{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-39-123.01","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 39-123.01","heading":"Personal identifying information of crime witnesses; redaction of crime witness's name; exceptions; confidentiality; definitions","body":"A. The personal identifying information of a witness to a crime contained in a record that is created or received by a law enforcement or prosecution agency and that is related to a criminal investigation or prosecution may not be disclosed by a public body pursuant to this article unless any of the following applies:\n\n1. The witness consents in writing to the disclosure.\n\n2. A court of competent jurisdiction orders the disclosure.\n\n3. The witness's address is the location where the crime occurred.\n\nB. The name of a witness to a crime contained in a record that is created or received by a law enforcement agency or prosecution agency and that is related to a criminal investigation or prosecution may be redacted in a public record by the public body if the witness requests anonymity and a law enforcement agency or prosecution agency reasonably expects that releasing the witness's name will result in harassment of the witness, threats to the witness's safety or witness tampering.\n\nC. Notwithstanding subsection B of this section, a public body may disclose the name of a witness to a crime in a public record if any of the following applies:\n\n1. The witness consents in writing to the disclosure.\n\n2. A court of competent jurisdiction orders the disclosure or a rule of procedure requires the release of a record to a party.\n\n3. The public body has received a notice of final disposition in the criminal case.\n\nD. This section does not affect any records that are transmitted between law enforcement and prosecution agencies, a court or a clerk of the court or any provision of law that governs the discovery process or the conduct of trials.\n\nE. For the purposes of this section:\n\n1. \"Final disposition\" has the same meaning prescribed in section 13-4401.\n\n2. \"Personal identifying information\" includes a witness's date of birth, social security number, personal telephone number, home address, personal email address and official state or government-issued driver license or identification number.","path":["Title 39 Public Records, Printing and Notices"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/39/00123-01.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"9cb2f7db962d424714a04a971ebb3451ac95c5fcb796772b4c641f52dd66aa53","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-39-123","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-39-124"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}