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Arizona Revised Statutes Title 13. Criminal Code § 13-924. Probation; earned time credit; work time credit; applicability; definitions

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. The court may adjust the period of a probationer's supervised probation on the recommendation of an adult probation officer for earned time credit or work time credit.

B. Earned time credit equals twenty days for every thirty days that a probationer does all of the following:

1. Exhibits positive progression toward the goals and treatment of the probationer's case plan.

2. Is current on payments for court ordered restitution and is in compliance with all other nonmonetary obligations.

3. Is current in completing community restitution.

C. Work time credit equals thirty days for every thirty days that a probationer does all of the following:

1. Is engaged in eligible employment. A probationer must provide supporting documentation to the supervising probation officer within five business days after completing thirty days of eligible employment. The supervising probation officer must verify the probationer's employment through the supporting documentation that is provided by the probationer and by any other means that the court determines is necessary to verify the work, including site visits and telephonic verification. The probation officer must document any request for work time credit that is denied.

2. Exhibits positive progression toward the goals and treatment of the probationer's case plan.

3. Is current on payments for court-ordered restitution and is in compliance with all other nonmonetary obligations.

4. Is current in completing community restitution.

D. Any earned time credit and work time credit awarded pursuant to this section shall be revoked if a probationer is found in violation of a condition of probation.

E. This section does not apply to a probationer who is currently:

1. On lifetime probation.

2. On probation for any class 2 or 3 felony.

3. On probation exclusively for a misdemeanor offense.

4. Required to register pursuant to § 13-3821.

F. This section has no effect on the ability of the court to terminate the period of probation or intensive probation pursuant to § 13-901, subsection E at a time earlier than originally imposed.

G. For the purposes of this section:

1. “Eligible employment” means any occupation or combination of occupations for which a person can provide supporting documentation verifying at least one hundred thirty wage-earning hours in any thirty-day period.

2. “Supporting documentation” means an employment record, pay stub, employment letter, contract or other reliable means of verifying employment.

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