Mississippi County Arrest Records
Mississippi County arrest records are kept by the sheriff at the detention center in Luxora and by the Circuit Clerk at the courthouse. The county has two county seats, Blytheville and Osceola, and a number of municipal police forces that book through the county jail. You can pull the current roster, view charges, and check bond amounts online. This page walks through how to search Mississippi County arrest records, which state tools fill in the gaps, and how the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act controls public access to booking data and court files.
Mississippi County Arrest Records at a Glance
Mississippi County Sheriff and Jail
The Mississippi County Detention Center sits at 685 N Co Rd 599, Luxora, AR 72358. The phone is (870) 658-2242. The sheriff's office runs the jail and handles the bulk of arrests outside of Blytheville and Osceola city limits. Blytheville PD and Osceola PD book through the same county jail for overnight holds.
The official county jail page is. The site holds the inmate roster, contact numbers for the front desk, and a visitor schedule. To check on a specific inmate, you can call the jail or use the sheriff's inmate roster page. VINELink is the fastest free way to get a custody alert.
Mississippi County has two courthouses because the county has two seats. The Blytheville courthouse handles Chickasawba District cases. The Osceola courthouse handles Osceola District cases. The Circuit Clerk keeps case files at both offices.
Mississippi County Arrest Records on the Public Index
The Arkansas Public Index at arkansas.thepublicindex.org/mississippi-county mirrors court case data tied to arrests and filings in Mississippi County. It is one of the deeper sources for case-level info when CourtConnect falls short.
The lead-in image below shows the Mississippi County page on that aggregator. Source: arkansas.thepublicindex.org.
The Public Index rolls in civil, criminal, and domestic relations case data. For arrest records tied to a case, the site lets you jump from docket entries out to the Circuit Clerk's file.
Note: Data on the Public Index is pulled from court feeds and may lag the clerk by a day or two on new filings.
Mississippi County Arrest Records Aggregator
Arkansas Court Records hosts a Mississippi County arrest records page at /mississippi/arrest-records. The page pulls booking data, court case cross-links, warrant info, and bond amounts into one spot.
Below is a lead-in to that page. Source:.
The aggregator works as a second set of eyes. If you can't find a Mississippi County booking on the sheriff's site, try the aggregator. If you see something on the aggregator but need a certified copy, go back to the sheriff or Circuit Clerk with a FOIA request.
Mississippi County Courts and Case Filings
Mississippi County is in the 2nd Judicial Circuit. Circuit Court handles felonies and large civil cases. District Courts in Blytheville, Osceola, and other city courts handle misdemeanors, traffic cases, and first appearances. The Circuit Clerk keeps the case file, the warrant list, and the final judgment of conviction.
Public court data lives on CourtConnect. Search by name, case number, or citation. The service is free. The Administrative Office of the Courts, at arcourts.gov, runs the system out of 625 Marshall Street, Little Rock, AR 72201, phone 501-682-9400.
Scheduled downtime for CourtConnect is Monday through Friday 12:30 AM to 2 AM and Saturday 10 PM to Sunday noon. For help, email acap.help@arcourts.gov.
Mississippi County Arrest Records on ARCH
ARCH is the statewide public criminal history search. Set up by Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1501 et seq., it pulls from ACIC and returns results keyed to fingerprints. A run costs $24 at arch.ark.org. You need first and last name, sex, and date of birth.
ARCH covers all 75 counties, Mississippi included. It returns felony and misdemeanor convictions, open felony arrests less than three years old, and sex offender status. It does not cover juvenile records, dismissed charges, sealed files, out-of-state data, federal records, or arrests made without fingerprints.
For a paper request, use form ASP-122 with $25 to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau, 1 State Police Plaza Dr., Little Rock, AR 72209, phone 501-618-8500. For authorized background checks with a signed release, try CBC. Volunteer rate: $11. Standard name check: $22. FBI fingerprint-based national check: $13, or $11 for volunteers.
More on Mississippi County Arrest Records
Mississippi County arrest records for bookings at the detention center in Luxora can be searched through the Sheriff's Office website. The county has two court seats, Blytheville and Osceola, which is unusual for Arkansas. A case can route to either depending on where the arrest occurred. CourtConnect holds most current Mississippi County case data. For older records, call the Circuit Clerk. For statewide history, ARCH covers convictions and open felony arrests.
Additional Notes
Mississippi County arrest records for both Blytheville and Osceola flow into the same central ACIC database under Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1001 et seq. The county's two court seats make it unusual. A subject arrested in Blytheville may see their case handled out of the Blytheville court site while an arrest in Osceola routes to the Osceola court. CourtConnect covers both. ARCH at arch.ark.org is the statewide check for any Mississippi County subject. VINE alerts track custody through the detention center and ADC.
FOIA and Sealed Mississippi County Arrest Records
The Arkansas FOIA at Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-101 et seq. says public records are open to any Arkansas citizen during business hours. Agencies have three days to respond. Mississippi County arrest records, jail rosters, and warrant lists are generally open. Ongoing investigation files and juvenile files are not.
Sealing is handled under Ark. Code Ann. § 16-90-1401 et seq., the Comprehensive Criminal Record Sealing Act of 2013. A sealed record drops out of ARCH and CBC. The record stays with the court and law enforcement for narrow, approved uses. Juvenile sealing uses Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-309. Sex offender registration is governed by Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-903. You can see levels 3 and 4 on the public map at ark.org/offender-search.
The Arkansas Attorney General at 323 Center Street, Little Rock, 501-682-2007, publishes the FOIA Handbook. Opinions 2003-057 and 2003-183 cover sealed records. The right to see and challenge your own ACIC record is set by Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1013 and is free. For state prison custody after sentencing, use the ADC Inmate Search. For real-time custody alerts, register with VINELink or call 1-800-510-0415.
The Mississippi County Sheriff's Office Detention Center at 685 North County Road 599 in Luxora is the main booking site. The phone is 870-658-2242. VINELink covers custody notifications for both Mississippi County and state-level moves.
Nearby Counties
Mississippi County sits in the northeast corner of Arkansas on the Mississippi River. Pick a neighbor for more arrest records data.