SUPERIOR COURT POLICIES AND FUNDING SURVEY
Understanding the complexities of Arizona’s superior court system is critical to ensuring its effective operation and sustainable funding. To shed light on these dynamics, CSA surveyed Arizona counties to examine how the Superior Court is funded, staffed, and governed.
PROBATION
In Arizona, probation is a shared responsibility between counties and the state. Probation officers are employees of the statewide judiciary and report to the presiding judge, but by state law, county boards of supervisors set their salaries based on the court’s recommendation. While the Arizona Administrative Office of the Courts manages probation funding and requests state appropriations as needed, counties play a key role in administering local operations.
TIMELINE OF PROBATION FUNDING IN ARIZONA
Scroll across the timeline below to explore how policies around funding for probation, and recommendations for change have evolved since the state started funding the programs in the late 1970s.
CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE, LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY
INDIGENT DEFENSE IN ARIZONA
Arizona is one of only five states that funds and governs indigent defense exclusively at the local level. Explore our overview of funding for the indigent defense function in Arizona.
