A.R.S. 12-508, 12-509
Effect of acknowledgment upon barred action (12-508)
When an action is barred by limitation no acknowledgment of the justness of the claim made subsequent to the time it became due shall be admitted in evidence to take the action out of the operation of the law, unless the acknowledgment is in writing and signed by the party to be charged thereby.
Presumption of death from five year absence; restoration of estate recovered upon presumption (12-509)
A. A person absenting himself from the place of his last domicile for five years successively shall be presumed dead in any action wherein his death comes in question, unless proof is made that he was alive within that time.
B. Except as otherwise provided in section 14-3412, if in a subsequent action the person presumed, under subsection A, to be dead is proved to be living, the estate shall be restored to him and he may moreover demand and recover the rents and profits of the estate during the time that he has been deprived thereof, with interest.
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A.R.S. 12-510, 12-511
Exemption of state from limitations (12-510)
Except as provided in section 12-529, the state shall not be barred by the limitations of actions prescribed in this chapter.
Civil action arising from criminal conduct; definitions (12-511)
A. Notwithstanding sections 12-505 and 12-542, if a defendant is charged by a criminal complaint or indictment the statute of limitations for any civil cause of action that is brought by a victim against the defendant for criminal conduct against the victim is extended for one year from the final disposition of the criminal proceedings, regardless of whether the defendant is convicted of criminal conduct against the victim.
B. There is no duty under a policy of insurance to defend or indemnify for any loss resulting from criminal conduct if the civil action is not commenced within the time period that would be applicable without any tolling or extension of the statute of limitations pursuant to this section.
C. This section does not toll or extend any statute of limitations applicable to a civil cause of action brought against the employer or former employer of any defendant who is subject to this section.
D. This section does not shorten any other applicable tolling provisions.
E. In any action brought pursuant to this section, the standard of proof is by the preponderance of the evidence.
F. This section applies to all cases in which the victim files a civil action within one year after the final disposition of the defendant's criminal proceedings, regardless of when the defendant committed the criminal conduct.
G. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Civil cause of action" means any civil claim that the victim could have brought against the defendant for criminal conduct committed against the victim regardless of whether any of these incidents was criminally prosecuted.
2. "Criminal conduct":
(a) Means any act, including all preparatory offenses, in violation of section 13-1103, 13-1104, 13-1105, 13-1202, 13-1203, 13-1204, 13-1208, 13-1304, 13-1404, 13-1405, 13-1406, 13-1410, 13-1417, 13-2314.04, 13-2915, 13-2916, 13-2921, 13-2921.01, 13-3019, 13-3552, 13-3553, 13-3554, 13-3601 or 13-3601.02.
(b) Includes any act involving sexual assault of a spouse that was committed before the effective date of this amendment to this section.
3. "Defendant" means a natural person.
4. "Final disposition" has the same meaning prescribed in sections 8-382 and 13-4401.
5. "Victim" has the same meaning prescribed in sections 8-382 and 13-4401.
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A.R.S. 12-521, 12-522
Definitions (12-521)
A. In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Adverse possession" means an actual and visible appropriation of the land, commenced and continued under a claim of right inconsistent with and hostile to the claim of another.
2. "Peaceable possession" means possession which is continuous, and not interrupted by an adverse action to recover the estate.
3. "Real property" includes mines and mining claims.
B. "Peaceable and adverse possession" need not be continued in the same person, but when held by different persons successively there must be a privity of estate between them.
Real property claimed only by right of possession; two year limitation (12-522)
When a party in possession claims real property by right of possession only, actions to recover possession from him shall be commenced within two years after the cause of action accrues and not afterward. In such actions defendant is not required to show title or color of title from and under the sovereignty of the soil as against the plaintiff who shows no better right.
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A.R.S. 12-523, 12-524
Real property in adverse possession under title or color of title; three year limitation (12-523)
A. An action to recover real property from a person in peaceable and adverse possession under title or color of title shall be commenced within three years after the cause of action accrues, and not afterward.
B. "Title" means a regular chain of transfer from or under sovereignty of the soil. "Color of title" means a consecutive chain of such transfer down to the person in possession without being regular, as if one or more of the memorials or muniments is not recorded or not duly recorded or is only in writing, or such like defect as does not extend to or include the want of intrinsic fairness and honesty, or when the party in possession holds the real property by a land warrant or land scrip, with a chain of transfer down to him in possession.
City lot claimed under recorded deed; five year limitation (12-524)
An action to recover a lot located in a city or town from a person having a recorded deed therefor, who claims ownership and has paid the taxes thereon, shall be brought within five years after the cause of action accrues, and not afterward, provided that the person against whom the action is brought, by himself or his grantors, has claimed ownership thereof and has paid the taxes thereon for at least five consecutive years next preceding the commencement of such action.
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