How to Search the Horatio Court Docket
Begin with the paper, not a website. The citation or notice names the court, the place of appearance, the case number, and the deadline. If it points to the Sevier County district docket, call chief clerk Tracy Miner at 870-584-7311. You can also try Search ARCourts. Select Sevier County and the right court location there. Then compare whatever the portal shows against the paper record in hand.
- Copy the citation or case number exactly, including its prefix.
- Identify the issuing agency and court printed on the document.
- Search the number or participant name in the statewide public portal.
- Check Case Events and nearby docket entries for a reset or new notice.
- Call the named court, using the Sevier district clerk as the documented fallback.
Nothing showing up? Strip away extra filters and check the spelling. A fresh citation may simply not be keyed in yet. The case could also sit in Circuit Court or be sealed from public view. An online miss never voids a Horatio-area citation.
No Horatio City Docket Listed
Check the official directory. Check the 36th Judicial District plan. Neither names a separate Horatio court or department. No Horatio municipal judge appears. No Horatio clerk, calendar, citation database, or pay site does either. De Queen stands as the only Sevier County municipality with an expressly identified city docket. That gap is the key fact for a Horatio search.
Direct answer: Do not assume Horatio City Hall holds a municipal docket. Follow the court and appearance place printed on the citation.
Just because Horatio has no city docket listing does not mean its cases vanish. Police work handled by county law enforcement often lands as a district case under the county's caption. Felonies and larger civil matters can move up to Circuit Court instead. What matters is the label on the filed record. The town where the event took place does not. Let that label tell you which clerk to ask about the court docket.
The Horatio Municipal Court
No Horatio Municipal Court exists in the official directory or district plan. So treat any claimed Horatio judge, clerk, address, hearing day, or portal with doubt. The honest answer is that absence, plus the verified alternative.
That alternative is the 36th Judicial District Court, De Queen Department. It meets in Room 215 at 115 North Third Street, De Queen. Judge Manya Wood is listed for that court. The main number is 870-642-3002. The chief clerk can be reached at 870-584-7311. Call first, since your citation or a later order may say otherwise.
Place is not jurisdiction. A Horatio resident can be ticketed near town. That case can still carry a caption on the county district docket. The Horatio name describes the local tie only. Before sending money or requesting a record, call. Have the clerk read back the exact court and case number.
Horatio Citation First Steps
For a Horatio-area traffic or lower criminal matter, start with the citation itself. It is your best starting record. It should show the court, a citation number, an appearance date, and the issuing agency. Those fields beat a generic web search for "Horatio ticket payment" every time. The official Arkansas eTraffic list leaves Sevier out. No Horatio citation portal exists.
| Court | Use the court printed on the citation, not an assumed town court. |
|---|---|
| Citation number | Give the full code to the clerk and use it in a portal search. |
| Appearance date | Treat this as controlling unless the court issues a later order. |
| Agency | Helps distinguish a county case from another jurisdiction's case. |
| Charge | May affect whether payment is allowed or appearance is required. |
Hold on to the original document. On the phone, have the clerk repeat the court, the date, any amount, the plea options, and how to pay. That single check protects you from a false or unrelated payment link.
Horatio Court Dates and Settings
No town-specific Horatio hearing schedule is published. Under the district plan, Sevier County traffic and criminal matters normally land on the fourth Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. That is a county pattern, not a promise for every case. A judge can vary it. The citation or a later filed notice controls.
| Date | The current citation, Case Event, or filed notice date. |
|---|---|
| Time | The stated call time, which is separate from counter hours. |
| Room | The location named by the court; Room 215 is the documented fallback. |
| Judge | The officer assigned in the current court record. |
| Setting Type | Traffic, arraignment, pretrial, trial, or another listed event. |
In Search ARCourts, scheduled or held events appear under "Case Events." An old setting can linger after a continuance. Read the docket entries around the date for any order or notice, then ask the clerk which Horatio-related setting is actually active.
Horatio Fourth-Tuesday Pattern
The county traffic and criminal docket normally sits on the fourth Tuesday. It convenes at 9:00 a.m. The De Queen city traffic and criminal docket, by contrast, normally uses the second Tuesday. Never assign a Horatio-area citation to either date by guess. Its named court and current order decide.
| Pattern | Applies to | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Fourth Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. | Sevier County traffic/criminal | Judge may vary the date |
| Second Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. | De Queen city traffic/criminal | Not a Horatio town schedule |
| Individual notice | The named case | Controls over a recurring pattern |
The pattern helps when a portal result and a citation disagree. It creates no Horatio docket day, though. Call 870-584-7311 with the citation number to settle the setting.
