2011 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 13 Criminal Code
13-4307 Notice of pending forfeiture

13-4307. Notice of pending forfeiture

Whenever notice of pending forfeiture is required under this chapter it shall be given or provided in one of the following ways and is effective at the time of personal service, publication or the mailing of written notice, whichever is earlier:

1. If the owner's or interest holder's name and current address are known by either:

(a) Personal service.

(b) Mailing a copy of the notice by certified mail to the address.

2. If the owner's or interest holder's interest is required by law to be on record with a county recorder's office, the secretary of state, the department of transportation motor vehicle division, the game and fish department, or another state or federal licensing agency in order to perfect an interest in the property, but his current address is not known, by mailing a copy of the notice by certified mail to any address on the record.

3. If the owner's or interest holder's address is not known, and is not on record as provided in paragraph 2, or if his interest is not known, by publication in one issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the seizure occurs.