Pima County Criminal Court Records

Use the court named on the case

Pima County, Arizona has separate Superior Court and Consolidated Justice Court records systems. Use the court name and complete case number from the citation or notice, rather than treating one portal as every criminal case in the county. The Superior Court Clerk explicitly says it does not provide public background checks. Its public case lookup and the Justice Court search locate proceedings; neither is a comprehensive countywide or statewide criminal-history certificate.

The Superior Court Public Record Search, also known as Agave, offers limited public case information. The Clerk also identifies party access through ECR, attorney access and Arizona eAccess as distinct services. A party-access account does not grant unrestricted access to everyone’s files. If a citation identifies another court, take it to that court’s clerk instead of assuming a missing Pima portal result resolves the matter.

Know the Justice Court search exclusions

The Consolidated Justice Court accepts searches by first and last name, full case number, or complaint number. Case numbers begin with the appropriate prefix, such as CR for a criminal matter. Keep the entire identifier, including suffixes, when comparing your paperwork with a result. A name match alone is insufficient to identify a person.

Justice Court’s public portal excludes felony cases, protection orders, harassment injunctions and criminal or traffic matters involving juvenile defendants. It also warns that results are unofficial and may lag changes. Therefore, a no-hit cannot rule out an excluded case. Call its customer service at 520-724-3171 or visit 240 North Stone Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701 when a case or person does not appear.

Get an official Superior Court copy

Superior Court Public Records Services is at 110 West Congress Street, Room 241, Tucson, AZ 85701-1317; call 520-724-3240. The Clerk offers in-person, email, mail and telephone request options and says to allow three business days for newly filed document information to appear online. Ask whether the specific document is available before traveling. The current department name is Public Records Services, replacing the older Legal Records wording.

Identify the case, defendant, approximate filing date and document, such as the judgment or sentencing minute entry. Say whether the recipient needs certification. The Superior Court fee schedule effective June 1, 2026 lists copies at $0.50 per page, a $35 certificate of correctness, $8 postage and handling, and $35 research per year/source searched. Exemplification is $70 and authentication $105 per certification. Ask which services are actually needed rather than automatically adding every item.

Justice Court uses its own form and prices

Use Justice Court’s Online Records Request, or submit its Public Records Request Form in person or by mail. Provide requester contact details, the party’s name, case/citation/complaint numbers and the document selection. Birth date and other identifying fields help distinguish names where appropriate. Complete the use statement: the court requires an affirmation of noncommercial purpose or an explanation of commercial use. Do not omit the purpose merely because the underlying filing is public.

Justice Court publishes $0.50 per page and $33 to certify a document. A case-information, no-record or purged-case letter costs $33 without certification or $66 certified; a purged-case letter requires the case number. Its page states requests are processed within five business days and incomplete requests are not processed. These charges and timing are specific to Justice Court, not Superior Court.

Commercial use and protected material

The Justice Court fee schedule separately lists a $3-per-case commercial-request charge, in addition to applicable record services. Its public request materials describe commercial use in terms of sale, resale, solicitation or anticipated monetary gain. State the intended use accurately and obtain a total where search, copying, certification and delivery all apply. A free online case entry does not imply that a researched, mailed or certified package is free.

Closed, sealed or confidential material can be unavailable or redacted under court-access rules. Justice Court warns that retention schedules can result in record destruction, and its request page identifies personal and financial information that will be removed from public copies. A withheld page and a destroyed file are different outcomes; ask which applies. The clerk cannot recreate a record solely because an old third-party website still mentions the case.

Read the final outcome and resolve discrepancies

Keep the online summary and the requested court document together, but use the final disposition to establish the outcome of each charge. Do not describe an arrest, complaint or pending count as a conviction. If dates, identity or disposition disagree, give the responsible court the case number, the exact disputed entry and any supporting court order. Ask whether the issue is a display delay, a missing copy or a record correction. Certification authenticates the supplied court record; it does not certify a person’s entire criminal history.