Arizona Revised Statutes
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 4-301 (2026)
Liability limitation; social host
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A person other than a licensee or an employee of a licensee acting during the employee's working hours or in connection with such employment is not liable in damages to any person who is injured, or to the survivors of any person killed, or for damage to property, which is alleged to have been caused in whole or in part by reason of the furnishing or serving of spirituous liquor to a person of the legal drinking age.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1953–2022 · leading case: Est. of Hernandez v. Bd. of Regents, 866 P.2d 1330 (Ariz. 1994).
Est. of Hernandez v. Bd. of Regents, 866 P.2d 1330 (Ariz. 1994). “Following these decisions, in April 1985, the Arizona Legislature enacted A.R.S. § 4-301, dealing with “social hosts” and granting civil immunity to non-licensees who serve alcohol to a person over the legal drinking age.”
Bruce v. Chas Roberts Air Conditioning, Inc., 801 P.2d 456 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1990). “1985), Roberts had a duty to protect Bruce from injuries caused by Duarte; (2) whether A.R.S. § 4-301 forecloses Roberts' liability; (3) whether Roberts may be liable for Duarte's negligence under the doctrine of respondeat superior; and (4) whether under the Restatement…”
Gipson v. Kasey, 150 P.3d 228 (Ariz. 2007). “Through A.R.S. § 4-301 (2002), the legislature specifically exempted social hosts from liability for harm caused by a consumer of legal drinking age.”
Est. of Hernandez v. Arizona Bd. of Regents, 838 P.2d 1283 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1991). “§ 4-312(B) is invalidated, A.R.S. § 4-301 becomes dispositive of the issue in this case.”
Knoell v. Cerkvenik-Anderson Travel, Inc., 917 P.2d 689 (Ariz. 1996). “, on the basis of social host immunity under AR.S. § 4-301. The court of appeals reinstated portions of the complaint, but affirmed the dismissal of the alcohol-related claims.”
Knoell v. Cerkvenik-Anderson Travel, Inc., 891 P.2d 861 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1995). “See A.R.S. §§ 4-301 and 4-312 (Supp. 1993). They also claimed that the legal drinking age of Arizona (twenty-one), not the legal drinking age of Mexico (eighteen), applies here.”
Petolicchio v. Santa Cruz Cnty. Fair & Rodeo Ass'n, 866 P.2d 1342 (Ariz. 1994). “A.R.S. § 4-301 reads: Liability limitations; social hosts A person other than a licensee .”
Callender v. Mco Props., 885 P.2d 123 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1994). “§ 4-311 and § 4-301. Defendant MCO Properties also is not a supplier of liquor under common law liability of suppliers of liquor.”
Henning v. Montecini Hosp., Inc., 172 P.3d 430 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2007). “, Restatement (Second) of Torts § 317 (employer liable for actions of employee outside scope of employment when employer has (1) right to control employee’s actions, (2) right to control instrumentality used by employee to commit tort, or (3) right to control premises upon which…”
First Nat. Bank of Arizona v. Cont'l Bank, 673 P.2d 938 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1983). “§ 4-301), including failure to timely revoke provisional settlement, Joseph Construction Co.”
Hudson v. Kelly, 263 P.2d 362 (Ariz. 1953). “3, § 4-301 et seq. In Arizona Territory these duties were first performed by a Board of Territorial Auditors, composed of the governor, secretary and attorney general.”
Holliman v. United States, 22 F. Supp. 2d 1111 (D. Ariz. 1998). “This common law rule is codified in the Arizona statutes at § 4-301, which states: A person other than a licensee or an employee of a licensee acting during the employee’s working hours or in connection with such employment is not liable in damages to any person who is injured,…”
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