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 on September 23, 2026.
La Paz County, Arizona, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in La Paz County is held at the county jail, run by the La Paz County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: La Paz County public records, La Paz County arrest records, La Paz County warrants, La Paz County criminal records, La Paz County court records, Arizona arrest records and Arizona inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in La Paz County
The county jail, run by the La Paz County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in La Paz County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the La Paz County Sheriff's Office at lapazsheriff.org/inmate-search (page title: La Paz County Sheriff's Office, AZ), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The La Paz County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 150 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 151 beds, and it ran at 97 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
La Paz County has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 87 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the La Paz County Jail
The La Paz County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Parker and Quartzsite make the arrests that end in a booking in La Paz County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the La Paz County Sheriff's Office's 401 for 2025, Parker's 132 for 2025 and Quartzsite's 122 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in La Paz County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 655 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in La Paz County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in La Paz County 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in La Paz County?
Look on the custody page of the La Paz County Sheriff's Office at lapazsheriff.org/inmate-search. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the La Paz County jail?
About 150 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 151 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in La Paz County go?
To a facility of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry; its inmate locator is at corrections.az.gov/inmate-data-search.
Is this the official La Paz 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.