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Last Post 30 Oct 2025 11:51 AM by  Marretta Mathes
R-25-0045 Petition to Amend Criminal Rules 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, and 41, Forms 2(a) and (b)
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Marretta Mathes
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18 Jul 2025 06:15 PM
    Filed on behalf of:
    David K. Byers
    Administrative Director
    Administrative Office of the Courts
    1501 W. Washington, Suite 411
    Phoenix, AZ 85007-3327
    Phone: (602) 452-3301
    [email protected]

    FILED: July 17, 2025

    Would amend Criminal Rules 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, and 41, Forms 2(a) and (b) to account for Senate Bill (SB) 1232, Arrest warrant; Issuance; Affidavit (Laws 2025, Ch. 227), enacted during the First Regular Session of the Fifty-seventh Legislature.

    Would amend Rules 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, and 41 (Forms 2(a) and (b)) of the Rules of Criminal Procedure to implement recent legislation regarding arrest warrants and to correct an inaccurate cross-reference.

    Comments due no later than October 1, 2025, and any reply due no later than October 15, 2025.

    Extending the comment period from October 1, 2025, to October 23, 2025, with any reply due no later than October 30, 2025.

    Comments must be submitted by no later than May 1, 2026 and any reply by a petitioner must be submitted no later than June 1, 2026.
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    Yolanda Fox
    Basic Member
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    26 Aug 2025 12:23 PM
    Dennis D. Carpenter, Jr.
    General Counsel
    Judicial Branch in Maricopa County
    125 W. Washington
    Phoenix, AZ 85003
    [email protected]
    602-372-0190
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    Marretta Mathes
    New Member
    Posts:90 New Member

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    01 Oct 2025 06:41 PM
    Filed on behalf of:
    David K. Byers
    Administrative Director
    Administrative Office of the Courts
    1501 W. Washington, Suite 411
    Phoenix, AZ 85007-3327
    Phone: (602) 452-3301
    [email protected]

    Petitioner hereby files an amended petition to propose additional procedures relating to ARS 13-3897 as amended by SB 1232 and to request the comment and reply periods be extended.
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    Justin Aldecoa
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    23 Oct 2025 07:28 PM
    Dennis D. Carpenter, Jr.
    General Counsel
    Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County
    125 W. Washington Street
    Phoenix, AZ 85003
    (602) 372-0190
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    Marretta Mathes
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    Posts:90 New Member

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    30 Oct 2025 11:51 AM
    Filed on Behalf of:
    David K. Byers
    Administrative Director
    Administrative Office of the Courts
    1501 W. Washington, Suite 411
    Phoenix, AZ 85007-3327
    Phone: (602) 452-3301
    [email protected]

    Petitioner hereby files his Reply.
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