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This page explains what this private site can and cannot help with, and where to direct questions about official Hempstead County criminal records. Most record questions belong with a government office in Hope or with an Arkansas state system, so the routing below points each request type to the likely source.

This Is Not a Government Office. We run a private reference site. We cannot pull criminal records, run official background checks, remove or correct a record, or accept Arkansas sealing filings for anyone. For any of those tasks, contact the government office that maintains the record.

Need an Official Record?

Here is where to look for the records most people ask about in Hempstead County:

  • Court case files: see criminal court case records, search Arkansas Judiciary CourtConnect, or contact the Hempstead County Circuit Clerk page for Circuit Court files and the Hempstead County District Court page for district-level matters
  • Criminal records and rap sheets: use the Arkansas Department of Public Safety - Arkansas State Police / ACIC route for state criminal-history information
  • Arrest, booking, and jail records: contact the Hempstead County Sheriff's Office / Detention Center, 312 South Washington Street, Hope, AR 71801, 870-777-6727
  • Official background checks: order through the Arkansas State Police Online Criminal Background Check System or the fingerprint-based State Police process
  • Police reports and incident records: contact the agency that wrote the report, including the Hope Police Department for Hope city incidents and the sheriff for county enforcement records
  • Sealing and record restrictions: file with the court that handled the case, then follow up with the clerk, sheriff, or Arkansas State Police if the record still appears

For records held at the county law-enforcement level, the main contact is the Hempstead County Sheriff's Office / Detention Center, 312 South Washington Street, Hope, AR 71801, 870-777-6727. For court records, use the Hempstead County Circuit Clerk page for Circuit Court files, the Hempstead County District Court page for county district matters, and the Hope District Court page when the matter is tied to Hope city court routing.