Sheriff Election — Cleburne County, Arkansas
Cleburne Sheriff · the arena · the youngest Arkansas county hires this desk in 2026 · in Heber Springs, Arkansas
The 2026 oval in Heber Springs, not Heflin, not Cleburne, Texas
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 Cleburne County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Heber Springs hires a Sheriff who still holds Ninth Street
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. Eleven justices of the peace sit on a two-year clock — not this oval. The County Judge is four years — not this oval. A Heflin rumor does not hire this badge. Cleburne County, Alabama is a different state. Cleburne, Texas, is a different state. Greers Ferry is a city, not the hall. Quitman is not the hall. Little Rock is still the capital.
Absentee with the County Clerk on 300 West Main, not Ninth Street jail
Absentee and voter registration for this county sit with the County Clerk at 300 West Main Street, Heber Springs, AR 72543 (phone 501-362-4620). That is not 914 South 9th, not a Heflin registrar, not a Texas 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 Heber Springs, not Cleburne County, Alabama
Do not take names from a Heflin rumor, a Cleburne, Texas, flyer, or a Greers Ferry 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 Cleburne County, Arkansas, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — youngest-county patrol and a 90-bed house this Sheriff still holds
You are hiring the Sheriff of Cleburne County, Arkansas — unincorporated patrol, warrants, civil process, courthouse security at 301 West Main, and detention this Sheriff still holds at 914 South 9th Street. You are not hiring Heber Springs PD. You are not hiring Greers Ferry municipal. You are not hiring an Alabama Sheriff. You are not hiring a Texas Sheriff. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Ninth Street as this jailer, Heber Springs as the seat, Heflin as not this hall, and Cleburne, Texas, as not this hall.
Remedy when a writ misses Quitman
A bad service or a paper that missed Concord — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Eleven JPs are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Alabama. Not Texas.
Relief when Greers Ferry rises or a ridge road ices
High water on Greers Ferry Lake, a wreck on Highway 25, ice toward Higden, a night road outside Quitman — this county’s mutual aid first. Van Buren is a different count. White is a different count. Faulkner is a different count. Heber Springs city hall is a different government. Greers Ferry city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a square docket, a lake-road night shift
Papers. A Heber Springs courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated Highway 25 frontage remains this badge. County detention remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a Heflin rumor
A levy in Quitman still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Heflin, or because a visitor photographed Cleburne, Texas.
Rights from Higden to the Faulkner line
Equal protection on the lake-and-ridge map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Heber Springs and a family in Greers Ferry hire the same Sheriff.