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* Charter References: City court, ch. XII.
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Art. I. In General, §§ 8-1--8-34
Art. II. Reserved
Article I. In General
Sec. 8-1. Jurisdiction, powers, duties.
Sec. 8-2. Appointment of magistrates; several powers, duties.
Sec. 8-2.1. Methods of appointment of magistrates and qualifications; establishing senior special magistrate status and compensation.
Sec. 8-2.2. Appointment of special magistrates; full-time magistrate pro tempore; terms of office; compensation; powers; duties; qualifications.
Sec. 8-2.3. Appointment of limited special magistrates; term; powers; duties; qualifications; compensation.
Sec. 8-2.4. Criminal history records check prior to appointment of city magistrates.
Sec. 8-2.5. Justices of the peace appointed as special magistrates for weekend arraignments, initial appearances, and conflict and other cases designated by the presiding magistrate.
Sec. 8-3. Conducting business on nonjuridical days.
Sec. 8-4. Magistrates; powers and duties.
Sec. 8-4.1. Authorizing assignment of a presiding magistrate, term, compensation, duties.
Sec. 8-5. Duty to fix bond, bail, fines, penalties, fees and assessments.
Sec. 8-5.2. Probation monitoring fees.
Sec. 8-6.1. Penalties.
Sec. 8-6.3. Reimbursement of city's costs of incarceration; factors to be considered; exemption for indigent persons; reimbursement separate and distinct from any sentence or probation conditions; action for recovery authorized.
Sec. 8-6.4. Administrative fee for warrants issued for failure to pay fines or restitution; exemption for indigent persons; fee separate and distinct from any sentence or probation conditions; action for recovery authorized.
Sec. 8-6.5. Case processing fee; exemption for indigent persons; deposit and use of funds collected; fee separate and distinct from any sentence or probation conditions or civil penalty; action for recovery authorized.
Sec. 8-6.6. Assessment of administrative charge on persons convicted in city court of violations of A.R.S. § 28-1381 et seq.
Sec. 8-6.7. Administrative default fee; exemption for indigent persons; fee separate and distinct from any fine or other fee; action for recovery authorized.
Sec. 8-6.8. Post-adjudicated civil motion filing fee; exemption for extraordinary circumstances; fee separate and distinct from any sentence; action for recovery authorized.
Sec. 8-6.9. Defensive Driving School (DDS) rescheduling fee; fee separate and distinct from any sentence; action for recovery authorized.
Sec. 8-7. Fines; collection; abatement.
Sec. 8-8. City court procedures.
Sec. 8-9. When jury trial required.
Sec. 8-10. Summoning jurors.
Sec. 8-11. Number of jurors; challenges for cause.
Sec. 8-12. Pay of jurors.
Sec. 8-13. Execution to collect fine.
Sec. 8-14. Director of finance; powers and duties in relation to city court.
Secs. 8-15--8-34. Reserved.
Article II. Reserved
ARTICLE I.
IN GENERAL*
IN GENERAL*
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* Editors Note: Ord. No. 7733, adopted Dec. 9, 1991, extensively revised this article by amending certain sections, by repealing certain sections, and by renumbering certain sections. The editor has retained the history note as it appeared prior to the renumbering and has included a note giving the former section number.
Section 10 gave an effective date of §§ 2--7 as the effective date of the intergovernmental agreement between the city and the county superior court attached to Res. No. 15893. Section 1 of Ord. No. 7756, adopted Jan. 13, 1992, changed the number of the resolution to Res. No. 15917.
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(a) There shall be a city court which shall be the municipal court for the city, to be known and designated as "The City Court of the City of Tucson, Pima County, State of Arizona". It shall have and exercise the jurisdiction conferred upon it by the Charter and the Code of the city. It shall exercise exclusive original jurisdiction of all proceedings of a criminal nature for the violation of the Charter or of any ordinance of the city, and of every action of any nature for the enforcement of a penalty, or the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture imposed by any ordinance of the city for the violation thereof or for neglect to perform any duty by any ordinance imposed or for a violation of a civil traffic ordinance and of every action for the collection of any license fee, fine or penalty due from any person to the city and required to be paid or which is due and collectible under the ordinances of the city.
(b) The city court shall further have jurisdiction over all actions alleging civil violations or civil infractions of this Code.
(c) The city court shall further have concurrent jurisdiction with justices of the peace over all violations of the laws of the state committed within the limits of the city. The court shall also have jurisdiction of violations of the Charter and ordinances of the city committed on land owned or leased by the city, whether contiguous or noncontiguous, lying without the corporate limits thereof, to the same extent and with like effect as if the violation occurred within the corporate limits of the city, provided that the land is signed as provided in subsection B of A.R.S. section 9-401.
(d) The city court shall further have jurisdiction over all civil actions filed by any interested party or individual aggrieved by an employer's or hiring entity's violation of chapter 17, article X, and the city court shall have authority to award to a prevailing plaintiff legal or equitable relief, as well as attorneys' fees and costs.
(1953 Code, ch. 9A, § 1; Ord. No. 5930, § 1, 12-19-83; Ord. No. 7887, § 2, 8-3-92; Ord. No. 11868, 8-10-21)
Cross References: Authority of city to exercise jurisdiction over land owned or leased outside city. § 1-7.
There shall be appointed a sufficient number of magistrates as determined by the mayor and council. Each magistrate shall exercise powers and duties as provided by the Charter and Code of the city and the constitution and laws of the state in such cases made and provided.
(1953 Code, ch. 9A, §§ 2, 3, 4; Ord. No. 1956, §§ 1, 3, 9-8-59; Ord. No. 2529, § 1, 10-14-63; Ord. No. 4679, § 2, 6-27-77; Ord. No. 5169, § 1, 6-16-80; Ord. No. 7733, § 2, 12-9-91)
Charter References: Term of office of magistrate, ch. XII, § 3.
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