Pima County Most Wanted Notices
One countywide source posts wanted photos: the 88-CRIME fugitive index. The program partners with the Pima County Attorney and runs on a nonprofit reward model. It is not an official PCSD "Most Wanted" page. Nor does it list every active warrant. Entries range from fresh notices to cases dating back to 1992, so the index mixes old and new rather than serving as a daily arrest feed.
Each card shows a name, a date, a category, and a photo. Some flyers add an offense, the handling agency, a physical description, or reward and tip text. There is no fixed posting schedule. A date on a card is just the notice's displayed date, so treat it as a label rather than proof of a new arrest or a jail booking. The photos stay on the source page. Nothing is rehosted here.
Pima County Wanted Listing Fields
Think of a wanted card as a lead for tips. It is not a court record. Read the fields, then confirm current status with the named agency or the court involved. Why do old notices linger? Sometimes the case is still open. Sometimes the page has no purge schedule, and sometimes the source simply has not posted an update. The displayed date is not necessarily the warrant date.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The identity published for the fugitive notice; spelling and aliases still require care. |
| Image | A source-hosted face or flyer for recognition, not proof of present appearance or location. |
| Date | The date displayed with the 88-CRIME entry, not necessarily an arrest or warrant-issue date. |
| Category | The program's case label for browsing the selected fugitive notices. |
| Flyer details | When present, the alleged conduct, agency, description, and tip or reward language. |
| Tip reference | Information used to route a report without treating the tip service as a court clerk. |
A listing reflects an investigative request, and case details can shift as things move through the courts. For the procedural outcome, look to the court file. Someone already in custody may show up in the county lookup. Release can make that result vanish.
Note: A photo can age while a notice stays online, so submit a tip to the program rather than making an identification public.
Use Pima County Fugitive Notices
Keep four things separate: browsing, tip reporting, jail custody, and court status. The index exists for recognition and tips. Contacting a listed person is never authorized. Confirming a warrant still requires the issuing court.
- Open the 88-CRIME fugitive index and use its categories or pages to locate the relevant notice.
- Read the name, date, category, source agency, and flyer details without downloading or republishing the face.
- If the information concerns a listed person, record the case or notice detail and keep a safe distance.
- Send a non-urgent tip by phone, encrypted P3Tips form, or the P3Tips app. Use 911 for immediate danger.
- Use the court or agency named in the notice to confirm any later status. A missing card is not proof that a case ended.
After a capture is announced, the Pima County current-custody and booking-record paths can help tell a present jail entry from an old booking. The roster shows no faces. It covers current PCADC custody only. When a court reference is known, that is the route to whatever happens next in the case.
The manifest image below comes from the official 88-CRIME fugitive index and shows its browsing interface.
Images and notices live on the source page itself. Open the case detail there, and report anything you know only through official channels.
Pima County Fugitive Tips
88-CRIME takes tips three ways: call 520-882-7463, use the encrypted P3Tips web form, or use the P3Tips mobile apps. Phone intake runs around the clock. Caller ID is not used, and calls are not recorded. Every tipster gets an ID and passcode for follow-up. You can attach an image or video when it can be shared safely and lawfully.
Tip line: 520-882-7463
Phone intake: 24/7
Tip-status staff: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Emergency dispatch: No, call 911
Money is on the table. A tip that helps solve a serious crime or arrest a felon can earn anywhere from $50 to $2,500, though nothing is guaranteed just for submitting information. Online tips are not monitored around the clock, and 88-CRIME does not dispatch officers. Hang on to your anonymous ID and passcode. Skip social media; do not post a tip or a suspected location there.
The 88-CRIME program home page explains its safety and tip process, shown in the manifest capture below.
The source draws a clear line. Tips support an investigation. Urgent threats go to 911.
Note: Keep the confidential tip ID and passcode private because they provide the program's safe follow-up channel.
Check a Pima County Warrant
There is no verified public PCSD all-warrants portal for Pima County. PCSD's own FAQ sends anyone who suspects a warrant to the court of jurisdiction. For outstanding Justice or Superior Court warrants, Pima County Superior Court's Bench Warrant Resolution service is the local route. Arizona Public Access can help surface a case, but it comes with warnings of its own: it is not the official court record, it can be incomplete, and it updates each Friday with data through Wednesday. Pima Superior and Consolidated Justice Court data there are partial.
