Arkansas, Baxter County
Where Cotter's records are kept. Court and property records for Cotter sit with Baxter County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Arkansas.
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As a small town, Cotter relies on Baxter County and the State of Arkansas for its public records. The cards below are the Arkansas state offices, and the Baxter County offices are on our Baxter 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 Cotter lists its offices here, the clerk, the board and the departments that keep its records.
Open official site City of Cotter officesCity records
The City of Cotter publishes the agendas and minutes of the meetings its council holds, one set for each meeting.
Open official site City of Cotter meetings and minutesState 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 Cotter, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Cotter is an incorporated place in Baxter County, a place of 886 people, and keeps its own council and town business records. The Baxter County offices are in Mountain Home, the county seat. See our Baxter County page for every county office.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Arkansas is run by the Arkansas Secretary of State, and the county clerk keeps the roll for Cotter. Arkansas has no online voter registration: the form goes in by mail or in person at a registration office. 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.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Arkansas come from the Arkansas Department of Health, Vital Records. The fee is $12 for the first copy of a birth record and $10 for each additional copy of the same record ordered at the same time. The Department of Health offers vital records services in every county through its Local Health Units, which take walk in birth certificate requests.
Deeds for property in Cotter are recorded by the Circuit Clerk, as ex officio county recorder, the County Assessor sets the assessed value, and the County Collector sends the tax bill. Our Baxter County page lists those offices.
Businesses that operate in Cotter register with the Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services, which runs the state business entity search.
Arkansas criminal history checks are run by the Arkansas State Police. The fee is $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. 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.
Same county
Other places in Baxter County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Baxter County records are on the county page.