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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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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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Union County at a glance

State
Arkansas
County seat
El Dorado
Population
39,054
Area
1,055 sq mi
Founded
1829
Cities and towns
10

Union County offices and records

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

Police Departments. In addition to Union County Sheriff's Office, several municipal police departments operate within Union County, including the El Dorado Police Department and the Smackover Police Department.

Law Enforcement & Arrests. Union County Sheriff's Office, located at 120 West Faulkner Street in El Dorado, Arkansas 71730, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Union County. For current inmate information, the public can call the detention center directly at the Sheriff's Office number or visit the facility during visiting hours.

Arrest Records. Arrest records in Union County are maintained by Union County Sheriff's Office, which documents all arrests made within Union County. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly.

Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Union County are taken and retained by Union County Sheriff's Office as part of the booking process.

Abandoned mine records

Old mine workings in Union County

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

From the old mine records

What is on record in Union County

Old mine sites
17
Past producers, now closed
11
Processing plants, closed
6
Processing plants, not workings
3
Main minerals
Bromine; construction sand and gravel; Clay
Holes drawn on the old survey maps
6
Shafts and tunnels
0
What they are
sand pit, clay pit, gravel pit
Maps surveyed
1962 to 1981

Is an old working under a property here?

The mine records hold 20 mine sites inside the county: 11 past producers, now closed, 9 processing plants, which are not workings; the old survey maps add 6 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Bromine; construction sand and gravel; Clay.

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.

Bradley County El Dorado Smackover Lawson Huttig Mount Holly Norphlet Urbana Strong Felsenthal Junction N 20 miles
Union 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 Union County (20 shown, 6 unnamed on the map)

Union County sits over the Texas Region 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 Union County

The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 81 investigations in Union County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $361,626 in back wages agreed for 1,844 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
81
Back wages agreed
$361,626
Workers due back wages
1,844
Civil money penalties
$90,168
Employers on the record
67
EmployerCityCasesBack wagesWorkers
Diversified Services Lawn and Garden CenterEl Dorado1$66,35014
Perez Forestry, LLCHuttig4$62,13854
Mac's General Contractors, Inc.El Dorado1$41,35846
Clairday Food Service, Inc.El Dorado4$26,13334
Beacon Church Ministries, Inc.El Dorado1$24,74624
El Dorado Chemical Company, Inc.El Dorado1$20,9306
Phillip EppinetteEl Dorado1$16,4993
SWF Investiments, Inc.El Dorado1$16,20859
Byrd Tire Co., Inc.El Dorado1$11,26914
Elder House Adult Day Care Center LLCEl Dorado1$10,2806
Gilreath Enterprises, LLCEl Dorado1$9,58933
City of Strong, IncStrong2$8,0804
Southern Sellers, LLCEl Dorado1$7,15917
Razorback Maintenance, Inc.El Dorado1$6,71750
Moseley'sTexacoEl Dorado1$6,0747
Hudson Apartments, LLC.El Dorado2$5,9375
Jammin Investments, LLCEl Dorado1$4,71315
First Assembly of GodEl Dorado2$3,86717
Narciso PerezHuttig1$3,55826
Junction City School District #75Junction City1$2,8683
Wallace or Beverly FordEl Dorado1$2,77711
NMNH, Inc.El Dorado1$2,5861
SWF Investments, Inc.El Dorado1$2,4048
South Arkansas Developmental Center for ChildEl Dorado1$2,0721
Phil EppinetteEl Dorado2$2,0542

The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 67 on the Union County record; 22 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 42 more with smaller records are on the Arkansas wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.

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

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

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