28 USC § 82 - Arizona

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s82"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "28 USC § 82 - Arizona"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "82"
section_name: "Arizona"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "DISTRICT COURTS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION OF COURTS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 874; Pub. L. 116–40, § 1, Aug. 9, 2019, 133 Stat. 1063.)"
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# § 82. Arizona

Arizona constitutes one judicial district.

Court shall be held at Flagstaff, Globe, Phoenix, Prescott, Tucson, and Yuma.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 874; Pub. L. 116–40, § 1, Aug. 9, 2019, 133 Stat. 1063.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 143 (, ; , §§ 1, 2, ).

A provision for transfer of causes, civil or criminal, from one place for holding court to another was omitted. Such provision, as to civil cases, is covered by , and, as to criminal cases, is rendered unnecessary because of inherent power of the court and Rules 18–20 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, relating to venue.

A provision for making an interlocutory order at any place designated for holding court was omitted as unnecessary in view of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, rule 77(b).

A provision requiring the clerk to keep his office at the State capital was omitted as covered by .

Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2019— substituted “Flagstaff, Globe, Phoenix, Prescott, Tucson, and Yuma” for “Globe, Phoenix, Prescott, and Tucson”.