Arizona Revised Statutes (Last Updated: March 31, 2016) |
Title 31. Prisons and Prisoners |
Chapter 1. JAILS |
Article 2. Prisoners |
Sec 31-125. Duty of sheriff to deliver judicial papers to prisoner
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When a paper in a judicial proceeding is directed to a prisoner in the custody of a sheriff and is served upon the sheriff, he shall forthwith deliver it to the prisoner with a notation thereon of the time of service. If the sheriff neglects to do so he is liable to the prisoner for damages occasioned thereby.