Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Chicot County, Arkansas, has about 9,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Chicot County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and one state agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Chicot County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Chicot County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Chicot County
The Chicot County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Chicot County. It reported 8 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Chicot County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Lake Village, 1,856 residents: 66 arrests reported for 2025.
- Eudora, 1,543 residents: 4 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Chicot County: the State Park at Lake Chicot State Park (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Chicot County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Lake Village: 66 for 2025, 78 for 2024, 87 for 2023, 49 for 2022, 32 for 2021 and 34 for 2020.
- Chicot County Sheriff's Office: 8 for 2025, 15 for 2024, 6 for 2023, 13 for 2022, 7 for 2021 and 8 for 2020.
- Eudora: 4 for 2025, 4 for 2024, 21 for 2023, 12 for 2022, 12 for 2021 and 4 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 78 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 78 in 2025 against 97 in 2024, down 20 percent.
Through June 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 27 arrests, against 37 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Chicot County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Chicot County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 11 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 22 beds, and it ran at 50 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Arkansas Division of Correction, whose inmate locator is at doc.arkansas.gov/correction/online-services.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Chicot County
An arrest in Chicot County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: CourtConnect, the Arkansas Judiciary's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed; the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at arcourts.gov/circuit/?q=prosecuting-attorney, phone 870-261-1747).
Arkansas is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the state runs an online name-based background check open to the public, through the Arkansas State Police. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Chicot County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 3 working days when the record is not immediately available, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Chicot County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Lake Village or Eudora: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Park at Lake Chicot State Park: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 870-261-1747, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
Cities in Chicot County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Chicot County: Lake Village and Eudora. Dermott has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Chicot County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Chicot County each year?
Lake Village reported 66 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 78 between them.
Where are people arrested in Chicot County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Chicot County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Chicot County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Arkansas State Police: the state runs an online name-based background check open to the public. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Chicot County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Chicot County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 3 working days when the record is not immediately available.
Is this the official Chicot County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.