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-PREFILED��� JAN 08 2026
+ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
-REFERENCE TITLE: public nuisance action; consent requirement
+57th
+  Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
 
-State of Arizona
+Majority Research Staff
 
-House of Representatives
+House: LARA
+  DP 5-3-0-0
 
-Fifty-seventh Legislature
+HB
+2168: public nuisance action; consent requirement
 
-Second Regular Session
+Sponsor:
+Representative Diaz, LD 19
 
-2026
+House
+Engrossed
 
-HB 2168
+Overview
 
-Introduced by
+Requires
+the Attorney General (AG)
+obtain consent from the Board of Supervisors before bringing an action in
+superior court relating to public nuisances.
 
-Representative
-  Diaz
+History
 
-AN
-ACT
+Current law allows the county attorney, the AG or the city
+attorney to bring an action in superior court to abate, enjoin and prevent
+activities that constitute as public nuisance (A.R.S. �
+13-2917).
 
-amending section 13-2917, Arizona
-Revised Statutes; relating to nuisance actions.
+The superior court is the state�s general jurisdiction court.
+It is a single entity with locations in each county. Each county has at least
+one superior court judge. In counties with more than one superior court judge,
+the judges operate in numbered divisions.
 
-(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
+Article VI � 14
+of the Arizona Constitution provides the superior
+court with jurisdiction that includes but is not limited to:
 
-Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
+1)   cases
+and proceedings in which exclusive jurisdiction is not vested by law in another
+court;
 
-Section 1. Section 13-2917, Arizona Revised
-Statutes, is amended to read:
+2)   equity
+cases that involve title to or possession of real property or the legality of
+any tax, assessment, toll or municipal ordinance;
 
-START_STATUTE13-2917. Public nuisance; abatement; classification
+3)   other
+cases in which the value of property in question is $1,000 or more, exclusive
+of interest and costs;
 
-A. It is a public nuisance, and is no less a
-nuisance because the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted is unequal,
-for anything:
+4)   criminal
+cases amounting to a felony, and misdemeanor cases not otherwise provided for
+by law;
 
-1. To be injurious to health, indecent, offensive to
-the senses or an obstruction to the free use of property that interferes with
-the comfortable enjoyment of life or property by an entire community or
-neighborhood or by a considerable number of persons.
+5)   forcible
+entry and detainer actions (evictions of renters); and
 
-2. To unlawfully obstruct the free passage or use,
-in the customary manner, of any navigable lake, river, bay, stream, canal or
-basin, or any public park, square, street or highway.
+6)   actions
+to prevent or stop nuisances (Arizona
+Judicial Branch).
 
-B. It is a public nuisance for any person to sell,
-offer to sell, transfer, trade or disseminate any obscene
-item which is obscene as defined in section 13-3501,  within two thousand feet, measured in a straight line,
-of the nearest boundary line of any of the following:
+Provisions
 
-1. Any building used as a private or public
-elementary or high school.
+1.
+Requires the
+AG gain consent from the Board of Supervisors to be allowed to bring an action
+in superior court relating to public nuisance. (Sec. 1)
 
-2. Any public park.
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-3. Any residence district as defined in section 28-101.
+Initials CW��������������������� HB 2168
 
-C. The attorney general with the
-consent of the board of supervisors, the county attorney,
-the attorney general or the city attorney may
-bring an action in superior court to abate, enjoin and prevent the activity
-described in subsections A and B of this section.
+2/24/2026� Page 0 House Engrossed
 
-D. Any person who knowingly maintains or commits a
-public nuisance or who knowingly fails or refuses to perform any legal duty
-relating to the removal of a public nuisance is guilty of a class 2
-misdemeanor. END_STATUTE
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