Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Clark County, Arkansas, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Arkansas the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Circuit Clerk; the statewide criminal history kept by the Arkansas State Police is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Clark County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Clark County public records, Clark County arrest records, Clark County warrants, Clark County inmate search, Clark County court records, Arkansas arrest records and Arkansas inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Clark County Circuit Court
A criminal case from Clark County is filed in the Clark County Circuit Court or the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases and small claims, and the court file, kept by the Circuit Clerk, is the record of it that the public may see.
For Clark County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at clarkcountyar.gov/circuit-clerk (page title: Clark County Circuit Clerk | Clark County Arkansas), phone (870) 246-4281, 401 Clay Street, Arkadelphia, AR 71923, Mon-Fri 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, CourtConnect is the Arkansas Judiciary's free statewide case search.
The Arkansas Criminal History and Your Own Copy
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. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
To see your own record, the route is a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at dps.arkansas.gov/crime-info-support/arkansas-crime-information-cent....
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Clark County
The Clark County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Arkadelphia, Gurdon, Amity and Caddo Valley keep the arrest records in Clark County: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Clark County: Henderson State University (campus police); it keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the five agencies in Clark County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 262 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Clark County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Clark County in 2025
The five agencies in Clark County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 60 violent and 231 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 291 crimes in 2025 against 327 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Clark County public records guide.
The Prosecuting Attorney for Clark County
Charges in Clark County are filed by the Prosecuting Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Clark County Circuit Court or the District Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at clarkcountyprosecutor.com (page title: Dan Turner Prosecuting Attorney | State of Arkansas | Ninth-East Judicial District), phone (870) 246-9868, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Clark County
Registered sex offenders living in Clark County are listed on the Arkansas Sex Offender Registry, run by the Arkansas Crime Information Center at sexoffenderregistry.ar.gov/public. Level 3 and Level 4 offenders are listed online; Level 1 and 2 offenders are not.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Clark County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act a county office must answer a request within 3 working days when the record is not immediately available, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Clark 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.
Can I search Clark County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at clarkcountyar.gov/circuit-clerk (page title: Clark County Circuit Clerk | Clark County Arkansas). Statewide, CourtConnect is the Arkansas Judiciary's free statewide case search.
How do I get my own Arkansas criminal history?
Through a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
Who prosecutes crimes in Clark County?
The Prosecuting Attorney, reached at (870) 246-9868, which files its cases in the Clark County Circuit Court or the District Court.
Is this the official Clark 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.