Arizona Revised Statutes Title 42 — Taxation
A.R.S. § 42-11052
Investigating and prosecuting violations
42-11052 . Investigating and prosecuting violations A. The department may:
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Examine alleged violations of this title relating to valuing property and assessing and collecting taxes.
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Request the attorney general or the county attorney in the respective county to commence and prosecute actions and proceedings or to represent the department in litigation to enforce the laws relating to property taxation and the department's orders or rules. B. If, in the director's opinion and in the opinion of the attorney general or the county attorney of the county in which the public official serves, a public official who performs valuing, taxing or equalizing functions is guilty of official misconduct or neglect of duty the director shall take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that complaints are filed and prosecutions are commenced to remove the official from office. A complaint by the director charging official misconduct or neglect of duty of a public officer shall be delivered to the county attorney or to the attorney general who shall file the original with the superior court in the county in which the official serves and cause a copy to be served on the public official. Proceedings on such a complaint shall be pursuant to section 38-342, subsections B and C and sections 38-343 and 38-345. C. The director may request the attorney general to initiate a mandamus action if a county assessor fails to follow any rule, order or direction of the director or the department or if the director determines that an assessor or county board of equalization has practiced discrimination in valuing property. For purposes of this subsection, county boards of equalization and county assessors are state officers within the meaning of article VI, section 5, Constitution of Arizona.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 42-11001 · Definitions
- 42-11002 · Property subject to taxation
- 42-11003 · Double taxation prohibited
- 42-11004 · Payment of tax as prerequisite to testing validity
- 42-11005 · Suit to recover illegally levied, assessed or collected tax;…
- 42-11006 · Injunctive relief prohibited
- 42-11007 · Evidentiary value of records
- 42-11008 · Validity of assessment despite irregularities in the roll
- 42-11009 · Public access to valuation and assessment information
- 42-11051 · General powers of department relating to property valuation
- 42-11052 · Investigating and prosecuting violations
- 42-11053 · Investigating property valuations
- 42-11054 · Standard appraisal methods and techniques
- 42-11056 · Department records of valuations; notifying department of…
- 42-11101 · Definitions
- 42-11102 · Exemption for government property; application of procedural…
- 42-11103 · Exemption for government bonded indebtedness; application of…
- 42-11104 · Exemption for educational and library property
- 42-11105 · Exemption for health care property
- 42-11106 · Exemption for apartments for elderly residents or residents…
- 42-11107 · Exemption for institutions for relief of indigent or…
- 42-11108 · Exemption for grounds and buildings owned by agricultural…
- 42-11109 · Exemption for religious property; affidavit
- 42-11110 · Exemption for cemeteries
- 42-11111 · Exemption for property; widows and widowers; persons with a…
- 42-11112 · Exemption for observatories
- 42-11113 · Exemption for land and buildings owned by animal control and…
- 42-11114 · Exemption for property held for conveyance as parkland;…
- 42-11115 · Exemption for property held to preserve or protect…
- 42-11116 · Exemption for property of arts and science organizations
- 42-11117 · Exemption for property of volunteer fire departments
- 42-11118 · Exemption for social welfare and quasi-governmental service…
- 42-11119 · Exemption for property of volunteer roadway cleanup and…
- 42-11120 · Exemption for property of veterans' organizations
- 42-11121 · Exemption for property of charitable community service…
- 42-11122 · Exemption for trading commodities
- 42-11123 · Exemption for animal and poultry feed
- 42-11124 · Exemption for possessory interests for educational or…
- 42-11125 · Exemption for inventory, materials and products
- 42-11126 · Exemption for production livestock and animals; definition