14-5701. Fiduciary arrest warrants
A. In an action or proceeding to enforce a court action in a case filed pursuant to
this title or title 41, chapter 4, article 1, or on motion by a party or on its own
motion, the court may issue a fiduciary arrest warrant if the court finds that all of the
following apply to the person for whom the warrant is sought:
1. The person was ordered by the court to appear personally at a specific time and
location.
2. The person received actual notice of the order, including a warning that the
failure to appear might result in the issuance of a fiduciary arrest warrant.
3. The person failed to appear as ordered.
B. The judicial officer shall order the fiduciary arrest warrant and the clerk
shall issue the warrant. The warrant shall contain the name of the person to be arrested
and other information required to enter the warrant in the Arizona criminal justice
information system. The warrant shall command that the named person be arrested and
either remanded to the custody of the sheriff or brought before the judicial officer or,
if the judicial officer is absent or unable to act, before the nearest or most accessible
judicial officer of the superior court in the same county. The warrant issued pursuant to
this section remains in effect until it is executed or extinguished by the court.
C. The warrant shall set forth a bond in a reasonable amount to guarantee the
appearance of the arrested person or an order that the arrested person be held without
bond until the arrested person is seen by a judicial officer.
D. A peace officer acting pursuant to a fiduciary arrest warrant has the same
powers as if acting pursuant to a criminal arrest warrant.
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