Madison County Arrest History
An arrest can produce several records with different owners. The Madison County Sheriff's Office or another arresting agency creates the report. The county jail records a detention and may place it on the public roster. If a prosecutor files charges, the court clerk maintains the case. Fingerprint-reportable events may also enter the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau and Arkansas Crime Information Center system.
These sources do not update at the same moment. A new booking can appear before a court case exists. Later, the filed charge can differ from the booking text. A final disposition may arrive much later. Search each system for the part it was built to hold, then confirm the result with the originating office.
Madison Arrests Within 48 Hours
The sheriff's New Inmates roster is the clearest official view of very recent Madison County arrests. It is labeled for inmates booked in the last 48 hours. The page can show an entry count, booking details, charge text, court dates, release information, and controls that sort by name or arrested date.
The view is live and can change. Someone released may move to Recent Releases, while a current view may at times show no entries. Absence from any one tab does not prove that no arrest occurred. It only means the person is not present in that roster view when it is checked.
Note: The roster is a custody snapshot, not a complete lifetime arrest history or a finding of guilt.
Looking Up Madison County Arrests
Use every relevant channel. A roster answers recent custody questions, while the arresting agency supplies reports and the courts show filed charges and outcomes.
- Open the Madison County roster and choose Current Inmates, New Inmates, or Recent Releases.
- Sort by arrested date for recent entries. Note the agency, charge text, arrest time, release time, and court date that are actually shown.
- Request a sheriff-created report from MCSO by phone or at its Huntsville office. Use Arkansas FOIA for a specific nonexempt record when the public roster is not enough.
- For a Huntsville Police arrest, request the incident record through the official HPD forms area or contact the department.
- Search Search ARCourts after time has passed for filing. Contact District Court or the Circuit Clerk when the online file is incomplete.
- For your own statewide history, use the Arkansas State Police criminal-history channels, not a sheriff terminal query.
- Use Arkansas DOC or VINE when the question concerns sentenced custody, supervision, or release notification rather than county booking.
Madison County Roster Views
The public RPS roster divides custody into three useful time frames. Picking the correct tab avoids a common mistake: assuming the current-inmate list is also a full arrest archive.
| Roster view | Best use | Main limit |
|---|---|---|
| Current Inmates | People shown in current county custody | Can be empty and excludes released entries |
| New Inmates | Bookings within the last 48 hours | A short rolling window |
| Recent Releases | Recent release date and booking context | Not a permanent arrest archive |
Charge text may include a fresh allegation, an MCSO warrant, a court commitment, or a work-program entry. Those labels describe why the jail system recorded custody. They do not show by themselves that a new prosecution began that day.
Inside a Madison County Arrest Record
Public fields vary by entry. The Madison County roster inventory supports the items below, but some values can be blank. Bond and a holding pod were not observed in the captured public roster.
| Arrest time | Date and time tied to the roster entry. |
|---|---|
| Arresting agency | An “Arrested By” field is present, though a value may be blank. |
| Charges | Booking-stage text, including possible warrant or court-commitment wording. |
| Court date | A date and time may appear even when the court name is blank. |
| Booking image | The official roster can display a custody photograph; no images or private names are republished here. |
| Release status | A release date and time appear when supplied for a released entry. |
| Later case result | Not a roster field. Confirm through Search ARCourts or the clerk. |
RPS-Inmate Info for Madison
The Madison roster links to the RPS-Inmate Info mobile app. The official Apple listing and Google Play listing describe fields such as a name, picture, arrest place and date, release date, charges, court date, and jail information for supported agencies.
The Google Play source is shown in the Madison County arrest-record image below.
It confirms that RPS supplies a mobile layer for jail information, but the app is not a Madison County Sheriff's Office branded product.
The Apple source provides a second view of the same official app listing.
Use the county roster as the primary Madison source and treat app fields as dependent on what the participating jail provides.
Booking Logs and Recent Arrests
Booking logs answer a narrow question: who appears in the jail's current, new, or recent-release data. They do not replace an agency report. Call MCSO when you need sheriff-held material that is not shown online, such as a fuller booking record or an incident report. No separate Madison Sheriff's records division page, downloadable request form, or published local fee schedule was found.
