Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Greenlee County, Arizona, has about 9,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Greenlee County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the County Attorney files charges, a case in the Greenlee County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Greenlee County public records, Arizona arrest records, Arizona inmate search and Arizona criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Greenlee County
The Greenlee County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Greenlee County. It reported 83 arrests for 2021, its latest complete year.
One city in Greenlee County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Clifton, 3,815 residents.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests The Greenlee County Sheriff's Office Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Greenlee County Sheriff's Office: 83 for 2021 and 389 for 2020.
The Greenlee County Sheriff's Office's 83 arrests in 2021 were down 79 percent from 389 in 2020.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Greenlee County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Greenlee County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 24 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 30 beds, and it ran at 80 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Greenlee County Sheriff's Office at greenlee.az.gov/cat_doc/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Greenlee County, Arizona), phone (928) 865-2072, Monday-Thursday 7am - 5pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, whose inmate locator is at corrections.az.gov/inmate-data-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Greenlee County
An arrest in Greenlee County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Greenlee County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at greenlee.az.gov/ova_dep/courts, phone (928) 865-2072); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at greenlee.az.gov/county-attorney-contacts, phone (928) 865-2072).
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.
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's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Greenlee County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Arizona Public Records Law the agency must answer promptly, with no fixed number of days in the statute, and it may charge the cost of copies, and more for commercial requests.
- An arrest by the Greenlee County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (928) 865-2072.
- An arrest in Clifton: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (928) 865-2072, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Greenlee County Superior Court, through the court records page at greenlee.az.gov/ova_dep/courts, phone (928) 865-2072.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at greenlee.az.gov (page title: Public Records Request Contacts | Greenlee County, Arizona).
- Your own statewide record: a Record Review Packet, fingerprint-based, from the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Greenlee County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Greenlee County: Clifton. Duncan has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Greenlee County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Greenlee County each year?
The Greenlee County Sheriff's Office reported 83 arrests to the FBI for 2021, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Greenlee County?
Ask the Greenlee County Sheriff's Office at (928) 865-2072; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at greenlee.az.gov/cat_doc/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Greenlee County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Greenlee County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Greenlee County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Greenlee 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.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Greenlee County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Greenlee County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Arizona Public Records Law the answer is due promptly, with no fixed number of days in the statute; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at greenlee.az.gov.
Is this the official Greenlee 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.