Mississippi County, AR Courts and Public Records

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

Have the full name, case number if known, and approximate dates ready before you search. Circuit court records for Mississippi County are kept by the Circuit Clerk in Blytheville.

Statewide, Arkansas circuit courts recorded 184,611 filings and 180,614 dispositions in CY 2024. Mississippi County is in the Second Judicial Circuit, which has 12 circuit judges listed, and its Circuit Clerk is Leslie Mullins Mason. County-level filings are not published in a downloadable form, so the figures below are Arkansas statewide totals.

This compares statewide circuit court totals from the 2021 annual report (CY 2021) with CY 2024, because county-level filings are not published in a downloadable form.

Statewide circuit filings rose 16.5% from 158,442 in CY 2021 to 184,611 in CY 2024. Civil filings grew the most, up 64.5% and adding 21,487 cases, while criminal filings fell 4.7%, the only decline among the case types. Juvenile filings rose 17.4% and probate filings rose 9.1% over the same period.

Civil cases are the largest category of Arkansas statewide circuit filings at 29.7% in CY 2024, and traffic violations are the largest category of statewide district filings at 30.1%. These are statewide totals and are not broken out by county.

Civil filings grew fastest, up 64.5% from CY 2021 to CY 2024, while criminal filings were the only category to fall, down 4.7%.

Mississippi County reported a violent crime rate of ~715.6 per 100K residents covered by reporting agencies in 2025, compared with ~546.3 statewide. Its property crime rate was ~2,443.6, against ~1,962.1 statewide.

Mississippi County's violent crime rate is 31.0% above state the statewide rate, and its property crime rate is 24.5% above state. The widest gap is for homicide, at 115.8% above state.

These figures cover offenses reported by all law enforcement agencies in Mississippi County, including Blytheville Police Department, Mississippi County Sheriff's Office, Manila Police Department and others, as published by the Arkansas Crime Information Center. Violent and property crimes combined fell 27.4% from 1,246 in 2024 to 905 in 2025.

In 2025, the violent crime rate of ~715.6 per 100K in Mississippi County is 31.0% above state the statewide rate of ~546.3, and the property crime rate of ~2,443.6 is 24.5% above state the statewide rate of ~1,962.1.

Mississippi County has 2 courthouse locations in Blytheville. Check your notice or ticket for the office, division, and room before you go.

In Mississippi County, Circuit Court handles felonies, civil cases, domestic relations, probate, and juvenile matters, while District Court handles misdemeanors, traffic, local ordinance, and small claims. Federal cases go to the U.S. District Court for Arkansas.

Yes, most Mississippi County court records are public, with exceptions for sealed, juvenile, and confidential records under 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, including dockets and filings, unless a rule or court order restricts them.

Restricted or confidential records

Juvenile, sealed, and confidential records are restricted under Administrative Order 19, so they may not be shown online or released in person.

Online access

Search case information at Search ARCourts, the official CourtConnect portal. Online results show case information, not every document, and traffic and fine payments are made at pay.arcourts.gov where the court participates.

In-person access

Visit the Circuit Clerk at 206 North 2nd Street, P.O. Box 1498, Blytheville, AR 72315 to view or request records. Call 870-762-2332 to confirm which division holds your case.

Fees

Fee amounts are not listed here; ask the Circuit Clerk at 870-762-2332 for current copy fees.

Use the official Arkansas portal to search Mississippi 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 (CourtConnect) to search case information.
3. Search by party name or case number and note the case number from the results.
4. Review the case status and parties listed in the case details.
5. Contact the Circuit Clerk at 870-762-2332 to request documents that are not available online.

Mississippi 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: Visit the court that issued the citation; call the Circuit Clerk at 870-762-2332 to confirm where to pay.
3. By mail: Send payment to the court that issued the citation; confirm the address with the Circuit Clerk at 870-762-2332.

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