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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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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Jefferson County's unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. In addition to Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement in Jefferson County is provided by municipal police departments such as the Pine Bluff Police Department and the White Hall Police Department. These agencies handle policing within their respective city limits and often collaborate with the Sheriff's Office on major crime investigations and public safety initiatives.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Jefferson County Sheriff's Office serves unincorporated areas and lists its main office for fingerprint services at 410 E. 2nd Avenue, Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71601. The Sheriff's W.C. "Dub" Brassell Adult Detention Center holds pretrial detainees and people serving sentences or awaiting transfer. Municipal police departments handle their respective city law enforcement records. Sheriff service location. Adult detention functions.
Criminal Records. Request Jefferson County circuit case records from the Circuit Clerk, and request an incident or arrest record from the law enforcement agency that handled the event. The Sheriff's jail information addresses local custody separately. Circuit court records. Sheriff services. Jail records route.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 29 mine sites inside the county: 23 past producers, now closed, 1 prospect or occurrence that was never worked, 4 sites producing when the record was made, 1 processing plant, which is not a working; the old survey maps add 18 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; Manganese.
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.
Jefferson 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
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 236 investigations in Jefferson County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $3,829,096 in back wages agreed for 3,110 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.
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 178 on the Jefferson County record; 54 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 153 more with smaller records are on the Arkansas wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
A Jefferson County request often starts in the courthouse, but the suite identifies the record keeper. The Circuit Clerk's Office. is at 101 West Barraque, Suite 104, Pine Bluff, and is both the circuit court custodian and the ex officio recorder. The County Clerk is in Suite 101 and has county, quorum and probate court responsibilities, marriage records and election functions. The Assessor is in Suite 111. Keep these offices separate when a name appears in several kinds of county record. Sources: jeffersoncountyar.gov; jeffersoncountyar.gov
The department-specific courthouse hours for these offices are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Circuit Clerk lists 870-541-5306, while the County Clerk lists 870-541-5322. For a request concerning an existing lawsuit, start with the circuit record number; for a marriage, use the names and event date; for real estate, start with the parcel or recording information you already have. A general request addressed to the county without a department leaves the custodian unresolved. Sources: jeffersoncountyar.gov; jeffersoncountyar.gov; jeffersoncountyar.gov
The county's court-record instructions. direct requests for circuit dockets and records to the Circuit Clerk. Ask for the case by its number and division if known. A filed complaint, a docket entry, a disposition and a certified judgment answer different questions. Say which of those you want, rather than requesting an unspecified criminal record. Include the party name used in the case and an approximate filing period when you do not have the number.
The Circuit Clerk describes civil, domestic relations, criminal and juvenile record responsibilities. The fact that an office maintains a record does not mean every document within each category is available to every requester. When you need a copy, identify the particular filing and ask the clerk about access and certification for that document. A divorce case belongs with these circuit records; the County Clerk's marriage function does not turn that counter into the custodian of the divorce decree. Source: jeffersoncountyar.gov
Keep the request for an existing court document distinct from paying a filing charge or submitting a pleading. For example, ask for the final order entered in an identified case, state whether all pages and attachments are needed, and request a copy estimate. If the clerk locates an index entry but the desired document is maintained in another part of the file, use the case reference to continue the inquiry. This approach follows the county's designated circuit-record route without treating a name match as the complete file. Source: jeffersoncountyar.gov
The Real Property Services instructions. list deeds, mortgages, liens, surety bonds and plats as documents recorded by the Circuit Clerk. Bring a grantor or grantee name and any known instrument or book reference. A request for a deed should identify the recorded document you want; a request for everything associated with an address may also involve assessment, tax and land-use records held elsewhere.
After finding an instrument, retain its recording reference and ask whether the copy should include exhibits or a related plat. If your project concerns the release of an older mortgage, look for the relevant release document rather than treating the original mortgage as proof of its present status. These are research steps for the recorded documents identified by the county, not a title opinion. The Circuit Clerk can address the available record and copy service; an assessment entry alone does not reproduce the deed's legal wording. Source: jeffersoncountyar.gov
The published Real Property Services body identifies the office and document classes, but it does not establish a complete local deed-copy or certification price. Ask the office for the charge applicable to the actual instrument and copy method before sending payment. State whether the request concerns recording a new document or obtaining a copy of an existing one. Those services should remain separate in both the request and the estimate. Source: jeffersoncountyar.gov
The County Assessor's instructions. separate personal property from real property contacts. Personal property inquiries use 870-541-5334; real property inquiries use 870-541-5344. The courthouse location is 101 West Barraque, Suite 111, Pine Bluff. Use the real property number when the question concerns a parcel, ownership entry or assessment associated with land, and the personal property route for the corresponding assessment category.
The same office publishes different schedules by location: the courthouse is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., while the Jefferson Square and White Hall locations are listed for 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Do not assume the courthouse closing time applies to those other service locations. When arranging an inspection or discussing a record, identify the branch as well as the department. The assessment function covers appraisal and assessment information; the recorded conveyance remains a Circuit Clerk document. Source: jeffersoncountyar.gov
The County Clerk's Office. serves as clerk for county, quorum and probate court work and maintains the related records described by the county. Its duties include ordinances, resolutions and minutes. If your subject is a county decision, ask for the adopted instrument or meeting record and identify the meeting date or subject. That request differs from a request for a circuit lawsuit, even though both offices have clerk in their names.
