Benton White Pages Search

The Benton White Pages pull from the City Clerk, the Benton Police Department, and the Saline County Circuit Clerk. Benton is the Saline County seat and sits just off Interstate 30 southwest of Little Rock. You can use the Benton White Pages to look up a name, find a court file, pull an incident report, or see a city contract. Most Benton records are free to search. This page lists each office that holds them, with the phone, address, and online tool for each Benton White Pages search.

Benton and Saline County White Pages

All civil and criminal court files for Benton run through the Saline County Circuit Clerk. The Saline County Courthouse sits in downtown Benton. The Circuit Clerk files civil, criminal, probate, domestic, and juvenile cases for the whole county. This includes every case that starts inside the Benton city limits.

For a Saline property or court lookup, go to the Saline County records page. The county portal has links to the Circuit Clerk, the Assessor, and the Collector.

The screen above shows the Saline County records hub. From this page you can jump to the Benton court files, the Assessor portal for Benton parcels, and the Collector site for Benton tax records.

For a full Benton White Pages case lookup, use the state Arkansas CourtConnect portal. CourtConnect is free. It covers every Benton case in the Saline District Court and the Saline Circuit Court. You can search by name, case number, judge, or date.

The Benton District Court sits inside the city. It handles small claims under $5,000, city code cases, and traffic cases that start in Benton. Once a Benton appeal is filed, the file moves up to the Saline Circuit Clerk.

Benton City Clerk White Pages

The Benton City Clerk is the keeper of official city files. The office is at City Hall, 114 S. East Street, Benton, AR 72015. Call 501-776-5906. The Clerk holds City Council minutes, city ordinances, resolutions, contracts, oaths, and official mail. The Clerk also takes in FOIA requests for all city files, so a Benton White Pages request on a city board or a city contract starts here.

A Benton White Pages search at the City Clerk can pull up Board votes, zoning decisions, city bid files, and sworn oaths of city staff. The office keeps both paper and digital files. You can ask for a file in person, by mail, or by email.

Under Arkansas Code § 25-19-105, the Benton City Clerk has three business days to act on a White Pages request. If the file is stored off-site, the office can ask for more time. Plain copies cost a few cents per page. Certified copies cost a bit more. Note: The Benton City Clerk office can ask for pre-payment if a Benton White Pages request is going to top $25 in copy fees or staff time.

Benton Police White Pages Requests

The Benton Police Department runs the Records Unit for White Pages requests in the city. The office holds incident reports, accident reports, arrest logs, and some case files once the case is closed. Records staff work Monday through Friday during normal work hours.

To file a Benton police White Pages request, you can stop in or mail the request to the Benton Police office. Per Arkansas Code § 25-19-105(a)(1)(A), the filer has to be an Arkansas citizen.

Fees for Benton police White Pages copies run at actual cost of reproduction. If the Benton Police staff time or copy fee is going to top $25, the office can ask for pre-payment before it pulls the file. Photos, body cam clips, and other media are priced case by case.

The Benton FOIA policy asks for each request in writing. The form needs a name, address, email, phone, and a clear list of the files you want. Note: Ongoing Benton police cases, juvenile files, and files sealed under Arkansas Code § 16-90-1401 will not show up in a Benton White Pages search.

Benton Vital Records Lookup

Birth and death records for Benton come from the Arkansas Department of Health, Vital Records Division. The state unit holds every Benton birth and death file. Birth certificates cost $12 for the first copy. Death certificates cost $10. Extra copies cost less.

Under Arkansas Code § 20-18-305, Benton birth files stay closed for 100 years from the date of birth, and Benton death files stay closed for 50 years. The rule shapes the limit of a Benton White Pages vital records search.

For Benton marriage licenses, go to the Saline County Clerk in downtown Benton. A Benton marriage license runs about $60 and is good for 60 days. The state office only has a summary coupon.

Benton White Pages FOIA Rules

Arkansas FOIA, at Arkansas Code § 25-19-101, gives each Arkansas citizen the right to ask for a Benton public record. Every Benton city office has to follow the same rule. A Benton White Pages request can go in by mail, by fax, by email, or in person. The office has three business days to act. A Benton denial must cite the code section that blocks the release.

The Arkansas Attorney General handles FOIA help and FOIA complaints for Benton and every other city in the state. If the Benton office denies a White Pages request, you can ask the AG for an opinion or file suit in circuit court. The AG site has a free FOIA handbook.

For the full Arkansas Code on Benton public records, use the Arkansas General Assembly site. The site has all acts, all code sections, and a keyword search. Benton court reporters use this as the main reference.

Benton police use the Arkansas crime info system and the ACIC check for bigger lookups. For statewide name checks, go to the Arkansas State Police. For state inmate info, the Arkansas Department of Corrections inmate search covers every Benton case that ended in a state prison term. The Arkansas Crime Information Center runs the sex offender registry that ties into Benton lookups.

Under Arkansas Code § 16-10-301, the Benton courts keep their own rules for file access. Sealed, juvenile, and adoption files stay closed. Court staff time for a Benton White Pages search is billed under the same pre-payment rule from Arkansas Code § 25-19-105. For DNA-related Benton cases covered by Arkansas Code § 12-12-901, some of the file data stays closed to the public.

Note: Benton voter rolls can be checked through the Arkansas Secretary of State Voter View, though the tool is set to let you look up your own file only.

Other Benton White Pages Sources

For Benton business name lookups, use the Arkansas Secretary of State Business Search. The tool pulls up LLCs, corporations, and DBA filings tied to Benton addresses. A Benton business name lookup is free.

The Saline County Library in Benton holds old city directories and census rolls that line up with Benton names and Benton addresses going back decades. This is a solid back-up for a Benton White Pages search on older files.

Nearby Cities Near Benton

Benton sits just off Interstate 30 with a few big cities close by. Pick a nearby city below to see the local police and clerk White Pages info.