Pulaski County Resident Search

The Pulaski County Residents Directory pulls together the public records you need to look up a person in central Arkansas. With Little Rock as the county seat and over 400,000 people in the county, Pulaski holds the deepest set of resident data of any Arkansas county. The County Clerk, Circuit Clerk, Assessor, and Sheriff each keep a slice of that directory. You can search court cases, marriage records, deeds, voter rolls, business filings, and inmate data through Pulaski County offices and online portals.

Pulaski County Residents Directory at the County Clerk

The Pulaski County Clerk's office, led by Terri Hollingsworth, runs the broadest set of online resident services in the state. The office handles marriage license applications, small estate affidavits, divorce filings, court case lookups, court fine payments, real estate document recording, absentee ballot requests, and real estate record searches. Voter registration, campaign financial reports, minister credentials, DBA (Doing Business As) searches, and marriage license searches all run through the same shop.

The image below shows the front page of the County Clerk's website at pulaskiclerk.com, which is the entry point for most resident lookups in Pulaski County.

From that page you can also reach Arkansas Law Help, the Center for Arkansas Legal Services, Arkansas Access to Justice, the Public Defender's Office, and Arkansas Free Legal Answers. Polling location info and voter registration applications sit on the same site. The County Clerk acts as the central hub for non-court resident data in Pulaski County.

Court Records in the Pulaski County Residents Directory

The Pulaski County Circuit Clerk holds court files and acts as the County Recorder for land documents. Court records cover civil, criminal, probate, and domestic relations cases. The office also keeps the master grantor and grantee index for deeds, mortgages, and liens. Most case files can be searched by name through the statewide CourtConnect portal as well as the county's own clerk system.

Pulaski sits in the 6th Judicial Circuit. Recording fees follow state statute at $15 for the first page and $5 for each extra page. Marriage licenses cost $60 with both parties present and valid ID. The Circuit Clerk's office runs Monday through Friday on standard 8:00 to 4:30 hours.

Pulaski County also publishes campaign finance reports and ethics filings tied to elected officials. These are part of the public Residents Directory under the Arkansas FOIA framework laid out in Act 152 of 1999. Anyone can view these without a stated purpose.

Pulaski County Property Records and the Residents Directory

The Pulaski County Assessor maintains the parcel database for over 200,000 properties. Real property is assessed at 20% of market value as of January 1st each year. Personal property runs through the same office and has a May 31st deadline, with a 10% penalty for late assessments.

Property record cards show owner name, mailing address, parcel number, square footage, lot size, year built, and assessed value. The Assessor's office in Little Rock processes homestead exemptions ($350 trim off taxable value) and disability exemptions for qualified residents. Field appraisers check parcels in the field to keep the records honest. The Equalization Board steps in after August 1st to handle any value disputes.

Land records sit at the Circuit Clerk's office, which acts as the County Recorder. A name search through the grantor and grantee indexes shows every property a Pulaski County resident has bought or sold. Owners can also pull tax payment history from the Pulaski County Treasurer/Collector. The full Pulaski County government structure works together to keep the Residents Directory updated.

Pulaski County Sheriff Records and Inmate Search

The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office holds arrest records, incident reports, and operates the county jail. Records of arrests made by the Sheriff's Office fall under Arkansas FOIA, with limited redactions for active investigations. The office handles court security, civil process service, and patrol of unincorporated areas.

An online inmate search is available through the county website. The system shows name, booking date, and held charges for active inmates. The Sheriff's office also runs the local sex offender registry, working in tandem with the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau and the Arkansas Crime Information Center (ACIC) hotline at (501) 682-2222.

For people researching a name in the Residents Directory, the Sheriff's office is the place to confirm whether someone is in custody, recently arrested, or registered as an offender. The state-level Arkansas Online Criminal Background Check System covers Arkansas felony and misdemeanor convictions and pending felony arrests within the last five years for $22 per state check.

Vital Records in the Pulaski County Residents Directory

Pulaski County is also home to the statewide Arkansas Department of Health Vital Records office at 4815 W. Markham Street in Little Rock. This office keeps the central index for births, deaths, marriages, and divorces across all 75 counties. Birth certificates cost $12 for the first copy and $10 for each extra copy ordered at the same time. Death certificates run $10 per copy. Marriage and divorce records are $10 each.

For Pulaski County residents, the state vital records office is just a short drive across town. Walk-in requests at the Little Rock office often get same-day service. Mail and online requests through VitalChek take longer but cost a small extra fee. Birth records open to the public after 100 years; death and marriage records after 50 years.

Marriage licenses for Pulaski County weddings are issued by the Pulaski County Clerk's office, which also keeps a searchable marriage license index. The County Clerk and the state Vital Records office both feed into the broader Residents Directory for the area.

Cities in the Pulaski County Residents Directory

Pulaski County covers four major cities. Each has its own page in this directory with local police records, city clerk info, and links back to the county-level offices for court and property records.

More Resident Data Tied to Pulaski County

Pulaski County's location as the state capital region gives residents extra access to statewide databases. The Arkansas Secretary of State's Business and Commercial Services Division sits in the State Capitol at Room 256 and holds business entity records, the UCC filing index, the Notary Public Search, and trademark filings. Phone: 501-682-1010.

Other useful Pulaski County resources tied to resident lookups:

• Arkansas Secretary of State business entity search
• State-level Voter View tool for voter status
• Arkansas Judiciary appellate case search at arcourts.gov
• Arkansas State Archives for historical records
• ACIC sex offender registry hotline (501-682-2222)

The state-level Voter View tool lets a Pulaski County resident check their registration, find their polling place, and view sample ballots. New registrations must be submitted 30 days before an election to count.

Nearby Counties in the Residents Directory

Pulaski County sits in the heart of central Arkansas. These nearby counties also feed into the regional Residents Directory.