2005 Arizona Revised Statutes §39-124  Releasing information identifying a peace officer, justice, judge, commissioner, public defender, prosecutor or code enforcement officer; violations; classification; definitions

A. Any person who is employed by a state or local government entity and who, in violation of section 39-123, knowingly releases the home address or home telephone number of a peace officer as defined in section 13-105, a justice, a judge, a commissioner, a public defender, a prosecutor or a code enforcement officer with the intent to hinder an investigation, cause physical injury to a peace officer, justice, judge, commissioner, public defender, prosecutor or code enforcement officer or the peace officer's, justice's, judge's, commissioner's, public defender's, prosecutor's or code enforcement officer's immediate family or cause damage to the property of a peace officer, justice, judge, commissioner, public defender, prosecutor or code enforcement officer or the peace officer's, justice's, judge's, commissioner's, public defender's, prosecutor's or code enforcement officer's immediate family is guilty of a class 6 felony.

B. Any person who is employed by a state or local government entity and who, in violation of section 39-123, knowingly releases a photograph of a peace officer with the intent to hinder an investigation, cause physical injury to a peace officer or the peace officer's immediate family or cause damage to the property of a peace officer or the peace officer's immediate family is guilty of a class 6 felony.

C. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Code enforcement officer" means a person who is employed by a state or local government and whose duties include performing field inspections of buildings, structures or property to ensure compliance with and enforce national, state and local laws, ordinances and codes.

2. "Commissioner" means a commissioner of the superior court.

3. "Judge" means a judge of the United States district court, the United States court of appeals, the United States magistrate court, the United States bankruptcy court, the Arizona court of appeals, the superior court or a municipal court.

4. "Justice" means a justice of the United States or Arizona supreme court or a justice of the peace.

5. "Prosecutor" means a county attorney, a municipal prosecutor, the attorney general or a United States attorney and includes an assistant or deputy United States attorney, county attorney, municipal prosecutor or attorney general.

6. "Public defender" means a federal public defender, county public defender, county legal defender or county contract indigent defense counsel and includes an assistant or deputy federal public defender, county public defender or county legal defender.