Sheriff Election — Chicot County, Arkansas
Chicot Sheriff · the arena · the southeastern-most Arkansas county hires this desk in 2026 · in Lake Village, Arkansas
The 2026 oval in Lake Village, not Dermott City Hall, not Mississippi
This page is the arena for this office. Unique teaching for the job lives on the office twin. The county as a place is taught at Chicot County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Lake Village hires a Sheriff for the oxbow and the river road
Arkansas Constitution Article 7, § 46: four years. Sheriff sits on the gubernatorial table. Amendment 95 moved the desk from two years to four beginning 2018.
- Preferential primary: Tuesday, 3 March 2026 (already sat).
- Primary runoff: Tuesday, 31 March 2026 (already sat where needed).
- General: Tuesday, 3 November 2026.
- County/municipal runoff: Tuesday, 1 December 2026 if this race needs one.
- Take office: Ark. Code § 21-1-102 — Thursday, 1 January 2027.
- Vacancy: Quorum Court appointment within thirty days (§ 14-14-1310). Not the Governor.
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Nine justices of the peace sit on a two-year clock — not this oval. The County Judge is four years — not this oval. A Mississippi rumor does not hire this badge. Dermott is a city, not the hall. Eudora is a city, not the hall. Little Rock is still the capital. Delta Regional Unit does not hire this badge.
Absentee with the County Clerk on 108 Main, not 513 Main, not Gaines Street
Absentee and voter registration for this county sit with the County Clerk at 108 Main Street, Lake Village, AR 71653 (phone 870-265-8000). That is not 513 Main, not ADC at 880 East Gaines, Dermott, not a Mississippi board of elections as a substitute for this absentee desk. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.arkansas.gov/elections and VoteView.
Sample ballot in Lake Village, not the State of Mississippi
Do not take names from a Mississippi rumor, a Dermott city flyer, or an Eudora municipal card as if it hired this county badge.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Arkansas Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Chicot County, Arkansas, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — Delta-corner patrol, not a state prison warden
You are hiring the Sheriff of Chicot County, Arkansas — unincorporated patrol, warrants, civil process, courthouse security at 108 Main, and whatever live detention door this office posts. The Arkansas Sheriffs’ Association lists No Jail on this county’s card — confirm the live door. You are not hiring Lake Village PD. You are not hiring Dermott PD. You are not hiring ADC. You are not hiring a Mississippi Sheriff. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for 513 Main as this door, Lake Village as the seat, Dermott as not the hall, and Delta Regional as ADC, not this jailer.
Remedy when a writ misses Eudora
A bad service or a paper that missed Eudora — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Nine JPs are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Mississippi. Not Dermott City Hall as this oval.
Relief when Lake Chicot leaves the banks or a levee road floods
High water on Lake Chicot, a wreck on U.S. 65, a night road toward Eudora, fog on the parish line — this county’s mutual aid first. Ashley is a different count. Desha is a different count. Drew is a different count. Lake Village city hall is a different government. Dermott city hall is a different government.
Service — papers on the oxbow, a Main Street docket, an Eudora night shift
Papers. A Lake Village courtroom with the lake in the window. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated U.S. 65 frontage remains this badge. County detention remains whatever live door this badge posts — not Gaines Street.
Due process does not wait for a Mississippi rumor
A levy in Eudora still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Mississippi, or because a visitor photographed a state-prison gate.
Rights from Dermott country to the river
Equal protection on the oxbow map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Lake Village and a family in Eudora hire the same Sheriff.