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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Pima County, Arizona, has about 1.1 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Pima County Superior Court and the Justice Courts, and the file of each case, kept by the Clerk of the Superior Court, is the public record of it. This guide says which court hears what, where to look a case up and who keeps the files.
This guide covers the courts, the records page, criminal cases, kinds of files, directory links, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Pima County public records, Pima County arrest records, Pima County warrants, Pima County inmate search, Pima County criminal records, Arizona arrest records and Arizona inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Pima County
Court cases from Pima County are filed in the Pima County Superior Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $10,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters.
Below it, the Justice Courts take misdemeanors, traffic cases, civil cases up to $10,000 and evictions.
A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets written under its ordinances.
Divorces go to the Superior Court, and the file stays with the Clerk of the Superior Court.
The Clerk of the Superior Court keeps the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the Arizona Public Records Law.
Looking Up a Case from Pima County
For Pima County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at jp.pima.gov/CaseSearch (page title: Case Search), phone (520) 724-3171, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the Justice Courts, not to the Pima County Superior Court.
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 court page SearchSystems verified is at azcourts.gov/clerkofcourt/CASEINFORMATION.aspx.
What Reaches the Court from Pima County
Together, the six agencies in Pima County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 26,917 arrests to the FBI that year; the County Attorney decides which of those arrests become cases in the Pima County Superior Court or the Justice Courts.
The Kinds of Court Files
The court file is one record with several readers: a criminal case from the arrest to the sentence, a divorce from the petition to the judgment, a traffic ticket from the citation to the conviction the court reports to the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division, and an eviction or a lien on land.
The other Pima County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Pima County criminal records, Pima County traffic tickets, Pima County DUI and Pima County property records.
More Official Court Pages for Pima County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Pima County and Arizona. These court pages from its Pima County listing were opened again on October 1, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Court Calendars (sc.pima.gov)
- Pima County Clerk of the Superior Court (cosc.pima.gov)
Cities in Pima County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Pima County Superior Court or the Justice Courts; tickets under a city's own ordinances go to its municipal court where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Pima County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- Tucson (554,013)
- Marana (62,380)
- Oro Valley (48,855)
- Sahuarita (37,448)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Pima County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at jp.pima.gov/CaseSearch, phone (520) 724-3171; it belongs to a lower court, the Justice Courts, not to the Pima County Superior Court. 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.
Which court hears felonies in Pima County?
The Pima 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.
Who keeps the court records in Pima County?
The Clerk of the Superior Court. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in Arizona?
Yes: Public Access to Court Information, the Arizona Judicial Branch's free statewide case search; the Maricopa and Pima county courts run their own.
Is this the official Pima 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.