Sheriff Election — Prairie County, Arkansas
Prairie County, Arkansas, Sheriff · the arena · a dual-seat prairie county hires one desk in 2026 · in Des Arc · DeValls Bluff remains southern court, not a second oval · Little Rock remains the capital, not this hire
The 2026 oval in Des Arc — one hire, two courthouses, not two sheriffs
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 Prairie County, Arkansas.
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.
Prairie hires one Sheriff who still holds Courthouse Square
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 until the next general (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 second-courthouse rumor does not hire a second badge. Prairie County, Texas, is a different state. DeValls Bluff is southern court. Little Rock is the capital.
Clerk work sits on both squares — not DeValls Bluff as a second oval
County Clerk / Circuit Clerk work for Prairie County, Arkansas, lists combined, with a Des Arc window and a DeValls Bluff window. That is county clerk work — not Des Arc City Hall as this clerk, not a Texas clerk as this clerk, not a second Sheriff board in DeValls Bluff. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.arkansas.gov and voterview.ar-nova.org.
Sample ballot in Prairie County, Arkansas — not Prairie County, Texas
Do not take names from a Texas rumor, a Little Rock flyer, or a Hazen municipal card as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Arkansas Secretary of State and the Prairie County, Arkansas, Clerk
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Prairie 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 — dual-seat remainder patrol and a 64-bed house in Des Arc
You are hiring the Sheriff of Prairie County, Arkansas — unincorporated patrol across both districts, Hazen remainder, Biscoe remainder, Ulm remainder, and the prairie roads; warrants; civil process; courthouse security at Des Arc and DeValls Bluff; and detention at Suite 101, Des Arc. You are not hiring Des Arc Police. You are not hiring a second Sheriff in DeValls Bluff. You are not hiring Prairie County, Texas. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Suite 101 as this jailer, Des Arc as the Sheriff hall, DeValls Bluff as southern court not this hall, Little Rock as the capital not this hire, and two courthouses as one oval.
Remedy when a writ misses DeValls Bluff remainder
A bad service or a paper that missed Hazen remainder or Biscoe remainder — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Nine Justices are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Texas. Not Little Rock as this oval.
Relief when the White River comes up or Grand Prairie ices
High water toward Des Arc or DeValls Bluff, a wreck on U.S. 70, ice toward I-40, a night road outside Hazen — this county’s mutual aid first. Lonoke is a different count. Monroe is a different count. Arkansas County is a different count. Des Arc city hall is a different government. Texas is a different state.
Service — papers, two dockets, a night shift toward Hazen
Papers. A Des Arc courtroom. A DeValls Bluff courtroom the same week. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated prairie road remains this badge. Suite 101 remains this badge. A second sheriff does not.
Due process does not wait for a second-sheriff rumor
A levy in unincorporated Prairie County, Arkansas, still needs notice — north of the river and south of the river. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed two courthouses, or because a visitor photographed the State Capitol.
Rights from Biscoe to the White County line
Equal protection on the Grand Prairie map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker at Suite 101 and a family in DeValls Bluff hire the same Sheriff.