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 October 1, 2026.
Apache County, Arizona, has about 65,000 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 Apache County 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: Apache County public records, Apache County arrest records, Apache County warrants, Apache County inmate search, Apache County court records, Arizona arrest records and Arizona inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Apache County Superior Court
In Arizona the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Apache County are heard by the Apache County Superior Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $10,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the Justice Courts take misdemeanors, traffic cases, civil cases up to $10,000 and evictions, and the file of each case is kept by the Clerk of the Superior Court.
For Apache County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at apachecountyaz.gov/Clerk-of-the-Court (page title: Clerk of the Court | Apache County), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Apache 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 Apache County
The Apache County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for St. Johns keep the arrest records in Apache County: 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.
Together, the two agencies in Apache County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 348 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 Apache County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Apache County in 2022
The three agencies in Apache County with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 89 violent and 199 property crimes to the FBI that year. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Apache County public records guide.
The County Attorney for Apache County
The County Attorney decides which arrests in Apache County become charges and files them in the Apache 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 apachecountyaz.gov/Attorneys-Office (page title: Apache County | Attorney's Office), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
The Sex Offender Registry for Apache County
Registered sex offenders living in Apache County 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 Apache 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Apache County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Apache 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 Apache County criminal cases online?
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 Apache County?
The County Attorney, which files its cases in the Apache County Superior Court or the Justice Courts.
Is this the official Apache County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.