Search Perry County Criminal History

Perry County Criminal History records run through Perryville, the county seat just west of Pulaski County. The Sheriff's Office at 511 Aplin Avenue runs the local jail and serves warrants. The Circuit Clerk at 310 Main Street keeps felony, misdemeanor, and civil case files. The state ARCH portal is the go to tool for a full rap sheet. Use this page to find the best path for a Perry County Criminal History search, be it a jail call, a court file pull, or a state rap sheet lookup online.

Perry County Sheriff Criminal History Records

The Perry County Sheriff's Office is at 511 Aplin Avenue, Perryville, AR 72126. The main phone line is (501) 889-2333. The office runs the county jail, patrols the rural county, and serves warrants. Emergency dispatch runs 24 hours a day. Admin staff work weekday office hours.

Perry County Criminal History arrest files at the Sheriff list the name, age, charge list, arrest date, bond, and arresting officer. Booking captures a mugshot, fingerprint card, and property list. Inmate lookup is done by phone call to the Sheriff's Office. Perry County is small and does not run a public online roster, so a direct call with a name and date of birth is the best way to check custody.

A closed file FOIA request on a Perry County Criminal History record goes to the 511 Aplin Avenue address. Reply time is three business days per Ark. Code section 25-19-105. Copy fees are $0.25 per page. Open case notes, confidential source data, and juvenile files stay off the public set. The Sheriff's team works with state police on drug cases and moves sentenced inmates to state prison.

For victim alerts on a Perry County Criminal History offender, sign up at VINELink. The free service sends phone, text, email, or TTY alerts when custody status changes. Alerts work on both local jail holds and state prison holds. Sign up takes a few minutes with an offender name and contact details.

Perry County Circuit Clerk Court Records

The Perry County Circuit Clerk is at 310 Main Street, Perryville, AR 72126, phone (501) 889-5126. The clerk is custodian of all circuit court files, including felony criminal, civil, domestic relations, and juvenile cases. She also acts as ex officio recorder for deeds, mortgages, liens, and plat filings. Office hours are weekdays.

To pull a Perry County Criminal History court file, walk in with a case number or party name, call ahead, or send a FOIA letter. Copy fees run $0.25 per page. Certified copies cost more. Staff can help map a party name to a case number if you know the approximate file year. Older paper files may take longer to pull from the vault.

The image above shows the Perry County land records search page. While the main use is for real estate, the same index picks up court cost liens and judgment liens tied to a Perry County Criminal History case. Court files and land files often cross when a lien attaches to real estate.

The statewide CourtConnect portal at caseinfo.arcourts.gov picks up Perry County Criminal History cases. Search is free. Results show file date, case type, party names, charge list, and event log. Pay Circuit Court fines at pay.arcourts.gov. Mail payments go to the clerk with the case number on the check memo.

Perry County District Court and Circuit

The Perry County District Court hears misdemeanor cases, traffic, small claims, and civil matters under the limit. The court sits in Perryville. First appearance hearings after a Perry County arrest happen here before a case moves up to Circuit Court on felony charges.

Perry County is part of the 20th Judicial Circuit with Faulkner and Van Buren counties. Circuit judges rotate between the three county seats by set weeks. The full judge list and court calendar are at the Arkansas Judiciary website. Felony trials for Perry County Criminal History cases happen at the Perryville courthouse on rotation.

First time low level Perry County Criminal History cases may qualify for pre trial diversion set by the judge. A time pay plan on fines is standard. Community service can swap for some part of a fine. Contact the district court clerk for pay plan terms. Many Perry County residents work in Pulaski County, so cases may also involve Little Rock area records.

Perry County FOIA for Criminal History Records

Arkansas FOIA at Ark. Code section 25-19-101 covers the Sheriff, Circuit Clerk, and district court. Each office must reply in three business days. Copy fees follow the real cost of paper and staff time. A written note with a clear record list works.

Send Sheriff FOIA requests to 511 Aplin Avenue, Perryville. Court file requests go to the Circuit Clerk at 310 Main Street, Perryville. The Arkansas Attorney General's office publishes a yearly FOIA Handbook and runs a hotline for general questions. The full PDF is at media.ark.org/ag.

Some parts of a Perry County Criminal History stay off FOIA. Juvenile records are sealed under Ark. Code section 9-27-309. Sealed or expunged convictions are pulled from the public court index under Ark. Code section 16-90-1417. Open investigation notes stay closed. Personal data like Social Security numbers on minor child files get redacted from public copies.

Statewide Tools for Perry County Criminal History

For a full Perry County Criminal History check, use the state level tools. The ARCH public search tool runs a name based lookup for $24.00. Results show felony and misdemeanor convictions, open felony arrests under three years old, and sex offender status. ARCH does not need consent from the subject, but only covers Arkansas records.

The CBC tool runs consent based checks when the subject signs a written release. Users need an Information Network of Arkansas account. State checks cost $22.00, volunteer rate is $11.00, FBI fingerprint add on is $13.00. For fingerprint checks, the mail in Form ASP-122 is on the Arkansas State Police forms page.

For state prison inmates after a Perry County conviction, the Arkansas Department of Corrections inmate search is the main tool. Lookup by name, ADC number, facility, or offense. For sex offender checks, the Arkansas Sex Offender Registry lists Levels 1 through 4 by city, county, or zip. Perryville and Bigelow zip codes return Perry County offenders.

Nearby Counties and Arkansas Criminal History Tools

Perry County sits west of Pulaski County and borders several central Arkansas counties. Check the nearby tools too if a case may span lines.