Greene County, AR Courts and Public Records

The Greene County Circuit Court, part of the Second Judicial Circuit, handles felonies, civil cases, domestic relations, juvenile, and probate matters. The District Court handles misdemeanors, traffic, local ordinance, small claims, and civil matters.

Have the person's full name, the case number if you know it, and approximate dates ready before you search. Greene County circuit records are kept by the Circuit Clerk in Paragould.

Arkansas circuit and district courts reported the statewide caseload below for calendar year 2024. Greene County cases fall under the Second Judicial Circuit, which has 12 circuit judges, but county-level filings are not published in downloadable form, so these figures are statewide and not estimates for Greene County.

This table compares statewide Arkansas circuit court filings in CY 2021, from the 2021 annual report, with CY 2024 totals, because county-level filings for Greene County are not published in downloadable form.

Statewide circuit filings rose 16.5% from 158,442 in CY 2021 to 184,611 in CY 2024. Civil filings contributed the largest increase, growing 64.5% (21,487 cases), while criminal filings fell 4.7%. Juvenile filings rose 17.4% and probate filings rose 9.1%, while domestic relations filings rose 6.4%. These are two points in time, so they do not show the year-by-year pattern.

Statewide, civil cases are the largest circuit category at 29.7% of CY 2024 circuit filings, and traffic violation cases are the largest district category at 30.1% of district filings.

Circuit Court case types (Arkansas statewide, CY 2024)

District Court main categories (Arkansas statewide, CY 2024)

From CY 2021 to CY 2024, statewide circuit civil filings grew fastest (+64.5%), while criminal filings were the only category to fall (-4.7%).

This comparison uses 2025 reported crime for all agencies in Greene County and for all Arkansas reporting agencies, because county-level court filings are not published in downloadable form.

Greene County's 2025 violent crime rate is about 61% below the Arkansas rate, while its property crime rate is about 37% above it. Both rates use residents covered by reporting agencies rather than Census population.

These figures cover offenses reported by all law enforcement agencies in Greene County, mainly the Paragould Police Department and Greene County Sheriff's Office, with rates per 100K residents covered by those agencies. Total reported offenses fell 18.7%, from 1,686 in 2024 to 1,370 in 2025, while violent offenses fell from 361 to 102.

The Greene County violent crime rate of ~215.6 per 100K compares with ~546.3 statewide, and its property crime rate of ~2680.8 per 100K compares with ~1962.1 statewide.

Greene County lists 1 office location in Paragould, where the Circuit Clerk and county offices share one address. Check your notice or ticket for the office assigned to your case before you go.

Circuit Court handles felonies, domestic relations, juvenile, and probate matters in the Second Judicial Circuit, and District Court handles misdemeanors, traffic, and small claims. Federal cases are heard in the U.S. District Court for Arkansas.

Yes, most Greene County court records are public, with exceptions set by Arkansas Supreme Court Administrative Order 19 (Access to Court Records).

Public records

Most case files in the Circuit Court and District Court are open to the public under Administrative Order 19. You can view or request records at the Circuit Clerk's Office.

Restricted or confidential records

Juvenile, sealed, and confidential records are restricted under the same rules. Restricted cases may not be available through the online search.

Online access

Search public case information through Search ARCourts. Online results show case information, not every document, and they do not replace the official court records. Traffic payments are made at pay.arcourts.gov where the court participates.

In-person access

Visit the Circuit Clerk's Office at 320 West Court Street, Paragould, AR 72450, or call 870-239-6330 to confirm what you need.

Use the official Arkansas portal to search Greene County cases by case type, and ask the Circuit Clerk for documents that are not online.

1. Identify the case type, such as criminal, traffic, civil, small claims, family law, probate, or juvenile.
2. Open Search ARCourts for public case information, or visit arcourts.gov for court information.
3. Search by party name or case number, and note the case number from the results.
4. Review the case details, such as status and scheduled dates.
5. Contact the Circuit Clerk at 870-239-6330 to request documents that are not online.

Greene County traffic citations can be paid online where the court participates, or in person or by mail to the court that issued the citation. Traffic citations are paid separately from criminal fines and parking tickets.

1. Online: Pay traffic tickets at pay.arcourts.gov where the court participates.
2. In person: Pay at the court that issued the citation. Call the Circuit Clerk at 870-239-6330 to confirm where to pay.
3. By mail: Mail payment to the court that issued the citation, and call the Circuit Clerk at 870-239-6330 for mailing instructions.

Parking tickets are handled by the agency that issued them, not by the District Court. Municipal and local ordinance tickets go to the city's district court.