Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona, in Mohave County, has about 59,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Arizona the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of the Superior Court; the statewide criminal history kept by the Arizona Department of Public Safety is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Lake Havasu City is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Lake Havasu City public records, Mohave County criminal records, Lake Havasu City arrest records, Lake Havasu City warrants, Lake Havasu City inmate search, Lake Havasu City court records, Arizona arrest records and Arizona inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Mohave County Superior Court
A criminal case from Lake Havasu City is filed in the Mohave County Superior Court or the Justice Courts, which take misdemeanors, traffic cases, civil cases up to $10,000 and evictions, and the court file, kept by the Clerk of the Superior Court, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at mohavecourts.com (page title: The Judicial Branch of Arizona), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, Public Access to Court Information is the Arizona Judicial Branch's free statewide case search; the Maricopa and Pima county courts run their own.
The Arizona Criminal History and Your Own Copy
Arizona does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Arizona Department of Public Safety goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court file in the Mohave County Superior Court is the public record.
To see your own record, the route is a Record Review Packet, fingerprint-based, from the Department of Public Safety. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at azdps.gov/services/public-services-portal/records-request.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Lake Havasu City
The Mohave County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Lake Havasu City (filed by the FBI as Lake Havasu City Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Lake Havasu City: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Mohave County: Mohave County Parks Department, Park Rangers (other agency); it keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the four agencies in Mohave County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,916 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Lake Havasu City arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Lake Havasu City in 2025
The agency that reports for Lake Havasu City had 178 violent and 620 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The County Attorney for Mohave County
The County Attorney decides which arrests in Mohave County become charges and files them in the Mohave County Superior Court or the Justice Courts; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at mohave.gov/departments/county-attorney (page title: County Attorney | Mohave County), phone (928) 753-0719, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Lake Havasu City
Registered sex offenders living in Lake Havasu City are listed on the Arizona Sex Offender Information Center, run by the Arizona Department of Public Safety at azdps.gov/content/basic-page/106. Level 2 and Level 3 offenders are listed; Level 1 offenders are not shown online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Mohave County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Arizona Public Records Law a county office must answer a request promptly, with no fixed number of days in the statute, and it may charge the cost of copies, and more for commercial requests. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at mohave.gov/common-links/request-public-records (page title: Request Public Records | Mohave County).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Lake Havasu City?
The court files of criminal cases in the Mohave County Superior Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Arizona Department of Public Safety is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Arizona Public Records Law.
Can I search Lake Havasu City criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at mohavecourts.com (page title: The Judicial Branch of Arizona). Statewide, Public Access to Court Information is the Arizona Judicial Branch's free statewide case search; the Maricopa and Pima county courts run their own.
How do I get my own Arizona criminal history?
Through a Record Review Packet, fingerprint-based, from the Department of Public Safety.
Who prosecutes crimes in Lake Havasu City?
The County Attorney, reached at (928) 753-0719, which files its cases in the Mohave County Superior Court or the Justice Courts.
Is this the official Lake Havasu City website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.