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 30, 2026.
Greenlee County, Arizona, has about 9,400 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 Greenlee 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: Greenlee County public records, Greenlee County arrest records, Greenlee County warrants, Greenlee County inmate search, Greenlee County court records, Arizona arrest records and Arizona inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Greenlee County Superior Court
A criminal case from Greenlee County is filed in the Greenlee 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 greenlee.az.gov/ova_dep/courts (page title: Courts | Greenlee County, Arizona), phone (928) 865-2072, Monday-Thursday 7am - 5pm, 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
The statewide criminal history kept by the Arizona Department of Public Safety is closed to the public in Arizona: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
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 Greenlee County
The Greenlee County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Clifton keep the arrest records in Greenlee 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.
The Greenlee County Sheriff's Office reported 83 arrests to the FBI for 2021; 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 Greenlee County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Greenlee County in 2022
The one agency in Greenlee County with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 1 violent and 18 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 Greenlee County public records guide.
The County Attorney for Greenlee County
Charges in Greenlee County are filed by the County Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Greenlee County Superior Court or the Justice Courts.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at greenlee.az.gov/county-attorney-contacts (page title: County Attorney Contacts | Greenlee County, Arizona), phone (928) 865-2072, 223 Fifth Street Clifton, AZ 85533, Monday-Thursday 7am - 5pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Greenlee County
Registered sex offenders living in Greenlee 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 Greenlee 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 greenlee.az.gov/public-records-request-contacts (page title: Public Records Request Contacts | Greenlee County, Arizona).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal 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.
Can I search Greenlee County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at greenlee.az.gov/ova_dep/courts (page title: Courts | Greenlee County, 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 Greenlee County?
The County Attorney, reached at (928) 865-2072, which files its cases in the Greenlee County Superior Court or the Justice Courts.
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.