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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.
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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.
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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.
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Current posting of fugitives and absconders in the state of Arkansas.
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How and where to request records from Arkansas FBI.
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Search online calendar of pending active criminal cases.
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Search the Arkansas Crime Information Center for registered offenders by name or location.
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Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Arkansas Secretary of State.
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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.
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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.
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Find general info and check name availability with the Arkansas Secretary of State.
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Verify processional and state issued licenses to individuals and entities.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Clay County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Clay County, particularly in the unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. In addition to Clay County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement in Clay County includes municipal police departments such as the Piggott Police Department and the Corning Police Department. They work in coordination with the Sheriff's Office to address major crimes and ensure a unified approach to law enforcement across Clay County.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Clay County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Clay County, Arkansas, with headquarters located at 220 Court Square in Piggott, AR 72454.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Clay County are maintained by Clay County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records through the Sheriff's Office, following the guidelines set by the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
Jail & Inmate Records. Inmate lookup is available through the Sheriff's Office, allowing family members and legal representatives to find information about detainees.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Clay County are taken and retained by Clay County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These photos are part of the arrest records and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 36 mine sites inside the county: 10 past producers, now closed, 7 sites producing when the record was made, 19 sites with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 147 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is construction sand and gravel.
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.
Clay 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
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 20 investigations in Clay County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $161,741 in back wages agreed for 140 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.
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay County Sheriff's Department | Piggott | 1 | $64,661 | 43 |
| Piggott Community Hospital | Piggott | 2 | $58,382 | 8 |
| Rector School District | Rector | 1 | $13,871 | 3 |
| Aerial Bouquets, Budget Balloons, Inc. | Piggott | 1 | $7,109 | 35 |
| Hill Aviation Inc. | Pollard | 1 | $6,770 | 5 |
| Watson Construction & Septic, Inc. | Rector | 1 | $5,331 | 4 |
| Corning Therapy and Living Center, Inc. | Corning | 1 | $3,522 | 36 |
| Snappy 21 | Rector | 1 | $1,308 | 4 |
| Clay County Road Department | Corning | 1 | $758 | 1 |
| Jones Land Leveling | Piggott | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Clay Healthcare Inc. | Corning | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| City of Corning | Corning | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| El Acapulco of Corning, Ltd | Corning | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Roger Glueck Farms | Rector | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Central Sonics Inc. | Rector | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Taylor Watermelon Farms | Success | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Santa Maria Del Rio, LLC | Corning | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| The American Dragon, LLC | Corning | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer on the Clay County record, by back wages agreed; 4 employers have 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.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Clay County Sheriff's Department or a city police department in Clay 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.
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.
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.
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.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Clay County are kept by the Clay 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.
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.
Business entity filings are searched with the Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services.
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