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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.

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Arkansas Unclaimed Property

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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Arkansas Sex Offender Registry Search

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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Arkansas Sex Offenders

Search the Arkansas Crime Information Center for registered offenders by name or location.

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Arkansas Attorney General

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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Arkansas State Police

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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Hot Spring County at a glance

State
Arkansas
County seat
Malvern
Population
33,040
Area
622 sq mi
Founded
1829
Cities and towns
6

Hot Spring County offices and records

Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order within Hot Spring County's unincorporated areas.

Police Departments. Law enforcement in Hot Spring County is provided by Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments, including the Malvern Police Department and the Rockport Police Department.

Law Enforcement & Arrests. Law enforcement in Hot Spring County is primarily provided by Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 404 Locust Street in Malvern, Arkansas 71901. Hot Spring County Detention Center, operated by the Sheriff's Office, houses pre-trial detainees and sentenced inmates. Inmate lookup services are available through the Sheriff's Office website and by calling the detention center directly. Within Hot Spring County, municipal law enforcement is provided by the Malvern Police Department, which serves Hot Spring County seat and largest city, with a station located at 111 South Main Street, Malvern. Some third-party websites aggregate booking photos from Hot Spring County, but the most authoritative source is the Sheriff's Office itself.

Arrest Records. Arrest records in Hot Spring County are maintained by Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office.

Jail & Inmate Records. Inmate lookup services are available through the Sheriff's Office, allowing the public to find information on current inmates.

Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Hot Spring County are taken and retained by Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These images are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office website or by request.

Abandoned mine records

Old mine workings in Hot Spring County

Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.

From the old mine records

What is on record in Hot Spring County

Old mine sites
27
Sites with no status in the records
25
Past producers, now closed
17
Prospects and occurrences, never worked
9
Processing plants, closed
1
Producing when recorded
20
Processing plants, not workings
6
Worked underground, in the mine records
18
Main minerals
Barium-Barite; Clay; Titanium
Holes drawn on the old survey maps
91
Shafts and tunnels
0
What they are
gravel pit, clay pit, quarry, open pit mine
Maps surveyed
1959 to 2000
Records behind them
175 records for 169 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once

Is an old working under a property here?

The mine records hold 78 mine sites inside the county: 17 past producers, now closed, 9 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 20 sites producing when the record was made, 7 processing plants, which are not workings, 25 sites with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 91 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Barium-Barite; Clay; Titanium.

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.

Malvern Rockport Midway Jones Mills Bismarck Friendship N 10 miles
Hot Spring County: 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 small open circles with a name are the towns and the pale shapes around the edge are the neighbouring counties, both from the Census Bureau. Hover a dot for its name.
Arkansas mine map and abandoned mine records
Named workings recorded in Hot Spring County (78 shown, 91 unnamed on the map)

Hot Spring County lies on the edge of 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 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

Wage and hour cases in Hot Spring County

The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 19 investigations in Hot Spring County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $202,278 in back wages agreed for 286 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.

Investigations closed
19
Back wages agreed
$202,278
Workers due back wages
286
Civil money penalties
$0
Employers on the record
14
EmployerCityCasesBack wagesWorkers
Pactiv CorporationMalvern2$169,725247
Sykes Enterprises, Inc.Malvern4$15,63571
Leggett & Platt, Inc.Malvern1$15,0001
Arkansas Department of Community CorrectionsMalvern2$3,64325
Prime-Line, Inc.Malvern1$1,4381
BK Malvern Inc.Malvern2$1,2815
Therapeutic Family ServicesMalvern1$361
Happy Valley LLCMalvern2$00
Varahi Malvern CorporationMalvern1$00
B & B Hauling, Inc.Donaldson1$00
O.M. Subway Inc.Malvern1$00
Hot Spring County Sheriff's DepartmentMalvern1$00
Sona USA LLCMalvern1$00
Correct Care Solutions, LLCMalvern1$00

Every employer on the Hot Spring County record, by back wages agreed; 6 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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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Hot Spring County, Arkansas?

Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Hot Spring County Sheriff or a city police department in Hot Spring 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.

How do I get a criminal background check in Hot Spring County, Arkansas?

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.

How can I look up sex offenders in Hot Spring County, Arkansas?

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.

How do I register to vote in Hot Spring County, Arkansas?

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.

How do I look up property records in Hot Spring County, Arkansas?

Deeds and other recorded land documents in Hot Spring County are kept by the Hot Spring 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.

How do I get a birth or death certificate in Hot Spring County, Arkansas?

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.

How do I find business license records in Hot Spring County, Arkansas?

Business entity filings are searched with the Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services.

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