Arkansas Court Records
Major Arkansas courts that kept records of genealogical value were as follows:Circuit courts have countywide jurisdiction over criminal cases, naturalization, and major civil cases.
Original court records are kept by the clerks in each county courthouse. Court records are also available at the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives.
Chancery courts have countywide jurisdiction over equity, divorce, probates, and adoptions.
Courts of common pleas have countywide jurisdiction over non-real estate civil matters.
County courts have countywide jurisdiction over juvenile matters, taxes, claims, and county expenditures. Probate records have been kept by the probate or county courts. The records include case papers, wills, bonds, inventories, and dockets. You can obtain copies of the original records by contacting the clerk's office in the appropriate county courthouse.
Justice of the peace courts have countywide jurisdiction over preliminary hearings of criminal cases and minor contract matters.
Check out the following website to read about and share experiences from courthouse research.
http://www.bcpl.net/%7Edmg/courthouse.htm#Arkansas
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