Where Fordyce's records are kept. Court and property records for Fordyce sit with Dallas County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Arkansas.
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As a small town, Fordyce relies on Dallas County and the State of Arkansas for its public records. The cards below are the Arkansas state offices, and the Dallas County offices are on our Dallas County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
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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.
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.
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.
Arkansas Secretary of State Business Entity Search
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.
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.
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.
What we hold on Fordyce, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Fordyce at a glance
County
Dallas County
County seat
Fordyce
Population
3,396
Dallas County population
6,482
Local records
Dallas County offices
ZIP codes
71742
About Fordyce public records
Fordyce, a place of 3,396 people, is the seat of Dallas County, so most county offices are in Fordyce itself. The town keeps its own council and business records. See our Dallas County page for every county office.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Fordyce
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
The mine records hold 1 mine site inside the city or town limits: 1 site producing when the record was made.
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.
Fordyce: 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 pale shapes with a name around it are the neighbouring places, from the Census Bureau. Hover a dot for its name.Arkansas mine map and abandoned mine records
Fordyce sits over the Texas Region 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 town. 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 Fordyce, Arkansas
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 21 investigations with a Fordyce address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $29,870 in back wages agreed for 111 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.
Every employer whose address on the record is in Fordyce, 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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Fordyce public-records FAQs
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How do I register to vote in Fordyce, Arkansas?
Voter registration in Arkansas is run by the Arkansas Secretary of State, and the county clerk keeps the roll for Fordyce. 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.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Fordyce, Arkansas?
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.
How do I look up property records in Fordyce, Arkansas?
Deeds for property in Fordyce 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 Dallas County page lists those offices.
How do I find business license records in Fordyce, Arkansas?
How do I run an Arkansas criminal background check?
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.
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