{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-13-3907","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 13-3907","heading":"Arrest with existing warrant; detention officer; definition","body":"A. A detention officer who is acting in the officer's official capacity pursuant to an existing warrant may arrest a person who is any of the following:\n\n1. Already incarcerated in a jail facility or who surrenders to a jail facility at which the detention officer is employed.\n\n2. At a hospital facility to which the detention officer is assigned, and the person to be arrested is under law enforcement supervision or custody while in the hospital facility.\n\n3. At a superior, justice or municipal court facility to which the detention officer is assigned.\n\n4. Within a jail facility as a visitor and the person is found to have an outstanding warrant.\n\nB. A detention officer who is acting in the detention officer's official capacity may take custody of a person whom a judicial officer remands into custody during a court proceeding.\n\nC. For the purposes of this section, \"detention officer\" means a person other than an elected official who is employed by a county, city or town and who is responsible for the supervision, protection, care, custody or control of inmates in a county or municipal correctional institution. Detention officer does not include counselors or secretarial, clerical or professionally trained personnel.","path":["Title 13 Criminal Code"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/03907.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"b971cd47011989d7839d8955711778fe6e4a0a9d6fa76e9a1de3600b824c5d91","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-13-3906","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-13-3911"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}