Lonoke County, Arkansas Public Records

Investigations closed

107

Back wages agreed

$412,613

Workers due back wages

1,030

Civil money penalties

$25,495

Employers on the record

90

The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 90 on the Lonoke County record; 24 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 65 more with smaller records are on the Arkansas wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.

Lonoke requests across the two clerks and the Sheriff

Lonoke has different clerks for different collections

The Circuit Clerk keeps circuit-court files and records land instruments as the county recorder. The County Clerk holds marriage records, probate filings, voter records, and the records of county government. Both work from the courthouse, but their collections and direct telephone numbers differ. State the record type at the start of a request: a divorce judgment is a circuit-court document, while a marriage certificate or a probate filing belongs with the County Clerk. County office responsibilities.

For courthouse correspondence, the street address is 301 N Center Street, Lonoke, AR 72086. Circuit Clerk mail uses P.O. Box 870, Lonoke, AR 72086-0870, and the County Clerk uses P.O. Box 188, Lonoke, AR 72086. Use the correct office name and mailing box, particularly when enclosing payment or an original instrument. The same building does not mean the offices share a fee account, filing procedure, or complete record index. County Clerk source: lonokear.gov. Circuit Clerk address and divisions.

Build a request around the circuit case and document

The Circuit Clerk serves civil, criminal, domestic-relations, and juvenile proceedings in the 23rd Judicial Circuit. Its county service page links to the Arkansas Judiciary case search. Begin with that official route when a case number is missing, then ask the clerk for the particular pleading, order, or judgment. A docket identifies events in a case; the underlying document explains the filed terms. The clerk describes juvenile files separately from the permanent court records available for public requests. Source: lonokear.gov.

The office requests a written description for access to court records and publishes separate civil, criminal, domestic-relations, juvenile, real-estate, and jury inboxes. Address a copy inquiry to the division holding the case. Include the party names as filed and the document date if known. The main court-records telephone is 501-676-2316, with office hours Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Ask for the current page count before sending a payment for a long order. Source: lonokear.gov.

Carry the legal description into a land-record search

Land records in Lonoke include deeds, mortgages, liens, surety bonds, and other recorded property instruments. The Circuit Clerk can help locate a book and page, but does not perform title work or abstracting. Gather the owner names and legal description from the documents already available to you. If a name search produces several properties, the legal description helps distinguish them. Reading the actual instrument is necessary before deciding whether it relates to the parcel or interest being researched. Source: lonokear.gov.

For recording, the county posts a $15 first-page fee and $5 for each additional page, while assignments and releases involving multiple instruments follow a different schedule. The recording desk is on the first floor and operates Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; its direct number is 501-676-3043. That desk closes before the general Circuit Clerk office so staff can index the day's filings. Allow time for review when bringing a multi-document transaction. Source: lonokear.gov.

Choose the copy service and monitor the right name

Plain court and land-record copies are listed at $0.25 per page; certification is a separate $5 charge, and faxed copies have their own per-page rate. These charges should not be confused with the fee for initiating a lawsuit or recording a deed. Tell staff whether the recipient requires a certified document, whether every page is needed, and how the copy should be delivered. A record number and a document title make that quotation more precise. Source: lonokear.gov.

The Circuit Clerk also directs owners to the Property Fraud Alert enrollment service and offers to check its index when an owner suspects an unexpected recording. Enroll the relevant personal or business name and retain any alert reference for a follow-up inquiry. An alert concerns a recorded document matching a monitored name; reading that document is the next research step. It does not resolve a title dispute or explain by itself whether the instrument affects the intended property. Source: lonokear.gov.

Ask the County Clerk for marriage and probate papers

The County Clerk supplies certified marriage copies for name changes, insurance, and similar uses at a published $5 charge. A new marriage license has a different fee and application process. For an existing record, provide the names used on the license and the approximate marriage date, and explain that a certified copy is requested. The office lists 501-676-2368 and weekday service from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Its fee notice calls for exact cash at the counter. County Clerk marriage-copy service.

Probate records are also assigned to the County Clerk, including estate filings and related proceedings identified by that office. Give the decedent's full name and approximate filing or death date when asking which file to inspect. The county distinguishes these records from the civil and domestic-relations cases at the Circuit Clerk. Historical research may begin in the County Clerk vault room, but a request for a particular recorded deed should still be directed to the recorder. Source: lonokear.gov.

Follow a parcel from valuation to the payment record

The Assessor maintains property values and assessment rolls, including real property and personal property. A question about recorded building area, land classification, or a missing structure belongs there. The Collector keeps billing and payment records. For research, preserve the parcel identifier and the tax year with each record you obtain; a current assessment and an older receipt may concern different stages of the same tax account. Deeds remain with the Circuit Clerk rather than either tax office. Assessor records and role.

Assessment inquiries go to 501-676-6938, and payment or statement inquiries go to the Collector at 501-676-6344. The Assessor directs valuation appeals through the Board of Equalization, with the County Clerk handling scheduling as the board's secretary. If the concern is a factual error in the assessment, identify the specific entry when contacting the Assessor. A tax payment receipt can establish a payment posting, but it does not explain how the property value was calculated. Source: lonokear.gov.

Use the Dee Dee Lane records and detention contacts

The Sheriff and detention center are listed at 440 Dee Dee Lane, Lonoke, AR 72086. Administration and reports are reached at 501-676-3001, while detention inquiries use 501-676-6494. The county describes report service Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Its policy lists a copy without charge for a person named in a report and a $10 request charge for a releasable report requested by someone not named. Confirm the requested product and identification requirements with staff. Sheriff report policy and contacts.

The county Sheriff instructions link to an inmate roster and Arkansas VINE custody notifications. Use a detention reference when asking about a booking, and use a court case reference when requesting the resulting order or judgment. Cabot, Carlisle, England, and other municipal agencies may hold reports they created, so retain the responding agency name. A Sheriff report request describes an agency document; it does not automatically retrieve another department's investigation or the complete circuit-court file. Source: lonokear.gov.

Locate the decision behind a county payment or meeting

Quorum Court minutes, ordinances, resolutions, county financial records, and assumed-name filings are among the County Clerk collections. Ask for the meeting date, ordinance identifier, vendor, or reporting period that matches the question. A request for the adopted measure differs from a request for the agenda on which it appeared. If the intended research concerns how an expenditure was authorized, the meeting record and the corresponding financial entry may both be useful. Source: lonokear.gov.

The County Clerk also maintains voter registrations and absentee-ballot records, with a dedicated registration telephone of 501-676-3098. Keep an individual registration inquiry separate from a request for county meeting or accounting records, even though the same elected office performs both functions. For child-support payment records ordered through a circuit case, use the Circuit Clerk child-support division at 501-676-3013 instead. The subject of the record determines the division that can identify it. Voter-registration source: lonokear.gov. Source: lonokear.gov.