{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-12-921","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 12-921","heading":"Proceedings involving initiative or referendum measures; standing to intervene; attorney fees or costs","body":"A. In any proceeding in which the constitutionality, legality or application of a law that was enacted through an initiative is at issue, the official initiative proponent, whether an individual, a group of individuals or an organization, that wishes to defend the law shall have the right to intervene as a party and is deemed to have proper standing in the matter.\n\nB. In any proceeding in which the constitutionality, legality or application of a law that was enacted through a referendum is at issue, the legislator who was the first prime sponsor of the referendum and who wishes to defend the law shall have the right to intervene as a party and is deemed to have proper standing in the matter.\n\nC. The only objection that may be raised to a motion to intervene as of right pursuant to this section is that the proposed intervenor does not have a good faith intention to defend the law. Any party or proposed intervenor may raise this objection.\n\nD. A party who intervenes to defend a law pursuant to this section is not liable for attorney fees or costs of any party who is challenging the constitutionality, legality or application of the law.","path":["Title 12 Courts and Civil Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/12/00921.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"9388b4da21abae9f231f5fd6ccb9e394937a94b2699e231a22b43d83fe6de19e","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-12-914","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-12-931"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}