A.R.S. § 13-1602: Criminal Damage
Criminal damage; classification
A person commits criminal damage by recklessly defacing, damaging, or tampering with another's property, damaging utility property, blocking livestock's only water access, or making unauthorized markings on buildings, and the offense ranges from a class 2 misdemeanor up to a class 4 felony depending on the damage amount, with class 4 applying at $10,000 or more (or $5,000 or more for utility property), class 5 at $2,000 to $10,000 or for gang-related damage, class 6 at $1,000 to $2,000, and class 1 misdemeanor at more than $250 but less than $1,000.
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13-1602. Criminal damage; classification
A. A person commits criminal damage by:
1. Recklessly defacing or damaging property of another person.
2. Recklessly tampering with property of another person so as substantially to impair its function or value.
3. Recklessly damaging property of a utility.
4. Recklessly physically obstructing a passageway in such a manner as to deprive livestock of access to the only reasonably available water.
5. Recklessly drawing or inscribing a message, slogan, sign or symbol that is made on any public or private building, structure or surface, except the ground, and that is made without permission of the owner.
6. Intentionally tampering with utility property.
B. Criminal damage is punished as follows:
1. Criminal damage is a class 4 felony if the person recklessly damages property of another in an amount of $10,000 or more.
2. Criminal damage is a class 4 felony if the person recklessly damages the property of a utility in an amount of $5,000 or more or if the person intentionally tampers with utility property and the damage causes an imminent safety hazard to any person.
3. Criminal damage is a class 5 felony if the person recklessly damages property of another in an amount of $2,000 or more but less than $10,000 or if the damage is inflicted to promote, further or assist any criminal street gang or criminal syndicate with the intent to intimidate and the person is not subject to paragraph 1 or 2 of this subsection.
4. Criminal damage is a class 6 felony if the person recklessly damages property of another in an amount of $1,000 or more but less than $2,000.
5. Criminal damage is a class 1 misdemeanor if the person recklessly damages property of another in an amount of more than $250 but less than $1,000.
6. In all other cases criminal damage is a class 2 misdemeanor.
C. For a violation of subsection A, paragraph 5 of this section, in determining the amount of damage to property, damages include reasonable labor costs of any kind, reasonable material costs of any kind and any reasonable costs that are attributed to equipment that is used to abate or repair the damage to the property.
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