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Complete AzDocs Listing

This is a public listing of the AZDocs classification system.

AZDocs is a classification system for documents published by Arizona government agencies. It is based on SUDOC which is the system used by the Government Publishing Office (GPO) for federal documents for depository libraries. The system is based on 1) which agency published a document; and 2) what kind of document it is.

acode cdNum Title Coverage Details
HGY 40 Safety Projects Division
HGY 41 Right of Way Division
HGY 45 Operations Division
HGY 46 Equipment Division
HGY 50 Division of Federal Aid Secondary Roads

xx Division of Secondary and Urban Roads

HI 1 Office of Arizona Historian (1909-1939)
HOS 1 Arizona State Hospital (1954-1974)

ARS 36-201
xx State Hospital for the Insane (1928-1954)
xx State Asylum for the Insane (1913-1928)
xx Asylum for the Insane (1903-1913)
xx Insane Asylum of Arizona (1885-1903)
Later see HES 9

HOU 1 Arizona Department of Housing (2001- )

ARS 41-3953

HOU 2 Arizona Housing Commission
HOU 3 Office of Manufactured Housing (2016- )

Earlier see BF 2.

HP 1 Arizona Health Planning Authority (1968-1974)
HP 2 Arizona Health Planning Advisory Council (1974- )

xx State Health Planning Council (1968-1974)

HS 1 Arizona Historical Society (1971- )

ARS 41-821
x Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society (1884-1970)

HS 2 Field Services Department
HS 3 Arizona Women's Hall of Fame
HSP 1 Historical Society, Prescott (1964- )

ARS 41-831

IAC 1 Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs (1953-2016)

Laws 2016, Chapter 150 repealed the ACOIA and established a new entity, the Governor’s Office on Tribal Relations, which succeeded to the authority, powers, duties and responsibilities of the ACOIA, effective July 1, 2016.
See Agency History

IC 1 Industrial Commission of Arizona (1925- )
IC 2 Labor Dept.
IC 3 Division of Occupational Safety and Health (1971- )

xx Division of Safety (1969-1971)

IC 4 Office of the State Fire Marshal (1972-1981)

ARS 23-121
Later see EM 4 (1982-1986)
Later see BF 3 (1986-2016)
Later see FF 2 (2016-     )

IC 5 Management Information Section
ID 1 Dept. of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI) (2020- )

ARS 20-101
xx Insurance Dept. (1954-1978)
xx Dept of Insurance (1979-2019)
See also CC 7

Earlier see ATA
Earler see BNK

Combined with agencies Arizona Auto Theft Authority and Dept. of Financial Institutions by 2019 Session Laws Chapter 252 and 2020 Session Laws Chapter 37

ID 2 Fraud Unit
ID 3 Consumer Affairs Division
ID 6 Joint Underwriting Plan
ID 8 Commission on Property and Casualty Insurance
IM 1 Arizona Commission of Immigration
IRC 1 Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (2000- )
IS 1 Arizona State Industrial School (1913-1974)

xx Territorial Industrial School (1903-1913)
xx Reform School for Juvenile Offenders (1893-1903)

ISC 1 Arizona Interstate Stream Commission (1948-1971)

Later see WCO

ISC 2 Water Allocation Advisory Board
JC 1 Arizona State Board of Directors for Junior Colleges (1960-1971)

Later see CCD 1

JP 1 Arizona State Justice Planning Agency (1969-1977)

Executive Order 68-3

JP 2 Statistical Analysis Center
JP 4 Region Two
JUC 1 Commission on Judicial Conduct (1988- )

xx Commission on Judicial Qualifications (1970-1988)

LA 1 Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records (2000- )

ARS 41-151.01
xx Dept. of Library, Archives & Public Records (1976-2000)
xx Division of Library, Archives, and Public Records (1973-1976)
xx Dept. of Library and Archives (1938-1973)
xx State Library (1912-1937) see LIB 1

LA 2 Library Development Division (2000- )

xx Library Extension Division (1982-2000)
xx Library Extension Service (1958-1982)

LA 3 State Legislative Bureau
LA 4 Records Management Division

xx Records Management Center

LA 5 State of Arizona Research Library (2017- )

xx State Library of Arizona (2013-2017)
xx Digital Arizona Library (2013-2017)
xx DAZL (2013-2017)
xx Law and Research Division (    -2012)
xx Research Division
xx State Law Library

LA 6 State Archive of Arizona (2013- )

xx History and Archives Division (    -2012)
xx Archives Division

LA 7 Museum Division

xx Arizona State Capitol Museum
xx Arizona Hall of Fame Museum

LA 8 Arizona Historical Records Advisory Board
LA 9 Arizona Historical Advisory Commission (1976- )

Created 1967; under DOA 1973-1976

LA 10 Arizona Talking Book Library (2014- )

xx Braille and Talking Book Library (1995-2014)
xx Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (1970-1995)

LA 11 Arizona Statewide Archival and Records Project

(late 1930's-early 1940's)

LAW 1 Dept. of Law (1953- )

