Criminal Statutes of Limitations in Arizona

No time limit (prosecution may be commenced at any time) for homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide resulting in death, certain class 2 felonies in chapter 14 or 35.1 of title 13, violent sexual assault, violations of §§ 13-2308.01, 13-2308.03 and 13-3212, misuse of public monies, felonies involving falsification of public records, and attempts to commit these. Otherwise: class 2 through class 6 felonies, seven years; misdemeanors, one year; petty offenses, six months. The period starts when the state actually discovers the offense or should have discovered it with reasonable diligence, whichever first occurs. It does not run while the accused is absent from the state or has no reasonably ascertainable residence in the state, and for a serious offense it does not run while the perpetrator's identity is unknown.