Logan County Criminal Docket Searches
Search ARCourts is the statewide public portal for case information. An exact case number is the safest key. A participant search can work with first, middle, and last name fields instead. Advanced Search and result filters help separate people who share a name. Before opening a result, confirm the county. Confirm Logan County, the court level, and the Paris or Booneville location too. Check the case number as well.
More than one office keeps the Logan County criminal docket. The Logan County Circuit Clerk holds Circuit Court files. District Court criminal records sit with the Booneville, Paris, or Magazine clerk for that department. If the online search fails, try a courthouse kiosk or call the right clerk. Certified dispositions come from the clerk, not the public portal.
- Choose Circuit Court or the likely District Court department.
- Search the complete case number, or use participant fields and broad filters.
- Match the county, court, location, caption, and filing date.
- Read events in date order and identify the newest setting or disposition.
- Ask the custodian for missing filings or a certified copy.
Logan Warrant Dockets Before Filing
Logan County labels pre-case docket activity clearly. The official district plan requires an SW search-warrant docket and an AW arrest-warrant docket inside the criminal division. Those dockets can hold returned executed or unexecuted warrants. This can happen before any regular criminal case file opens. Once a criminal case is filed, related warrant information moves into the formal case.
This order explains a common puzzle. A name search may show no filed Circuit Court case. Early court activity may still have occurred. It can also explain a gap between a warrant event and the first public case entry. Broaden the search. Check the relevant District Court department. Ask the clerk about the correct record path. An absent portal result does not prove the matter was sealed or dismissed.
Note: Logan's SW and AW prefixes are verified local warrant-docket markers. They are not a complete criminal case-number format.
Criminal Dockets: What They Show
Think of a public Logan County criminal docket as a case summary. Add a running list of events to that picture. What you see depends on the court's participation and the record's access status. Search ARCourts may display document links. Even so, the official materials do not promise that every Logan filing image is online. Safari users may need to allow pop-ups before a linked document will open.
| Case identity | Case number, court, location, case type, and filing date. |
|---|---|
| Participants | Recorded parties and attorneys, subject to access limits. |
| Charges | Public charge descriptions and related status information when available. |
| Events | Filed items, hearings, settings, orders, and other dated activity. |
| Outcome | Public disposition, judgment, or sentence information when entered. |
The portal view is not a clerk-certified copy. If an outcome will resolve your own case or prove what the court entered, request the final order or certified disposition from the court that holds the file.
Logan District-to-Circuit Criminal Flow
District Court does more than traffic and misdemeanors. Logan's plan lets district judges handle search and arrest warrants, reasonable-cause decisions, first appearances, appointment and rights functions, bond inquiries, and preliminary hearings. So a felony matter may show early events at the district level before any filed criminal prosecution appears in Circuit Court.
Local flow: SW or AW docket › first appearance and bond work › filed Circuit Court case › Division 1 settings › plea or trial › disposition and sentence.
Not every case includes each step. A district appeal creates another split worth knowing. Division 1 receives criminal appeals from Logan County District Court, which means the lower-court docket and the later Circuit Court record are separate. Search both levels to follow the full path. The countywide Logan County docket search explains the broader name and case-number controls.
Criminal Case Stages on the Docket
A filed Logan County criminal docket usually grows through a series of court acts. It is not one final entry. The record may begin with the charge or filing. After that can come arraignment-related activity and pretrial settings. Motions, a plea or trial, disposition, and sentencing may follow. A setting is only a scheduled event. It is not the outcome. An older setting may have been replaced by a reset or later order.
Docket flow: Filing › Arraignment › Pretrial › Plea or Trial › Disposition › Sentencing.
Read from the first event through the newest entry. A disposition records an outcome for a case or charge. A continuance or reset moves a setting, but only the court-approved entry or order controls. Does the online event list conflict with a notice? Confirm the current status with court staff before travel.