Madison County Sheriff's Office
220 North Gaskill
Huntsville, AR 72740
(479) 738-2320
Ask for the custodian of the exact sheriff report, booking record, or jail record needed.
Huntsville Police Department
200 E. Main
Huntsville, AR 72740
(479) 738-2610
HPD holds reports created by its officers and lists office hours of 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Note: Ask about current copy charges before ordering because no MCSO records fee schedule was located.
Madison Arrest Cards at ACIC
Arkansas criminal-history data is not simply a copy of the county roster. Law enforcement submits fingerprint arrest cards for reportable events to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau. ACIC materials describe a computerized history that includes felony and Class A misdemeanor arrests and judicial dispositions.
A public state check is a name query of fingerprint-linked records, not a new fingerprint-to-fingerprint comparison for each request. For a self-review dispute, the state says a person may challenge an arrest or conviction that is not theirs at no cost and may need fingerprints taken by law enforcement. ACIC and NCIC terminal data itself is restricted and is not released through an Arkansas FOIA request under Ark. Code § 12-12-211.
Disposition reporting explains why a county court file may be more current for one prosecution. The arrest card starts the reportable state entry, but the later judgment must also reach the repository. When the roster, Search ARCourts, and a state review do not agree, compare the event dates and ask the court clerk to confirm the filed disposition. Then use the official ACIC review or challenge route for the statewide copy. A sheriff records request cannot correct the state repository, and the State Police cannot rewrite a court judgment. Each custodian can address only its own part of the Madison County arrest history.
After a Madison County Release
Release from the county jail does not resolve the court question. Move from the roster to Search ARCourts and search by participant or case number. Arkansas Judiciary says public results may include parties, judge, filings, charges, dispositions, future events, judgments, and sometimes linked documents. Confidential material excluded by Administrative Order 19 will not appear online.
If the matter is a misdemeanor, traffic, ordinance, or preliminary felony case, contact Madison County District Court at (479) 738-2911. For a circuit criminal case or copies of felony-level filings, contact Madison Circuit Clerk at (479) 738-2215. This follow-through tells whether charges were filed, amended, dismissed, or decided.
Use Recent Releases only to confirm the roster's release layer. It does not explain whether release followed bond, a court order, completion of a commitment, or another event. The next public clue may be a future hearing in Search ARCourts. If no case appears at once, allow for filing and data-entry time, then contact the court that the roster identifies. Keep the booking date separate from the case filing date and the release date. Those three dates describe different events and can prevent a mistaken reading of a Madison County arrest record.
VINE After Madison County Custody
Arkansas VINE provides a separate search and notification layer for custody and supervision. The research identifies coverage for county jails, Arkansas Division of Correction custody, probation, parole, post-release supervision, and court information supplied by prosecuting attorneys.
The VINE search source appears below.
VINE is useful for status notifications, but it does not replace the arresting agency's report or the court's disposition.
The National Sex Offender Public Website source marks another important boundary.
A registry search serves community notification and is not an arrest lookup, jail roster, or complete criminal-history report.
Arrests Are Not Convictions
An arrest documents custody or an accusation. A conviction records a court finding or plea. The distinction matters when a roster charge changes, no charge is filed, a case is dismissed, or the accused is acquitted.
| Arrest record | Conviction record |
|---|---|
| Created by an arresting agency and jail | Created through the court case |
| Shows that an arrest or booking was recorded | Shows a guilty plea or finding and disposition |
| Lives in reports and booking systems | Lives with the clerk and may feed ACIC |
| May end in release, no filing, dismissal, or acquittal | May lead to sentence, appeal, or record sealing |
Note: An arrest is not proof of guilt, and many booking allegations do not become convictions.
Arkansas provides official petition and order forms for sealing arrests, charges not filed, dismissals, nolle prosequi decisions, and acquittals. A person starts with the court that handled the matter, then the clerk forwards an approved order to ACIC.