Arizona Revised Statutes Title 13. Criminal Code § 13-4116. Delivery of commission by agent; inability of agent to deliver

A. If the commission and return is delivered by the commissioner to an agent, the agent shall deliver the commission to the clerk to whom it is directed or to the judge of the court in which the action is pending, by whom it may be received upon the agent making affidavit that he received it from the commissioner, and that it has not been opened or altered since he received it.

B. If the agent is dead, or from sickness or other casualty, is unable personally to deliver the commission and return, it may be received by the clerk or judge from any other person, upon such person making an affidavit that: