Learn About Arkansas Warrant Rules and Records

The judge of the court grants warrants as an authorization to enable the law enforcement officials to take actions that is not permissible otherwise. Warrants are basically issued for three main reasons:

-To search and collect evidences

- To take a person in custody if there is enough evidence to prove that the person is guilty of the crime

-To intimate a person to appear in front of the judge of the court.

There are three types of Arkansas warrants which are issued: Bench warrants, Arrest warrants and Search warrants.

Bench Warrants

If anybody misses the date fixed by the court to appear in front of the court, then a bench warrant is issued against that person.

Search Warrants

A search warrant is issued and used by the police if there are valid reasons for the search. Search warrants are not issued at random. The declaration on the search warrants must specify what the police are looking for.

Arrest Warrants

An arrest warrant is issued against a person who has failed to appear in front of the court in response to a citation or summons by the judicial officer who has been vested with the power to issue an arrest warrant. In addition to this, a judicial officer has the power to issue an arrest warrant against a person, if there is sufficient reason to believe that the accused has actually committed the crime from the affidavit, recorded testimony or other vital source of information.A judicial officer can issue a summon as stated in Rule 6.1 in lieu of an arrest warrant. Arkansas Warrant for arrest consists of evidences of probable cause in the form of a signed affidavit.

Accessing the Warrants

All the arrest warrants which are issued in the state of Arkansas arise from the Supreme Court. You can access the details regarding the arrest warrants from the official website of the Supreme Court of Arkansas which is http://courts.state.ar.us/index.cfm. You can also visit the Supreme Court; the Clerk of the Courts office at Justice Building, 625, Marshall Street, Little Rock, AR 72201 or you can call 501 682 6849 for the clerk’s office for information about Arkansas Warrant.

The active arrest Arkansas warrant records and other related warrant records can be found from the office of the clerk of the court and the respective county sheriff’s department. For instance the sheriffs department’s active warrant records can be found from http://www.baxtercountysheriff.com/warrant.php.

Expungement of Warrant Records

Not all warrant records can be expunged specially those which involve felonies like rape and murder. If an individual is convicted for multiple felonies, then it is not possible to expunge those records. If it is possible to somehow expunge your conviction, it will be removed from the public record. All warrant records or conviction will still remain on the NCIC. Law enforcement division will always have your complete record. Felonies unlike traffic tickets have no time limit for removal it from your record.The only way to remove a felony from your record is by providing a petition to state to get the conviction expunged.