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.
Izard County, Arkansas, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Izard County Sheriff's Office. 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 Izard 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: Izard County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Izard County
The Izard County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Izard County. It reported 48 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
How Many Arrests The Izard County Sheriff's Office Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Izard County Sheriff's Office: 48 for 2024, 72 for 2023, 64 for 2022, 171 for 2020 and 207 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
The Izard County Sheriff's Office's 48 arrests in 2024 were down 33 percent from 72 in 2023.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Izard County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Izard 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 25 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 20 beds, and it ran at 125 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 Izard County
For Izard County the place to look is CourtConnect, the Arkansas Judiciary's free statewide case search, which shows whether charges were filed.
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 Izard 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 Izard County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
Cities in Izard County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Izard County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Izard County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Izard County each year?
The Izard County Sheriff's Office reported 48 arrests to the FBI for 2024, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Izard County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Izard County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Izard 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 Izard County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Izard 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 Izard 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.