How to Search the De Queen Court Docket
Match the court first. Whatever the citation or filed notice names, that is where the case lives. City traffic cases stay out of City Hall. So do city criminal matters. Both belong to the De Queen docket of the 36th Judicial District Court. The district clerk can run a lookup for you. Try a citation number, case number, name, or an approximate filing date. For a faster start, try Search ARCourts, the free state portal for public case information. Pick Sevier County and double-check the court location before trusting any result. One caution: the portal is not legal notice, and it is not the official record.
- Read the court name and appearance date printed on the citation or notice.
- Search by the full case or citation number, then try the participant name if needed.
- Confirm that the result identifies Sevier County and the proper district location.
- Review Case Events for the latest date, time, room, judge, and event type.
- Call the district clerk when the result is missing, unclear, or recently reset.
A blank result is not proof the record is missing. A brand-new ticket may not have been entered yet. The number could be typed in the wrong format. Or the case may sit in a different court layer altogether. Have the citation in hand when you call. The clerk can then pinpoint the exact De Queen docket.
De Queen Docket in Room 215
The De Queen city docket runs through District Court in Room 215 of the Sevier County Courthouse, 115 North Third Street. Judge Manya Wood is listed for the court. For a city citation, a lower-level criminal setting, or a small-claims filing, these are the contacts to use. Chief clerk Tracy Miner answers at 870-584-7311. The court's main number is 870-642-3002. Either office can tell you where a De Queen record is kept and whether a hearing date has shifted.
De Queen District Docket
Room 215, 115 North Third Street
De Queen, AR 71832
Clerk: 870-584-7311
Court: 870-642-3002
Room 215 is a counter, not a guarantee. Call ahead before visiting. Ask what identifying facts to bring, whether copies can be mailed, which payment form is accepted, and whether the matter is public. No De Queen city copy fee or fixed response time is published in the official sources.
The De Queen Municipal Court
People may say municipal court. Arkansas official sources treat the De Queen city docket as part of the 36th Judicial District Court, De Queen Department. The difference matters. This court handles the limited-jurisdiction work assigned by law. That work includes traffic, local misdemeanor and violation matters, preliminary felony steps, and civil or small-claims cases within district limits. It is not a separate City Hall tribunal. The official sources name no separate De Queen municipal judge or clerk. De Queen is also the only Sevier County municipality expressly listed in the current district plan. The plan names it as contributing and filing city cases. Let that fact steer the search. A city police citation or ordinance case belongs on the De Queen district docket. A felony, a major civil suit, a domestic-relations case, or a later district appeal belongs elsewhere. It belongs in the Circuit Court record instead. Read the court name in a De Queen result with care. "District" points to the actual Arkansas court level. "De Queen" may point to the city docket or the department tied to the case. Neither label lets you substitute City Hall for the district clerk. Keep those roles straight. It speeds up a De Queen court docket request and sends payment questions to the office that can actually answer them.
De Queen City and County Dockets
The district plan splits the De Queen city calendar from the Sevier County calendar. City traffic and criminal matters usually ride the second-Tuesday session. County traffic and criminal matters usually ride the fourth-Tuesday session. Both sessions may sit in the same courthouse. The captions and schedules are not interchangeable. Check the agency that wrote the citation. Check the court printed on it. Those two details point to the correct docket.
| Record | Normal pattern | Best check |
|---|---|---|
| De Queen traffic or criminal | Second Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. | Citation and district clerk |
| Sevier County traffic or criminal | Fourth Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. | Citation and district clerk |
| City or county civil and small claims | Third Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. | Filed notice and district clerk |
Treat these as plan patterns, not promises for one case. A judge may move a date, or a filed order may create a special setting. When the usual De Queen docket day conflicts with a newer court instruction, follow the instruction.
De Queen Court Dates and Settings
De Queen city traffic and criminal sessions normally sit on the second Tuesday. They start at 9:00 a.m. City civil and small-claims matters normally sit on the third Wednesday. They start at 10:00 a.m. The controlling date comes from the latest court notice, order, or confirmed Case Event. That is the one to follow. A schedule pattern is handy for spotting a possible mistake. It cannot replace the instruction entered for the individual De Queen case.
| Date | The scheduled day shown in the current Case Event or filed notice. |
|---|---|
| Time | The listed docket call or individual setting time, not courthouse office hours. |
| Room | Room 215 when directed, or another location stated by the court. |
| Judge | The judicial officer assigned to the event. |
| Setting Type | Traffic, arraignment, pretrial, trial, civil, small claims, or another stated event. |
Scan the nearby docket entries. Look for a notice, continuance, or reset. An older event can linger in the history after a case moves. Two future dates on the screen? Call the De Queen district clerk and ask which event controls.
