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.
Miller County, Arkansas, has about 42,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Miller County Sheriff's Office and one city 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 Miller 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: Miller County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Miller County
The Miller County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Miller County. It reported 76 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Miller County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Texarkana, 28,897 residents: 1,795 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Miller County
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.
- Texarkana: 1,795 for 2025, 2,545 for 2024, 2,578 for 2023, 1,725 for 2022, 2,193 for 2021 and 2,044 for 2020.
- Miller County Sheriff's Office: 76 for 2025, 133 for 2024, 204 for 2023, 111 for 2022, 146 for 2021 and 118 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,871 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,871 in 2025 against 2,678 in 2024, down 30 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,087 arrests, against 1,110 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Miller County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Miller 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 310 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 290 beds, and it ran at 106 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Arkansas Division of Correction lists its inmates at doc.arkansas.gov/correction/online-services.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Miller County
Whether someone was arrested in Miller County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Miller County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at caseinfo.arcourts.gov/opad); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at millercountyar.gov/prosecuting-attorney, phone 870-774-1002).
Statewide, CourtConnect is the Arkansas Judiciary's free statewide case search.
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 Miller County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Miller County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Texarkana: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 870-774-1002, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Miller County Circuit Court, through the court records page at caseinfo.arcourts.gov/opad.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
Cities in Miller County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Miller County: Texarkana. Fouke and Garland have 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 Miller County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Miller County each year?
Texarkana reported 1,795 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,871 between them.
Where are people arrested in Miller County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Miller County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Miller 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 Miller County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Miller 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 Miller 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.