Perry County Arrest Records

Perry County arrest records come from the sheriff's office in Perryville. The jail at 511 Aplin Avenue holds pretrial detainees and short-sentence inmates. The sheriff keeps an inmate file for every booking with name, age, charge, bond, and arresting officer. You can search Perry County arrest records by phone, in person, or through state tools like ARCH and CourtConnect. This page walks through the sheriff, the courts, the state systems, and the FOIA steps you need to pull a Perry County booking report.

Perry County Sheriff Arrest Records

The Perry County Sheriff's Office runs the arrest records side in the county. The office and the Perry County Detention Center share an address at 511 Aplin Avenue, Perryville, AR 72126. The phone is (501) 889-2333. Deputies handle bookings at intake and maintain a full inmate file for each person. Records include name, age, race, sex, intake date, city, arresting officer, and the charge list with bond amounts.

Perry County is within driving distance of Little Rock, so bookings range from county traffic stops to state police arrests. The sheriff's file picks up every intake at the detention center. For a current inmate question, call the jail line first. For a copy of a booking sheet or arrest report, file a short FOIA request in writing.

Statewide backup for Perry County custody info sits with the ADC Inmate Search. That tool covers state prisons plus most county jails. For a sex offender check, use the Arkansas Sex Offender Registry. Levels 3 and 4 show on the public map under Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-903. Levels 1 and 2 don't show on the map but come back on a direct name search.

ARCH for Perry County Arrest Records

ARCH is the Arkansas Criminal History system. It's the main public path to a statewide felony and misdemeanor check. The URL is arch.ark.org. ARCH was set up under Act 1185 of 2015, codified at Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1501 et seq. The system pulls from ACIC and returns fingerprint matched data.

Lead-in context for the image below comes from the state ARCH page at arch.ark.org. This is the start of any Arkansas criminal history search for Perry County or any other county.

A single ARCH run costs $24. That covers a $20 search, a $2 processing fee, and a $2 card fee. You need the subject's first name, last name, sex, and date of birth. Results are not refundable. ARCH returns Arkansas felony and misdemeanor convictions, open felony arrests less than three years old, and sex offender status. It does not return juvenile data, sealed records, or active warrants.

Perry County Court Arrest Records

The Perry County Circuit Clerk's Office is at 310 North Main Street, Perryville, AR 72126. Phone: (501) 889-2336. The District Court sits at the same address. Phone: (501) 889-2333. Circuit Court handles felonies. District Court handles misdemeanors, first appearances, and city code matters. Once charges are filed, the case moves to the statewide CourtConnect system.

CourtConnect is run by the Administrative Office of the Courts. It's free. You can search by name, case number, or filing date. Perry County posts case data on the site. The tool covers criminal, civil, traffic, probate, and domestic relations cases. For paper copies, call the circuit clerk. Small per-page fees apply.

VINE Alerts for Perry County Inmates

VINE is the Victim Information and Notification Everyday system. ACIC runs the Arkansas side. The service is free and anonymous. Sign up at vinelink.com. Or call 1-800-510-0415. For Perry County, VINE tracks inmates in the jail plus those moved to state custody.

You can register on custody, parole, or court events. The system uses a four-digit PIN to confirm the victim when it calls. Releases, transfers, escapes, and court dates all trigger a notification. The Attorney General protects VINE registrations from FOIA. Press 0 on the hotline for a live operator around the clock.

FOIA for Perry County Arrest Records

Arkansas FOIA at Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-101 et seq. sets the ground rules. Public records shall be open to inspection and copying by Arkansas citizens during business hours. Agencies have three business days to respond. Fees are capped at the actual cost of copies. Arrest reports, booking sheets, jail rosters, and warrant logs are open records in Perry County.

Send your FOIA letter to the Perry County Sheriff's Office at 511 Aplin Avenue, Perryville, AR 72126. Name the record. Give the subject's name and date of birth. Add your return address. Only Arkansas citizens can ask under state FOIA. Open investigation files are not public. Sealed arrest records are not public, per Ark. Code Ann. § 16-90-1401 et seq.

The Attorney General publishes the FOIA Handbook at arkansasag.gov. It covers denial appeals, sealed record access, and juvenile rules. Under Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1013, you have the right to see and challenge your own ACIC record at no cost.

What's in a Perry County Arrest Record

A Perry County arrest record typically holds the booking number, the intake date and time, the subject's name, date of birth, sex, race, the arresting officer, and the charge list. Bond amounts are part of the file. Some entries include the city of arrest. That's useful when the booking came from Perryville PD, Bigelow PD, or a state trooper on a county road.

Charges list with the Arkansas code citation and class. Class Y is the top felony tier. Class A is the top misdemeanor. Mug shots are part of most booking files. A short narrative of the alleged offense may sit with the arrest report. Release dates show when the person bonds out or is transferred to the Arkansas Department of Correction.

Protected info gets redacted. Victim names in sex cases, juvenile names under Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-309, undercover officer identities, and medical notes are not part of the public record. Sealed cases don't show in a FOIA release. Active warrants may be withheld to avoid tipping off a wanted subject.

Sealing Perry County Arrest Records

Arkansas uses the word "seal" where many states say "expunge." Ark. Code Ann. § 16-90-1401 et seq. is the Comprehensive Criminal Record Sealing Act of 2013. A petition gets filed in the court where the case was heard. For a Perry County case that is Circuit Court in Perryville. Most misdemeanors and many felony convictions can be sealed after the sentence is done and the waiting period has passed.

A sealed record is pulled from public view. ARCH won't return it. CourtConnect won't return it. Law enforcement retains it for a few narrow uses. Some offenses cannot be sealed. Registered sex offenses, public sexual indecency, and exposing another to HIV are on the not-eligible list. Forms are posted through the Administrative Office of the Courts.

Nearby Counties

Perry County is just west of Little Rock. For an arrest in a neighboring county, use these pages.

• Pulaski County to the east
• Faulkner County to the north
• Saline County to the south
• Conway County to the north

Each county runs its own sheriff, jail, and FOIA process. Case data for all of them feeds the same state CourtConnect system.