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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 37-501 (2026)

Trespass on state lands; classification

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A person is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor who:

1. Knowingly commits a trespass upon state lands, either by cutting down or destroying timber or wood standing or growing thereon, by carrying away timber or wood therefrom, by mowing, cutting, or removing hay or grass thereon or therefrom, or by grazing livestock thereon, unless he has a lease or sublease approved by the department for the area being grazed.

2. Knowingly extracts or removes oil, gas, coal, mineral, earth, rock, fertilizer or fossils of any kind or description therefrom.

3. Knowingly without right injures or removes any building, fence or improvements on state lands, or unlawfully occupies, plows or cultivates any of the lands.

4. With criminal negligence exposes growing trees, shrubs or undergrowth standing on state lands to danger or destruction by fire.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1978–1982 · leading case: Arizona State Land Dep't v. R. H. Fulton, Inc., 577 P.2d 255 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1978).
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Arizona State Land Dep't v. R. H. Fulton, Inc., 577 P.2d 255 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 9× “Prior to the 1952 amendment, the statute contained a proviso that the section should not prohibit the grazing of livestock upon unfenced or open State lands.”
Berry v. Arizona State Land Dep't, 651 P.2d 853 (Ariz. 1982). · cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 37-501(3). Further, a person who unlawfully occupies state land may be liable for damages in a civil action brought by the state land department pursuant to A.”
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 37-501(1): 1 case
Arizona State Land Dep't v. R. H. Fulton, Inc., 577 P.2d 255 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1978). “Prior to the 1952 amendment, the statute contained a proviso that the section should not prohibit the grazing of livestock upon unfenced or open State lands.”
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 37-501(2): 1 case
Arizona State Land Dep't v. R. H. Fulton, Inc., 577 P.2d 255 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1978). “Prior to the 1952 amendment, the statute contained a proviso that the section should not prohibit the grazing of livestock upon unfenced or open State lands.”
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 37-501(3): 1 case
Berry v. Arizona State Land Dep't, 651 P.2d 853 (Ariz. 1982). “A.R.S. § 37-501(3). Further, a person who unlawfully occupies state land may be liable for damages in a civil action brought by the state land department pursuant to A.”
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