Pike County Traffic Court Records
Traffic cases here run through the 36th Judicial District Court's Pike County/Murfreesboro Department. Under the current administrative plan, Pike County, Murfreesboro, and Glenwood criminal and traffic cases all sit in that one department. They are not scattered across separate city courts. The district clerk keeps the traffic case record. The Pike County Circuit Clerk, by contrast, holds the general-jurisdiction circuit files.
A Pike County traffic court record can include the citation and the alleged offense. It may also list participant roles, a plea, dated events, settings, disposition, sentence information, and public financial entries. Search ARCourts labels the public view "case information" and lists "case events" in time order. Keep one point straight, though. A charge is only an allegation until the docket shows the actual disposition.
Do not confuse the court record with a payment screen, either. A portal can help you locate an eligible citation. Paying through it carries a stated plea and waiver. Read the court name, the case status, and the newest event. Only then choose a response.
Pike County Traffic Court Contacts
Let the court name on the ticket decide which clerk gets your question. Pike County, Murfreesboro, and Glenwood matters share one department and hearing venue under the current plan, yet the Judiciary still publishes separate clerk contacts. Confirm the right counter before you mail a plea, a records request, or a payment.
Murfreesboro District Clerk
Tessa Jackson
P.O. Box 197, Murfreesboro, AR 71958
870-285-3865
Fax: 870-285-3540
Glenwood District Clerk
Brenda Wilson
210 N. 2nd St., Glenwood, AR 71943
870-356-3613
Fax: 870-356-3034
For the Pike County/Murfreesboro Department's general court contact, call 870-451-4602. Say up front whether you are asking about a traffic setting, a citation response, a payment question, or a certified court record.
Pike County eTraffic Search
Arkansas eTraffic is a citation payment search for courts that take part. The form asks for the court plus a first and last name. You can add the citation number. Or search with a driver's license or state ID number paired with a date of birth. Dates appear in month-day-year format. Pike County may not appear in the court menu. An empty list or no result should send you to the clerk rather than to some unofficial database.
| Field | Type | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Court | Dropdown | Select a listed participating court. |
| First and Last Name | Text | Both are required for the cited person. |
| Citation Number | Text | Use with the name as one search route. |
| License or State ID | Text | Alternative route used with name and birth date. |
| Date of Birth | Date or text | Use month-day-year with the ID route. |
The official citation query shows the state form and its payment terms.
The image documents the state search fields. It does not establish that the Pike County court is currently in the participating menu.
Looking Up a Traffic Ticket
Go to the citation first. It names the court, the appearance date, and possibly the citation number the state's payment search wants. Next, see whether the court appears in Arkansas eTraffic. If Pike County is missing from the accessible court list, the district clerk stays your essential lookup channel.
- Read the full citation number, cited name, issuing court, and appearance date from the ticket.
- Check the eTraffic participating-court menu. Search by citation details only if the Pike court is listed.
- Use Search ARCourts to look for public district case information and its newest event.
- Call the named clerk when the citation is missing, recent, or unclear. Murfreesboro's clerk is 870-285-3865, and Glenwood's clerk is 870-356-3613.
- Confirm the date, venue, case status, and response route with the court before acting.
The Pike County district court also posts a general contact number, 870-451-4602. Ask whether a request must go through the Murfreesboro office contact, the Glenwood clerk's counter, the mail, or the Murfreesboro courtroom. Pike County offers no local online docket, kiosk, mail-payment method, or public terminal, so the clerk is the channel.
Pike County Traffic Court Sessions
The 2026 district plan sets one session pattern. It covers Pike County, Murfreesboro, and Glenwood criminal and traffic matters. Sessions fall on the first and third Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. The venue is 305 Industrial Park Drive in Murfreesboro. That plan is the best published calendar source. Still, it is administrative scheduling, not a live daily docket.
A holiday, emergency, reset, or case-specific order can move the day. Rely on the citation and the newest Pike County docket entry, then call 870-451-4602 if the setting is unclear.
How to Find Your Traffic Court Date
Start with the appearance date printed on the citation. Then compare it against the newest scheduled event in Search ARCourts. Check for any later continuance, reset, cancellation, or court order. A regular session pattern does not prove your citation is set for a given date. If two sources disagree, call the district court. Do this before the appearance date arrives.
| Citation Number | Use the full court-assigned value printed on the ticket. Pike County publishes no format guide, so do not shorten or infer a citation number. |
|---|---|
| Court | Confirm that the record names the Pike County/Murfreesboro Department or the clerk stated on the citation. |
| Date & Time | Read the latest individual appearance date or scheduled event, not merely the regular session pattern. |
| Venue | The current plan identifies 305 Industrial Park Drive in Murfreesboro as the courtroom. |
| Status | Check whether the case is pending, continued, disposed, or subject to a later court action. |
Bring the citation with you. Follow any notice or signed order newer than the online event. Court staff can confirm a setting, but a public search result never replaces an order to appear.
Missing Pike County Traffic Ticket
A missing ticket is common, and it rarely means what you hope. Maybe the court you picked does not use eTraffic. Maybe the citation is too new. Maybe the name or number does not match. Or maybe the case sits only in the court's own record process. An empty result page is not a dismissal. Keep the citation handy and call the court before the date printed on it.
For Murfreesboro, clerk Tessa Jackson is listed at P.O. Box 197, Murfreesboro, phone 870-285-3865, fax 870-285-3540. For Glenwood, clerk Brenda Wilson is listed at 210 N. 2nd Street, Glenwood. Her phone is 870-356-3613, and her fax is 870-356-3034. Ask which counter or mail route handles what you need, since both cities currently use the Murfreesboro courtroom.
