Bentonville Criminal History Database

Bentonville Criminal History records live with the Bentonville Police Department and Benton County offices. BPD has a Records Division and an online FOIA portal. The Benton County Sheriff's Office, the jail, the Circuit Clerk, and the district court all sit within blocks of each other in Bentonville. That makes the city the records hub for the county. Use this page to find each tool for a Bentonville Criminal History search. State level tools at ARCH and ADC add the final layer. Links go to official city, county, and state sources.

Bentonville Police Department Criminal History

The Bentonville Police Department is at 908 SE 14th Street, Bentonville, AR 72712. Phone 479-271-5900. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The department handles city level Bentonville Criminal History work. The Records Division is the main records desk.

The image shows the Bentonville city website. The police department page links out from here. Records requests get routed to BPD staff for review. The police department only handles FOIA requests tied to police records. Other city records go through the respective department.

The shot shows the Bentonville Records Division page. The page posts FOIA procedures, contact info, and fee data. Arkansas law gives Arkansas citizens the right to ask for public records. Clear requests move faster than broad ones. Name and email are needed to verify eligibility under Arkansas FOIA.

Bentonville FOIA Portal for Criminal History

Bentonville runs a JustFOIA online portal. Arkansas FOIA at Ark. Code § 25-19-105 covers Bentonville Criminal History files. Reply time is 3 business days. Fees over $25 may need pre pay. Juvenile files are sealed under Ark. Code § 9-27-309.

The image shows the Bentonville FOIA portal. File a new request, track status, receive records by email, and message city staff through the tool. The portal handles all city departments. Police requests get routed to BPD after submission. Sealed and expunged cases are pulled from public view.

Benton County Criminal History Court Records

Benton County is headquartered in Bentonville. All felony cases from Bentonville go up to Benton County Circuit Court at the courthouse downtown. The Circuit Clerk is at 102 NE A Street, Bentonville, AR 72712. Phone (479) 271-1015. Hours run Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. For more detail see the Benton County page.

The Circuit Clerk maintains records for civil, criminal, probate, traffic, juvenile, and small claims cases. Juvenile files are not open for public view. CourtConnect at caseinfo.arcourts.gov provides online name based lookups. Search options include name, business name, case type, filing date, and judgments.

The BIS Online system at bentoncircuitclerk.com/search-records runs 24/7. Support is at 866-658-0865 or onlineservices@bisonline.com. Index data goes back to May 3, 1945. Document images run from January 31, 1933 to present. Internal records index covers August 1, 2002 to present. Users create an account to search. Pay per use and subscription options are both offered.

Bentonville District Court handles city misdemeanors and traffic. Phone 479-271-3120. Online payment is at www.bentonvillear.com/courtpayments and 888-276-1012. A convenience fee applies. Citations can also be paid at pay.arcourts.gov. Payment plans, traffic school submissions, and court date rescheduling run through the online tools.

Benton County Sheriff and Jail

The Benton County Sheriff's Office is at 180 NW 5th St, Bentonville, AR 72712. Main phone (479) 271-1008. The Benton County Detention Center is at 1300 SW 14th Street, Bentonville, AR 72712. Jail phone (479) 271-1011. The facility is 100,355 square feet with a 669 inmate capacity. It opened in April 1999 with a cost of $16.8 million from a half cent county jail tax.

The online Benton County inmate roster lets you search by name, arrest date, release date, and held for agency. Each record shows booking number, name, date of birth, release date, charge, and bond amount. The jail dashboard runs real time stats. Current in custody counts show by housing unit. Daily booking and release stats are tracked. Demographic data breaks out by gender, race, and age. Charge categories sort by type such as violent, drug, and property. Average length of stay is tracked too.

A crime map posts at maps.co.benton.ar.us/MapsandStats. The map shows incidents by type, location, and date range. A separate warrant search runs on the main sheriff.bentoncountyar.gov site.

Statewide Tools for Bentonville Criminal History

The Arkansas State Police runs the key state level Bentonville Criminal History tools. The ARCH public search costs $24 per name. ARCH covers felony and misdemeanor convictions, open felony arrests less than 3 years old, and sex offender status. For a fingerprint based check, use Form ASP-122 at $25 from the Arkansas State Police background check forms page.

Consent based checks (CBC) run through the Information Network of Arkansas portal. CBC state only is $22. Volunteer rate is $11. An FBI fingerprint add on is $13. The subject must sign a release for a CBC.

For people held in state prison after a Bentonville conviction, use the Arkansas Department of Corrections inmate search. Search by name, ADC number, facility, or offense. Victims can sign up for custody change alerts at VINELink. The Arkansas Sex Offender Registry covers sex offender lookups by name, city, county, or zip. The Arkansas Attorney General's yearly FOIA handbook sits on arkansasag.gov.

Bentonville Criminal History Rights and Records

Anyone whose name shows up in a Bentonville Criminal History file has the right to see the record. Ark. Code § 12-12-1013 gives the subject this right. If a file lists the wrong arrest or a charge that was dropped, the subject can ask the agency to fix it. The challenge process runs through Ark. Code § 12-12-211 and ACIC Regulation 7(F). Arkansas State Police runs the fingerprint check to confirm or correct the record at no extra cost.

The fingerprint based match is what makes the state Bentonville Criminal History check more reliable than a name only look up. Two people can share a name. Only one set of prints will match the actual subject. Local police feed their prints into the ACIC hub. That flow keeps the state record in sync with local arrests in Bentonville.

Sealing a Bentonville Criminal Case

Arkansas Code § 16-90-1401 et seq. lays out how a person can ask the court to seal or expunge an old case. Once sealed, the case drops off the public view of ARCH and Search ARCourts. It still exists in the court file, but only courts and law enforcement can see it. Some offenses can never be sealed.

Eligibility depends on the offense, the time since the case ended, and full payment of fines and costs. Bentonville residents who want to file a sealing petition can get help from the Center for Arkansas Legal Services at (501) 376-3423 or Legal Aid of Arkansas at (870) 972-9224. Both groups offer free help to people who qualify.

VINE Alerts for Bentonville Criminal Cases

For Bentonville crime victims, the VINELink service offers free alerts when an offender's custody status changes. ACIC runs the Arkansas side of VINE with Appriss. The alerts come by phone, text, email, or TTY. A transfer, release, or escape triggers a notice right away.

The Arkansas Sex Offender Registry is also run through ACIC. A Bentonville resident can search by address, city, or zip code, and sign up for alerts on offenders near home or work. Level 2, 3, and 4 offenders show on the public site. Level 1 stays with law enforcement only. An address change must be reported 10 days ahead, or 3 days in an emergency case.

Nearby Cities and Criminal History Resources

Bentonville sits at the north end of the Northwest Arkansas corridor. Several nearby cities run their own records desks. Use the pages below when a case crosses city lines.