ARS 41-191
xx Attorney General's Office
Earlier see AG

LAW 2 Civil Rights Division (1973- )
LAW 3 Consumer Protection and Advocacy Section

xx Economic Protection Division
xx Consumer Fraud Section
xx Antitrust Unit

LAW 4 Financial Fraud Division
LAW 5 Criminal Division

xx Office of Victim Services

LAW 6 Arizona Alliance for Drug Endangered Children Program (DEC) (2003- )

xx Meth & Kids Task Force (2000-2003)

LAW 7 Water Rights Adjudication Team
LAW 8 Elder Affairs Program <2001>-

xx Elder Abuse Project <1987>
x Senior Service Center

LD 1 State Land Department (1915- )

ARS 37-101
xx State Land Commission <1912>

LD 2 Division of Natural Resource Conservation (1972- )

xx Division of Soil Conservation (1945-1972)
x Environmental Resource and Trespass Section <1994>

LD 3 Environmental Contamination Prevention & Remediation Program

xx Arizona Watershed Program

LD 4 Water Rights Section

xx Water Division
xx Water Rights Administration

LD 5 Division of Forestry (2004-2008)

xx Forestry Division (2004-2008)
xx Fire Management Division (1998-2004)
xx Forestry Management Division (1998-2000)
xx Forestry Division (1978-1998)
xx Division of Forestry (1978-1998)
xx Watershed and Forestry Division (19??-1978)
Later see FF 1

LD 6 Information Systems & Resource Analysis Division

xx Arizona Resources Information System

LD 7 State Selection Board
LD 8 Arizona State Cartographer's Office

(established in 1988; funded by Land Dept in 1995)

LD 9 Arizona Advisory Council on Environmental Education (1992-2002)

ARS 41-3002.16

LE 1 Office of the Legislative Examiner (1929-1933)
LEC 1 Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (1994- )

ARS 41-1821
xx Arizona Law Enforcement Officers' Advisory Council (1968-1994)

LEM 1 Arizona Law Enforcement Merit System Council (1968- )

ARS 28-235
Earlier see MSC

LG 1 Legislature
LG 2 Senate
LG 3 House
LG 4 Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) (1966- )
LG 5 Legislative Council (1953- )
LG 6 Office of the Auditor General (1969- )

Earlier see EX, PAD

LG 7 Arizona Legislative Computer Services
LG 8 Legislative Governmental Mall Commission (1985- 8/3/2018)

ARS 41-1361

LG 9 Joint Legislative Audit Committee (1992- )

xx Joint Legislative Oversight Committee ( -1992)

LG 10 Ombudsman-Citizens' Aide (1995- )

ARS 41-1371 to 41-1383

LIB 1 State Library (1912-1937)

x Territorial Library (18??-1912)

Later see LA

LIB 2 Legislative Reference Bureau (1928-1937)
LLB 1 Arizona Livestock Loss Board (2015- )

ARS 17-491 
(Established 2015 S.B. 1466)

LLC 1 Dept. of Liquor Licenses and Control (1939- )

ARS 4-101

LOA 1 Arizona Loan Commission (1912- )

xx Arizona Loan Commission (188?-1912?)
xx Arizona Loan Commissioners (188?-1912?)
xx Arizona Bond Commissioners (188?-1912?)

LOT 1 Arizona Lottery
LOT 2 Administration Division

xx Arizona State Lottery Commission
ARS 5-502

LS 1 Arizona Livestock Board (1982-1991)

xx Arizona Livestock Sanitary Board (1963-1976)
xx Arizona Live Stock Sanitary Board (1916-<1959>)
xx Live Stock Sanitary Board of Arizona (1897-<1908>)
Later see AGR 2

LSC 1 Arizona Land Settlement Commission (1921-1943)

Later see LD

MAC 1 Mapping Advisory Committee ( -1988)

Later see GIC

MAN 1 Office of Manufactured Housing (1981-1986)

ARS 41-2151
Later see BF 2

MD 1 Military Dept. (1952-1973)

xx Office of the Adjutant General (1894-1965)
Later see EM 3

MD 2 National Guard (1912-1973 )

Later see EM 3

ME 1 Arizona Medical Board (2002- )

ARS 32-1401
xx Arizona Board of Medical Examiners (1913-2002)

ME 2 Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants (2002- )
  • ARS §32-2501
    • Joint Board on the Regulation of Physician Assistants (1984-2002)
MER 1 State Dept. of Mental Retardation (1970-1974)

x Arizona Children's Colony Board

Earlier see CCB

MER 2 Arizona Training Program at Coolidge (1970-1974)
MI 1 Office of State Mine Inspector (1912- )
MI 2 Mining Advisory Council (2010-

ARS 41-4601

MMR 1 Department of Mines and Mineral Resources (1977-2011)

Earlier see MR
ARS 27-101
In 2011 consolidated into Arizona Geological Survey GS

MN 1 Arizona State Bureau of Mines (1915-1977)

xx UofA. State Bureau of Mines (1976)
Earlier see GT
Later see GMT
See also Department of Mineral Resources MR

MP 1 Office of Manpower Planning

xx State Offices of Manpower Planning
xx State Manpower Planning Council
xx State Manpower Services Council
xx Manpower Planning Board
xx State Manpower Coordinating Committee
xx Arizona State Cooperative Area Manpower Planning System
xx Arizona State CAMPS Committee
For related items see ESD 8 and ESC 13

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