The wider district number is 870-451-4602. Have the cited name, citation number, issuing agency if shown, and appearance date ready. Hold back sensitive identifiers over email or fax until court staff confirms the channel.
Pay or Contest a Ticket
Paying and contesting are not two routes through the same Pike County traffic search. They lead to different ends. The Arkansas portal states that paying admits guilt to the offense on screen. It also waives appearance and trial, and counts as a guilty or no-contest plea. So a person who wants to fight the ticket should never pay online. Instead, appear as the citation directs. Or call the named court before that date. That is the safe move.
| Paying the Ticket | Contesting the Ticket |
|---|---|
| The portal treats payment as a guilty or no-contest plea and waiver. | Do not pay online; contact or appear in the court named on the citation. |
| Use the deadline and full amount shown for the eligible citation. | Act by the citation date or earlier deadline given by the court. |
| eTraffic works only for listed courts and requires the entire amount plus service charge. | Ask the named Pike clerk how to enter the response and obtain the next setting. |
Missed Court Date or Payment: Failure to appear or pay can lead to a warrant, license suspension, and added fines or costs. Contact the court that holds the Pike County traffic record at once and ask what action its docket requires.
Pike County publishes no local fine schedule, and it posts no rules for deferred disposition, defensive driving, amnesty, night court, or camera enforcement. Do not assume any of those programs apply here. Ask the clerk about your specific traffic ticket before you count on a deal offered in some other county.
Pike County Traffic Payment Limits
Arkansas eTraffic takes Visa, Discover, and MasterCard for an eligible citation. It demands the full amount plus a service charge. Pike County does not publish that charge, nor does it confirm which local citations qualify. If the amount looks wrong, talk to the court. Do not take it up with the portal's tech support.
Plan around downtime, too. The portal's maintenance window runs Monday through Friday from 12:30 to 2:00 a.m. There is more: Saturday at 10:00 p.m. through Sunday at noon. Tech help answers Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. None of that moves a court deadline.
With a Pike County due date close, save any error message and call the clerk. Ask for an authorized way to respond. Mail, partial payments, or some other online service may not be accepted. Pike County has not published those options.
Traffic Court Record vs Driving Record
A Pike County traffic case and an Arkansas driving history are two different records. They have two different keepers. The Pike County district court clerk holds the court file behind the citation. The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Driver Services keeps the driving history. Asking one office for the other gets you nothing.
- Court traffic record
- The 36th Judicial District Court clerk keeps the citation case, including its charge, plea, events, settings, disposition, and public financial entries. Search ARCourts or ask that clerk for the file.
- DFA driver record
- Arkansas DFA Driver Services keeps the separate state driving history. Its official request channel does not supply the court's case file.
The Arkansas Driver Services overview identifies the state agency that maintains the second file.
That state channel only covers the driving side of the split. Ticket events in Pike County and certified court copies still come from the district court. The official DFA driving-record channel lays out how to request the state file.
Going through the state route will not surface the district court's pleadings, docket events, certified sheet, or citation disposition file. Those live with the clerk, not Driver Services.
Pike County Traffic Docket Terms
Short docket words can mark very different stages of a case. Read the dated sequence, not one line alone. Arkansas publishes no Pike-only traffic abbreviation list, so the terms that follow are plain reading aids built on the court-record model.
- Case event
- A dated index entry for a filing, hearing, order, or outcome.
- Setting
- A scheduled court event, which may later be reset or continued.
- Plea
- The formal response to the charge, including a plea recorded through an accepted payment.
- Disposition
- The way the court matter or charge concluded.
- Certified docket sheet
- A clerk-authenticated event record, distinct from a web printout.
When a code stumps you, ask the district clerk what it means in that Pike County case. A charge label is a label, not a final result.
Copies and Fees
Pike County posts no official district traffic-copy fee sheet. Nor does it list a certification price, clerk search charge, or accepted payment method. Keep this in mind. A web case summary is not a certified docket sheet. Ask the district clerk for a current quote. Say whether you need a plain copy, a certified docket sheet, a filed order, or the full public case file.
| Item | Fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Search ARCourts case information | $0 | Public summary, not a certified copy |
| Plain traffic case copy | Not published | Ask the district clerk for a quote |
| Certified docket sheet | Not published | Specify certification and the case number |
| Clerk archive or name search | Not published | Confirm cost before staff begins |
Give the clerk the Pike County court, citation or case number, cited name, document title, date, delivery choice, and your contact details. If an appeal deadline might apply, request the certified docket sheet right away. Confirm the filing steps with the Pike County Circuit Clerk too.
Pike County Traffic Appeal Records
Arkansas District Court Rule 9 generally gives you 30 days to perfect an appeal. It works by filing a certified district-court docket sheet with Circuit Court. Get the document from the district clerk. Then file it with the Pike County Circuit Clerk. A web printout will not substitute for the certified sheet.
These deadlines are strict, and a traffic or criminal matter can carry case-specific steps. Call both clerks at once. Confirm the certified-copy cost, any bond issue, the filing destination, and the exact procedure. Pike County does not list those local costs online. The Circuit Clerk answers at 870-285-2231.
The appeal builds a circuit filing while the district record still matters. Keep the certified sheet in one place. So keep the receipt and any new Pike County court record number there too. Track the later circuit setting through the clerk and Search ARCourts.