26-123. Maintenance of private troops prohibited; violation; classification A. No person, partnership or corporation shall maintain troops under arms, but this section shall not be deemed to prohibit a business, plant or firm from maintaining armed guards for protection of their property from damage or loss, or formation of a state police or highway patrol, or the existence of county and municipal police forces and sheriff's posses. B. Any person violating this section is guilty of a class 5 felony.
Arizona Legal Code
§ 26.123
Source: https://www.azleg.gov/ars/26/00123.htm· Version 2026