Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 46-215 (2026)

Welfare fraud; program disqualification; classification

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A. A person commits welfare fraud if the person knowingly obtains by means of a false statement or representation, by impersonation or by other fraudulent device any of the following:

1. Assistance or service to which the person is not entitled.

2. Assistance or service greater than that to which the person is entitled.

3. Payment of any forfeited installment grant, or aids or abets in buying or in any way disposing of the property of a recipient of assistance or service without the consent of the department.

B. The department shall adopt rules to establish procedures for administrative disqualification and referral for prosecution of persons who commit welfare fraud.

C. A person is disqualified from program participation pursuant to subsection D if the person commits one or more of the following:

1. Signs a waiver of an administrative disqualification hearing.

2. After an administrative disqualification hearing, is found to have committed an intentional program violation consisting of any misrepresentation or other act that violates a law or rule governing the program.

3. Is convicted of any crime or petty offense against any assistance program defined in this chapter.

D. A person who commits an intentional program violation is disqualified from program participation for twelve months for the first violation, twenty-four months for the second violation and permanently for three or more violations.

E. The department shall not include the needs of the disqualified person in the assistance unit but shall count the income and resources of the disqualified person as being available to the unit.

F. A person who commits welfare fraud pursuant to subsection A is guilty of a class 6 felony.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1977–2021 · leading case: v. Vidauri, 2019 COA 140 (Colo. Ct. App. 2019).

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v. Vidauri, 2019 COA 140 (Colo. Ct. App. 2019). “” Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 46-215 (A)(1), (2) (2019).”

State v. Roberts, 673 P.2d 974 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 9× “§ 13-2311; for each of the four monthly AFDC payments he received, he was charged with knowingly obtaining AFDC assistance to which he was not entitled, in violation of A.R.S. § 46-215; and for each of five months he was charged with receiving food stamps in a manner not…”

State v. Canez, 575 P.2d 817 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 8× “” Appellant filed a motion to dismiss the indictment on the grounds that she had been charged under the wrong statute, contending that she should have been charged with a violation of A.R.S. § 46-215, which at the time of the offenses read: “A.”

State v. Savchick, 569 P.2d 220 (Ariz. 1977). · cites it 9× “A.R.S. § 46-215. The six counts referred to the six dates (15 July 1974; 28 August 1974; 9 October 1974; 29 October 1974; 29 November 1974; and 24 December 1974) on which the defendant was issued food stamp purchase authorizations on the basis of false representations made by…”

James C. Sell v. Hon. gama/squire & Co., 295 P.3d 421 (Ariz. 2013). “§ 46-215(A)(3) (aiding and abetting welfare fraud).”

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado v. Alma VIDAURI, 486 P.3d 239 (Colo. 2021). “, Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 46-215 (A) (2) ( 2020 ) ( "A person commits welfare fraud if the person knowingly obtains by means of a false statement or representation, .”

— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 46-215(A)(3) — 1 case

James C. Sell v. Hon. gama/squire & Co., 295 P.3d 421 (Ariz. 2013). “§ 46-215(A)(3) (aiding and abetting welfare fraud).”

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