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Arkansas County, Arkansas Public Records

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Court records

Arkansas Administrative Office of the Courts

Phone contacts for the divisions of the Arkansas Administrative Office of the Courts, with links to Search ARCourts case records, circuit clerk and judge directories, and self help resources.

arcourts.gov
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State records

Arkansas Unclaimed Property

Claim It Arkansas is the unclaimed property program of the Arkansas Auditor of State, which collects money reported by banks, businesses and agencies and returns it to owners who file a claim.

claimitar.gov
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Police & jail

Arkansas Sex Offender Registry Search

Search the Arkansas Crime Information Center sex offender registry by address, city, county, zip code or name, and sign up for notices when an offender moves near an address.

portal.arkansas.gov
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Police & jail

Arkansas Sex Offenders

Search the Arkansas Crime Information Center for registered offenders by name or location.

sexoffenderregistry.ar.gov
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State records

Arkansas Attorney General

The Arkansas Attorney General is the state's lawyer and chief law enforcement officer, issuing legal opinions and handling consumer and robocall complaints. Court records are kept by the Arkansas Judiciary and county circuit clerks.

arkansasag.gov
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Arkansas State Police

Apply for or renew an Arkansas concealed handgun carry license and check its status, and find State Police services such as highway safety programs and criminal background checks.

dps.arkansas.gov
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Arkansas County at a glance

State
Arkansas
County seat
DeWitt
Population
17,149
Area
1,033 sq mi
Founded
1813
Cities and towns
9

Arkansas County offices and records

Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Arkansas County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Arkansas County's unincorporated areas.

Police Departments. Arkansas County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Arkansas County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments in cities like Stuttgart and DeWitt. Each department has jurisdiction over its respective city, handling local law enforcement duties and coordinating with the Sheriff's Office on broader county-wide issues.

Law Enforcement & Arrests. Arkansas County Sheriff's Office provides primary law enforcement services throughout Arkansas County, operating from both DeWitt and Stuttgart with jurisdiction over unincorporated areas and support to municipal departments. Arkansas County Detention Center, located in DeWitt, houses inmates for Arkansas County, and inmate information can be obtained by calling the detention facility directly or through the Sheriff's Office. To request arrest records in Arkansas County, citizens must submit a written request under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), codified at Arkansas County Code Annotated § 25-19-101 et seq, which provides public access to most law enforcement records except those specifically exempted for ongoing investigations or privacy concerns. Arrest records can be requested from the Sheriff's Office or the specific municipal police department that made the arrest, and requesters should provide specific information such as the individual's name and approximate date of arrest to help with the search.

Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.

Abandoned mine records

Old mine workings in Arkansas County

Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.

From the old mine records

What is on record in Arkansas County

Sites with no status in the records
2
Holes drawn on the old survey maps
5
Shafts and tunnels
0
What they are
sand pit
Maps surveyed
1969
Records behind them
10 records for 7 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once

Is an old working under a property here?

The mine records hold 2 mine sites inside the county: 2 sites with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 5 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.

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.

Jefferson County Lincoln County Phillips County Stuttgart DeWitt Humphrey Gillett St. Charles Almyra N 20 miles
Arkansas County: the boundary from the Census Bureau, and one dot for each old mine or hole on record inside it. The purple dots come off the old survey maps and the darkest of those are shafts and tunnels; the red, green and orange ones are mine records. The small open circles with a name are the towns and the pale shapes around the edge are the neighbouring counties, both from the Census Bureau. Hover a dot for its name.
Arkansas mine map and abandoned mine records
Named workings recorded in Arkansas County (2 shown, 5 unnamed on the map)

Arkansas County sits over a mapped coal field and the coal there is lignite, worked mostly at the surface. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this county. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by Arkansas DEQ Coal Program (abandoned coal mine reclamation) and linked below.

Arkansas abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.

Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.

Labor Department file

Wage and hour cases in Arkansas County

The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 56 investigations in Arkansas County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $133,196 in back wages agreed for 472 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.

