Sebastian County Booking Reports

Sebastian County booking reports live with the Sebastian County Sheriff's Office at 800 South A Street in Fort Smith. The office runs the Adult Detention Center and the juvenile facility. You can search current inmates through the online Sebastian County Inmate Inquiry System at any time of day. Older Sebastian County booking reports come through the sheriff's records office under the Arkansas FOIA. Fort Smith, Greenwood, and the rest of the county feed arrests into this single booking system.

Sebastian County Sheriff's Office

The Sheriff's Office is at 800 South A Street, Fort Smith, AR 72901. Phone is (479) 783-1051. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. The sheriff's staff processes every arrest in Sebastian County. That includes cases from the Fort Smith Police Department, the Greenwood Police Department, and smaller agencies across the county.

Records requests for Sebastian County booking reports can be filed at the records division during business hours. You can also visit the public access terminals at the Sebastian County Courthouse. Some searches can be handled over the phone if you have the inmate's full name and approximate booking date.

The Sebastian County Sheriff's Office portal is the central online hub for Sebastian County booking reports, inmate inquiries, and FOIA requests.

The site links out to the inmate inquiry system, the detention center page, and the circuit clerk's office for court files.

Sebastian County Adult Detention Center

The Adult Detention Center is at 801 South A Street, Fort Smith, AR 72901. Phone is (479) 783-1051. The facility holds both male and female inmates. It houses pretrial detainees and people serving short sentences of under a year. The facility has a full range of security classifications, from minimum to maximum.

Basic medical services are provided at the jail. Commissary access lets inmates buy approved items. Visitation is available per facility rules. Any person processed into the center becomes part of the Sebastian County booking reports record set with a full intake package: mugshot, fingerprints, charges, and bond info.

Sebastian County also runs a Juvenile Detention Center at 23 South 6th Street in Fort Smith. Phone (479) 784-1550. This facility handles people under 18 awaiting adjudication or serving short terms. Juvenile records are not public under Arkansas Code § 9-27-309, so juvenile bookings do not appear in public Sebastian County booking reports.

A third site, the Work Release Center at 800 South A Street, houses low-risk non-violent inmates who keep jobs in the community while serving their sentences.

The Sebastian County Inmate Inquiry System is the direct online portal for Sebastian County booking reports and current custody information.

The system runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with searches by last name or first name plus custody filters.

Sebastian County Inmate Inquiry System

The Sebastian County Inmate Inquiry System lets you search in real time. It is free. No login is required. You can look up people currently in custody by last name or first name. Results include:

• Basic identifying info (name, DOB)
• Current charges
• Booking date
• Bond amount (if any)
• Housing location
• Mugshot (booking photo)

Once you pick a case, the system shows the full booking record. Each person also has an assigned inmate ID. Keep that number for future lookups or to send money. Funds can be deposited online via the Sebastian County Inmate Trust Fund portal, at the lobby kiosk, or by mail. Online fees are 5-7% of the deposit. Kiosk fees are 3-5%. Mailed money orders have no service fee but take 3-5 days.

FOIA for Sebastian County Booking Reports

The Arkansas FOIA at Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-101 makes most Sebastian County booking reports public. Free inspection is allowed at the sheriff's office during business hours. Copy fees may apply. Under § 25-19-105(d)(3), agencies can charge for reproduction but not for staff time on routine requests.

Free resources for basic lookups include the online inmate inquiry, in-person inspection at the sheriff's office (Monday to Friday 8 AM to 4:30 PM), and the public access terminals at the Sebastian County Courthouse at 35 South 6th Street. For certified copies, plan to pay a per-document fee.

Sebastian County Court Records

The Sebastian County Circuit Clerk is at 901 South B Street, Room 205, Fort Smith, AR 72901. Phone (479) 782-1046. Fax (479) 784-1580. Hours are Monday to Friday 8 AM to 5 PM. The Circuit Clerk is the focal point for filings in the Sebastian County Circuit Court. Effective April 1, 2022, all cases EXCEPT criminal ones moved to CourtConnect. Criminal cases stay on JusticeWeb. Older cases before 2015 are on the iSeries.

The Fort Smith District Court is at 35 South 6th Street, Fort Smith, AR 72901, (479) 783-1103. Fax (479) 441-1398. This court has jurisdiction inside the city of Fort Smith. It handles misdemeanors, city ordinance cases, and preliminary hearings on felonies.

Cities in Sebastian County

Fort Smith is the county seat and the largest city. Pick the city below to see its booking reports page.

Legal Help and Arkansas Booking Laws

A few groups can help when you need support reading a Sebastian County booking report or sealing an old case. Legal Aid of Arkansas at (870) 972-9224 covers most of the state and has self-help guides for criminal record issues. The Center for Arkansas Legal Services at (501) 376-3423 serves central Arkansas. The Arkansas Bar Association runs a lawyer referral line at (501) 375-4606 if you need a paid attorney.

Arkansas arrest law is at Ark. Code Ann. § 16-81-101 to 16-81-407. Department of Correction record duties come from Ark. Code Ann. § 12-27-113. Juvenile records are closed under Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-309. The right to see and challenge your own criminal history lives in Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1013. Record sealing falls under Ark. Code Ann. § 16-90-1401 et seq.

A typical Sebastian County booking report lists full legal name, aliases, age, sex, race, height, weight, mugshot, booking number, intake date and time, arresting agency, charges with statute codes, bond type, bond amount, and court date when set. Smaller counties in Arkansas share fewer fields than bigger ones. The Arkansas Legislature keeps the full state code text online for anyone who wants to read the rules.

Sebastian County Booking Reports Search Tips

A few tips speed up a Sebastian County booking reports search. Fort Smith is the largest intake source for the county. Arrests by the Fort Smith Police Department, the Greenwood Police Department, and smaller agencies all route through the sheriff's detention system. A partial name works better than a full name when spellings vary.

Recent Sebastian County bookings appear on the inmate inquiry within a day. Older bookings may not stay in the current roster once an inmate is released or transferred. For that history you want the sheriff's records division or one of the statewide tools like ARCH. The Circuit Clerk is the stop for the case side once charges are filed.