Criminal Cases in Marion County Courts
Marion County Circuit Court is part of Arkansas's Fourteenth Judicial Circuit. The Circuit Clerk maintains criminal, civil, probate, domestic-relations, and juvenile circuit files. Felony and major criminal matters belong in this court. Marion County District Court handles rural district citations and misdemeanor-level matters, with departments serving Bull Shoals, Yellville, and Flippin.
The official Marion County court page identifies the local court structure and routing shown below.
That division matters because the correct clerk controls official copies. A District Court citation will not become a Circuit Court file merely because both offices are in Yellville.
Marion County Circuit Criminal Files
The Circuit-County Clerk is the main custodian for Marion County felony case records. Dawn Moffet's office is at 300 East Old Main Street, Yellville, Arkansas 72687, telephone 870-449-6226. Ask this office for an official circuit docket, a public filing, a judgment, or help when Search ARCourts identifies the case but does not expose the needed document.
Marion County Circuit-County Clerk
300 E. Old Main St.
Yellville, AR 72687
870-449-6226
dawn.moffet@marioncountyar.gov
Give the clerk the case number when possible. If it is unknown, provide the complete party name and an approximate filing or arrest date. The clerk can explain copy procedures and whether a requested item is public, but cannot provide legal advice about what a filing means.
The courthouse's published general hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The physical address and the clerk's mailing address are not identical, so confirm the mailing route before sending a written request. The office also maintains noncriminal circuit divisions. State that the request concerns a criminal case and name the exact filing, order, or judgment sought.
How to Search Marion County Case Records
Search ARCourts is the Arkansas Judiciary public case portal. It covers courts using the Contexte case-management system. All circuit courts provide case statistical information, while some district courts provide case information. Begin with the participant search, then record the court and case number before calling a local office.
- Open Search ARCourts and choose the relevant search context.
- Enter the participant's complete first, middle, and last name when known.
- Use organization or case-description mode when that better fits the record.
- Open the result and note the court, case number, judge, charges, events, and disposition.
- Call the Circuit Clerk for circuit copies or the correct district or city contact for lower-level matters.
- For a very recent arrest with no case, check the sheriff roster and search again after filing.
| Search field | Type | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Search context | Dropdown | Select participant or another supported mode. |
| First name | Text | Use the complete legal first name. |
| Middle name | Text | Helps separate similar names. |
| Last name | Text | Core participant field. |
| Organization or description | Text | Available in the matching search mode. |
| Advanced filters | Controls | Refine a broad result set. |
The Arkansas Judiciary's Search ARCourts overview is pictured below.
The overview explains why online coverage and linked documents can differ by court.
Marion County District Ticket Routes
District and city citations require the right local contact. Marion County District Court is at 105 South Berry Street, P.O. Box 301, Yellville, Arkansas 72687. Rural county matters use 870-449-6030. Yellville tickets route to 870-449-6581, Flippin tickets to 870-453-8300, and Bull Shoals tickets to 870-445-4775.
| Department | Typical route | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Rural Marion County | District citations and lower-level matters | 870-449-6030 |
| Yellville | City citation routing | 870-449-6581 |
| Flippin | City court and citation routing | 870-453-8300 |
| Bull Shoals | District department and citations | 870-445-4775 |
The state profile for Judge Jodi Carney and Marion County District Court is shown below.
It confirms the departmental structure that makes the citation's city or rural origin important.
Do not choose a department only from the defendant's home address. Use the court or city printed on the citation and the court identified in Search ARCourts. Flippin's court functions and police department are associated with 239 East Main Street, while Bull Shoals city and police contacts use 706 CS Woods Boulevard. Calling first prevents a payment or copy request from reaching the wrong department.
What the Marion County Case File Shows
A criminal court file documents the filed prosecution rather than the jail intake. Public fields may show parties, assigned judge, charges, dispositions, filings, future events, judgments, and some linked documents. Read charges and outcomes together. An allegation is not a conviction, and one case can contain several charges with different results.
| Case identifiers | Case number, description, court, and filing context. |
|---|---|
| Parties and judge | Public party names and assigned judge when unrestricted. |
| Charges | Filed offense allegations and classifications. |
| Filings | Motions, orders, and other docketed items; some documents may link online. |
| Events | Hearings, future settings, and procedural activity. |
| Dispositions | Dismissal, plea, verdict, or other outcome for each charge. |
| Judgment and sentence | Public final orders, penalties, fines, costs, or supervision terms. |
| Redactions | Information withheld under Administrative Order 19 or other law. |
When only a docket line appears, ask the clerk whether the underlying public document can be copied. No document link does not prove that no document exists.
