Sheriff Election — Franklin County, Arkansas
Franklin Sheriff · the arena · western Arkansas hires this desk in 2026 · in Ozark, Arkansas · Little Rock remains the capital
The 2026 oval in Ozark, Arkansas — not Charleston as this hall, not Russellville, not Ozark, Alabama
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 Franklin County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
This Sheriff is on the 2026 ballot. Arkansas county sheriffs sit on the gubernatorial table.
Ozark, Arkansas hires one Sheriff for two courthouses
Article 7, § 46 / Amendment 95: four years.
- Last regular general: Tuesday, 8 November 2022.
- Preferential primary: Tuesday, 3 March 2026 (already sat).
- Primary runoff (where needed): Tuesday, 31 March 2026 (already sat where needed).
- Next regular general: Tuesday, 3 November 2026.
- County/municipal runoff: Tuesday, 1 December 2026 if this race needs one.
- Take office: 1 January 2027 (A.C.A. § 21-1-102).
- Vacancy: Quorum Court appointment within thirty days (A.C.A. § 14-14-1310) — not the Governor.
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Nine Justices of the Peace sit — two-year desks, not this oval. An Alabama rumor does not hire this badge. Charleston is not the Sheriff house. Ozark, Arkansas, is not the capital. Little Rock is the capital. This is not Franklin County, Alabama. This is not Ozark, Alabama.
Clerk work sits at 211 West Commercial — also a Charleston door — not an Alabama clerk
County Clerk work for Franklin County sits at 211 West Commercial Street, Suite 1600, Ozark, with a Charleston phone on the same office. Confirm the live Clerk and elections door on franklincountyar.gov before you drive. That is county clerk work — not Ozark City Hall as this clerk, not Charleston City Hall as this clerk, not a Franklin County, Alabama, clerk in Russellville as a substitute. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.arkansas.gov and voterview.ar-nova.org.
Sample ballot in Franklin County, Arkansas — not Franklin County, Alabama
Do not take names from an Alabama rumor, a Russellville flyer, an Ozark, Alabama, listing, or a Van Buren postcard as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Arkansas Secretary of State and the Franklin County Clerk
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Franklin County, Arkansas, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins. Unopposed county nominees sometimes do not reprint on the November card — confirm the Clerk, do not invent a missing race.
What you are hiring — two-seat remainder patrol and a 106-bed Airport Road house
You are hiring the Sheriff of Franklin County, Arkansas — unincorporated patrol on both sides of the Arkansas River; warrants; civil process; courthouse security at 211 West Commercial and 607 East Main; and the jail at 248 Airport Road, Ozark. You are not hiring Ozark Police. You are not hiring Charleston Police. You are not hiring the Governor. You are not hiring the Franklin County, Alabama, Sheriff.
Read the office page for 248 Airport Road as this jailer, Ozark, Arkansas, as the Sheriff hall, Charleston as the southern courthouse, and Little Rock as the capital.
Remedy when a writ misses Charleston remainder
A bad service or a paper that missed Charleston remainder or Altus remainder — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Nine Justices are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Russellville. Not Ozark, Alabama, as this oval.
Relief when the Arkansas River rises or I-40 ices
High water on the Arkansas River, a wreck on I-40, a night road outside Altus — this county’s mutual aid first. Crawford is a different count. Johnson is a different count. Logan is a different count. Ozark city hall is a different government. Alabama is a different government.
Service — papers in Ozark, a Charleston docket, a night shift toward Altus
Papers. An Ozark courtroom — or a Charleston courtroom when the southern docket sits. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated I-40 frontage remains this badge. 248 Airport Road remains this badge. ADC does not.
Due process does not wait for a Russellville rumor
A levy in unincorporated Franklin still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Alabama, or because a visitor photographed Ozark, Alabama.
Rights from Branch to the Johnson line
Equal protection on both sides of the river. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker on Airport Road and a family in Charleston hire the same Sheriff.