The County Clerk also handles marriage records, assumed-name work and voter registration functions. For a marriage-record inquiry, provide the names and approximate date and ask for the copy product required by the recipient. Do not send a birth-certificate request simply because the same family appears in a county marriage record. For election material, identify whether you need a registration matter, an absentee or early-voting service, or an existing election record, so the clerk can direct the inquiry within its published responsibilities. Source: jeffersoncountyar.gov
Probate, guardianship and adoption subjects require particular care in describing the record sought. The county lists those responsibilities, but a department description is not a promise of unrestricted public access to every personal document. State your relationship to the case when the office asks for it and request the procedure for the specific file. Avoid combining an estate inquiry with a broad request for all records about a family when a named proceeding will identify the matter more accurately. Source: jeffersoncountyar.gov
The county Sheriff's Office listing. identifies law enforcement, warrant and jail responsibilities and gives 870-541-5351 as the office telephone. Its mailing address is P.O. Box 7837, Pine Bluff, AR 71611. For a police incident, identify whether the responding agency was Jefferson County Sheriff, Pine Bluff Police or White Hall Police before requesting the report. The agency that handled the event and the court that later received a charge have different records.
The Sheriff's published service questions. direct ordinary fingerprint requests to its main office at 410 E. 2nd Avenue, Pine Bluff, during business hours, excluding weekends and holidays. The listed charge is $10 for each set of prints. That is a fingerprint-taking service; it is not established as the total price of a state or federal criminal-history report. Tell the office which receiving agency requires the fingerprints and follow that agency's submission instructions.
The Sheriff's jail description. identifies the adult facility as the W.C. "Dub" Brassell Adult Detention Center. It publishes separate telephone numbers for administration, 870-541-4620, and booking, 870-541-1921. The adult facility holds people awaiting trial and people serving sentences or awaiting transfer. For a recent custody inquiry, use the booking route and provide identifying details; for a final case result, return to the court record.
The same source separately describes the Jack Jones Juvenile Justice Center and its juvenile detention administration, with administration telephone 870-541-8502. An adult booking inquiry and a juvenile matter should not be merged into a single roster assumption. Ask the appropriate administration about the requested record and the available access procedure. The presence of both facilities in the Sheriff's published information does not establish identical visitation rules, disclosure practices or record-search tools for them. Source: jeffcoso.org
Use the local custodians to frame the request: Circuit Clerk for the filed court or land document, County Clerk for the identified county proceeding or marriage record, Assessor for the valuation entry, and the responsible law enforcement agency for its report. Give the record title or event, a usable time period and any existing reference number. Ask whether inspection, ordinary copies or certified copies will meet your purpose before ordering a larger file. These choices follow the county's own division of records. Sources: jeffersoncountyar.gov; jeffersoncountyar.gov; jeffersoncountyar.gov; jeffersoncountyar.gov
Where to go
Each office below was read on its own site. A field the office does not publish is left out rather than filled in from a directory.
Circuit court records and recorded real property instruments.
Office page: jeffersoncountyar.gov
County, quorum and probate functions; marriage and voter services.
Office page: jeffersoncountyar.gov
Property appraisal and assessment records.
Office page: jeffersoncountyar.gov
Sheriff reports, warrants and fingerprint service.
Office page: jeffersoncountyar.gov
Adult booking, custody and detention administration.
Office page: jeffcoso.org
Juvenile detention administration; access is separate from adult booking.
Office page: jeffcoso.org
Straight answers
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office or a city police department in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County are kept by the Jefferson 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.
The Circuit Clerk is the circuit-record custodian and ex officio recorder. Its office is at 101 West Barraque, Suite 104, Pine Bluff, telephone 870-541-5306. Circuit Clerk responsibilities.
The County Clerk lists county and quorum court record responsibilities, including ordinances, resolutions and minutes. Identify the meeting date or adopted instrument you need. County Clerk records.
Real property uses 870-541-5344; personal property uses 870-541-5334. The courthouse assessment office is in Suite 111 at 101 West Barraque. Assessment contacts.
The Assessor lists courthouse service through 5 p.m. and the White Hall and Jefferson Square locations through 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Their opening times also differ. Office-specific assessment hours.
The Sheriff publishes a $10 charge for each set of fingerprints at its main office during business hours. That service does not establish the price or completion of a state or federal criminal-history report. Fingerprint service instructions.
The adult jail publishes booking telephone 870-541-1921 and a separate administration number, 870-541-4620. Use the court clerk when the requested record is the case disposition. Adult detention contacts.
The Sheriff describes them separately. Jack Jones is the juvenile facility, with administration telephone 870-541-8502; the adult center is the W.C. "Dub" Brassell Adult Detention Center. Adult and juvenile facility descriptions.
Assessment supplies valuation and property information. Deeds and other recorded real property documents are maintained by the Circuit Clerk, so request the instrument when you need its terms or exhibits. Assessment function. Recorded real property documents.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.