Investigations closed
56
Back wages agreed
$133,196
Workers due back wages
472
Civil money penalties
$31,651
Employers on the record
50
EmployerCityCasesBack wagesWorkers
Producers Rice Mill, Inc.Stuttgart1$26,136333
Wil-Co Flying Service, LLCDe Witt1$22,4943
AP Fabrications, LLCStuttgart1$14,9823
Alabama Arkansas Wildlife, LLCCasscoe1$9,26919
Aufderheide Flying Service, Inc.De Witt1$9,0334
Noah's Ark Baptist SchoolStuttgart1$6,5054
Framers Aerial Seeders CorporationStuttgart1$5,6473
Stuttgart Public SchoolsStuttgart1$3,2536
JHC Farms, LLCDewitt1$2,8044
Crestpark DeWitt, LLCDewitt1$2,41113
Dewitt Hospital & Nursing Home, Inc.De Witt1$1,7869
Bullock Flying ServiceDe Witt1$1,5471
Joe Pullman Roofing and Construction, Inc.Stuttgart1$1,3081
Seung Investment, Inc.Stuttgart1$81811
Nelson Quality ConstructionStuttgart1$7061
Liberty Lodging, LLCStuttgart1$6828
Bayou Meto Farm GroupDewitt1$5592
Hampton Planting CompanyDewitt1$5592
Dunklin Holding, LLCStuttgart1$4271
Button's & Bow's Child Care CenterDe Witt1$3404
Matthew Green Farm, Inc.Stuttgart2$2801
Coker Farming Company, Inc.Stuttgart2$2801
Hao Jing Restaurant Inc.Stuttgart1$2222
Cowart DaycareStuttgart1$2161
Stuttgart School District # 22Stuttgart1$251

The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 50 on the Arkansas County record; 15 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 25 more with smaller records are on the Arkansas wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.

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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Arkansas County, Arkansas?

Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Arkansas County Sheriff's Office or a city police department in Arkansas County. Ask that agency for its record. Under Arkansas Code 4-75-102 (Act 450 of 2021), a person may ask a publish for pay website in writing to remove his or her booking photograph; the site must remove it within five business days and may not charge a fee for removal.

How do I get a criminal background check in Arkansas County, Arkansas?

The Arkansas criminal history record comes from the Arkansas State Police. Online search through the Arkansas State Police systems on ark.org: Criminal Background Checks with consent or legal mandate, or Open Criminal History for any other purpose. Fee: $22 per search for checks mandated by law or with the subject's signed consent; $24 per search on the Open Criminal History system for other personal searches.

How can I look up sex offenders in Arkansas County, Arkansas?

Search the Arkansas Sex Offender Registry (Arkansas Crime Information Center), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.

How do I register to vote in Arkansas County, Arkansas?

Register with the county clerk or through the Arkansas Secretary of State. Arkansas has no online voter registration. Submit the application to a voter registration agency or mail it no later than 30 days before the election; the postmark counts as the submission date.

How do I look up property records in Arkansas County, Arkansas?

Deeds and other recorded land documents in Arkansas County are kept by the Arkansas County Circuit Clerk, as ex officio county recorder. Property values are set by the County Assessor, and tax bills come from the County Collector. Source: official state page.

How do I get a birth or death certificate in Arkansas County, Arkansas?

Certified birth and death certificates for Arkansas come from the Arkansas Department of Health, Vital Records. The Department of Health offers vital records services in every county through its Local Health Units, which take walk in birth certificate requests. Online through vitalrecords.egov.com, by phone toll free at (866) 209-9482, by mail to Vital Records, Slot 44, 4815 West Markham Street, Little Rock, AR 72205, or in person at a Local Health Unit or the Little Rock office. Fee: $12 for the first copy of a birth record and $10 for each additional copy of the same record ordered at the same time.

How do I find business license records in Arkansas County, Arkansas?

Business entity filings are searched with the Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services.

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Cities, towns and neighboring counties

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.