Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 38-447 (2026)

Violation of prohibition against acquisition of certain interests by public officers; classification

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An officer or person prohibited by the laws of this state from making or being interested in contracts, or from becoming a vendor or purchaser at sales, or from purchasing evidences of indebtedness, who violates any provision of such laws, is guilty of a class 5 felony, and is forever disqualified from holding any office in this state.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1966–1967 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Smith v. Bohannan, 421 P.2d 877 (Ariz. 1966).

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State Ex Rel. Smith v. Bohannan, 421 P.2d 877 (Ariz. 1966). · cites it 8× “” A.R.S. § 38-447. The Arizona Legislature did not consider the violation of § 38-446 as a trivial or minor infraction.”

Bohannan v. Arizona Ex Rel. Smith, 389 U.S. 1 (1967). · cites it 2× “" Appellee referred in its petition and brief to Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 38-447 , which provides that any official who violates the statutory prohibition against having an interest in contracts made by him in his official capacity "shall be punished by a fine of not more than one…”

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