HB 2178
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
HB 2178: petty offenses; lawful detainment; identification
Sponsor: Representative Willoughby, LD 13
Committee on Judiciary
Overview
Expands the authority of peace officers to require individuals lawfully detained to provide
both their true full name and date of birth.
History
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-2412, it is unlawful for an individual to refuse to provide his true full
name to a peace officer who has lawfully detained him based on reasonable suspicion of a
crime. Statute requires the individual to be informed that refusing to answer is unlawful.
While the individual is required to disclose his true full name, he is not obligated to respond
to any other inquiry from a peace officer. Refusing to provide one's truthful name when
lawfully detained is a class 2 misdemeanor.
Provisions
1. Broadens the authority of a peace officer to ask for a person's name, to include detainment
on suspicion of a petty offence, and not only on suspicion of a crime. (Sec. 1)
2. Broadens the requirement to answer a peace officer when lawfully detained, from having
to give one's true full name, to also having to give one's date of birth. (Sec. 1)
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