Enter a name to search for Arkansas public records. This website was created to provide genealogists with access to Arkansas public records. Additional information on how to obtain Arkansas public records is available below.
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Akansas Land Patents
The pre-1908 Arkansas Land Records documents the transfer of land ownership from the federal government to individuals. This data can help genealogists associate an individual with a specific location, date and time to authenticate the title transfer and find clues to their family line. Individuals described in this set would be patentees, assignees, warrantees, widows or heirs of the transfer. The legal land description location is given, along with the issue date of the title transfer.
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Arkansas Birth Certificates
Cost for copies: $12.00
Division of Vital Records
Arkansas Department of Health
4815 West Markham Street
Little Rock, AR 72205-3867State office has records since February 1914 and some original Little Rock and Fort Smith records from 1881. Additional copies of the same birth record, when requested at the same time are $10.00 each.
Personal check or money order should be made payable to Arkansas Department of Health. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (501) 661-2174. This will be a recorded message. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the Internet at http://www.healthyarkansas.com.
Arkansas Death Certificates
Cost for copies: $10.00
Department of Health and Social Services
Bureau of Vital Statistics
5441 Commercial Boulevard
Juneau, AK 99801State office has records since February 1914 and some original Little Rock and Fort Smith records from 1881. Additional copies of death record, when requested at the same time, are $8.00 each.
Personal check or money order should be made payable to Arkansas Department of Health. To verify current fees, the telephone number is (501) 661-2174. This will be a recorded message. Information on how to obtain certified copies is also available via the Internet at http://www.healthyarkansas.com.
Arkansas Marriage Certificates
Cost for copies: $8.00
Department of Health and Social Services
Bureau of Vital Statistics
5441 Commercial Boulevard
Juneau, AK 99801Coupons since 1917. Additional copies of the same marriage record, when requested at the same time, are $5.00 each.
For records stored at the county level, full certified copy may be obtained from County Clerk in county where license was issued.
Arkansas Divorce Records
Cost for copies: $8.00
Coupons since 1923. Additional copies of the same divorce record, when requested at the same time, are $5.00 each.
For records stored at the county level, full certified copy may be obtained from Circuit or Chancery Clerk in county where divorce was granted.
