Need Help finding information?

Please note: Court employees are prohibited from engaging in the practice of law; therefore, they cannot offer legal advice or guidance. Information provided by court employees is intended neither to constitute nor replace legal advice provided by competent legal counsel.

If you are not finding the information you're looking for, please read this page.

1. No one search function in the Supreme Court website can find everything. Please note the search options to your left in the grey menu.

• If you want to find Court Rules and Administrative Orders, please click here
• If you want to search for an Arkansas Attorney, click here.
• If you want to search for law enforcement agencies and officials, circuit and municipal courts, and prosecuting attorneys in the State of Arkansas, click here
• Are you trying to find Arkansas Criminal Laws, Probate Laws, Civil Laws
• Are you trying to find information using a docket number?
• Are you searching for very specific text within a Supreme Court or Apellate Court opinion? (Warning - this search usually gives hundreds of results). Use the search box at the top right of this page.
• Are you looking for a specific Department or Service of the Arkansas Supreme Court? Please use the Department Search textbox and button to your left under the navigation menu.
• Our Beta "Department Search" is to your left directly under the navigation buttons. Type in what you are looking for, and maybe we can direct you to the information you need..

2. Are you searching for information in the right place?

• The statutes of Arkansas are in this location
• Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce statistics are here
• Want to get a marriage license? Call your County Clerk
• Are you looking for your Circuit Clerk? Look at this directory.
• Do you want to file a small claims case?

3. Who does what?

Circuit Clerks are responsible for:		Click here for phone numbers
Adoptions Trusts Land records Deeds Liens Mortgage Real estate Surveys Plats Juvenile Military discharge Felony cases filed civil cases filed		Guardianships Probate Lawsuits filed Domestic relations Protective orders Divorces Child support cases Collecting child support UCC (uniform Commercial Code) financial statements Petitions to be recognized as a pauper.

County Clerks are responsible for:		Click here for phone numbers
Jury Payments Payment of county bills and commitments Small Claims Cases

4. Supreme Court Departments

• Do you want to file a complaint against your attorney?
• Do you want to file a complaint against a judge?
• Do you want to find a certified Mediator?
• Are you looking for information about the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, Circuit Court, District Court, City Court or Drug Court
• Are you looking for information about taking the bar or becoming a lawyer in Arkansas?
• Are you looking for court language translation services
• Are you looking for Court Publications and Forms?
• Are you looking for the House Style Guide

5. Look for information by your relationship to the court

• Are you an attorney?
• Are you a judge?
• Are you a member of the public?

6. Legal links not related to the Arkansas Supreme Court

Arkansas Attorney General Opinions - Arkansas Attorney general opinions, general publications, and open government updates.
http://www.arkansas.gov/ag/opinions/

Arkansas Government Directory - Information about Arkansas officials and other influential people.
http://www.state.ar.us/government.php

Code of Federal Regulations - Search the Code of Federal Regulations text.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html

Defense Research Institute - Access to various research aids for defense trial preparation.
http://www.dri.org

Department of Labor - Minimum wage, welfare and labor protections, and welfare
reform information.
http://www.dol.gov/

Federal Bureau of Investigation - Access FBI publications including crime reports and periodicals.
http://www.fbi.gov/

Federal Rules of Evidence - Full Text of the FRE.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/overview.html

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure - Full Text of the FRCP.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/overview.htm

State Constitutions, Statutes, and Codes - Access each state's constitution, statutes, and legislative information.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/statutes.html

University of Arkansas School of Law
http://law.uark.edu/

University of Arkansas at Little Rock/William H. Bowen School of Law
http://www.law.ualr.edu/

US Supreme Court Supreme Decisions - Court decisions by topic.
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

US Supreme Court from 1937 through 1975 - Supreme Court decisions from 1937 through 1975.
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html

If none of this has been helpful, can you please send the webmaster an email telling him what you were looking for and the words you used in your searches, so we can make our website serve you better.