De Queen Docket Census Context
De Queen counted 6,105 residents in the 2020 Census incorporated-place table. That made it Sevier County's largest of five incorporated places. It was also the only one with a separately documented city docket in the district plan. Size does not equal caseload, though. No official count of city cases exists. The ranking does explain one thing. It shows why the plan keeps a De Queen city session apart from the county session.
The Census Bureau summary-file source explains the population basis used for that ranking.
The Census figure settles one question only. It ranks the city. It says nothing about De Queen court filings or how busy the docket runs.
De Queen Traffic Tickets
Start with the paper citation itself. The Arkansas eTraffic list of participating courts leaves out Sevier County and De Queen. So no official promise of online payment exists. The city site offers no verified citation-pay portal either. Call 870-584-7311. Ask about accepted payment methods, the balance, how to plead, and whether you must appear. A payment link that merely carries the city name is not a court-authorized one. Paying in full through a court-authorized process can count as an admission. It can also waive your trial. Anyone who wants to contest a De Queen ticket should ask the clerk how to enter a plea before the deadline instead of paying in full. Some offenses require an appearance regardless. Missing a deadline for payment or appearance can bring added costs. It can also bring a warrant, license action, arrest, or a separate failure-to-appear matter. For the countywide picture, see the Sevier County traffic court records resource. It offers step-by-step court-record help too.
No De Queen Pay Portal
De Queen publishes no citation-pay or city docket portal. That gap is actually helpful. It points you to the safe chain: the paper citation first, the district clerk second, and Search ARCourts as a public information check only. Be clear about what the gap does not mean. The ticket is not void, and a De Queen docket entry may still exist.
Before paying: Confirm the court, citation number, amount, plea effect, and deadline directly with the district clerk at 870-584-7311.
A fresh citation can sit unfiled for a while. If Search ARCourts returns no match, strip the extra filters and recheck the number. Then ask the clerk whether the citation has been filed yet, and jot down the date and the instruction you were given.
Where De Queen Cases End Up
Where a De Queen case lands depends on the charge. A citation, ordinance charge, local misdemeanor, or smaller civil claim starts in the district docket. That applies when that court is named on the record. A felony may pass through a preliminary district step. But the felony case itself proceeds to Sevier Circuit Court. A proper district criminal appeal also opens a Circuit Court track under Arkansas procedure. That appeal is not simply another line in the old De Queen docket.
Docket flow: De Queen city docket › 36th Judicial District Court › Sevier County Circuit Court
A district appeal can carry a new case number and a certified district docket sheet. The Sevier County Circuit Clerk keeps the Circuit Court records. From there, a case can climb further, creating a separate appellate docket in the Arkansas Court of Appeals or Arkansas Supreme Court, depending on the governing rules.
De Queen City Hall Distinction
The official De Queen city portal lists City Hall at 220 North Second Street, phone 870-584-3445, open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. City Hall is not the district-court counter. For a De Queen docket, a setting, plea instruction, or court copy, use the court contact in Room 215 unless the citation directs otherwise.
The city portal is good for one thing here: telling municipal services apart from the court clerk's work. A shared name does not make the payment systems interchangeable.
Public Access to De Queen Court Records
Search ARCourts lets the public inspect De Queen case information. That access depends on the case and its security level. For the official record, a current setting, or copies, the district clerk remains the office to contact. Access to court records runs under Arkansas Supreme Court Administrative Order 19. That order keeps certain material closed. The closed items include sealed or expunged information, confidential juvenile and adoption files, protected account data, and anything else shut by law or by order.
Key rules:
Administrative Order 19 provides public access while protecting confidential court-record categories.
Ark. Code ยง25-19-105 supplies general public-record request channels, while judicial case records follow the court's access order.
A missing De Queen result can mean many things. The wrong court, a delayed entry, an older paper file, a filter mistake, or a legal restriction. It is not proof the case never existed.
De Queen Docket Place Record
Official incorporated-place records give one more way to confirm De Queen as its own city. That identity sits inside Sevier County. The Census incorporated-place table shows the county's complete five-city set. It also shows where De Queen sits in it. Court authority does not flow from a Census table. Still, the place record keeps the city docket from being mistaken for a countywide label.
That place identity is what the Census table confirms. Where a case is actually heard is controlled by the district plan, the citation, and the court clerk.