Dallas County AR

Lookup Public Records in Dallas County, Arkansas. Including Vital Birth and Death Records, Deeds, Probate, Property Records, Mortgages, Liens, Judgments, Marriage Licenses, Voter Registrar, Payroll, Military Discharges.
Dallas County, Arkansas Overview

Located in the state of Arkansas, Dallas County has a population of about 8,116, according to the US Census Bureau. The low population makes Dallas the fourth-least populous county in Arkansas. The county seat, and largest community is Fordyce. Dallas County is Arkansas’s 49th county, formed on January 1, 1845, and named for George M. Dallas, Vice President of the United States. The total square miles of the county are 668, 667 of that is land, and the remaining .7 square miles is water. The county has six neighboring counties in Arkansas: to the northeast, Grant, Cleveland is to the east, Calhoun to the southeast, Ouachita to the southwest, Clark to the west and Hot Spring to the northwest. Mollie Burdett Banks Curry Gray (1862-1958), a native of Tulip in Dallas County, was a great-great-grand-niece of George Washington. When she died in 1958 in Shreveport, Louisiana, she was listed as the oldest descendant of President Washington. Mollie’s first husband, Robert Houston Curry, was from 1888 to 1892 a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Bossier Parish. He was wounded in the Second Battle of Manassas of the American Civil War. Six zip codes are used in the county and the largest zip code is 71742.

Dallas County Clerk Information

The Dallas County Courthouse address is:
202 3rd Street West
Fordyce, AR 71742
870-352-3371

The County Clerk is Pam Barnes and her duties include the following. Ms. Barnes can be reached at:
202 3rd Street West
Fordyce 71742
(870) 352-2307

Secretary to the Quorum Court
Secretary to the Equalization Board
Filing and recording County Court orders
Payroll
Accounts payable
Voter registration
Election records
Marriage licenses
Recording DBA Certifications (Doing business under an assumed name)
Provide birth and death certificate forms

Ms. Barnes is also the Circuit Clerk, and her primary duties of the Circuit Court Clerk office revolve around filing, docketing, attending court, issuing of notices, records management, and reporting to the Administrative Office of the Courts. It is the responsibility of the Circuit Clerk to prepare a list of prospective jurors, docket cases of the respective courts, issue summonses, subpoenas, writs and warrants related to each case, attend court and swear witnesses. The Clerk maintains the records of the civil, criminal and Juvenile divisions of the Courts and prepares transcripts of proceedings under appeal. The records of the Circuit Courts are the evidence of their official acts and, therefore, it is necessary that they be accurately recorded and well maintained.

Dallas County Records

The County Assessor is Vanessa Pierce and she can be reached in her Fordyce Office at 87-352-7983.

Duties of the office in the capacity of Recorder include recording all deeds, mortgages, and conveyances of lands and buildings lying within the County, as well as maps and plats of newly laid out villages and all records from other counties concerning land sales or conveyance which affect title in the County. Other duties assigned the Recorder include the recording of powers of attorney, liens on real property, soldier’s discharges, leases, financing statements, performance bonds and public official bonds.

You may search titles and deed retrieval here

Real Estate Records can be searched online at

Property tax statements can be retrieved here

Dallas, AR Genealogy and Ancestry Records
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, USA Counties Data File Downloads
Total Ancestries Reported 2005-2009	7,404
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - United States or American - 2005-2009	644
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Arab - 2005-2009	0
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - British - 2005-2009	12
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Czech - 2005-2009	0
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Danish - 2005-2009	0
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Dutch - 2005-2009	6
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - English - 2005-2009	737
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - European - 2005-2009	10
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - French (except Basque) - 2005-2009	59
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - French Canadian - 2005-2009	10
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - German - 2005-2009	428
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Greek - 2005-2009	0
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Hungarian - 2005-2009	0
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Irish - 2005-2009	597
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Italian - 2005-2009	142
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Lithuanian - 2005-2009	0
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Norwegian - 2005-2009	22
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Polish - 2005-2009	0
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Portuguese - 2005-2009	10
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Russian - 2005-2009	3
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Scotch-Irish - 2005-2009	168
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Scottish - 2005-2009	83
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Slovak - 2005-2009	0
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Subsaharan African - 2005-2009	9
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Swedish - 2005-2009	0
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Swiss - 2005-2009	0
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Ukrainian - 2005-2009	0
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Welsh - 2005-2009	77
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) - 2005-2009	0
Persons Reporting Total Ancestry As - Other Groups - 2005-2009	4,360

Dallas County Marriage License Office
In order to obtain a marriage license in Dallas County, the applicants must apply together, in person, at the County Clerk’s office. Both parties must present their state-issued picture ID, military ID, or passport, and know their social security number
State Law:	Marriage – Title 9, Ch. 11 and Premarital agreements – Title 9, Ch. 11, Subchapter 4
All State Statutes:	Information is online at the State Website
Office:	Dallas County Marriage License
Location:	206 West 3rd Street, Fordyce, Arkansas, 71742
Phone:	870-352-2307