Arrest Records in Clark County
An arrest in Clark County can begin with the Clark County Sheriff's Office, Arkadelphia Police Department, Gurdon Police Department, Amity Police Department, Caddo Valley Police Department, Arkansas State Police, campus or school resource officers where applicable, or another agency executing a warrant. The arresting agency creates the arrest or incident report, and if the person is transported for booking, the jail authority creates booking data and fingerprints.
Those records may later connect to Search ARCourts, District Court, Circuit Court, Arkansas Criminal History, Arkansas DOC, or VINE, but each layer answers a different question. A booking record shows custody processing. A police report explains the local event. A court file shows formal charges and disposition. ARCH is an ACIC and Arkansas State Police repository product with a limited public scope.
Clark County Arrest Records at 406 S. 5th
The sheriff's page is the strongest official local contact for countywide custody, warrant execution, jail, and sheriff-record questions. Jason Watson is listed as sheriff at 406 S. 5th Street, Arkadelphia, with phone (870) 246-2222, email jason.watson@clarkar.us, fax (870) 246-3443, and office hours Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Clark County Sheriff page is the source for this local arrest-record contact image.
Because no official Clark County online jail roster, sheriff records request form, or arrest blotter was located, the sheriff phone and counter are not secondary details. They are the practical starting point for countywide or unknown-agency arrest questions.
Clark County Sheriff's Office
406 S. 5th Street, Arkadelphia, AR 71923
Phone: (870) 246-2222
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Clark County Arrest Lookups
Clark County arrest lookups work best as a channel sweep because no single public database covers every step. The research supports a phone, counter, court, custody-status, and statewide repository chain.
- Identify the arresting agency. For Arkadelphia, call APD at (870) 246-4545; for countywide or unknown arrests, call the Sheriff at (870) 246-2222.
- Ask whether the person is currently held locally, transferred, released, cited, or routed to another agency.
- Search Search ARCourts after charges are filed, since very recent arrests may not yet have a court case.
- Call Clark County District Court for misdemeanor, traffic, ordinance, or failure-to-appear matters, or the Circuit Clerk for felony filings.
- Use VINE for custody or status notifications and ARCH later for Arkansas conviction or open felony-arrest repository data.
- If no online path answers the question, make an Arkansas FOIA request to the custodian and include the incident date, location, names, report number if known, and requested record type.
Recent Clark County Arrests Without a Roster
No official Clark County online jail roster, current-inmates page, or sheriff app with inmate, warrant, roster, or record-request tools was located in the research. That is the key local caveat for recent Clark County bookings. A person who was arrested yesterday may be known to the sheriff or city police before a court case appears online.
The District Court FAQ image comes from Clark County District Court's FAQ page, which supplies several practical status details for local misdemeanor and warrant issues.
The FAQ matters for arrest searches because failure to appear can become a bench warrant, and court contact may be the path to a new court date or payment-plan review.
Arrest Records: What They Contain
A Clark County arrest record is a law-enforcement or booking document, not the final criminal case file. The research field list includes the information a requester should ask about when a report or booking record exists and the categories that may be redacted under Arkansas law.
| Incident or Report Number | Local identifier assigned by the sheriff, city police, or responding agency when known. |
|---|---|
| Arrest Date and Location | Date, time, and place of the arrest or incident, useful for agency routing. |
| Arresting Agency | Sheriff, city police, Arkansas State Police, or another certified agency. |
| Alleged Charge | Police or warrant allegation at arrest, which can differ from later court charges. |
| Booking Number and Jail Location | Custody intake details when the person was transported for booking. |
| Bond or Release Status | Bond amount or type, release date, transfer, or current custody status if public. |
| Mugshot Policy | No Clark County official mugshot-release policy was located; release may be limited by investigation, juvenile, victim, or sealing rules. |
| Disposition if Updated | Sometimes linked later by court case number, but final disposition belongs to the court record. |
Clark County Arrest Records From Arkadelphia Police
Arkadelphia is the county seat and largest city, so city police records are an important part of Clark County arrest searches. APD is listed at 514 Clay Street, phone (870) 246-4545. Its official page says the department includes Administration, Communications, Criminal Investigation, Patrol Officers, and Code Enforcement. The Communications Supervisor maintains records for officer and dispatch activity statistics and supervises court dockets, bond, and fine intake.
The Arkadelphia Police Department page is the source for this agency image.
For an Arkadelphia-origin arrest, the records path may start with APD for the incident or arrest report, move to the sheriff for custody or booking questions, and then move to District Court or Circuit Court once charges are filed.
Recent Clark County Bookings
Recent Clark County bookings may not appear online in a county list because no official roster was found. A booking can still create fingerprints, a booking number, custody status, bond details, and a court trail if charges are filed. Fingerprints and arrest information can move into the ACIC and Arkansas State Police criminal-history system, but that repository does not work like a live jail list.
ARCH may show open Arkansas felony arrests less than three years old and Arkansas felony and misdemeanor convictions, but it excludes unresolved misdemeanors, dismissals, active warrants, non-fingerprinted arrests, sealed records, out-of-state records, federal history, and several other categories. For the court outcome after a booking, use the Clark County court case lookup path.
Clark County Arrest Agency Contacts
When the arresting agency is known, start with that agency. When the agency is not known, the Sheriff and Search ARCourts are the fallback pair, with District Court and Circuit Clerk divided by charge level.
| Agency | Contact | Use for |
|---|---|---|
| Clark County Sheriff | 406 S. 5th St.; (870) 246-2222 | County law enforcement, warrants, jail, custody, sheriff records. |
| Arkadelphia Police Department | 514 Clay St.; (870) 246-4545 | Arkadelphia incident and arrest reports, APD court docket and bond intake routing. |
| Gurdon Police or City Hall | 103 E. Maple; police (870) 353-2211; city hall (870) 353-2514 | Gurdon-origin reports, then sheriff and county courts for custody and case filing. |
| Amity Police or City Hall | 121 E. Thompson St.; (870) 342-5822 | Amity-origin report routing, with sheriff and county court fallback. |
| Caddo Valley Police | 137 Malvern Ave/Rd.; (870) 246-8283 | Caddo Valley-origin city matters when the event began there. |
When a Clark County Arrest Reaches Court
The arrest-to-court timeline is not automatic in public search results. First, the arresting agency creates the report. Second, booking can create custody identifiers and fingerprints. Third, prosecutors or courts file charges if the matter becomes a criminal case. Misdemeanors, traffic, ordinance, DUI, and failure-to-appear issues generally route to Clark County District Court. Felonies route to Circuit Court and the Circuit Clerk.
The Clark County District Court criminal court page is the source for this image of local misdemeanor court information.
That court page also warns that failure to appear can result in a bench warrant, which may create a later arrest event separate from the original charge.
Arrest Records vs Conviction Records
An arrest record and a conviction record have different sources and meanings. A Clark County arrest entry may prove that a person was taken into custody or cited, but it does not prove that the person was convicted. The conviction record comes from the court disposition and, when reported, the state repository.
| Arrest Record | Conviction Record |
|---|---|
| Created by the arresting agency, sheriff, or booking authority. | Created by the court after a guilty plea, guilty finding, or other final disposition. |
| Shows that law enforcement made an arrest or custody event. | Shows the formal court outcome and sentence when there is a conviction. |
| May live with sheriff, city police, jail, or incident-report records. | Lives in the court file and may be reported to ACIC or appear in ARCH if covered. |
| Can lead to release, no filed charges, dismissal, acquittal, or conviction. | Can lead to sentence, supervision, appeal, sealing, or repository update. |
Note: An arrest is not proof of guilt, and many bookings never become a conviction record.