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text-align: center; border:2px solid #aacde8"><tbody><tr><th style="border-bottom:1px solid black"><i>More information on Arkansas's state courts:</i></th></tr><tr><td><a href="/Judicial_selection_in_Arkansas" title="Judicial selection in Arkansas">Selection methods</a><br /><a href="/Arkansas_judicial_elections" title="Arkansas judicial elections">Elections</a><br /><a href="/Arkansas_salaries_and_budgets" class="mw-redirect" title="Arkansas salaries and budgets">Salaries</a><br /><a href="/Judicial_Branch" title="Judicial Branch">Federal courts</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> In <b>Arkansas</b>, there are two federal district courts, a state supreme court, a state court of appeals, and trial courts with both general and limited jurisdiction. These courts serve different purposes, which are outlined in the sections below. </p><p>Click a link for information about that court type. </p> <ul><li><a href="/Courts_in_Arkansas#Federal_courts" title="Courts in Arkansas">Federal courts</a></li> <li><a href="/Courts_in_Arkansas#State_supreme_court" title="Courts in Arkansas">State supreme court</a></li> <li><a href="/Courts_in_Arkansas#State_court_of_appeals" title="Courts in Arkansas">State court of appeals</a></li> <li><a href="/Courts_in_Arkansas#Trial_courts" title="Courts in Arkansas">Trial courts</a></li></ul> <p>The image below depicts the flow of cases through Arkansas' state court system. Cases typically originate in the trial courts and can be appealed to courts higher up in the system. </p> <div class="center"><div class="thumb tnone"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:402px;"><a href="/File:Arkansas_State_Court_Flow_Chart.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/8/8c/Arkansas_State_Court_Flow_Chart.png/400px-Arkansas_State_Court_Flow_Chart.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="309" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/8/8c/Arkansas_State_Court_Flow_Chart.png 1.5x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="464" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Arkansas_State_Court_Flow_Chart.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>The structure of Arkansas' state court system.</div></div></div></div> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Judicial_selection_process"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Judicial selection process</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Federal_courts"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Federal courts</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Active_Judges"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Active Judges</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-4"><a href="#Eastern_District"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Eastern District</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Western_District"><span class="tocnumber">2.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Western District</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#District_map"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">District map</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Judicial_selection"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Judicial selection</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Bankruptcy_courts"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Bankruptcy courts</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#State_supreme_court"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">State supreme court</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#State_court_of_appeals"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">State court of appeals</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Trial_courts"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Trial courts</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Arkansas_Circuit_Courts"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Arkansas Circuit Courts</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Arkansas_District_Courts"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Arkansas District Courts</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Arkansas_City_Courts"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">Arkansas City Courts</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#Non-judicial_courts"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Non-judicial courts</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#In_other_states"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">In other states</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19"><a href="#Footnotes"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">Footnotes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Judicial_selection_process">Judicial selection process</span></h2> <p><b>Selection of the state court judges in Arkansas</b> occurs through the <a href="/Nonpartisan_election_of_judges" title="Nonpartisan election of judges">nonpartisan election of judges</a>. While the appellate and general jurisdiction courts have varying policies on judge qualifications, chief justice selection and term length, they share common regulations on re-election and the filling of interim vacancies. Likewise, the <a href="/Limited_jurisdiction" title="Limited jurisdiction">limited jurisdiction</a> courts function largely the same across the board, differing primarily in judge qualifications.<sup id="cite_ref-gen_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gen-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lim_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lim-2">[2]</a></sup> </p><p>Across the state's appellate and trial courts, there are seven supreme court justices, 12 court of appeals judges, and 126 circuit court judges.