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Ouachita County Background Information

Arkansas contains Ouachita County. A census established that Ouachita County had a total population of 22,650 in 2020. The county seat is Camden.

It was formed in 1842.

It was named for the Ouachita River. The river that runs south and east through the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana, joining the Tensas River to form the Black River near Jonesville, Louisiana.

Ouachita County is part of the Camden, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Ouachita County Arrest Records

In Ouachita County, arrest records are also kept on every crime within the jurisdictional area. Crimes are split up into two main categorizations in Ouachita County. Violent crime and property crime are the classes in question. Property crimes can include things such as burglary, vehicle theft, and larceny. Robbery, aggravated assault, murder, and forcible rape make up the four main violent crime categorizations. There were 127 violent and 488 property crimes in Ouachita County in 2018. Ouachita County Sheriff’s Office can be contacted at:

Ouachita County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff: David Norwood
109 Goodgame Street
Camden, AR 71701
Phone: (870) 231-5300
Fax: (870) 231-4329

Ouachita County Criminal Records

Ouachita County records their criminal activity in the form of criminal records. These records cover murders, rapes, burglaries, arson, motor vehicle theft, assaults, and crimes of a sexual nature. In Ouachita County and across the whole state of Arkansas, police officers are required to keep a refreshed list of all arrest records. Citizens of Ouachita County can use a search tool in order to get access to the records in question. Any individual on release or in jail can be searched for using the tool. Ouachita County legally keeps current sex offender registers. These include any offender living, attending school, working, or imprisoned in the Ouachita County area. This register can be accessed by all Ouachita County citizens.

Local offenders are situated by citizens of Ouachita County by using online searches. Citizens give a zip code and decide the radius of their search. The website will then list all sex offenders found within a given radius of this pinpointed location in Ouachita County. Specific offenders can also be located using these search tools in Ouachita County. The results will show all in prison and non-compliant offenders too.

Ouachita County Court Records

The criminal, civil, and family cases in Ouachita County are all overseen by the county courthouse. The court clerk maintains all Ouachita County court records. In the state of Arkansas, the Court of Appeals has the power to oversee any lower court case in which one party appeals. These lower courts often refer to one of the 75 superior or trial courts found across Arkansas’s 75 counties, including Ouachita County. Ouachita County residents can obtain copies of court records in-person at:

Ouachita County Courthouse
145 Jefferson
P.O. Box 667
Camden, AR 71701
Phone: (870) 837-2230
Fax: (870) 837-2252

NOTE - Ordinary court records in Ouachita County can usually be delivered by mail, email, or fax once payment is received. Yet, any official or accredited records in Ouachita County can only be delivered via mail.

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Ouachita County Public Records

Vital records are kept on each resident in Arkansas. All important life events are recorded in these documents. Marriages, divorces, births, and deaths are all reported in these vital files. Ouachita County, and other counties in Arkansas, assist in the collection of these vital records. These counties, such as Ouachita County, are usually put in charge of accumulating documents and sending copies to the state government.

In Arkansas, marriage records are currently compiled by every individual county clerk. All records are saved by the Arkansas Department of Health. The primary vital records are birth certificates, death certificates, divorce decrees, marriage licenses, divorce certificates, marriage certificates, and more. In the state of Arkansas, every single one of these vital records is saved together in one central registry, including those from Ouachita County. They can be used in the future for statistical analysis.

In Ouachita County, citizens can access and copy these vital records based on the public domain. The state of Arkansas passed the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) back in 1967, meaning that members of the public now have the fundamental right to access any public records. The most recent change to this law came in 2017. Ouachita County residents can obtain public records at:

Ouachita County Clerk’s Office
Clerk: Britt Williford
145 Jefferson Street South West
Camden, AR 71701
Phone: (870) 837-2220
Fax: (870) 837-2217

Nonetheless, every record comes at a cost, as it takes both times to source the records and resources to print them. For instance, birth certificates in Ouachita County cost $12. Death certificates in Ouachita County cost $10. First copies of marriage records cost $10 in Ouachita County.

NOTE - In order to acquire records, Ouachita County requesters must adhere to several rules. The office is open between 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. CST from Monday to Friday. Those looking to request records must also bring some form of photo identification. Examples include state IDs or driver's licenses. In Ouachita County, requesters must also put their public record requests in writing.