11-424.02. Receipt of salary by justices of the peace; affidavit; pending and undetermined causes; violation; classification
A. A justice of the peace or a justice of the peace pro tempore shall not receive his salary unless such justice either certifies that no cause before such justice remains pending and undetermined for sixty days after it has been submitted for decision or there is submitted by the chief justice of the Arizona supreme court a certification that such justice of the peace has had a physical disability during the preceding sixty days or that good and sufficient cause exists to excuse the application of this section to particularly identified litigation then pending.
B. Any certification submitted by the chief justice pursuant to subsection A shall set forth in detail the nature and duration of the physical disability involved or the reason why subsection A should not apply to the specified pending litigation.
C. Any person who issues or causes to be issued any check, warrant or payment to a justice of the peace or a justice of the peace pro tempore knowing that, pursuant to this section, such justice should not receive his salary is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor.
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