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> </p><p>Judges of the <a href="/Arkansas_Supreme_Court" title="Arkansas Supreme Court">Arkansas Supreme Court</a> and <a href="/Arkansas_Court_of_Appeals" title="Arkansas Court of Appeals">Arkansas Court of Appeals</a> serve eight-year terms. Circuit court judges serve six-year terms. Both state and local district court judges serve four-year terms.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Federal_courts">Federal courts</span></h2> <p>The <a href="/United_States_district_court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States district court">federal district courts</a> in Arkansas are the: </p> <ul><li><a href="/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Arkansas" title="United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas">United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_Arkansas" title="United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas">United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas</a></li></ul> <p>Appeals from these districts go to the <a href="/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_8th_Circuit" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit">Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit</a>. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Active_Judges">Active Judges</span></h3> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Eastern_District">Eastern District</span></h4> <table border="1" class="wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter" style="font-size:90%; width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Judge</th> <th>Appointed By</th> <th>Assumed Office</th> <th>Bachelors</th> <th>Law</th> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Brian_Miller_(Arkansas)">Brian Miller</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/George_W._Bush">George W. Bush (R)</a> </p> </td> <td> April 17, 2008 - </td> <td> <p> University of Central Arkansas, 1992 </p> </td> <td> <p> Vanderbilt Law School, 1995 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/D.P._Marshall_Jr.">D.P. Marshall Jr.</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Barack_Obama">Barack Obama (D)</a> </p> </td> <td> May 6, 2010 - </td> <td> <p> Arkansas State University, 1985 </p> </td> <td> <p> Harvard Law School, 1989 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Kristine_Gerhard_Baker">Kristine Gerhard Baker</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Barack_Obama">Barack Obama (D)</a> </p> </td> <td> May 8, 2012 - </td> <td> <p> St. Louis University, 1993 </p> </td> <td> <p> University of Arkansas Law, 1996 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/James_Moody_Jr._(Arkansas_federal_court_judge)">James Moody Jr.</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Barack_Obama">Barack Obama (D)</a> </p> </td> <td> March 10, 2014 - </td> <td> <p> University of Arkansas, 1986 </p> </td> <td> <p> University of Arkansas Law, 1989 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Lee_Rudofsky">Lee Rudofsky</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Donald_Trump">Donald Trump (R)</a> </p> </td> <td> November 8, 2019 - </td> <td> <p> Cornell University, 2001 </p> </td> <td> <p> Harvard Law School, 2005 </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p>The list below displays the number of active judges by the party of the appointing president. It does not reflect how a judge may rule on specific cases or their own political preferences. </p> <ul><li><span style="color:#003388;">Democrat appointed: 3</span></li> <li><span style="color:#FF0000;">Republican appointed: 2</span></li></ul> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Western_District">Western District</span></h4> <table border="1" class="wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter" style="font-size:90%; width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Judge</th> <th>Appointed By</th> <th>Assumed Office</th> <th>Bachelors</th> <th>Law</th> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Susan_Hickey">Susan Hickey</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Barack_Obama">Barack Obama (D)</a> </p> </td> <td> October 19, 2011 - </td> <td> <p> University of Arkansas, 1977 </p> </td> <td> <p> University of Arkansas Law, 1981 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Timothy_Brooks_(Arkansas)">Timothy Brooks</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Barack_Obama">Barack Obama (D)</a> </p> </td> <td> March 7, 2014 - </td> <td> <p> University of Arkansas, 1986 </p> </td> <td> <p> University of Arkansas School of Law, 1989 </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p>The list below displays the number of active judges by the party of the appointing president. It does not reflect how a judge may rule on specific cases or their own political preferences. </p> <ul><li><span style="color:#003388;">Democrat appointed: 2</span></li> <li><span style="color:#FF0000;">Republican appointed: 0</span></li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="District_map">District map</span></h3> <center><iframe title="Arkansas federal district courts" aria-label="USA arkansas counties choropleth map" id="datawrapper-chart-hzLHM" src="//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/hzLHM/2/" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;" height="400"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">!function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var e in a.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.getElementById("datawrapper-chart-"+e)||document.querySelector("iframe[src*='"+e+"']");if(t)(t.style.height=a.data["datawrapper-height"][e]+"px")}})}();</script></center> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Judicial_selection">Judicial selection</span></h3> <p>Judges who sit on the federal district courts are nominated by the <a href="/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a> and confirmed by the <a href="/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>. These judges serve life terms. To read more about the judges on these courts, click <a href="/Federal_judge" title="Federal judge">here</a>. