39-124

39-124. Releasing information identifying an
eligible person; violations; classification; definitions

A. Any person who is employed by a state or local government entity and who, in
violation of section 39-123, knowingly releases the home address or home telephone number
of an eligible person with the intent to hinder an investigation, cause physical injury
to an eligible person or the eligible person's immediate family or cause damage to the
property of an eligible person or the eligible person's immediate family is guilty of a
class 6 felony.

B. Any person who is employed by a state or local government entity and who, in
violation of section 39-123, knowingly releases a photograph of a peace officer with the
intent to hinder an investigation, cause physical injury to a peace officer or the peace
officer's immediate family or cause damage to the property of a peace officer or the
peace officer's immediate family is guilty of a class 6 felony.

C. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Code enforcement officer" means a person who is employed by a state or local
government and whose duties include performing field inspections of buildings, structures
or property to ensure compliance with and enforce national, state and local laws,
ordinances and codes.

2. "Commissioner" means a commissioner of the superior court.

3. "Corrections support staff member" means an adult or juvenile corrections
employee who has direct contact with inmates.

4. "Eligible person" means a peace officer, justice, judge, commissioner, public
defender, prosecutor, code enforcement officer, adult or juvenile corrections officer,
corrections support staff member, probation officer, member of the board of executive
clemency, law enforcement support staff member, national guard member who is acting in
support of a law enforcement agency, person who is protected under an order of protection
or injunction against harassment, firefighter who is assigned to the Arizona
counterterrorism center in the department of public safety or victim of domestic violence
or stalking who is protected under an order of protection or injunction against
harassment.

5. "Judge" means a judge of the United States district court, the United States
court of appeals, the United States magistrate court, the United States bankruptcy court,
the Arizona court of appeals, the superior court or a municipal court.

6. "Justice" means a justice of the United States or Arizona supreme court or a
justice of the peace.

7. "Law enforcement support staff member" means a person who serves in the role of
an investigator or prosecutorial assistant in an agency that investigates or prosecutes
crimes, who is integral to the investigation or prosecution of crimes and whose name or
identity will be revealed in the course of public proceedings.

8. "Peace officer" has the same meaning prescribed in section 13-105.

9. "Prosecutor" means a county attorney, a municipal prosecutor, the attorney
general or a United States attorney and includes an assistant or deputy United States
attorney, county attorney, municipal prosecutor or attorney general.

10. "Public defender" means a federal public defender, county public defender,
county legal defender or county contract indigent defense counsel and includes an
assistant or deputy federal public defender, county public defender or county legal
defender.