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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. Franklin County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in the unincorporated areas of Franklin County.
Police Departments. In addition to Franklin County Sheriff's Office, Franklin County is served by municipal police departments in cities such as Ozark and Charleston. These agencies coordinate with the Sheriff's Office on major crimes and regional law enforcement initiatives, making sure of full coverage and response throughout Franklin County.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Franklin County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Franklin County, Arkansas, operating from its headquarters at 1212 South 6th Street in Ozark, Arkansas 72949. Inmates housed at Franklin County Detention Center can be located through the Sheriff's Office during business hours by calling the detention facility directly or visiting in person. Smaller communities may contract with the Sheriff's Office or State Police for coverage. Arrest records in Franklin County are considered public records under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), codified at Arkansas Code Annotated § 25-19-103 et seq.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Franklin County are maintained by Franklin County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Franklin County are taken and retained by Franklin County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office or online databases.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 31 mine sites inside the county: 27 past producers, now closed, 2 sites producing when the record was made, 1 processing plant, which is not a working, 1 site with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 66 holes drawn inside the county, 2 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Stone; construction sand and gravel; Flagstone.
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.
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
Franklin County lies on the edge of the Western Region coal field and the coal there is low volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. 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 23 investigations in Franklin County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $109,361 in back wages agreed for 228 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenhurst, Inc. | Charleston | 2 | $36,110 | 155 |
| JAM Investments, LLC | Ozark | 2 | $3,820 | 20 |
| Southeast X-Ray, Inc. | Ozark | 2 | $2,326 | 5 |
| John Milam Construction, Inc. | Ozark | 1 | $1,408 | 1 |
| PWSD, Inc. | Charleston | 1 | $236 | 3 |
| Roma Italian Restaurant, Inc. | Ozark | 1 | $29 | 1 |
| Mahl's Welding & Construction, Inc | Branch | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Craig Poultry Loading | Charlston | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Casa Del Sol | Charleston | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Chirsman Inc | Ozark | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Lipe and Garner, Inc. | Ozark | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Sardar, Inc. | Charleston | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Madhav Hotels, LLC | Ozark | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Buterball, LLC | Ozark | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer on the Franklin County record, by back wages agreed; 3 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 Franklin County Sheriff or a city police department in Franklin 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 Franklin County are kept by the Franklin 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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