Searching the North Little Rock Court Docket
North Little Rock publishes no single citywide calendar search that covers both division clerks. For public case status on a District Court matter, turn to Search ARCourts. Eligible tickets can be looked up and paid through the Arkansas citation portal. Then phone the clerk whose division actually holds the case. That call matters most in two situations. The lower-court record never made it online. Or the portal lists no future event.
- Identify the charge or claim and choose First or Second Division.
- Search Search ARCourts by participant or case information.
- For a citation, select the proper North Little Rock court in the state payment portal.
- Read status, Case Events, and Docket Entries where displayed.
- Call First Division at 501-791-8559 or Second Division at 501-791-8562.
- Confirm a date near the hearing, especially during a holiday week.
Two North Little Rock Dockets
Both divisions share an address at 1 Justice Center Drive. Yet the work splits cleanly between them. Criminal cases, limited civil claims, and small claims belong to First Division. Second Division handles traffic, environmental, code, and animal cases. From there, the court's published schedules divide those groups into separate recurring settings.
| Division | North Little Rock cases | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| First | Criminal, civil, small claims | 501-791-8559 |
| Second | Traffic, environmental, code, animal | 501-791-8562 |
Official listings currently name Paula Juels Jones over First Division and Randy Morley over Second Division. Assignments change over time. Confirm the judge and docket through the current court directory instead of an old schedule.
North Little Rock Municipal Court Basics
People search for "municipal court," but Arkansas now calls this city-level venue District Court. North Little Rock District Court has limited jurisdiction. Criminal and limited civil work sits in First Division. Traffic and regulatory calendars sit in Second Division. Felonies and general-jurisdiction civil cases go to Pulaski County Circuit Court. First Division's clerk window is open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Second Division's office runs 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Office hours are not hearing hours, so a session may start at a different time. Say the case type when you call. One shared Justice Center address makes a wrong-division mistake easy. The clerk can confirm a setting and explain record procedure. Legal advice is off the table, though.
North Little Rock Justice Center
The shared Justice Center is handy local context. One address reaches both divisions. But the criminal line ending in 8559 and the traffic line ending in 8562 serve different desks. First Division runs plea and arraignment sessions Tuesday through Thursday. Trials sit on Wednesday, and a civil and small-claims calendar falls on the second Tuesday. Second Division opens the week with Monday traffic arraignments. It holds traffic trials Tuesday and Wednesday, and splits Thursday between code and animal calendars. The North Little Rock city source supplies the municipal context for this setting.
That city page is not a live calendar. Use it for official city information, then confirm the actual docket with the division clerk.
Court Dates and Settings in North Little Rock
First Division takes pleas and arraignments Tuesday through Thursday at 9:00 a.m. Trials run Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. The civil and small-claims calendar falls on the second Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. Over at Second Division, traffic arraignment is Monday at 8:30 a.m. Traffic trials sit Tuesday and Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. Code court lands on the third Thursday at 10:00 a.m., and animal court on the second Thursday at 10:00 a.m.
| Date | The actual case setting, not merely the recurring weekday |
|---|---|
| Time | Arraignment, trial, civil, code, or animal docket time |
| Division | First or Second Division |
| Location | 1 Justice Center Drive |
| Setting Type | The scheduled stage or subject calendar |
Holiday weeks can shift any recurring setting. A published weekly pattern is not personal notice, so call the right North Little Rock division and read any newer docket entry before you appear.
North Little Rock Docket Week
The weekly pattern shows why case type drives everything. Monday at Second Division means traffic arraignment. Midweek traffic sessions may be trials. Thursday regulatory dockets split animal cases from code matters by week. At First Division, a Wednesday entry can be a criminal trial, while the second Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. belongs to civil and small claims. Read a search result field by field. Case Summary names the court and status. Case Events can list date, time, event, room, location, and judge. Docket Entries trace the filings. An empty event area does not erase a summons or a date the clerk gave you. And a continuance must be granted before it changes the operative setting.
- Arraignment
- The stage for charge and plea procedure.
- Trial
- The setting for decision on the contested case.
- Code docket
- The scheduled calendar for city code matters.
- Animal docket
- The separate calendar for animal-related matters.
Traffic Tickets in North Little Rock
Second Division is the North Little Rock traffic court. To search the Arkansas citation portal, have the court, first name, last name, and either the citation number or a driver's-license or state-ID number plus birth date. Some nonmoving violations can be resolved through the clerk. Others demand a personal appearance. Payment options online do not make every citation payable online. North Little Rock warns that failing to answer a served traffic summons can suspend a license. A missed arraignment can also bring court action recorded in the case. Call Second Division at 501-791-8562 for the current response and setting. The Pulaski County traffic ticket resource covers other city and county courts without changing which North Little Rock clerk owns this file.
