Arkansas, Crawford County
Where Chester's records are kept. Court and property records for Chester sit with Crawford County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Arkansas.
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As a small town, Chester relies on Crawford County and the State of Arkansas for its public records. The cards below are the Arkansas state offices, and the Crawford County offices are on our Crawford County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Court records
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.
Open official site Arkansas Administrative Office of the CourtsCounty court
Search online calendar of pending active criminal cases.
Open official site Arkansas Judiciary Criminal Court Docket SearchPolice & jail
The Arkansas.gov service for the ACIC sex offender registry, searchable by address, city, county or ZIP code and updated as offender addresses change.
Open official site Arkansas Crime Information Center Sex Offender Registry SearchPolice & jail
How and where to request records from Arkansas FBI.
Open official site Federal Bureau of Investigation Little Rock OfficePolice & jail
Current posting of fugitives and absconders in the state of Arkansas.
Open official site Arkansas Most WantedPolice & jail
Search the Arkansas Crime Information Center for registered offenders by name or location.
Open official site Arkansas Sex OffendersPolice & jail
The Arkansas State Police page on the Department of Public Safety site, with licensing and searches, news releases, the ASP calendar and headquarters at 1 State Police Plaza Drive in Little Rock.
Open official site Arkansas State PoliceCity records
The City of Chester publishes its council meetings, its notices and the contacts for the city office.
Open official site City of ChesterCity records
The City of Chester sets out how to ask for a city record and who answers the request.
Open official site Chester public recordsState records
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.
Open official site Arkansas Attorney GeneralState records
Search corporations, cooperatives, banks and insurance companies filed with the Arkansas Secretary of State, with a bulk data download and a business entity special request list builder.
Open official site Arkansas Secretary of State Business Entity SearchState records
State office in Little Rock for business entity searches, franchise tax and annual report filings, UCC filings, notary commissions, apostilles and nonprofit or charitable registrations.
Open official site Arkansas Secretary of State Business ServicesState records
Verify processional and state issued licenses to individuals and entities.
Open official site Arkansas Professional and State License VerificationState records
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.
Open official site Arkansas Unclaimed PropertyEverything else, organized
Local record guide
What we hold on Chester, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Chester is an incorporated place in Crawford County, a place of 144 people, and keeps its own council and town business records. The Crawford County offices are in Van Buren, the county seat. Each Crawford County office is listed on our Crawford County page.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 1 investigation with a Chester address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $28,708 in back wages agreed for 8 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| J & M Railway Services, Inc. | 1 | $28,708 | 8 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Chester, by back wages agreed; 1 employer has a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Arkansas wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Same county
Other places in Crawford County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Crawford County records are on the county page.