RG 112
Santa Cruz County
The Twentieth Legislature created Santa Cruz County on March 15, 1899 from southeast Pima County. The county is named after the Santa Cruz River which meanders through the county. The county seat is Nogales.
SG 1. Assessor
Records generated by the County Assessor for the purpose of determining property value and estimating the taxes thereon. Records include assessment rolls, personal property assessment lists, and assessor's cash books.
SG 4. Justice Court
Procedural records filed by court officers, plaintiffs and defendants. Records include civil and criminal dockets from various precincts.
SG 5. Recorder
Records are primarily registration records for various individuals and activities including elections and properties. Records include Great Registers (voting lists), Deeds to Real Estate, Deeds to Mines, Notices of Mining Locations, Records of Mill Sites, Leases, Homesteads, Mortgages, Miscellaneous Records and Election Records.
SG 6. Sheriff
Records generated by the Sheriff's Office. Records include Registers of Action, Criminal Docket, Jail Records, and License Records. Includes one volume of Sheriff's Office Actions taken on Behalf of the Arizona Corporation Commission.
SG 7. Superintendent of Schools
Records generated by the District Superintendent and teachers for administrative purposes. Records include teacher's registers of pupils, teacher employment records, school records and annual reports.Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools, 1899-1954 (pdf)
SG 8. Superior Court
Records filed by the court officers, plaintiffs and defendants. During the territorial period the Federal District Court was Arizona's primary court of jurisdiction at the county level. District Court jurisdiction and records were transferred to the County Superior Court upon Arizona's admission to statehood. There is significant overlap of court records until 1912. District Court records include court minutes, judgment dockets, and jury vouchers and lists. Civil records include Registers of Action, Judgments, Minutes, Civil cases, and Marriage records. Criminal records include Registers of Action, Dockets, and Criminal cases. Probate records include Registers of Action, Minutes, Probate cases and Declarations of Intention and Naturalization records.
SG 9. Board of Supervisors
Records generated by the Board of Supervisors during administrative business of the county. Records include Minutes of the Board, Budget Ledgers, Monthly Reports, Works Progress Administration files and miscellaneous county records.
SG 10. Tax Collector
Cash books generated by county officers while collecting taxes.
SG 11. Treasurer
Records generated by the Treasurer for the purpose of reporting the county's finances. Records include School District accounts; Account books; Back Tax books; Personal Property tax rolls; State, County, and City taxes; and Cash books, Ledgers, and Journals.
SG 15. Board of Health
Certificates of optometry and denistry filed with the Superintendent of Health.
Functions of County Offices
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