Separate a recurring session from a courthouse appointment, too. The published county pattern tells you when that docket category normally sits. It promises nothing. Staff may or may not pull a record, take a plea, or make a copy during the session. Do not just drive to De Queen. Confirm both the hearing instruction and the clerk service you need.
Horatio Traffic Tickets
Horatio has no official online ticket search or payment portal. Neither Sevier nor De Queen appears on the current eTraffic participant list. So start with the paper itself. Call the clerk for the court named on the citation, and ask whether the ticket has arrived, whether you must appear, which payment methods the court accepts, and what deadline applies. Never type payment details into a site you cannot verify.
One warning matters here. Paying a citation in full through an approved court route can count as a guilty or no-contest plea. It also waives your right to appear and to a trial. To fight the charge, follow the court's plea or appearance instructions instead. Some offenses cannot be settled by payment at all. Missing a court date or deadline can bring a warrant, added costs, license action, arrest, or a separate charge. For the wider lower-court process, see the page on Sevier County traffic court records.
Horatio Docket Search Fallback
When a Horatio-area district matter needs a live docket check, the documented fallback is Room 215 at the Sevier County Courthouse. That room serves the district court, not the Horatio municipal court. Knowing the difference keeps your request with the clerk who can actually pull the district docket. Bring the citation number, the name, the issue date, and the issuing agency. Or at least be ready to state them.
District Court Fallback
Room 215, 115 North Third Street
De Queen, AR 71832
Chief clerk: 870-584-7311
Court: 870-642-3002
Horatio publishes no copy fees, payment schedule, or clerk service hours. Ask about current costs and accepted payment before requesting a mailed copy. A felony or Circuit case belongs with the Sevier County Circuit Clerk instead.
Where Horatio Cases End Up
A Horatio citation goes wherever the court named on the paper sends it. If that venue is the county district court, the case lives on the Sevier district docket. A proper district criminal appeal moves up to Sevier Circuit Court under Arkansas procedure, which may demand strict steps such as a certified district docket sheet. A felony, meanwhile, leaves the preliminary stage behind and lands in Circuit Court.
Docket flow: Citation-designated court › Sevier district docket fallback › Sevier County Circuit Court
The Circuit Clerk keeps filed felony cases, major civil matters, domestic-relations cases, and juvenile proceedings, while County and Probate business sits with a separate County Clerk. Because of that split, searching a Horatio name in only one office can miss the record you need. The Sevier County court docket overview maps each of these county-level offices.
Horatio Docket Population Context
Horatio counted 920 residents in the official 2020 Census incorporated-place table, making it the second-largest incorporated place in Sevier County. The city publishes no court caseload total. Treat population as background about the town, never as a stand-in for ticket or case volume.
The county Sheriff provides primary law-enforcement service in Horatio, which is why a local incident can yield a county-captioned ticket. That fact alone does not prove where the case was filed. The citation controls, and so does confirmation from the clerk.
Public Access to Horatio Court Records
Access to judicial case records in Arkansas runs through Supreme Court Administrative Order 19. Search ARCourts displays eligible public case information drawn from filed court documents, but it is not the official record and not legal notice. For an official Horatio-related district record, ask the district clerk. For a Circuit record, contact the Sevier County Circuit Clerk.
Key rules:
Administrative Order 19 permits public access while excluding sealed, expunged, confidential, and protected information.
Ark. Code ยง25-19-105 describes general public-record request methods, while court case records chiefly follow the judicial access order.
A restriction can hide or limit what a search returns. So can a wrong court filter, a spelling mismatch, a brand-new filing, or an older record still on paper. None of those gaps proves a Horatio case does not exist.
Horatio District and Circuit Records
District and Circuit records answer different questions. The district docket can show a citation, a local misdemeanor, a preliminary felony matter, a lower civil claim, a setting, a plea, or a disposition. The Circuit docket carries the later felony filing, a major civil case, or an appeal, and each layer gets its own case number with its own chronological entries.
- Case Event
- A scheduled or held event with date, time, room, location, and judge when supplied.
- Docket Entry
- A dated filing or procedural act, which may include a public document link.
- Continuance
- An order moving a setting; the old event can remain in the history.
- Certified Copy
- A clerk-attested record, unlike an ordinary portal printout.
Read the header before the entries below it. The court, the case type, and the location tell you whether you have found the Horatio matter you want or a different record with a similar name.