A.R.S. § 13-2508: Resisting Arrest
Resisting arrest; classification; definition
A person commits resisting arrest by intentionally preventing or trying to prevent someone they reasonably know is a peace officer from making an arrest, either by using or threatening physical force or creating a substantial risk of injury (a class 6 felony) or by engaging in passive resistance, meaning a nonviolent act or failure to act intended to impede the arrest (a class 1 misdemeanor).
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13-2508. Resisting arrest; classification; definition
A. A person commits resisting arrest by intentionally preventing or attempting to prevent a person reasonably known to him to be a peace officer, acting under color of such peace officer's official authority, from effecting an arrest by:
1. Using or threatening to use physical force against the peace officer or another.
2. Using any other means creating a substantial risk of causing physical injury to the peace officer or another.
3. Engaging in passive resistance.
B. Resisting arrest pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 1 or 2 of this section is a class 6 felony. Resisting arrest pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 3 of this section is a class 1 misdemeanor.
C. For the purposes of this section, "passive resistance" means a nonviolent physical act or failure to act that is intended to impede, hinder or delay the effecting of an arrest.
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