Madison County, AR Courts and Public Records

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

Have the full name, the case number if you know it, and the approximate dates ready before you search. Madison County circuit records are kept by the Circuit Clerk in Huntsville.

Arkansas does not publish county-level court filings in a downloadable form, so this section reports Arkansas statewide circuit and district court totals for CY 2024. Madison County is served by the Fourth Judicial Circuit, which has 8 circuit judges and a Circuit Clerk in Huntsville.

Criminal (105.0%) and probate (103.4%) were the only case types with clearance rates above 100%.

Arkansas does not publish county-level filing totals in a downloadable form, so this section compares statewide circuit court filings from the 2021 annual report (CY 2021) with CY 2024 figures for the Fourth Judicial Circuit, which serves Madison County.

Statewide circuit filings rose 16.5% from 158,442 in CY 2021 to 184,611 in CY 2024. Civil filings grew fastest, up 64.5%, and juvenile filings rose 17.4%. Criminal filings fell 4.7%, the only decline among the five case types. Domestic relations filings rose 6.4% and probate filings rose 9.1%.

Statewide, civil cases were the largest circuit category in CY 2024 at 29.7% of 184,611 filings, and traffic violations were the largest district court category at 30.1% of 942,381 filings.

Civil filings grew fastest at 64.5% since CY 2021, while criminal filings fell 4.7%, the only decline.

Arkansas does not publish county court filings in a downloadable form, so this comparison uses 2025 reported crime for the Madison County reporting agencies against statewide reporting-agency rates.

Madison County's violent crime rate is 3.5% above the statewide rate, and its property crime rate is 64.6% below the statewide rate. Rates are computed from reported offense counts and the population covered by reporting agencies, not from Census figures.

These figures cover offenses reported by all law enforcement agencies in Madison County, which include the only reporting agency, Madison County SO, as published by the Arkansas Crime Information Center. Total reported crimes fell 8.4% in 2025 to 185 from 202 in 2024. Figures marked with ~ are estimates based on the other years shown for this county.

The 2025 violent crime rate of ~565.7 per 100K covered residents is 3.5% above the statewide rate of ~546.3, while the property crime rate of ~695.2 is 64.6% below the statewide rate of ~1,962.1.

Madison County has 2 listed court and county office locations, all in Huntsville, as shown in the official circuit clerk and county directories. Check your citation or notice for the assigned courthouse before you go.

Most Madison County cases start in either the Circuit Court, which hears felonies, civil, domestic relations, juvenile, and probate matters, or the District Court, which hears misdemeanors, traffic, local ordinance, small claims, and civil matters.

Federal cases are heard in the U.S. District Court for Arkansas, not in the county courts.

Yes, most Madison County court records are public, with exceptions for sealed, juvenile, and confidential records under Arkansas Supreme Court Administrative Order 19 on access to court records.

Public records

Most case files in the Circuit Court and District Court are open to the public, including dockets, filings, and orders, unless a law or court order restricts them.

Restricted or confidential records

Juvenile, sealed, and confidential records are restricted and are not available without legal authority. Access depends on the rule or order that applies to the record.

Online access

CourtConnect lets you search case information by name or case number. Online results may not show every document, and restricted records are not available online.

In-person access

Visit the Circuit Clerk in Huntsville to view or request records, or call 479-738-2215 to confirm what the clerk needs.

Fees

Fees depend on the record and the request, and the court has not published fee amounts in this section. Ask the Circuit Clerk at 479-738-2215 which fees apply.

Use the official Arkansas court portals to search Madison County cases by case type, and ask the Circuit Clerk for documents that are not available online.

1. Identify the case type, such as criminal, traffic, civil, small claims, family law, probate, or juvenile.
2. Open CourtConnect for circuit court case information, or see the district courts directory to find the district court for your case.
3. Search by party name or case number and note the case number from the results.
4. Review the case details, including case status, parties, and scheduled dates when they are shown.
5. Call the Circuit Clerk at 479-738-2215 to request documents that are not available online.

Madison County traffic tickets can be paid online where the court participates, or in person or by mail to the court that issued the citation.

1. Online: Pay traffic tickets at pay.arcourts.gov where the court participates.
2. In person: Pay at the court that issued the citation, and call the Circuit Clerk at 479-738-2215 with questions.
3. By mail: Send payment to the court that issued the citation, and call the Circuit Clerk at 479-738-2215 to confirm the mailing address.

Parking tickets are paid to the city or agency that issued them, not to the county court. Municipal and local ordinance tickets go to the city's District Court.