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2016 Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 31 - Prisons and Prisoners
§ 31-125 Duty of sheriff to deliver judicial papers to prisoner
AZ Rev Stat § 31-125 (2016) What's This?
31-125. Duty of sheriff to deliver judicial papers to prisoner
When a paper in a judicial proceeding is directed to a prisoner in the custody of a sheriff and is served upon the sheriff, he shall forthwith deliver it to the prisoner with a notation thereon of the time of service. If the sheriff neglects to do so he is liable to the prisoner for damages occasioned thereby.
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