Division 1 Holds Logan Criminal Cases
The 2026 Fifteenth Judicial Circuit plan covers every filed Circuit Court criminal case. It puts both Paris and Booneville cases into Division 1. Judge Jerry Don Ramey also handles criminal appeals from district courts and civil property forfeitures. He handles adult civil commitments too. Oversight of the circuit Drug Court and Veterans Court is also his. That countywide assignment is a useful check when reading a Logan County Circuit criminal result.
Division 1 does not erase the county's two-seat system. Circuit sessions and paper files can relate to either Paris or Booneville. Each courthouse has one jury-capable courtroom shared within the larger circuit. So location and the newest setting must be confirmed. The clerk directory publishes the Circuit Clerk's Paris contact at 25 West Walnut Street, Paris, AR 72855, phone 479-963-2164. Call with the case number. Ask which district holds the physical file.
Logan County Criminal Docket Courts
Criminal cases in Logan County flow through two levels. Circuit Court holds general jurisdiction over felonies and major prosecutions. Below it, the Booneville and Paris departments of Logan County District Court handle traffic cases, warrants, first appearances, bond matters, and preliminary proceedings. They also take other limited criminal work. The state directory also shows a Magazine contact. Whichever court name appears on a citation, notice, or case result tells you which clerk to call.
| Court record | Local role | Custodian |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit criminal | Filed major criminal cases and district appeals | Logan County Circuit Clerk |
| District criminal | Limited criminal matters and early proceedings | Named department clerk |
| Warrant docket | SW and AW activity before a case opens | District criminal division |
Need the right number? Booneville District Court sits at 461 East 5th Street and answers at 479-675-4929. Paris District Court is at 25 West Walnut Street, phone 479-963-3792, while Magazine's listed line is 479-969-8550. Always confirm the department before you head to court.
Newest Logan Criminal Court Setting
Logan County posts no standalone daily criminal calendar. Start instead with case information in Search ARCourts. When you read the events, look at the newest one. An older appearance or reset can mislead you about where a case stands. If the entry links to a notice or order, open it. Compare it against the event list. A quick call to the Circuit Clerk or the named District Court department then confirms both date and place.
- Setting
- A scheduled court event, not a final result.
- Reset
- A court-approved move to a later date.
- Disposition
- The recorded outcome of a case or charge.
- Appeal
- A request for review that can create a separate Circuit Court record.
One caution about continuances. A phone call alone never moves a case; the change takes effect only when the court enters its later entry or order approving it. And because Logan County splits its courts between Paris and Booneville, checking the venue matters as much as checking the date.
Access Rules for Criminal Dockets
Arkansas Supreme Court Administrative Order 19 opens the door to public access. It also carves out exceptions. Material that a law, rule, or court order makes confidential stays closed. Public events can show on a criminal docket. Even so, a linked document may stay restricted or redacted. Asking the clerk nicely does not unseal a record. It will not expose protected identifiers or open confidential juvenile information.
Key access rules:
Administrative Order 19 governs public access and confidentiality for Arkansas court records.
Arkansas Code section 9-27-309 places juvenile records under special confidentiality rules.
Arkansas Freedom of Information Act covers many agency records, while judicial case-file access chiefly follows court rules.
A missing Logan County criminal docket has several innocent explanations. The file may predate online coverage. The search filter may be too narrow. A lower court may not participate, the filing district may be wrong, or the case may simply not have opened yet. Widen the search before assuming anything. Courthouse kiosks in Paris and Booneville give the public another way to reach Circuit Court information. For copying or inspecting public material, the clerk is the place to go. Certification comes from no one else.
Certified Logan Criminal Dispositions
Three records get confused for one another. A docket summary says what happened and when. A filed order holds the court's actual ruling. A certified disposition adds the clerk's authentication. That is the copy to request when you need official proof of a result.
Gather the case number, court level, and filing location first. For Circuit Court, call the Logan County Circuit Clerk. Ask which seat keeps the file. For District Court, contact the named department clerk. Say exactly what item you need. Ask whether a plain or certified copy fits your purpose. Confirm the page count, the current fee, how you can pay, and how the copy will reach you. Logan County publishes no official fee schedule and no online certified-copy request form. Never assume a dollar amount.
Note: Search ARCourts supplies public case information. But certification comes only from the court that holds the record.