Arizona State Legislature
A.R.S. § 1-101
The official Arizona Revised Statutes citation format.
Arizona legal sources
Arizona’s statewide case search is a lead, not the official record
GuideWeSpeakLaw EditorialUpdated August 24, 2026Sources reviewed
Use the public search to find the court and case. Then verify the result with the court or clerk and use the right source for statutes and documents.
Official record
Primary sources
Arizona Judicial Branch
Today's Court System Has Three Levels
The official map of limited, general and appellate jurisdiction.
Arizona Judicial Branch
Public Access to Court Information
The statewide search and its explicit verification warning.
Arizona Judicial Branch
eAccess
Eligible Superior Court document access and exclusions.
Record the statute citation
Arizona Revised Statutes are cited by title and section, such as A.R.S. § 1-101. Keep that full citation with the text you save so you can return to the official Legislature page instead of relying on a search snippet.
A statute and a court ruling are different sources. Identify which one you are reading, its date and the question it actually addresses.
Start with the correct court level
Arizona has municipal and justice courts with limited jurisdiction, Superior Court as the general-jurisdiction trial court, and the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court at the appellate level.
That structure helps identify the record custodian. Save the county, court, case number, party names and document date before drawing any conclusion from a result.
Verify statewide search results
Arizona's Public Access search says plainly that its information may be incomplete, noncurrent or inaccurate and is not the official court record. Use it to locate a possible case, then verify the information with the court of record.
For eligible Superior Court civil and criminal documents, eAccess provides another route. Sealed, confidential and otherwise restricted records are not available there, so absence from the portal does not prove that no record exists.
Corrections
Updated August 24, 2026. No corrections are recorded.