Arkansas Circuit Courts

Judiciary of Arkansas

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The Arkansas Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction of the state of Arkansas.

Composition

There are 23 numbered judicial circuits, however four circuits are split, resulting in 28 actual courts. Each has five divisions, criminal, civil, probate, domestic relations, and juvenile. Each circuit covers at least one of Arkansas's 75 counties.^[1]

All judges in Arkansas are elected in non-partisan elections. Circuit judges serve six-year terms and must be licensed attorneys in the state for six years prior to the date of assuming office.^[2]

List of circuits

• 1st Judicial Circuit – Cross, Lee, Monroe, Phillips, St. Francis, Woodruff
• 2nd Judicial Circuit – Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett
• 3rd Judicial Circuit – Jackson, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp
• 4th Judicial Circuit – Madison, Washington
• 5th Judicial Circuit – Franklin, Johnson, Pope
• 6th Judicial Circuit – Perry, Pulaski
• 7th Judicial Circuit – Grant and Hot Spring
• 8th North Judicial Circuit – Hempstead, Nevada
• 8th South Judicial Circuit - Lafayette, Miller
• 9th East Judicial Circuit – Clark
• 9th West Judicial Circuit – Howard, Little River, Pike, Sevier
• 10th Judicial Circuit – Ashley, Bradly, Chicot, Desha, Drew
• 11th East Judicial Circuit – Arkansas
• 11th West Judicial Circuit - Jefferson, Lincoln
• 12th Judicial Circuit – Sebastian
• 13th Judicial Circuit – Calhoun, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Ouachita, Union
• 14th Judicial Circuit – Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton
• 15th Judicial Circuit – Conway, Logan, Scott, Yell
• 16th Judicial Circuit – Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Stone
• 17th Judicial Circuit – Prairie, White
• 18th East Judicial Circuit – Garland
• 18th West Judicial Circuit – Montgomery, Polk
• 19th East Judicial Circuit – Carroll
• 19th West Judicial Circuit - Benton
• 20th Judicial Circuit – Faulkner, Searcy, Van Buren
• 21st Judicial Circuit – Crawford
• 22nd Judicial Circuit – Saline
• 23rd Judicial Circuit – Lonoke

See also

• Arkansas portal
• Law portal

References

1. "Judicial Directory" (PDF). State of Arkansas. July 23, 2015. p. 10-21. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
2. "Circuit Courts". Arkansas Judiciary. Retrieved July 26, 2015.