Read Marion County Charges and Outcomes
A charge is the accusation filed in court. A disposition is the result. A dismissal ends the charge without a conviction. An acquittal is a not-guilty result after trial. A conviction follows a guilty plea or verdict and judgment. A sentence states the penalty imposed after conviction. These labels prevent a pending allegation from being reported as a final outcome.
- Information
- A charging document filed by a prosecutor.
- Arraignment
- The hearing where charges are read and a plea is entered.
- Nolle prosequi
- A prosecutor's decision not to proceed with a charge.
- Judgment
- The court's formal decision and outcome record.
- Revocation
- A proceeding alleging a breach of probation or supervision terms.
Follow each charge row to its own disposition. If Search ARCourts remains unclear, request the judgment or final order from the Marion County clerk instead of inferring the outcome from a booking page.
A plea is the defendant's formal response to a charge. Bond concerns release while a case is pending and is not a finding of guilt. Court costs are statutory case expenses, while a fine is punishment imposed by the court. Probation is a supervised community sentence. A later revocation motion begins another contested stage and should not be treated as proved until the court records its ruling.
Stages of a Marion County Criminal Case
A Marion County criminal case moves through distinct court events. The exact path varies, and many cases resolve before trial. Still, the docket normally records enough of the sequence to show whether the matter is newly filed, pending, resolved, or at sentencing.
At arraignment, the accused hears the charge and enters a plea. Pretrial activity can include motions, discovery-related events, and scheduling. A plea or trial produces a disposition, while sentencing sets the consequence after conviction. Future events do not establish guilt. Always check for the final judgment.
A complaint may begin a lower-level case, while a prosecutor-filed information or grand-jury indictment can supply a formal charging document in a more serious matter. The docket can record amended charges and separate outcomes for each count. A future hearing date shows only that another event is scheduled. It does not say whether the case will end by dismissal, plea, trial, or another order.
Marion County Payment Is Not Case Search
Online payment tools serve a narrow purpose. They do not replace the docket or prove the full outcome. Before paying a Marion County or city citation, call the correct court department and confirm the ticket number, case number, court date, and amount. The payment system may accept money without presenting the filings or disposition needed to understand the case.
The official Marion County nCourt payment source is pictured below.
Use that page only after the court confirms the obligation. Use Search ARCourts or the clerk for the criminal case record.
Flippin's official instructions illustrate the distinction: online payment requires the ticket number, case number, court date, and amount. Those are payment inputs, not a substitute for the docket. A receipt cannot show whether another charge was dismissed, whether a judgment contains added terms, or whether a later hearing remains set. Keep the receipt, then use the court record for case status.
Marion County Case Record Access and Restrictions
Arkansas Supreme Court Administrative Order 19 limits Internet and public access to specified court information. Juvenile matters, sealed records, victim data, and protected identifiers may be withheld. Basic case information can appear online even when a document is unavailable. The clerk decides what can be released from the official file under the applicable rules.
The Arkansas Freedom of Information Act supplies a general public-record framework, while Administrative Order 19 specifically shapes court access. A request should identify the case number and exact item sought. Broad requests take more work and may include material that must be reviewed or redacted.
An online background-check product is a different record. The Arkansas Online Criminal Background Check System shown below serves authorized state-check requests, not Marion County docket research.
A missing court document should go to the court clerk, not to the background-check system.
Marion Court Files Versus ARCH
Search ARCourts and the Marion County clerk describe the court case. Arkansas Criminal History, or ARCH, supplies a statewide name-based criminal-history product with different inclusion rules. ARCH can omit dismissed charges, unresolved misdemeanor arrests, older felony arrests, not-guilty outcomes, sealed records, federal matters, and out-of-state history. It also depends on disposition reporting from the sentencing court.
The official ARCH sample result is shown below.
Its incident, arresting-agency, class, and charge fields do not replace Marion County motions, hearing events, judgments, or linked court documents. Search the case file for the legal outcome and ARCH only for the separate statewide product.
ARCH requires a complete legal first name, last name, date of birth, and sex. Its result is online-only and not certified. Arkansas State Police warns that identity is not guaranteed without fingerprint verification. By contrast, a Marion County court request is tied to a filed case and its case number. Use the clerk's certified-copy process when formal proof of the court record is needed.