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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 31-101 (2026)

Common jails; duty of sheriff; use of jails

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The common jails in the several counties and county jails under the jurisdiction of county jail districts shall be kept by the sheriffs of the counties in which they are respectively located. The jails shall be used for detention of persons committed to them in accordance with the provisions set forth in this chapter. The cost of housing the persons committed to common jails by the city or county shall be paid pursuant to section 31-121, subsection D or E.

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Cited in 17 cases, 1946–2020 · leading case: Yvon Wagner v. Cnty. of Maricopa, 747 F.3d 1048 (9th Cir. 2012).
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Yvon Wagner v. Cnty. of Maricopa, 747 F.3d 1048 (9th Cir. 2012). · cites it 2× “Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 31-101 . Joseph Arpaio, as the sheriff of Maricopa County, kept the jail to which Vogel was brought.”
Arpaio v. Baca, 177 P.3d 312 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “§ 11—441(A)(5); see also A.R.S. § 31-101 (2002) (“The common jails in the several counties .”
Summerfield v. Superior Court, Maricopa Cty., 698 P.2d 712 (Ariz. 1985). “Code §§ 31-101 to -103 (1939)], except that the limitation on recovery was abolished after the adoption of the Arizona Constitution.”
Riley, Hoggatt & Suagee, P.C. v. English, 864 P.2d 1042 (Ariz. 1993). · cites it 2× “§ 11-441(A)(5) and § 31-101. The relevant provisions authorize a sheriff, among other things, to "keep the county jail .”
Wagner v. Cnty. of Maricopa, 673 F.3d 977 (9th Cir. 2012). · cites it 2× “Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 31-101 . Joseph Arpaio, as the sheriff of Maricopa County, kept the jail to which Vogel was brought.”
Application of Webb, 723 P.2d 642 (Ariz. 1986). · cites it 2× “§ 13-707 controls the sentence of imprisonment for misdemeanors and there is no provision in the statute which authorizes “flat” time sentences.”
Yvon Wagner v. Cnty. of Maricopa, 706 F.3d 942 (9th Cir. 2012). · cites it 2× “Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 31-101 . Joseph Arpaio, as the sheriff of Maricopa County, kept the jail to which Vogel was brought.”
Judd v. Bollman, 803 P.2d 138 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1990). “§ 31-101. Common jails; duty of sheriff; use of jails *419 The common jails in the several counties shall be kept by the sheriffs of the counties in which they are respectively located.”
Womack v. Preach, 165 P.2d 657 (Ariz. 1946). “This is an action under section 31-101, A.C.A.1939, giving a cause of action for wrongful death, reading as follows: “Whenever the death of any person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would, if death had not ensued,…”
Maricopa Cnty. v. State, 616 P.2d 37 (Ariz. 1980). · cites it 2× “§ 11-251, have the statutory authority to erect and furnish jails, and petitioning sheriffs have the statutory duty, pursuant to A.R.S. §§ 31-101 and 31-121, to take charge of and maintain such county jails and the prisoners therein.”
Carlson v. Pima Cnty., 687 P.2d 1272 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 31-101. The Sheriff must receive all persons committed to the jail and provide them with necessaries.”
Caraffa v. United States of Am. (D. Ariz. 2020). · cites it 3× “A sheriff’s office is simply 10 an administrative creation of the county sheriff to allow him to carry out his statutory duties 11 and is not a “person” amenable to suit pursuant to § 1983. Accordingly, the Court will 12 dismiss Defendant MCSO.”
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