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Accurate court case data is essential to achieving timely case resolution, efficient and effective allocation of judicial resources, and supporting policy decisions.  Further, court digital data is now exchanged with a myriad of other government agencies impacting driving, criminal, and voting records, and can impact the issuance and quashing of warrants, credit reporting, prison terms length, gun ownership, employment, officer safety, military service, and other significant activities.  

 

The Data Standardization Advisory Committee reviews and approves standardized codes in order to ensure the most accurate court case data.  Courts must transmit the approved statewide codes listed below in the Statewide Code Standards (Approved since July 2021) section to the Administrative Office of the Court and our justice partners.  The codes are used in a range of automation projects including statistical reporting, case management reporting, public access and reporting to other government agencies.

A court may submit a new code request by completing this form and clicking the Submit button at the top corner.  Data Standards staff will contact you with any questions and inform you of the progress of the request. If you are having issues with submitting the form, complete and save the form to your computer, then email it to [email protected].  Thank you.

 

Code Request
Statewide Code Standards (Approved since July 2021)
Standard Title Standard Definition Last Updated Required Data Element ?
Address Types Provides approved address types  6/9/2023  
Alias Types  Provides approved alias types  12/1/2021 X
Attorney Types Provides approved attorney descriptions

1/30/2024

 X
Case Category Provides approved case categories and the court type under which they appear 10/13/2023 X
Case Status Provides approved case statuses and the court types in which they are used  6/9/2023 X
Case Subtypes  Provides approved case subtypes as well as their associated case type, case category and court type 3/1/2024  
Case Types Provides approved case types as well as their associated case category and court types 10/13/2023 X
Charge Manner of Disposition Provides approved Charge Manner of Disposition codes and descriptions 9/26/2023 X
Charge Qualifier Provides approved charge qualifier codes and descriptions 6/12/2023 X
Commenced By Provides approved participants or entities that file documents that initiate a case 6/9/2023  
Constable Provides approved constable codes and descriptions 2/27/2024  
Contact Status Provides the statuses for address types  9/26/2023  
Country Codes Provides the approved FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) country codes 7/14/2023 X
Court Role Type  Provides a description of the court and their roles and their role type as well as a definition of the court role 10/31/2023  
Demographics Provides approved eye color, hair color, race and sex codes 2/5/2024 X
Disposition Codes Provides disposition codes approved by MVD or DPS 7/14/2023 X
Duration Length Provides approved duration length codes 9/8/2023  
FARE Events Provides all event/docket/document codes and descriptions associated with FARE be standardized statewide 11/28/2023  
PCO Codes Provides the approved standardized codes and descriptions for Arizona specific reference PCO (Protective Order Conditions) codes 4/30/2024  
PO Events (AZPOINT) Provides all standardized codes and descriptions for protective order documents that will be displayed in CCR, CPOR and AZPOINT and apply to all protective order case types - Orders of Protection (OOP), Injunctions Against Harassment (IAH) and Injunctions Against Workplace Harassment (IWH) 10/13/2023  
NICS (Mental Health) Events Provides standardized codes that when entered would trigger a quality record submission under NICS Category 5 10/13/2023  
Filing Type  Provides approved types of documents used to initiate a case 6/12/2023 X
Language Codes Provides approved languages  6/29/2023  
Offense Class Provides approved offense class types  6/27/2023 X
Phone Types  Provides acceptable phone types 9/8/2023  
Plea Codes Provides approved types of pleas  9/8/2023 X
PO Party Roles  Provides party roles for protective orders  1/30/2024  
Preparatory Offense Codes Provides approved preparatory offense codes and their descriptions  8/1/2023 X
General Jurisdiction Code Standards (approved prior to July 2021)
Standard Title Standard Definition Last Updated Required Data Element?
Appearance Reasons Identifies the different types of hearings and what court types they apply to 11/2/2023 X
Attorney Status Provides the different statuses assigned to attorneys 7/30/2018  
Bar Association Provides proper titles for each State Bar  7/17/2019  
Confinement Types Provides approved confinement type locations 7/30/2018  
Court Type Codes Provides approved court types and is the highest level of the hierarchy for cases 6/30/2018  
Disposed By Provides approved modes by which a case can be disposed 7/30/2018  
Email Type Codes Provides approved email type codes  11/4/2019  
Event Category Provides approved event categories as well as the court types in which they are used  7/30/2018  
Event Entry Types Provides approved AJACS events with their corresponding event category  4/30/2024  
Identity Types Provides approved ID types  10/7/2019  
Party Status Provides approved party statuses and their associated court types 1/22/2020  
Payment Sources Provides approved sources through which payments can be received 4/22/2019  
Person Prefix  Provides approved person prefix description and their code 2/27/2020  
Person Suffix Provides approved person suffix description and their codes 7/30/2018  
Physical Mark Types  Provides approved physical mark types 9/23/2019  
PO Relationship Codes Provides PO Relationship codes set by statute 10/7/2019  
Point of Contact Provides approved points of contact  7/30/2018  
Probation Types Provides current types of supervision used for juveniles or adults 5/23/2019  
Result Codes Provides approved hearing results  7/30/2018  
Sentence Types Provides approved forms of sentencing  7/31/2018 X
Sentencing - Court Mandates Provides approved court mandates 8/2/2018  
Session Types Provides types of scheduling sessions  7/30/2018  
Special Handling Types  Provides approved special handling types for scheduling  7/30/2018  
Tickler Types Provides approved tickler types that are used to alert users that an action needs to be taken on a case 5/23/2019  
Limited Jurisdiction Codes (prior to July 2021)
Standard Title Standard Definition Last Updated Required Data Element?
Appearance Reasons Identifies the different types of hearings and what court types they apply to  5/23/2019 X
Attorney Status Provides the different statuses assigned to attorneys  5/21/2019  
Bar Association  Provides proper titles for each State Bar  7/17/2019  
Citing Agency Prefix Provides the prefixs for most citing agencies 5/21/2019  
Confinement Types Provides approved confinement type locations  5/21/2019  
Court Type Codes
Provides approved court types and is the highest level of the hierarchy for cases
6/30/2018  
Disposed By Provides approved modes by which a case can be disposed 5/21/2019  
Email Type Codes Provides approved email type codes  11/4/2019  
Event Category Provides approved event categories as well as the court types in which they are used 5/21/2019  
Event Entry Types Provides AJACS approved events with their corresponding event category  10/18/2023  
Hearing Result Codes Provides approved hearing results 5/22/2019  
Identity Types Provides approved ID types 10/7/2019  
Party Status Provides approved party statuses and their associated court types 5/22/2019  
Payment Sources Provides approved sources through which payments can be received 5/22/2019  
Person Alerts Provides approved alerts which display on the Case Dashboard 5/22/2019  
Person Prefix Provides approved person prefix descriptions and their codes 2/20/2027  
Person Suffix Provides approved person suffix descriptions and their codes 10/16/2019  
Physical Mark Types  Provides approved physical mark types  5/22/2019  
PO Relationship Codes Provides PO Relationship codes set by statute 10/7/2019  
Point of Contact Provides approved points of contacts  5/22/2019  
Sentence Types Provides approved forms of sentencing  5/22/2019 X
Sentencing - Court Mandates  Provides approved court mandates  6/22/2023  
Tickler Types Provides approved tickler types that are used to alert users that an action needs to be taken on a case 5/22/2019