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.
Mohave County, Arizona, has about 226,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Mohave County Sheriff's Office, four city agencies and one other 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 Mohave 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: Mohave County public records, Arizona arrest records, Arizona inmate search and Arizona criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Mohave County
The Mohave County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Mohave County. It reported 2,668 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside four of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Lake Havasu City, 59,037 residents: 2,098 arrests reported for 2025.
- Bullhead City, 43,266 residents: 1,643 arrests reported for 2024.
- Kingman, 35,383 residents: 2,068 arrests reported for 2025.
- Colorado City, 3,317 residents: 82 arrests reported for 2025.
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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Mohave County: Mohave County Parks Department, Park Rangers (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Mohave County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Mohave County Sheriff's Office: 2,668 for 2025, 2,811 for 2024, 3,124 for 2023, 3,014 for 2022, 2,597 for 2021 and 5,717 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Lake Havasu City: 2,098 for 2025, 2,095 for 2024, 2,341 for 2023, 1,967 for 2022, 2,120 for 2021 and 2,073 for 2020.
- Kingman: 2,068 for 2025, 2,233 for 2024, 1,898 for 2023, 1,768 for 2022, 1,469 for 2020 and 2,305 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Colorado City: 82 for 2025, 79 for 2024 and 109 for 2023.
- Bullhead City: 1,643 for 2024, 1,477 for 2023, 2,009 for 2020 and 3,498 for 2019; 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,916 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 6,916 in 2025 against 7,218 in 2024, down 4.2 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,841 arrests, against 2,776 in the same months of 2025.
Bullhead City reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Mohave County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Mohave County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 430 people, down from about 560 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 708 beds, and it ran at 60 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 Mohave County Sheriff's Office at mohave.gov/departments/sheriff/jail (page title: Jail | Mohave County), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry lists its inmates at corrections.az.gov/inmate-data-search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Mohave County
An arrest in Mohave County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Mohave County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at mohavecourts.com); the County Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at mohave.gov/departments/county-attorney, phone (928) 753-0719).
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 Mohave 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 Mohave County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Lake Havasu City, Bullhead City, Kingman or Colorado City: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Mohave County Parks Department, Park Rangers: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the County Attorney, (928) 753-0719, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Mohave County Superior Court, through the court records page at mohavecourts.com.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at mohave.gov (page title: Request Public Records | Mohave County).
- Your own statewide record: a Record Review Packet, fingerprint-based, from the Department of Public Safety.
Cities in Mohave County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the four cities in Mohave County: Lake Havasu City, Bullhead City, Kingman and Colorado City.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Mohave County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Mohave County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Lake Havasu City (59,037)
- Bullhead City (43,266)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Mohave County each year?
The Mohave County Sheriff's Office reported 2,668 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 6,916 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Mohave County?
Ask the Mohave County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at mohave.gov/departments/sheriff/jail.
Where are people arrested in Mohave County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Mohave County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Mohave County?
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.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Mohave County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Mohave 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 mohave.gov.
Is this the official Mohave 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.