Arizona, Maricopa County
Where Scottsdale's records are kept. Scottsdale has its own city government, clerk's office, police department, municipal court and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Scottsdale's own offices, along with the Maricopa County and State of Arizona offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The Scottsdale City Clerk's Office at 3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd. keeps City Council minutes, preserves public records, runs municipal elections and handles official public notices.
Open official site Scottsdale City Clerk's OfficeCity records
Scottsdale points to open data, City Clerk archives and planning records online, then takes public records requests by category for planning, police, fire, City Court and general city files.
Open official site City of Scottsdale Public RecordsPolice & jail
The Scottsdale Police Department at 8401 E. Indian School Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 posts department news, ways to inform the police, its units and community programs.
Open official site Scottsdale Police DepartmentPolice & jail
The Scottsdale Police Records Section takes requests for reports, photographs, audio and body camera footage online, by phone or in person at the Lou Witzeman Public Safety Building.
Open official site Scottsdale Police Records SectionMunicipal court
Scottsdale City Court at 3700 N. 75th St. offers case lookup and payment, records requests, civil traffic, criminal, juvenile, parking ticket and protective order information.
Open official site Scottsdale City CourtCity records
Scottsdale Permit Services at 7447 E. Indian School Road issues building permits after plan review and explains which construction projects need a permit and which permit types apply.
Open official site Scottsdale Permit ServicesPolice & jail
Arizona Department of Corrections Central Office 1601 W. Jefferson Phoenix, AZ 85007 602-542-5497
Open official site Inmate Search and Community CorrectionsState records
Arizona DPS takes public records requests for its own collision, arrest, citation, 911 and video records, with electronic delivery at $9; criminal history copies go only to authorized people and agencies.
Open official site Arizona Department of Public Safety Records RequestsProperty records
The Maricopa County Assessor's Office administers more than 1.8 million real and personal property parcels in the county; search by parcel number or address, use the parcel map viewer or apply for exemptions.
Open official site Maricopa County Assessor's OfficeState records
In Phoenix, the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records holds assessment rolls, Great Registers of voters, Territorial Prison files and superior court marriage and probate records for family research.
Open official site Arizona State Library, Archives and Public RecordsCounty court
Arizona federal bankruptcy court with clerk offices in Phoenix and Tucson and hearings also held in Yuma, Flagstaff and Bullhead City; cases are looked up on PACER, and discharge copies can be requested.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, District of ArizonaCounty court
The Arizona Judicial Branch runs eFileAZ, where registered attorneys, individuals, process servers and organizations sign in to file court documents electronically; an account is required.
Open official site Arizona Judicial Branch Statewide eFiling SystemVital records
The Arizona Department of Health Services Bureau of Vital Records in Phoenix issues certified birth and death certificates, online, by mail or in person; marriage and divorce records come from the courts.
Open official site Arizona Department of Health Services Vital RecordsPolice & jail
State prison lookup from the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry. Listed release dates are unverified and may change; offense details are held by the clerk of the court that heard the case.
Open official site Arizona Corrections (ADCRR) Inmate Data SearchPolice & jail
Arizona DPS alert list, including Silver, SAFE and Turquoise alerts for missing people; active cases appear ahead of located ones, and names can be searched.
Open official site Arizona Department of Public Safety All AlertsPolice & jail
Name and birth date search of warrants that Arizona courts report to DPS, showing up to five results; the data is not real time, so check any warrant with the listed court.
Open official site Arizona Department of Public Safety Warrant SearchPolice & jail
By state law Arizona DPS keeps the public sex offender website and verifies each offender name, address and photo; searches run on OffenderWatch, and county sheriffs handle registration.
Open official site Arizona Department of Public Safety Sex Offender ComplianceFederal
Scottsdale city, Arizona at a glance from the Census Bureau: 2025 population estimate 243,006, adults holding a bachelor's degree 61.9%, median gross rent $2,013, and more on income, jobs and housing.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsEverything else, organized
10 more Scottsdale sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Scottsdale, a place of 241,361 people, is in Maricopa County, whose county seat is Phoenix. Court and property records sit with Maricopa County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Arizona. Scottsdale's own offices are in the cards above, and our Maricopa County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the two federal mine files
The USGS mineral file records 23 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 14 of them worked out or abandoned; the USGS topographic mine features add 43 features mapped inside the city or town limits, 18 of them shafts, adits or tunnels, digitised from the old survey sheets. The minerals the records name are Gold; Magnesite; Quartz, Fluorine-Fluorite.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.
Please read: Everything here can be wrong. This is information, not a guarantee: the two federal files can be wrong, incomplete or out of date, the boundaries and the geocoder can be wrong, a point is a location and not a property line, and nothing on this page says that a mine is or is not under any particular property. Do not buy, sell, move, or make any decision about a home or about your safety on this alone. Ask the state mine map office named here for the maps, and have a qualified engineer look at the ground.
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Voter registration in Arizona is run by the Arizona Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Scottsdale.
Deeds for property in Scottsdale are recorded by the Maricopa County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Maricopa County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Arizona come from the state vital records office, Arizona Bureau of Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.