Sheriff Election — Lawrence County, Arkansas
Lawrence Sheriff · the arena · northeast Arkansas hires this desk in 2026 · in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas · Little Rock remains the capital
The 2026 oval in Walnut Ridge — not Powhatan as this hall, not Moulton, not Little Rock
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 Lawrence 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.
Walnut Ridge hires a Sheriff who still holds 501 West Elm
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. A park rumor does not hire this badge. Hoxie is not the hall. Powhatan is not the live hall. Walnut Ridge is not the capital. Little Rock is the capital. This is not Lawrence County, Alabama. This is not Lawrence, Kansas.
Clerk work sits at 315 West Main — not a Moulton clerk, not a park registrar as this clerk
County Clerk work for Lawrence County sits at 315 West Main Street, Walnut Ridge. Confirm the live Clerk and elections door on lawrencecountyar.com before you drive. That is county clerk work — not Hoxie City Hall as this clerk, not a Powhatan park desk as this clerk, not a Moulton, Alabama, clerk as a substitute. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.arkansas.gov and voterview.ar-nova.org.
Sample ballot in Lawrence County, Arkansas — not Lawrence County, Alabama
Do not take names from a Moulton flyer, a Kansas listing, a Powhatan park brochure, or a Hoxie rumor as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Arkansas Secretary of State and the Lawrence County Clerk
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Lawrence 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 — ridge-road patrol and a 100-bed Elm Street house
You are hiring the Sheriff of Lawrence County, Arkansas — unincorporated patrol across Hoxie remainder, Black Rock remainder, Imboden country, and the Black River roads; warrants; civil process; courthouse security at 315 West Main; and the jail at 501 West Elm. You are not hiring Walnut Ridge Police. You are not hiring a park ranger. You are not hiring an Alabama Sheriff. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for 501 West Elm as this jailer, Walnut Ridge as the sole seat, Powhatan as a park, and Little Rock as the capital.
Remedy when a writ misses Imboden
A bad service or a paper that missed Imboden or Black Rock — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Nine Justices are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Powhatan as this oval. Not Moulton.
Relief when the Black River floods or U.S. 63 ices
High water on the Black, Spring, or Strawberry, a wreck on U.S. 63, a night road outside Hoxie remainder — this county’s mutual aid first. Randolph is a different count. Jackson is a different count. Greene is a different count. Walnut Ridge city hall is a different government. A state park is a different government.
Service — papers on Elm, a Main Street docket, a night shift toward Imboden
Papers. A Walnut Ridge courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated U.S. 63 frontage remains this badge. 501 West Elm remains this badge. ADC does not. A park jail exhibit does not.
Due process does not wait for a Kansas rumor
A levy in unincorporated Lawrence still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Powhatan, or because a visitor photographed Moulton.
Rights from Smithville to the Greene line
Equal protection on the ridge-to-Delta map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker on West Elm and a family in Imboden hire the same Sheriff.