Why We Built This Site
Arizona's online case search and the official court file serve different purposes. The Arizona Judicial Branch's Public Access to Court Case Information is a statewide locator for participating courts, but its coverage is partial and its case information is not the official record. A docket sheet is the dated record of case events, filings, and settings. It remains with the clerk for the court that heard the matter: the Clerk of the Superior Court for Superior Court cases, or the local Justice or Municipal Court clerk for lower-court cases. Readers often need both steps: locate the case statewide, then open the correct county court route for the full docket or a clerk-certified copy.
What You Will Find Here
- Court records: how to request a plain or certified copy through the Court Record Search information
- Case lookup: how Arizona's statewide index searches by name or case number in Case Lookup
- Court structure: how Arizona's trial and appellate levels fit together in the Court System overview
- Criminal matters: how to find and read a criminal case in Criminal Docket Search
- Civil cases and hearing dates: separate help for Civil Docket Search and Court Dates
- County routes: the County Directory links to each county court hub
What We Cannot Do
Arizona Court Docket is a private reference service, separate from the Arizona Judicial Branch, every court, and each clerk's office. It cannot act on a case or issue court records. That boundary means:
- We do not retrieve an official case file or docket sheet
- We cannot issue a certified copy of a filing, order, or docket
- We cannot change, reset, or confirm a hearing date
- We do not seal, remove, or edit a court's case entry
- We cannot provide legal advice about a person's case
- We cannot promise that each listed fee, court process, or contact detail is current
The clerk or court holding an Arizona case is the source for its official docket and certified records. This reference service can help identify the route, but the issuing office must provide the document.
Search Partners
Some search boxes are operated by outside providers. They control their own services, results, and prices. If a visitor follows one of these tools to a paid signup, we may receive a referral fee; this helps support the reference pages. We do not set a partner's charges or control what its search returns.