{"id":"DUT-AZ-020","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Arizona","state":"AZ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Snell \u0026 Wilmer L.L.P. (legal alert; contemporaneous secondary source)","authority":"n/a (commentary on A.R.S. §§ 26-316, 26-317, 36-140, 13-2908, 13-2917 and EO 2020-09, 2020-10, 2020-18)","instrument":"Law-firm legal alert","title":"Arizona Executive Orders on Coronavirus: Enforcement and Penalties (March 26, 2020; updated March 31, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-03-26","effective":"n/a (commentary)","end":"n/a","startDate":"2020-03-26","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["DUTY","STAY","CLOSE"],"addressees":["persons and businesses in Arizona (audience of the alert)"],"clause":"People or businesses who violate these orders could get in criminal trouble. A.R.S. § 26-317 provides that a violation of an order, rule, or regulation issued pursuant to the State of Emergency is a Class 1 misdemeanor. This crime carries up to six months in jail and fines that, for a business, go as high as $20,000.","enforcement":"as stated in the alert: class 1 misdemeanor (A.R.S. § 26-317); class 3 misdemeanor (A.R.S. §§ 36-140, 13-2908); class 2 misdemeanor and injunction (A.R.S. § 13-2917)","functions":[],"notes":"Advised Arizona businesses at the outset of the emergency that violation of the executive orders was a class 1 misdemeanor under A.R.S. § 26-317, that violation of ADHS regulations was a class 3 misdemeanor under A.R.S. § 36-140, and that criminal nuisance (A.R.S. § 13-2908) and public nuisance (A.R.S. § 13-2917) were additional enforcement routes for which the executive order \u0027would be strong evidence against a defendant.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://swlaw.com/publications/legal-alerts/arizona-executive-orders-on-coronavirus-enforcement-and-penalties","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20230129101845/https://www.swlaw.com/publications/legal-alerts/arizona-executive-orders-on-coronavirus-enforcement-and-penalties","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":794358,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-AZ","url":"/library/DUT-AZ-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-AZ-020","citation":"Snell \u0026 Wilmer L.L.P. (legal alert; contemporaneous secondary source), Law-firm legal alert (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AZ-020)","stateName":"Arizona","related":["DUT-AZ-005","DUT-AZ-007","DUT-AZ-011","DUT-AZ-015","DUT-AZ-021"]}