Arkansas, Washington County
Where Springdale's records are kept. Springdale has its own clerk's office, police department, municipal court and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Springdale's own offices, along with the Washington County and State of Arkansas offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Property records
The City Clerk and Treasurer at 201 Spring Street is the official custodian of Springdale records, keeping council minutes, ordinances and resolutions, and handles business license applications.
Open official site Springdale City Clerk/TreasurerPolice & jail
Springdale Police Department at 201 Spring Street posts department news, dispatch logs, online crime reporting, division and program pages, and its public records request options.
Open official site Springdale Police DepartmentPolice & jail
The police Records Division releases accident, arrest and incident reports through an online or paper FOIA request, with a separate 911 tape request form and a posted list of copy fees.
Open official site Springdale Police Records DivisionMunicipal court
The Springdale Department of Washington County District Court, in the City Administration Building at 201 Spring Street, hears criminal, traffic, civil, small claims and ordinance cases and takes payments.
Open official site Washington County District Court, Springdale DepartmentCity records
The Building Department at 201 Spring Street reviews plans and issues building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, sign, moving, demolition and garage sale permits, plus certificates of occupancy.
Open official site Springdale Building DepartmentPolice & jail
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedPolice & jail
Run by the Arkansas Crime Information Center within the Department of Public Safety: no waiting period to report a missing person, monthly missing person reports since 2016, and a link to the Never Forgotten database.
Open official site Arkansas Crime Information Center Missing Persons InformationVital records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorFederal
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseCounty court
One bankruptcy court serves both Arkansas districts from Little Rock and a Fayetteville divisional office, which takes no cash; it posts court calendars, forms and opinions, and staff cannot give legal advice.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern and Western Districts of ArkansasCounty court
Website of the Arkansas courts and Administrative Office of the Courts, with Search ARCourts for case records, appellate opinions, eFiling, traffic ticket payment, court forms and circuit clerk directories.
Open official site Arkansas JudiciaryVital records
Arkansas Department of Health section for ordering birth, death, marriage and divorce records, amending birth or death certificates and requesting adoption files, run from 4815 W. Markham in Little Rock.
Open official site Arkansas Department of Health Certificates and RecordsEverything else, organized
14 more Springdale sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Springdale, a place of 84,161 people, is in Washington County, whose county seat is Fayetteville. Court and property records sit with Washington County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Arkansas. Springdale's own offices are in the cards above, and our Washington County page lists each county office.
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Voter registration in Arkansas is run by the Arkansas Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, polling places and the local election office for Springdale. Arkansas has no online voter registration: the signed paper application goes to the Washington County Clerk in person or by mail.
Deeds for property in Springdale are recorded by the Washington County Circuit Clerk, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Washington County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Arkansas come from the state vital records office, Arkansas Department of Health Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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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.