applies for or receives a driver license or nonoperating identification license or after the person applies for or receives a vehicle registration or vehicle title, the person shall notify the department within ten days after the change of the old and new address or the former and new name and the following:

1. If a registration or title is applied for or received, the number of vehicles registered to the person and the vehicle identification numbers of the vehicles.

2. If a driver license or nonoperating identification license is applied for or received, the person's date of birth and the number of each license held by the person or a statement that each license is suspended, revoked or canceled.

B. A person may notify the department of an address change by telephone, in writing, in person or by approved electronic means and may notify the department of a name change in person or in writing.

C. The department may update an address in a vehicle registration record or driver license record if a traffic citation received by the department or records of another consenting government agency indicate an address change after the date the address was stated in department records.

D. A violation of this section is a civil traffic violation.

E. For the purposes of this section, "address" means a legal street address, a post office box or an electronic or digital address that is provided by a person who consents to receive services of notice or other legal documents or records of the department electronically or digitally pursuant to section 28-364.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1981–2024 · leading case: State v. Cifelli, 155 P.3d 363 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2007).
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State v. Cifelli, 155 P.3d 363 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 6× “§ 28-448. It is well-settled in Arizona that actual notice of suspension is unnecessary; that is, a licensee is guilty of driving with a suspended license even if he only should have known that his license was suspended.”
Way v. State, 67 P.3d 1232 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “Moreover, the statute at issue and analyzed in Scott , former A.R.S. § 28-448, has since been renumbered and amended and, thus, was no longer in effect when Way was arrested in July 2001.”
State ex rel. Collins v. Scott, 633 P.2d 397 (Ariz. 1981). · cites it 4× “Alternatively, petitioner maintains that even under defendant’s theory of revocation, his license still would have been under revocation on August 8,1980, because defendant had not applied for a new license as required by A.R.S. § 28-448(B). A.R.S. § 28-448(B) provides that a…”
In Re U.S. Currency in the Amount of $2,390, 277 P.3d 219 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “See A.R.S. § 28-448(A); Fla. Stat. Ann. § 320.”
State v. Banicki, 933 P.2d 571 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 28-448(A). A.R.S. § 28-402(17) provides: “Suspension” means that the driver’s license and privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways are temporarily withdrawn but only during the period of the suspension and until application for reinstatement is made.”
State v. Gonzales, 80 P.3d 276 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2003). “” Subsection (B) specifies that the notice is to be sent “by mail to the address provided to the department on the licensee’s application or provided to the department pursuant to § 28-448.” Subsection (C) provides that “[sjervice of the notice provided by this section is…”
State v. Rivera, 868 P.2d 1059 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “section 28-448(B) provided that: A person whose license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways has been revoked shall not be entitled to have the license or privilege renewed or restored unless the revocation was for a cause which has been removed, except…”
State v. Stidham, 791 P.2d 671 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 4× “This conclusion is in accord with the language in Exhibit 1, page 2, that defendant’s revocation was to last “for a minimum period of 1 year.”
State v. Gleba (Ariz. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “at 527, ¶ 12 ; (citing A.R.S. § 28-448(A)(2) (requiring licensees, including persons with a license that is “suspended, revoked, or canceled,” to “notify the department within ten days” of any change in address); A.”
Titlemax v. Fornaris (Ariz. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “” Citing this portion of the court’s ruling, TitleMax argues that Fornaris’s failure to update his address on record with the Arizona Department of Transportation (“ADOT”) as required by A.R.S. § 28-448 “effectively refutes his declaration that [the Casper Street address] was…”
In Re U.S. Currency in the Amount of $2,390 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “Although the trial court in its written ruling appears to have acknowledged this, the court apparently believed such compliance with the statute was 5 Similar to Arizona’s vehicle registration requirements, Florida law mandates that vehicle registrants maintain a current address…”
Way v. State of Arizona (Ariz. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “Moreover, the statute at issue and analyzed in Scott, former A.R.S. § 28-448, has since been renumbered and amended and, thus, was no longer in effect when Way was arrested in July 2001.”
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— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-448(A) — 4 cases
State v. Cifelli, 155 P.3d 363 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2007). “§ 28-448. It is well-settled in Arizona that actual notice of suspension is unnecessary; that is, a licensee is guilty of driving with a suspended license even if he only should have known that his license was suspended.”
In Re U.S. Currency in the Amount of $2,390, 277 P.3d 219 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2012). “See A.R.S. § 28-448(A); Fla. Stat. Ann. § 320.”
State v. Banicki, 933 P.2d 571 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1997). “A.R.S. § 28-448(A). A.R.S. § 28-402(17) provides: “Suspension” means that the driver’s license and privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways are temporarily withdrawn but only during the period of the suspension and until application for reinstatement is made.”
In Re U.S. Currency in the Amount of $2,390 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2012). “Although the trial court in its written ruling appears to have acknowledged this, the court apparently believed such compliance with the statute was 5 Similar to Arizona’s vehicle registration requirements, Florida law mandates that vehicle registrants maintain a current address…”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-448(A)(2) — 1 case
State v. Gleba (Ariz. Ct. App. 2016). “at 527, ¶ 12 ; (citing A.R.S. § 28-448(A)(2) (requiring licensees, including persons with a license that is “suspended, revoked, or canceled,” to “notify the department within ten days” of any change in address); A.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-448(B) — 4 cases
State ex rel. Collins v. Scott, 633 P.2d 397 (Ariz. 1981). “Alternatively, petitioner maintains that even under defendant’s theory of revocation, his license still would have been under revocation on August 8,1980, because defendant had not applied for a new license as required by A.R.S. § 28-448(B). A.R.S. § 28-448(B) provides that a…”
State v. Rivera, 868 P.2d 1059 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1994). “section 28-448(B) provided that: A person whose license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways has been revoked shall not be entitled to have the license or privilege renewed or restored unless the revocation was for a cause which has been removed, except…”
State v. Stidham, 791 P.2d 671 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1990). “This conclusion is in accord with the language in Exhibit 1, page 2, that defendant’s revocation was to last “for a minimum period of 1 year.”
Cowan v. Lachner, 879 P.2d 1 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1994).
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-448(C) — 1 case
State v. Cifelli, 155 P.3d 363 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2007). “§ 28-448. It is well-settled in Arizona that actual notice of suspension is unnecessary; that is, a licensee is guilty of driving with a suspended license even if he only should have known that his license was suspended.”
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