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Monroe County, Arkansas Public Records

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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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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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Monroe County at a glance

State
Arkansas
County seat
Clarendon
Population
6,799
Area
607 sq mi
Founded
1829
Cities and towns
4

Monroe County offices and records

Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Monroe County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Monroe County, particularly in the unincorporated areas.

Police Departments. In addition to Monroe County Sheriff's Office, several municipal police departments operate within Monroe County, including the Brinkley Police Department and the Clarendon Police Department.

Law Enforcement & Arrests. Monroe County Sheriff's Office, located at Monroe County Courthouse complex in Clarendon, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Monroe County. Arrest records in Monroe County are considered public records under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), codified at Arkansas Code Annotated § 25-19-101 et seq, which establishes the presumption that all government records are open to public inspection unless specifically exempted by law.

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

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

Abandoned mine records

Old mine workings in Monroe County

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

From the old mine records

What is on record in Monroe County

Old mine sites
3
Past producers, now closed
3
Producing when recorded
1
Main minerals
construction sand and gravel
Holes drawn on the old survey maps
1
Shafts and tunnels
0
What they are
sand pit
Maps surveyed
1971

Is an old working under a property here?

The mine records hold 4 mine sites inside the county: 3 past producers, now closed, 1 site producing when the record was made; the old survey maps add 1 hole drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is construction sand and gravel.

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.

Prairie County Lee County Phillips County St. Francis County Brinkley Clarendon Holly Grove Monroe Fargo Indian Bay Roe N 20 miles
Monroe 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 Monroe County (4 shown, 1 unnamed on the map)

Monroe 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 Monroe County

The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 21 investigations in Monroe County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $116,773 in back wages agreed for 129 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
21
Back wages agreed
$116,773
Workers due back wages
129
Civil money penalties
$10,705
Employers on the record
18
EmployerCityCasesBack wagesWorkers
Tri-County Farmers AssociationBrinkley3$98,48930
Larry Porter Seed, LLCRoe1$17,60418
Calloway Planting CompanyHolly Grove2$12,2774
Custom Air IncorporatedRoe1$11,0883
Kiddie Kollege Day Care Center, IncHolly Grove2$5,9286
Henard's 1 Stop Tobacco & BeerBrinkley1$5,8192
Monroe County Human Development CenterBrinkley1$5,48215
Specialty Rice, Inc.Brinkley3$5,36434
Ozark Waffles, LLCBrinkley5$5,22326
H&R BlockBrinkley1$4,4528
New People's Gin, IncHolly Grove1$3,88510
E & M Flying Service, Inc.Holly Grove1$1,4424
Davis White River Cafe, LLCClarendon1$1,3983
TWG INC-BrinkleyBrinkley1$3788
Logistics Express LLCBrinkley1$2641
T & S Sawmill CO., Inc.Clarendon1$1501
Dunn's Fish Farm Inc.Monroe1$00
David & Lalain Wilkinson PartnershipBrinkley1$00

Every employer on the Monroe County record, by back wages agreed; 8 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 Monroe County, Arkansas?

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

Deeds and other recorded land documents in Monroe County are kept by the Monroe 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 Monroe 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 Monroe 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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