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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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Police & jail

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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Police & jail

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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Jackson County at a glance

State
Arkansas
County seat
Newport
Population
16,755
Area
634 sq mi
Founded
1829
Cities and towns
9

Jackson County offices and records

Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Jackson County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Jackson County's unincorporated areas.

Police Departments. Law enforcement in Jackson County is provided by Jackson County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments in cities like Newport and Tuckerman.

Law Enforcement & Arrests. Jackson County Sheriff's Office, AR 72112, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Jackson County and provides detention services. Citizens can contact the Sheriff's Office for non-emergency matters. Arrest records in Jackson County are considered public information under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), codified at Arkansas Code Annotated § 25-19-101 et seq. For emergency law enforcement services, citizens should always dial 911.

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

Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Jackson County are taken and retained by Jackson County Sheriff's Office during the booking process.

Abandoned mine records

Old mine workings in Jackson County

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

From the old mine records

What is on record in Jackson County

Old mine sites
3
Sites with no status in the records
2
Past producers, now closed
1
Processing plants, closed
2
Producing when recorded
3
Processing plants, not workings
3
Main minerals
construction sand and gravel; Sand and Gravel, Construction; Stone, Crushed/Broken
Holes drawn on the old survey maps
12
Shafts and tunnels
0
What they are
gravel pit, quarry
Maps surveyed
1962 to 1980

Is an old working under a property here?

The mine records hold 11 mine sites inside the county: 1 past producer, now closed, 3 sites producing when the record was made, 5 processing plants, which are not workings, 2 sites with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 12 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; Sand and Gravel, Construction; Stone, Crushed/Broken.

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.

Independence County Newport Diaz Tuckerman Campbell Station Beedeville Swifton Tupelo Weldon N 20 miles
Jackson 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 Jackson County (11 shown, 12 unnamed on the map)

Jackson 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

Wage and hour cases in Jackson County

The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 16 investigations in Jackson County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $29,797 in back wages agreed for 108 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
16
Back wages agreed
$29,797
Workers due back wages
108
Civil money penalties
$10,145
Employers on the record
14
EmployerCityCasesBack wagesWorkers
Riceland Foods Inc.Hickory Ridge6$108,978174
Newport Archives Inc.Newport1$10,93854
White River BeverageNewport2$5,41421
Gilliaum Feed and SeedNewport1$4,5936
Old River Package StoreNewport1$3,5868
George's LiquorNewport1$3,5578
Newport Fire DepartmentNewport1$1,6148
A.E. Shoffner Ltd.Newport1$1,0693
El Puente IncNewport1$9796
Bennie Ladd FarmsNewport1$4204
Al_Quddus LLCNewport1$341
Jackson County Learning CenterNewport1$00
B. Ladd & MartinezNewport1$00
St. Michael's Place Inc.Newport1$00

Every employer on the Jackson County record, by back wages agreed; 5 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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Jackson County public-records FAQs

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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Jackson County, Arkansas?

Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Jackson County Sheriff's Office or a city police department in Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Jackson County, Arkansas?

Deeds and other recorded land documents in Jackson County are kept by the Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Jackson County, Arkansas?

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

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Cities, towns and neighboring counties

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