Montgomery County Arrest Records

Montgomery County arrest records come from the sheriff's office in Mount Ida. The jail posts a live roster with names, booking dates, charges, and bond. You can search Montgomery County arrest records online through the sheriff's inmate portal, check case files on CourtConnect, or file a FOIA request for a full arrest report. This page shows you where each record sits, what the roster holds, and who to call for a booking report, a warrant check, or a mug shot. Pick the channel that fits what you need to find.

Montgomery County Sheriff Arrest Records

The sheriff's office runs the main arrest records path in Montgomery County. The jail sits at 225 Fairgrounds Road, Mt Ida, AR 71957. The phone is (870) 867-3151. Deputies book new arrests around the clock. The county government office complex shares space at 105 Highway 270 East in Mount Ida, where the circuit clerk and district court also sit. For a booking report or a mug shot, call the jail line first and then file a written FOIA if needed.

The live Montgomery County inmate roster is hosted at mcsojail.countygovservices.com. You can see names, dates of birth, booking dates and times, charge listings, and bond amounts. Data updates with each new intake. A quick screenshot of the roster helps when you call the jail to ask about a specific booking. Montgomery County uses the CountyGovServices platform, which is also used by several other small Arkansas counties.

Lead-in context for the screenshot below comes from the sheriff's site at mcsojail.countygovservices.com. This is the current inmate view.

The roster page shows active detainees only. Once a person bonds out or gets moved to the Arkansas Department of Corrections, they drop off the live list. For those, use the ADC Inmate Search. The Arkansas Sheriffs' Association also lists Montgomery County at arkansassheriffsassociation.com.

Montgomery County Court Arrest Records

Circuit Court handles felony cases in Montgomery County. The District Court handles misdemeanors, first appearances, and city violations. Both sit at 105 Highway 270 East, Mount Ida. The circuit clerk's phone is (870) 867-3111. The district court's phone is (870) 867-3521. Once a person is booked and charged, case files are filed with the clerk and hearings are set.

Arkansas runs a statewide case search at CourtConnect. Montgomery County posts criminal and civil case data on that site. You can search by name, case number, or filing date. The tool covers circuit, district, and traffic cases. There is no fee to use CourtConnect. Pull up the full docket, see motions, and track the trial date.

For help with the case file itself, the circuit clerk can pull paper files. Certified copies cost a small per-page fee. Under Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-105, records kept by a court clerk can be inspected during business hours. Juvenile files are sealed under Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-309.

Statewide Tools for Montgomery County Arrest Records

Three state tools cover Montgomery County arrest records. ARCH at arch.ark.org runs a $24 statewide criminal history search. It returns fingerprint matched data for felonies and misdemeanors. Results include open felony arrests less than three years old and sex offender status. ARCH does not return juvenile data, sealed records, or active warrants.

The Arkansas Crime Information Center, or ACIC, is the source system. Under Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1001 et seq., ACIC is the central clearinghouse for criminal history in the state. The public side runs through ARCH. Any person can see and challenge their own ACIC record under Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1013. The office is at 322 S. Main Street, Suite 615, Little Rock. Phone: 501-682-2222.

VINE is the third. It tracks custody status and court events. Sign up at vinelink.com or call 1-800-510-0415. If you want to know when a Montgomery County inmate gets released, VINE sends a call or a text. The ACIC-run service is free and anonymous. For sex offender searches in Montgomery County, use the Arkansas Sex Offender Registry.

FOIA for Montgomery County Arrest Records

The Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, at Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-101 et seq., sets the rules for public records in the state. Montgomery County falls under the same FOIA as every other county. Agencies have three business days to respond. Fees can't be more than the actual reproduction cost. The sheriff's office is the right target for an arrest report, a booking sheet, a jail roster, or a warrant log.

Write a short FOIA letter. Name the record you want. Give the subject's name and date of birth if you have it. Send it to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office at 225 Fairgrounds Road, Mt Ida, AR 71957. Only Arkansas citizens can request under state FOIA. Open investigation files are not released. Sealed records are not released, per Ark. Code Ann. § 16-90-1401.

The state Attorney General's office posts the FOIA Handbook and opinions at arkansasag.gov. That's a good place to check when a denial feels off. The handbook covers sealed record access, juvenile rules, and what counts as an open investigation. The AG sits at 323 Center Street, Little Rock.

What's in a Montgomery County Arrest Record

A Montgomery County arrest record typically holds the subject's full name, date of birth, sex, race, booking date and time, and the charge list. The roster also shows bond amounts. Some entries list the arresting officer and the agency. For example, a booking from the Mount Ida Police Department will read differently than one from a State Police trooper, but both show up on the same county roster once the detainee is booked in.

Charges show with the Arkansas code citation, the class, and a short description. Class Y is the top felony tier. Class A is the top misdemeanor tier. Bond may read as a dollar amount, "NOT SET," or "DENIED." If the person has posted bond, the record shows the release date. Mug shots are part of the record when the roster platform supports them.

Sealed arrest records are not shown. Juvenile records are not shown. The sheriff's office redacts the names of victims in sex crimes and of any protected minor. Under Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-903, the sex offender registry level is a separate tag that is not posted on the jail roster itself.

Sealing Montgomery County Arrest Records

Arkansas uses "seal" where many other states say "expunge." The Comprehensive Criminal Record Sealing Act of 2013 lives at Ark. Code Ann. § 16-90-1401 et seq. You file a petition in the court where the case was heard. For a Montgomery County case, that is the Circuit Court in Mount Ida. Misdemeanors and many felony convictions can be sealed after the sentence is done and the waiting period has passed.

Some offenses cannot be sealed. Serious violent felonies, offenses that require sex offender registration, public sexual indecency, indecent exposure, and exposing another person to HIV are not eligible. A sealed record is pulled from public view. ARCH won't return it. CourtConnect won't return it. Law enforcement retains it for limited uses. Petition forms are posted through the Administrative Office of the Courts at arcourts.gov.

Nearby Counties

Montgomery County touches several rural counties in west central Arkansas. For arrest records in a neighboring county, use these pages.

• Pike County to the south
• Perry County to the east
• Polk County to the west

The sheriff's offices in those counties run their own rosters and FOIA channels. Case data for all of them lands on the same state CourtConnect system.