19-207. Notice to officer; statement of defense
Upon filing the petition as prescribed by section 19-208.03, subsection A, paragraph 1, the officer with whom it is filed shall within forty-eight hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays or other legal holidays, give written notice to the person against whom it is filed. The notice shall state that a recall petition has been filed, shall set forth the grounds thereof, and shall notify the person to whom it is addressed that the person has the right to prepare and have printed on the ballot a statement containing not more than two hundred words defending the person's official conduct. If the person fails to deliver the defensive statement to the officer giving notice within ten days thereafter, the right to have a statement printed on the ballot shall be considered waived.
Structure Arizona Revised Statutes
Title 19 - Initiative, Referendum and Recall
§ 19-101 - Referendum petition; circulators; violation; classification
§ 19-101.01 - Legislative findings and intent; strict compliance
§ 19-102 - Initiative petition; circulators
§ 19-102.01 - Initiative petitions; standard of review
§ 19-111 - Number for petition; training materials
§ 19-111.01 - Text review; legislative council; recommendations
§ 19-112 - Signatures and verification; attachment
§ 19-113 - Withdrawal of petition signature; payment of remuneration; violation; classification
§ 19-114 - Prohibition on circulating petitions by certain persons; statement of organization
§ 19-114.01 - Prohibition on signing petition for profit; classification
§ 19-115 - Unlawful acts; violations; classification
§ 19-116 - Signing petitions; coercion; intimidation; false description; classification
§ 19-117 - Initiative and referendum petition; changes; applicability
§ 19-118 - Registered circulators; requirements; violation; classification; definition
§ 19-118.01 - Signature collection; prohibited payments; violation; classification
§ 19-119 - Deceptive mailings; civil penalty
§ 19-119.01 - Petition signature fraud; classification; list of prohibited persons
§ 19-119.02 - Initiative, referendum and recall handbook; secretary of state
§ 19-121 - Signature sheets; petitions; form; procedure for filing
§ 19-121.02 - Certification by county recorder
§ 19-121.03 - Judicial review of actions by county recorder; venue
§ 19-121.04 - Disposition of petitions by secretary of state
§ 19-121.05 - Special fund for reimbursement of county recorders
§ 19-123 - Publicity pamphlet; printing; distribution; public hearings
§ 19-124 - Arguments and analyses on measures; cost; submission at special election
§ 19-124.01 - Judicial information
§ 19-126 - Counting and canvassing votes; governor's proclamation
§ 19-127 - Preservation and publication of approved measures
§ 19-129 - Destroying, suppressing or filing false initiative or referendum petition; classification
§ 19-141 - Initiative and referendum in counties, cities and towns
§ 19-142 - Referendum petitions against municipal actions; emergency measures; zoning actions
§ 19-143 - Initiative petition in cities; action of council; amendment of charter
§ 19-161 - Challenges to legislative referenda
§ 19-201 - Officers subject to recall; number of petitioners
§ 19-201.01 - Legislative finding and intent; strict compliance
§ 19-202 - Recall petition; limitations; subsequent petition
§ 19-202.01 - Application for recall petition
§ 19-203 - Recall petition; contents; submission for verification; nonacceptance
§ 19-204.01 - Sample recall petitions; strict compliance
§ 19-205 - Signatures and verification
§ 19-205.01 - Registered circulators; requirements; violation; classification; definition
§ 19-205.02 - Prohibition on circulating of petitions by certain persons
§ 19-205.03 - Prohibition on signing petition for profit; classification
§ 19-205.04 - Withdrawal of petition signature; payment of remuneration; violation; classification
§ 19-206 - Coercion or other unlawful acts; violation; classification
§ 19-207 - Notice to officer; statement of defense
§ 19-208 - Resignation of person
§ 19-208.02 - Certification by county recorder
§ 19-208.03 - Disposition of petition; date of filing
§ 19-208.04 - Judicial review of actions by county recorder
§ 19-208.05 - Special fund for reimbursement of county recorders
§ 19-209 - Order for special recall election; officer in charge of election; definition
§ 19-210 - Reimbursement for county expenses in conducting special recall election
§ 19-212 - Nomination petition; form; filing
§ 19-213 - Form and contents of ballot
§ 19-214 - Recall election board; consolidation of precincts
§ 19-215 - General election laws applicable
§ 19-217 - Recall petition; changes; applicability
§ 19-221 - Statement on recall
§ 19-222 - Pledge to resign subject to recall
§ 19-231 - Petition for election to request resignation of district judges
§ 19-233 - Canvass of vote; effect of results
§ 19-234 - Recommendation of candidate by electors; filing by candidate of pledge to recall