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Bankruptcy_courts">Bankruptcy courts</span></h3> <p>There are two <a href="/United_States_bankruptcy_court" title="United States bankruptcy court">federal bankruptcy courts</a> in Arkansas. These courts have subject-matter jurisdiction over bankruptcy cases. The federal bankruptcy courts in Arkansas are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/United_States_bankruptcy_court,_Eastern_District_of_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="United States bankruptcy court, Eastern District of Arkansas">United States bankruptcy court, Eastern District of Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/United_States_bankruptcy_court,_Western_District_of_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="United States bankruptcy court, Western District of Arkansas">United States bankruptcy court, Western District of Arkansas</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="State_supreme_court">State supreme court</span></h2> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Arkansas_Supreme_Court" title="Arkansas Supreme Court">Arkansas Supreme Court</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>Article 7, Section 4 of the <a href="/Arkansas_Constitution" title="Arkansas Constitution">Arkansas Constitution</a> describes the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. (This was later amended by Amendment 80, Section 2.) The Supreme Court is the state's <a href="/Court_of_last_resort" title="Court of last resort">court of last resort</a>, meaning that it hears cases that have been tried and appealed from the lower courts. The court also plays a supervisory role over the other courts in the state, as well as the conduct of attorneys and the practice of law in the state. </p><p>The table below lists the current judges of the <a href="/Arkansas_Supreme_Court" title="Arkansas Supreme Court">Arkansas Supreme Court</a> and how they were selected. <style> table#officeholder-table th, td { padding:5px; font-size: 16px; } @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) { table#officeholder-table th, td {font-size: 10px; } } @media only screen and (min-width: 600px) { table #officeholder-table td { </p> <pre> padding-left: 10px !important; padding-right: 10px !important; </pre> <p>} } .partytd.Democratic { background-color: #003388; color: white; text-align: center; } .partytd.Republican { background-color: #db0000; color: white; text-align: center; } .partytd.Libertarian { background-color: #fdd007; text-align: center; } .partytd.Green { background-color: #6db24f; color: white; text-align: center; } .partytd.Gray { text-align: center; } .bptable.gray th { background:#4c4c4c;color:#fff; } </style> </p> <div> <p><br /> </p><table class="bptable gray sortable" id="officeholder-table" style="width:auto; border-bottom:1px solid #bcbcbc;"> <thead> <tr colspan="4" style="background:#4c4c4c!important;color:#fff!important;text-align:center;padding: 7px 8px 8px;margin-bottom:4px;"> <th>Office</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Party</th> <th>Date assumed office</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-left:10px;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_Supreme_Court">Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice</a></td> <td style="padding-left:10px;text-align:center;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Dan_Kemp">Dan Kemp</a></td> <td class="partytd Gray">Nonpartisan</td> <td style="text-align:center;">January 1, 2017</td> </tr><tr> <td style="padding-left:10px;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_Supreme_Court">Arkansas Supreme Court Position 2</a></td> <td style="padding-left:10px;text-align:center;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Cody_Hiland">Cody Hiland</a></td> <td class="partytd Gray">Nonpartisan</td> <td style="text-align:center;">July 7, 2023</td> </tr><tr> <td style="padding-left:10px;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_Supreme_Court">Arkansas Supreme Court Position 3</a></td> <td style="padding-left:10px;text-align:center;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Courtney_Hudson_Goodson">Courtney Hudson Goodson</a></td> <td class="partytd Gray">Nonpartisan</td> <td style="text-align:center;">January 1, 2011</td> </tr><tr> <td style="padding-left:10px;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_Supreme_Court">Arkansas Supreme Court Position 4</a></td> <td style="padding-left:10px;text-align:center;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Barbara_Webb">Barbara Webb</a></td> <td class="partytd Gray">Nonpartisan</td> <td style="text-align:center;">January 1, 2021</td> </tr><tr> <td style="padding-left:10px;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_Supreme_Court">Arkansas Supreme Court Position 5</a></td> <td style="padding-left:10px;text-align:center;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Shawn_Womack">Shawn Womack</a></td> <td class="partytd Gray">Nonpartisan</td> <td style="text-align:center;">January 1, 2017</td> </tr><tr> <td style="padding-left:10px;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_Supreme_Court">Arkansas Supreme Court Position 6</a></td> <td style="padding-left:10px;text-align:center;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Karen_R._Baker">Karen R. Baker</a></td> <td class="partytd Gray">Nonpartisan</td> <td style="text-align:center;">January 10, 2011</td> </tr><tr> <td style="padding-left:10px;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_Supreme_Court">Arkansas Supreme Court Position 7</a></td> <td style="padding-left:10px;text-align:center;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Rhonda_Wood">Rhonda Wood</a></td> <td class="partytd Gray">Nonpartisan</td> <td style="text-align:center;">January 1, 2015</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery.tablesorter/2.29.6/js/jquery.tablesorter.