Arizona Resources
This State Guide lists the major sources of law in Arizona.
RESEARCH GUIDES
- Print:
- Arizona Legal Research (Tamara S. Herrera) KFA2475 .H47 2008
- Arizona Legal Research Guide (Kathy Shimpock-Vieweg) KFA 2475 .S55 1992
- Internet:
- Guide to Arizona Primary Legal Materials (Arizona State University Law Library)
- Arizona Tribal Law Sources (Arizona State University Law Library)
STATUTES & LEGISLATION
Constitution
- Lexis: Arizona Constitution
- Internet: Arizona State Constitution
Statutes/Code
- Print: Arizona Revised Statutes Annotated (official) KFA2430 .A2 1956 (1956 -- 2012, Library canceled print subscription)
- Electronic:
- Westlaw: AZ-ST-ANN
- Lexis: AZ - Arizona Revised Statutes, Constitution, Court Rules, and ALS, Combined
- Internet: Arizona Revised Statutes
Legislative History
- Session Laws:
- LLMC Digital (1864 - 1986) (Search by state in database)
- HeinOnline (1864 - )
- Internet (current, Arizona State Legislature)
- Bills of Arizona (1997 - ) (Choose "change session" to pick year)
- From Idea...To Bill...To Law: The Legislative Process in Arizona ( by State Senator Randall Gnant)
- Arizona Legislative History: A Step-By-Step Research Guide (University of Arizona Law Library)
- Arizona Legislative History: Research Guide (Arizona State University Law Library)
Legislature
REGULATIONS & AGENCIES
Regulations
- Print: Arizona Administrative Code KFA2435 1974 .A23 (Subscription canceled. Last updated in 2008)
- Electronic:
- Westlaw: AZ-ADC
- Lexis: AZ - Arizona Administrative Code
- Internet:
- Arizona Administrative Code (Browse by table of contents, no search capability)
- Arizona Administrative Register (1995 - ; browse by issue, no search capability)
Agencies
- Governor's Home Page
- Agency Directory
- Attorney General Opinions:
- LLMC Digital (1915 - 1976) (Search by state in database)
- Lexis: AZ - Attorney General Opinons (1970 - )
- Arizona Attorney General's Office (1999 - ; browse by number or date, no search capability)
- Arizona State Library & Archives (1892 - ) (digization in-process)
CASES & COURTS
Cases
- Print:
- Pacific reporter (1st series, 1884-1931) KF135 .P2
- Pacific reporter. Second series (1931 - 1988) KF135 .P212
- West's Pacific reporter. Second series (1988 - 2000) KF135 .P212
- West's Pacific reporter. Third series (2000 - 2012, Library cancelled subscription) KF135 .P213
- Report of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals of the State of Arizona KFA 2445 .A2 (1885 - 2012, Library cancelled subscription)
- Electronic:
- Westlaw: AZ-CS (state cases) & AZ-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
- Lexis: AZ - State Cases, Combined (state cases) & AZ - Federal & State Cases, Combined (state and federal cases)
- Internet:
- Supreme Court Opinions (1998 - )
- Arizona Court of Appeals Division One (2003 - )
- Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two ("recent" opinions )
- FindLaw: Supreme Court and Court of Appeals (1997 - )
Courts
- Arizona Judicial Branch (Including links to directory of supreme court, state courts, court rules, etc.)
- Court of Appeals, Division 1
- Court of Appeals, Division 2
- Arizona Tribal Courts (Arizona State University Law Library)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Arizona Cities and Counties (Arizona government)
- Arizona Counties, Cities and Towns (City Information and Referral)
- Municipal codes (select): Municode: Arizona
STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS
- Arizona State Law Journal (Spring issue focuses on Arizona law)
- Print: K1 .R53 (1975 - 2010; Library cancelled subscription)
- Electronic versions (1969 - )
- Arizona Law Review
- Print: K1 .R5 (1960 - 2010; Library cancelled subscription)
- Electronic versions (1959 - )
- Internet: Archived issues (2003 - )
- Arizona Attorney
- Microfiche: K1 .R472 Micro (1988 - )
- Electronic versions (1993 - )
- Internet: Archived issues (use "archived issues" for 1996 - 2000; use "issues" for 2001 - )
- Arizona Bar Journal (Publication ceased in 1988)
- Print: K1 .R47 (1982 - 1988)
- Microfiche: K1 .R47 Micro (1979 - 1988)
ETHICS
- State Bar of Arizona
- Ethics Opinions (1985 - )
- Ethics Rules
- Westlaw:
- Lexis:
- National Reporter on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility - AZ Opinions (1992 - 2007)
- AZ - Ethics Cases ( contains case law materials from the Arizona Supreme Court and Court of Appeals related to legal ethics, coverage may vary by court)
GENERAL
- Print: Arizona Practice KFA2480 .A74
- Electronic: Westlaw: Arizona Analytical Practice Library (AZPRACLIB)
- Internet:
- A Guide to Arizona Practice Materials at the Cracchiolo Law Library (University of Arizona)
- Arizona State Library, Law and Research Library Division
- University of Arizona Law Library
- Arizona State University Law Library
- Superior Court Law Library, Maricopa County
- Superior Court Law Library, Pima County
- Arizona Tax Forms
- Findlaw: Arizona
- Internet Law Library: Arizona
- Law Library of Congress: Arizona
- Legal Information Institute: Arizona
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