North Little Rock Probation Options
North Little Rock runs adult and juvenile unsupervised probation. Most moving violations qualify. Some charges still require a court appearance instead. This is a named city-court program, not an automatic outcome. Eligibility, conditions, and the final docket result must come from the responsible division, so treat an online payment, a clerk conversation, or a program request as none of those things.
Check the North Little Rock docket for the recorded court action. If nothing shows online, call the clerk. District Court coverage in Search ARCourts is not universal, and a city file can stay active even when a statewide search returns little.
Teen Court is another North Little Rock program named in official court-program material. Juvenile participation often involves protected or limited information. Public access does not reach content the law makes confidential.
Where North Little Rock Cases Go
North Little Rock District Court is the city tier. A valid appeal moves to Pulaski County Circuit Court for a de novo hearing. That means the case is heard anew. Arkansas criminal Rule 36 and civil District Court Rule 9 generally set a 30-day route. Confirm the current filing steps and deadline with the proper clerk. One missed requirement can sink the appeal.
Docket flow: North Little Rock District Court › Pulaski County Circuit Court › Arkansas appellate courts
A felony or general-jurisdiction civil action belongs in Circuit Court from the start. Use PULASKI CIRCUIT in Search ARCourts for that county-level case. Federal bankruptcy is a different system entirely, and the Arkansas bankruptcy PACER update source shows its own official pages.
That federal page does not show a North Little Rock city docket. Court level controls the database.
North Little Rock Division Calls
Two phone endings make a useful local check. Call 8559 for First Division criminal, civil, or small claims. Call 8562 for Second Division traffic, environmental, code, or animal matters. Give the full name, citation or case number, and known setting date. Ask the clerk to confirm the division, current setting, and copy route.
If a search result seems to belong to a nearby city, use care. Do not redirect it on geography alone. Cammack Village is a separate municipal channel. Its exact court arrangement should be confirmed. The Cammack Village official source shows where that boundary sits.
The point is narrow: neighboring cities are not substitute custodians for North Little Rock District Court files.
North Little Rock Court Record Access Rules
Arkansas Supreme Court Administrative Order 19 governs access to court records. Public access is the starting point, but confidential material stays out of it. Sealed case data, protected addresses, identifiers, and judicial notes never appear in the public view. Anything closed by law or order stays out too. Juvenile records can carry further limits.
North Little Rock access route: Search the available statewide data, then request the record from the division clerk. Internet omission and legal sealing are not the same, so ask which condition applies.
In Pulaski County, the Arkansas Judiciary access page sets the rules for getting court records. A clerk may walk you through the request steps. Still, no clerk can hand out sealed material without legal authority, and a county public-record portal cannot override a court sealing order.
North Little Rock Docket Checks
Before relying on a North Little Rock record, compare its details. Check the court, division, case type, status, and latest event. Names alone can match more than one person. A closed status does not replace the disposition. An open status does not guarantee a future event has posted. Docket Entries may preserve a prior date after a reset. Read the newest order and event together.
For a missing document, ask the city clerk about copies. Ask whether a plain or certified copy is available and what fee applies. The clerk posts no public fee schedule covering every copy product. Assume no amount and ask directly. For a Circuit file, use the Pulaski Circuit and County Clerk instead. For a federal file, use its federal clerk and PACER. That court-level check prevents the most common local error. It stops people from treating one Justice Center, one statewide portal, or one city name as if it meant one docket.
Save the summons or citation. Note each date the division clerk confirms. When North Little Rock moves a setting, compare that information with the newest filed notice. Ask which division entered the change and whether a new written notice was issued. This short record helps when an online event lags or a holiday shifts a recurring calendar. It also keeps the search tied to the actual North Little Rock matter rather than a similar name elsewhere.
North Little Rock Clerk Confirmation
A sound final check is short. Give the clerk the full case or citation number. State the case type and ask which division owns the file. Confirm the next date, time, and purpose. If the matter moved, ask a follow-up. Ask whether the new setting appears in a filed notice or order. That makes the North Little Rock docket trail easier to read later.
For a document, name its entry date and description. Ask about access, copy type, current fee, and delivery method. Those details are not interchangeable with a payment receipt or a portal status screen. The division clerk is the direct source for its city file.