Find Pima County Court Dockets

What a Pima County Court Docket Shows

A docket is the case's running list of court events. The Pima County court docket for a single case starts at filing and runs through final judgment. Each entry has a date, a time, a matter type, an event name, and a result. Some entries are linked to a document, like a motion, an order, or a minute entry. Other entries note that the underlying paper is "Available at Court House," which is the Justice Court's phrase for files that are not posted online.

A Pima docket is not the same as a certified court record. The data on screen is a working summary kept by the Clerk's office or the Justice Court system. The Clerk warns that online data may be changed, updated, or not current at the moment of viewing. The Justice Court adds its own warning under Arizona Supreme Court Rule 123.

A Pima County court docket lookup also helps locate the assigned judge, the next court date, and the case status. That is often the fastest way to find out where to appear or which division to call.

How to Find a Pima County Court Docket

Start by asking which court the case is in. Superior Court holds felony, divorce, probate, juvenile, and major civil cases. Justice Court holds small claims, evictions, traffic, and most misdemeanors. Each court has its own docket system.

For Superior Court, open the Clerk's case-records page and pick a tool. Public Record Search gives a limited public view. ECR for Parties is for people on the case with an Arizona driver's license. ECR for Attorneys is for assigned counsel. Arizona eAccess covers civil and criminal Superior Court cases statewide, with Pima criminal coverage from July 1, 2015 forward.

For Justice Court, use the case and citation search. Enter the full case number or citation number. The system uses TR and CR prefixes and rejects partial entries.

1. Pick the court that holds the case.
2. Open the docket tool that matches your access level.
3. Enter the case or citation number, or a party name where allowed.
4. Review the events list from top to bottom.
5. Call the court if a document is sealed, off-line, or marked courthouse-only.

Note: The Clerk's online document tools are paused for documents until the week of June 8, 2026, but the case lookup itself still works in some views.

Superior Court Daily Calendar

The Pima County Superior Court posts a daily court calendar. The calendar lists hearings by date, division, and judge. It is the easiest way to confirm a court appearance time when the case docket is hard to read. The calendar covers criminal, civil, family, juvenile, and probate benches. Presiding Judge Danelle Liwski leads the court from Division 6, and Associate Presiding Judge Greg Sakall sits at Division 23.

The calendar can shift on short notice. Always confirm a hearing with the assigned division before traveling downtown. Phones for each division are on the Judges & Courts page, with division letters and bench assignments.

Justice Court Sample Docket Walkthrough

A public sample Justice Court case at jp.pima.gov shows how a Pima County court docket reads on screen. The case is a civil collections matter, number CV24-021838-RC, with a Filed date of 08/05/2024 and a status of Disposed. The judge is Hon. Erica Cornejo, and Next Court Date shows "None Found" because the matter has closed.

The parties table lists Plaintiff Velocity Investments LLC, attorney Shannon N Amato, and Defendant Raphael Canez. The judgment fields show "Judgment For Plaintiff," "Judgment Type Default," and "Judgment Date 5/12/2025." Events appear in time order, including an application for entry of default, an extension of time for service, a motion granted with a 60-day extension, and the final default judgment.

The Documents section uses the line "Available at Court House." That means the underlying file exists but is not posted online. To read the order, a person calls the court or visits the records counter.

Event Types in a Pima County Docket

Each event line on a Pima County court docket has a label. Some labels are simple. Some are case-shorthand. The labels matter because they tell a reader whether a case is moving forward, has stalled, or has reached the end.

Note: The same labels can appear on a criminal docket with extra entries for plea, sentence, probation, and warrant.

Document Availability and Courthouse-Only Files

Many Pima County court docket entries link to a document. Others do not. The Justice Court's "Available at Court House" tag is the most common signal that a file is not online. The Superior Court's ECR system holds case documents for parties and attorneys but is paused for documents under a maintenance notice through the week of June 8, 2026.

A file that is sealed, juvenile, or a Title 36 mental-health record will not appear in either system, by court rule and statute. Title 36 documents route to the Juvenile Clerk on Ajo Way. Sealed records under A.R.S. § 13-911 are closed to most public access by court order.

Public Records Services in Room 241 of the Congress Street complex is the in-person fallback for Superior Court documents. The Clerk says to call 520-724-3240 before visiting to confirm a document is available.

Docket vs. Certified Record

A Pima County court docket is research data. A certified record is the official copy. The Clerk and the Justice Court both warn that web information is not an official court record. Use the docket to find hearings, parties, and case events. Use a certified copy when a court, an employer, a landlord, or a federal agency asks for proof.

Certified copies come from the Clerk under the fee schedule. Phone, email, mail, and in-person paths are all open. Credit cards are accepted over the phone, including for postage and handling. For Justice Court matters, the JP77 records request form lists $0.50 per page for plain copies and $33.00 per document for certified copies. Always include the noncommercial affirmation under A.R.S. § 39-121.01.

Online Update Timing

The Clerk asks for three business days after a filing before the document appears online. That gap matters for new criminal filings, emergency orders, fresh divorce petitions, and new probate documents. A docket that looks empty may just be too new. A call to the assigned division can fill the gap.

Older Justice Court files may not be online at all. The Justice Court records page cites Rule 29 retention and disposition rules, which allow destruction of some files after a set time. A retired case may live only in archived paper, microfilm, or summary form.

Confidential Docket Limits

Some Pima County dockets do not show in the public view at all. The Justice Court page lists clear exclusions: Injunction Against Harassment, Order of Protection, felony cases, and criminal or traffic cases with a juvenile defendant. Juvenile dependency, severance, and adoption records are closed under A.R.S. § 8-208. Adoption files have their own confidentiality rules.

Sensitive identifiers like Social Security numbers, financial accounts, victim addresses, and minor names should be redacted from any public docket. A party who needs access to a sealed Pima County court docket usually files a motion in the court that issued the seal.

Pima County Docket Numbering

Each Pima County court docket carries a case number that encodes the court, the type, and the year. Justice Court traffic cases use a TR prefix, like TR13-004843-CV. Justice Court criminal cases use a CR prefix, like CR13-005195-MI. Civil collection cases at the Justice Court use CV, like CV24-021838-RC. The middle pair is the year. The last block is the serial number and a court code.

Superior Court case numbers follow a different pattern by bench: CR for criminal, CV for civil, DO or FC for domestic, PB for probate, and JV for juvenile. A docket pull by case number is faster than a name search, especially for common names. Always type the full case number into the search box.

Related Pima County Searches

For the full case file, see Pima County court records. For arrest data and criminal history limits, see criminal records. For the Clerk's fee schedule and copy rules, see Clerk of Court. For Superior Court bench structure and judge contact info, see Superior Court. For broader public-records rules, see public records.