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(quoting Pinal Vista Props., ).

One such rule requires that “each word or phrase of a statute must be given meaning so that no part is rendered void, superfluous, contradictory or insignificant.” ¶ 16 (App. 2022), review denied (May 2, 2023) (quoting Pinal Vista Props., ¶ 10 (App. 2004)).

Pinal Vista Props., ¶ 6 (App. 2004).

See, e.g., Pinal Vista Props., ¶ 10 (App. 2004) (noting that “each word or phrase of a statute must be given meaning so that no part is rendered void, superfluous, contradictory or insignificant.”); ¶ 19 (App. 2015) (stating that “when the legislature chooses different words within a statutory scheme, we presu

Pinal Vista Prop., ¶ 6 (App. 2004).

When statutes relate to the same subject or general purpose, they “should be read in connection with, or should be construed with other related statutes, as though they constituted one law.” Pinal Vista Props., ¶ 10 (App. 2004) (quotation and citation omitted).

We derive that intent by examining the statute’s “entire text, considering the context and related statutes on the same subject.” ¶ 11 (2019); see also Pinal Vista Properties, ¶ 10 (App. 2004) (explaining that statutes that relate to the same subject or the same general purpose “should be read in connection with, or should be construed with other related statutes, as though they constituted one law”) (internal quotation marks omitted)).

When statutes relate to the same subject or the same general purpose, they “should be read in connection with, or should be construed with other related statutes, as though they constituted one law.” Pinal Vista Prop., ¶ 10 (App. 2004) (citation and quotation omitted).

When construing a statute, each word or phrase “must be given meaning so that no part is rendered void, superfluous, contradictory or insignificant.” Pinal Vista Properties, ¶ 10 (App. 2004) (internal quotation omitted).

When statutes relate to the same subject or the same general purpose, they “should be read in connection with, or should be construed with other related statutes, as though they constituted one law.” Pinal Vista Properties, ¶ 10 (App. 2004) (internal quotation omitted).

Comm’n, ¶ 16 (App. 2008) (“[E]ach word or phrase in a statute must be given meaning so that no part is rendered void, superfluous, contradictory, or insignificant.”) (citing Pinal Vista Props., ¶ 10 (App. 2004)).

at 251, ¶ 24 (citing Pinal Vista Props., ¶ 17 (App. 2004)).

Thomas v. Ditsworth , , 342, ¶ 12, , 133 (App. 2007) (quoting Pinal Vista Properties, L.L.C. v. Turnbull , , 190, ¶ 10, , 1033 (App. 2004) ).

See Pinal Vista Props., ¶ 10 (App. 2004) (holding that statutes relating to the same subject or having the same 10 The Houses argue the tax court had “original jurisdiction” over the case pursuant to Article 6, Section 14(2), of the Arizona Constitution.

See, e.g., Pinal Vista Props.

“Generally, when the language of the statute is clear, we follow its direction without resorting to other methods of statutory interpretation.” Pinal Vista Prop., ¶ 10 (App. 2004).

See Pinal Vista Prop., –90, ¶ 6, –33 (App. 2004); Havasu Heights Ranch, 167 Ariz. at 387, 807 P.2d at 1123.

Pinal Vista Properties, -33 (App. 2004).

Pinal Vista Properties, , -33 (App.2004).

However, we may not construe part of a statute in a way that would render any other part of the statute “„void, superfluous, contradictory or insignificant.‟” quoting Pinal Vista Props.

We thus avoid a construction that would render any part of a statute “void, superfluous, contradictory or insignificant.” Pinal Vista Props.

See Pinal Vista Properties, ¶ 17 , (“Statutes cannot be interpreted to require a futile act.”).

4 quoting Pinal Vista Props.

See Pinal Vista Props., ¶ 10 , (stating that when statutes relate to the same subject or have the same general purpose, they should be read as though they “constitute one law”).

Because we must attribute some meaning to the drafters’ use of the phrase “if genuine,” see Pinal Vista Props., ¶ 10 , we conclude the statute encompasses only instruments that are not genuine because they are “false or forged.” ¶ 16 “Genuine” means “possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic; real.” See Random House Webster’s Unabridged Di