ARIZONA STATE STATUTES AND PEORIA CITY CODE

Peoria City Code Sec. 13-25
Use of vehicles on vacant property.

(a) It is unlawful to operate, drive or park any motor vehicle, motorcycle, motor scooter, mini-bike, trail bike, dune buggy, jeep or other form of transportation, propelled by an internal combustion engine, upon the vacant unimproved private property of another without the written license issued by the owner of the property or the person entitled to the immediate possession thereof or the authorized agent of either.
(b) A person who operates a vehicle in the manner for which a license is required shall immediately display such license to any peace officer upon request of such peace officer.

Arizona Revised Statute
13-1603. Criminal littering or polluting: classification

A. A person commits criminal littering or polluting if such person without lawful authority des any of the following:
1. Throws, places, drops or permits to be dropped on public property or property of another which is not a lawful dump any litter, destructive or injurious material which he does not immediately remove.
2. Discharges or permits to be discharged any sewage, oil products or other harmful substances into any waters or onto any shorelines within the state.

Arizona Revise Statute
13-1502. Criminal trespass in the third degree; classification

A. A person commits criminal trespass in the third degree by:
1. Knowingly entering or remaining unlawfully on any real property after a reasonable request to leave by the owner or any other person having lawful control over such property, or reasonable notice prohibiting entry.
2. Knowingly entering or remaining unlawfully on the right-of-way for tracks, or the storage or switching yards or rolling stock of a railroad company.
B. Criminal trespass in the third degree is a class 3 misdemeanor.

Arizona Revise Statute
37-501. Trespass on state lands; classification

A person is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor who:
1. Knowingly commits a trespass upon state lands, either by cutting down or destroying timber or wood standing or growing thereon, by carrying away timber or wood there from, by mowing, cutting, or removing hay or grass thereon or there from, or by grazing livestock thereon, unless he has a lease or sublease approved by the department for the area being grazed.
2. Knowingly extracts or removes oil, gas, coal, mineral, earth, rock, fertilizer or fossils of any kind or description there from.
3. Knowingly without right injures or removes any building, fence or improvements on state lands, or unlawfully occupies, plows or cultivates any of the lands.
4. With criminal negligence exposes growing trees, shrubs or undergrowth standing on state lands to danger or destruction by fire.  

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT:

The Arizona State Land Department
 www.land.state.az.us/divisions/natural.htm
Email: Inquiry@Land.az.gov

The Bureau of Land Management
Web Address: www.blm.gov/az/outrec/rec.htm

Arizona State Parks
www.azstateparks.com/

Arizona Game and Fish
 www.azgfd.gov/outdoor_recreation/off_highway.shtml

To report illegal activity in the desert area, call the Peoria Police Department at 623-773-8311.

For more information contact Officer Chuck Kunde at 623-773-8053 or Email: Charles.Kunde@PeoriaAz.Gov.