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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

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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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Yell County at a glance

State
Arkansas
County seat
Dardanelle
Population
20,263
Area
949 sq mi
Founded
1840
Cities and towns
11

Yell County offices and records

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

Police Departments. Yell County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Yell County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments in cities like Dardanelle and Danville.

Law Enforcement & Arrests. Yell County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Yell County, Arkansas, with headquarters located at 309 N 2nd Street in Dardanelle, Arkansas 72834. Inmate information for Yell County Detention Center can be obtained by calling the facility directly or visiting the Sheriff's Office during regular business hours; some inmate roster information may be available through third-party inmate search websites, though Yell County does not currently maintain a full online inmate lookup portal. Arrest records in Yell County are considered public records under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), codified at Arkansas Code Annotated § 25-19-101 et seq. For current warrant information or to verify arrest records, citizens should contact the Sheriff's Office directly during business hours.

Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.

The jail is located at 101 E 5th St, Danville, AR 72833. You can call them at (479) 495-2811 to inquire about recent arrests. 201 E. 5th St., PO Box 99, Danville, AR 72833 • Phone: (479) 495-4881 Yell County does not currently offer a full online land records search system directly through Yell County website, though some property information may be accessible through third-party subscription services. For property tax information, Yell County Assessor's Office maintains property tax records, parcel maps, and assessment data with offices in both Danville (479-495-4880) and Dardanelle (479-229-3770). Vital records for Yell County, Arkansas, including birth certificates, death certificates, and marriage records, are maintained by Yell County Clerk's Office, which operates from both courthouse locations: 100 Court Square, Danville, AR 72833 (phone: 479-495-4838) and 309 N 2nd Street, Dardanelle, AR 72834 (phone: 479-229-4333). Property and land records for Yell County, Arkansas, are maintained by Yell Circuit Clerk's Office, which operates from both county seat locations: the Eastern District office at 100 Court Square, Danville, AR 72833 (phone: 479-495-2852) and the Western District office at 309 N 2nd Street, Dardanelle, AR 72834 (phone: 479-229-4482).

Abandoned mine records

Old mine workings in Yell County

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

From the old mine records

What is on record in Yell County

Old mine sites
27
Past producers, now closed
27
Producing when recorded
3
Main minerals
construction sand and gravel; Clay; Stone
Holes drawn on the old survey maps
49
Shafts and tunnels
0
What they are
gravel pit, shale pit, quarry, sand pit
Maps surveyed
1963 to 1993
Records behind them
84 records for 79 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once

Is an old working under a property here?

The mine records hold 30 mine sites inside the county: 27 past producers, now closed, 3 sites producing when the record was made; the old survey maps add 49 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; Clay; Stone.

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.

Perry County Logan County Danville Dardanelle Rover Centerville Belleville Ola Plainview Havana N 20 miles
Yell 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 Yell County (30 shown, 49 unnamed on the map)

Yell County lies on the edge of the Western Region coal field and the coal there is anthracite, worked underground in many places. 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 Yell County

The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 31 investigations in Yell County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $298,543 in back wages agreed for 928 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
31
Back wages agreed
$298,543
Workers due back wages
928
Civil money penalties
$2,287
Employers on the record
17
EmployerCityCasesBack wagesWorkers
Arrowhead Starr CompanyPlainview8$123,86968
Bunting Electric, Inc.Dardanelle1$23,82821
MKJ Transportation, LLCDanville1$15,2873
Watts Tile ServiceDanville1$13,71826
Carney PotterPlainview1$10,22514
La Calera, IncDardanelle2$8,5737
George Termite and Pest Control, Inc.Dardanelle1$6,32419
Carl Potter Forestry, Inc.Plainview1$3,4748
City of OlaOla1$1,6983
Dardanelle Food and Gas Mart, Inc.Dardanelle1$1,53212
Commnity Development Institute Head StartDanville1$78512
Irs LLCOla1$311
Buckman Well Drilling, Inc.Belleville1$00
State of Arkansas Department of Human ServiceDanville1$00
Arrowhead StarPlainview1$00
Lonnie Crowell Masonry, Inc.Dardanelle1$00
Masonry IV, Inc.Dardanelle1$00

Every employer on the Yell County record, by back wages agreed; 6 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 Yell County, Arkansas?

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

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