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </p> </div> <p><br /> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="State_court_of_appeals">State court of appeals</span></h2> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Arkansas_Court_of_Appeals" title="Arkansas Court of Appeals">Arkansas Court of Appeals</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state. Opinions decided by this court may be appealed to the Supreme Court. There is, however, no right to appeal decisions made by this court. The Supreme Court must agree to hear the appeal. </p><p>The following judges sit on the court: </p> <table border="1" class="wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter" style="font-size:90%; width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Judge</th> <th>Tenure</th> <th>Appointed By</th> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Mike_Murphy_(Arkansas)">Mike Murphy</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> 2017 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Elected </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Stephanie_Potter_Barrett">Stephanie Potter Barrett</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> January 1, 2021 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Elected </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Brandon_Harrison">Brandon Harrison</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> 2013 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Elected </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Rita_Gruber">Rita Gruber</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> 2009 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Elected </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Waymond_Brown_(Arkansas)">Waymond Brown</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> 2009 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Elected </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Cindy_Thyer">Cindy Thyer</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> January 1, 2023 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Elected </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Kenneth_Hixson">Kenneth Hixson</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> 2013 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Elected </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Bart_Virden">Bart Virden</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> 2015 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Elected </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Klappenbach">Mark Klappenbach</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> 2017 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Elected </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Raymond_Abramson">Raymond Abramson</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> 2015 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Elected </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Robert_Gladwin">Robert Gladwin</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> 2003 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Elected </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Wendy_Wood">Wendy Wood</a> </p> </td> <td> <p> January 1, 2023 - Present </p> </td> <td> <p> Elected </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Trial_courts">Trial courts</span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Arkansas_Circuit_Courts">Arkansas Circuit Courts</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Arkansas_Circuit_Courts" title="Arkansas Circuit Courts">Arkansas Circuit Courts</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The circuit courts are the trial courts of general jurisdiction in the state. Circuit judges are elected to six-year terms. </p><p>The map below shows each of those circuits by county. </p> <div class="center"><div class="thumb tnone"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:367px;"><a href="/File:Arkansas_Circuit_Maps-Whole-01.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/4/45/Arkansas_Circuit_Maps-Whole-01.png/365px-Arkansas_Circuit_Maps-Whole-01.png" decoding="async" width="365" height="322" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/4/45/Arkansas_Circuit_Maps-Whole-01.png/548px-Arkansas_Circuit_Maps-Whole-01.png 1.5x, https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/4/45/Arkansas_Circuit_Maps-Whole-01.png 2x" data-file-width="678" data-file-height="599" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/File:Arkansas_Circuit_Maps-Whole-01.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Arkansas Circuit Courts</div></div></div></div> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Arkansas_District_Courts">Arkansas District Courts</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Arkansas_District_Courts" title="Arkansas District Courts">Arkansas District Courts</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The district courts have limited jurisdiction in <a href="/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a>. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Arkansas_City_Courts">Arkansas City Courts</span></h3> <dl><dd><dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Arkansas_City_Courts" title="Arkansas City Courts">Arkansas City Courts</a></i></dd></dl></dd></dl> <p>The <b>Arkansas City Courts</b> are trial courts of original jurisdiction over city ordinance violations. There are 73 city court judges in 89 locations in <a href="/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-city_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-city-5">[5]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Non-judicial_courts">Non-judicial courts</span></h2> <p>The <a href="/Arkansas_County_Courts" title="Arkansas County Courts">Arkansas County Courts</a> are not judicial bodies, but instead act as an executive branch of government. 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