- Identify the likely issuing court from a citation, docket, prior notice, or other official record.
- Search the applicable court system or Arizona Public Access only as a discovery step.
- For a Justice or Superior Court bench warrant, call Pretrial Services at 520-724-3310 for the official resolution route.
- Confirm the case and status directly with the issuing court. Do not rely on a third-party people search or wanted-list absence.
- Discuss safe resolution with counsel or the court and follow the instructions they provide.
Need to resolve one in person? The Bench Warrant Resolution office sits at 150 W. Congress Street, first floor, Tucson, open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The PCADC pretrial unit at 1270 W. Silverlake Road answers at 520-351-8282 around the clock. Both are resolution contacts, not a public warrant database.
Pima County Warrant Types
Which warrant you're dealing with matters less than where it came from. The court that issued it holds the answer. The verified Pima service covers bench warrants tied to Justice Court and Superior Court cases. For anything else, contact the issuing court directly. PCSD offers no complete public warrant search.
| Warrant or notice | Where to confirm it | Safe next step |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Court bench warrant | Issuing Justice Court and Pima Pretrial Services | Call for the court-approved resolution route. |
| Superior Court bench warrant | Pima Superior Court and Pretrial Services | Confirm the docket and seek counsel or court direction. |
| Other court-issued warrant | The named issuing court | Verify directly because the statewide lookup may be partial. |
| 88-CRIME fugitive notice | 88-CRIME and the source agency | Submit a tip; do not treat the card as an all-warrant result. |
Two different documents get lumped together under "wanted." A bench warrant comes from a court. Usually it follows a missed step in an open matter, and the docket holds the real reason. A fugitive notice works the other way around. Law enforcement posts it to ask the public for help finding a person. It may or may not sit on top of an active warrant. Neither list shows everything, so treat each one as a partial view rather than a complete warrant search.
Note: Being absent from 88-CRIME or a partial statewide lookup does not mean no Pima County warrant exists.
Resolve Pima County Bench Warrants
Locals have two distinct services, and mixing them up causes confusion. Pima Bench Warrant Resolution is a court-navigation program. It serves a person's own Justice or Superior Court matter. 88-CRIME is different. That's the confidential tip line for reporting selected fugitives. One helps you handle your own case. The other takes information about someone else. Only the court side can confirm legal status, so a combined "warrant search" would blur that line badly.
Pima Public Defense Services runs free clinics for qualifying matters too. Its scope covers some warrant resolution work, record sealing, set-asides, and marijuana expungement. The clinics will not advise on active cases, so check eligibility first. An attorney remains the safest route for reaching the issuing court and arranging a proper appearance or surrender. Shortcuts are not part of that process.
Know the office's contact rules and jurisdiction limits. An unofficial search result matters far less here, because the issuing court controls the warrant itself.
Pima County Wanted Apps
P3Tips is the mobile route for confidential fugitive tips. The official Pima County Sheriff's Department app is a separate download entirely. PCSD's app pushes media releases, community alerts, and inmate information. P3Tips handles tip submission and follow-up contact. Neither one is a full court warrant database, so plan accordingly.
The sheriff app's older iOS version history once mentioned an inmate feature with images. That era ended. PCSD announced in September 2024 that it would stop releasing booking photos, so the old note promises nothing about a current face. A sheriff media alert can spotlight one case. But an 88-CRIME card, a jail roster entry, and a court warrant each stand as its own separate record.
Pima County Wanted Case Status
A wanted notice answers one question: who do police want help locating? It settles nothing else. The same limit applies to a warrant, which authorizes a legal step and nothing beyond it. Prosecutors can change or drop charges later, and courts can dismiss, accept a plea, acquit, or convict.
After any arrest, check the proper docket. Jail custody can be brief, and someone may leave PCADC before a name search even runs. Release does not equal dismissal. A wanted card vanishing from a site proves nothing about why. The originating agency and the court remain the only sources for a verified update.