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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
A person is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor who:
1. Knowingly commits a trespass upon state lands, either by cutting down or destroying timber or wood standing or growing thereon, by carrying away timber or wood therefrom, by mowing, cutting, or removing hay or grass thereon or therefrom, or by grazing livestock thereon, unless he has a lease or sublease approved by the department for the area being grazed.
2. Knowingly extracts or removes oil, gas, coal, mineral, earth, rock, fertilizer or fossils of any kind or description therefrom.
3. Knowingly without right injures or removes any building, fence or improvements on state lands, or unlawfully occupies, plows or cultivates any of the lands.
4. With criminal negligence exposes growing trees, shrubs or undergrowth standing on state lands to danger or destruction by fire.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arizona Revised Statutes Title 37. Public Lands § 37-501. Trespass on state lands; classification - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/az/title-37-public-lands/az-rev-st-sect-37-501/
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