Code · Arizona · Title 13 — Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions

13-2804. Tampering with a witness; classification

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A. A person commits tampering with a witness if the person knowingly communicates, directly or indirectly, with a witness in any official proceeding or a person he believes may be called as a witness to do any of the following:

1. Unlawfully withhold any testimony.

2. Testify falsely.

3. Absent himself from any official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned.

4. Evade a summons or subpoena.

B. Tampering with a witness is a class 6 felony.