Checking for a Warrant in Hazen
Hazen publishes no online warrant roster, so a full warrant check runs through the city and court routes named here.
- Find the citation, notice, or prior receipt and identify “Hazen,” a court, or a case number.
- Call Hazen District Court at 870-255-2222 or 870-255-4513 and ask which docket holds the matter.
- Contact district clerk Annette Felts at 870-255-4514 when a district citation or case is involved.
- Use Arkansas’s citation query or Search ARCourts as a lead, then confirm the result with the clerk.
- Call the Prairie County Sheriff at 870-256-4137 for service or custody questions, and obtain legal advice before surrender.
City Hall sits at 111 N Hazen Avenue, and staff there answer at 870-255-4521. They can route a city question, but only the issuing court can state warrant status.
Hazen Warrant Visits and Court Hours
The Hazen court page posts hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, closed on holidays and in emergencies. It also sets out dress expectations. Check the current calendar and your courtroom assignment before you drive to 106 E Front Street. An open office does not guarantee a judge is free for an unscheduled warrant matter. Bring photo identification, the citation or case number, any receipts, and every court notice you have. Ask whether the clerk will confirm status by phone, or whether your lawyer may contact the court first. Showing up at the building does not itself clear an order in Hazen; a judge's recall, a bond, or a new setting may be required.
Hazen Police and Municipal Court
Hazen Municipal Code §§2.46.01-.02 creates a City Court under Ark. Code Ann. §16-18-111, and the mayor may appoint a qualified city-court judge. The city names no current judge or clerk, posts no city warrant form, and offers no city warrant search. Verify everything with the office itself.
Hazen City Route
Use City Hall for routing questions about city court, city code, or police contacts.
Hazen District Route
Use Annette Felts for the Prairie County District Court-Hazen Department docket.
City Court and state district court are two different things in Hazen. Ask which one holds your matter before you talk payment or appearance.
Which Hazen Warrant Court Issued It?
A city ordinance matter may stay on the city-court route, but traffic, misdemeanor, ordinance, preliminary-felony, and limited civil cases can also land in the Arkansas State District Court's Hazen Department. An opened felony moves up to the Prairie County Circuit Clerk and the 17th Judicial Circuit. For district questions, give Annette Felts the name and date of birth privately, plus the citation or case number. Her listing shows PO Box 564, Hazen, AR 72064; phone 870-255-4514; fax 870-255-3637. Ask for the court, the status, the next setting, and any warrant return. Clerk staff handle routing, not legal strategy.
Hazen Warrant Types
The type affects who can verify and recall the order.
| Type | Typical Trigger | Hazen Route |
|---|---|---|
| Traffic warrant | Missed date or unresolved citation | Issuing Hazen court |
| City bench warrant | Missed city-court obligation | City Court route |
| District bench warrant | Missed district setting or noncompliance | Hazen Department |
| Arrest warrant | Judicial probable-cause finding | Issuing court; police or sheriff service |
| Search warrant | Judicial authority to search | Restricted pre-case or case record |
Prairie County material uses the term bench warrant. Capias pro fine is not the local term here, so treat it with caution.
Hazen Warrant Fine Collection
Hazen Municipal Code §2.44.12 puts fine collection for Prairie County District Court-Hazen Department cases chiefly on the police chief. The code describes a Court Solutions/i3Verticles approved-credit-card arrangement that carries a transaction fee. That is a payment channel only, not an active-warrant database. Before you pay, confirm the court, the balance, the service charge, and the legal effect. Arkansas's state citation page warns that payment may waive appearance and trial. A card confirmation proves funds moved and nothing more. It does not show that a judge recalled the warrant, that the sheriff got the recall, or that public systems in Hazen updated.
Inside a Hazen Warrant Record
Prairie's district plan keeps AW arrest-warrant and SW search-warrant dockets for orders returned executed or unexecuted before a case opens. Once a case opens, the warrant information moves into the case file.
| Warrant or Case Number | An official local identifier, sometimes tied to AW or SW; no city-specific public format was verified. |
|---|---|
| Subject | Name and private identifiers used to distinguish similar names. |
| Court | City Court, Hazen Department, or circuit court. |
| Charge or Citation | The underlying allegation or ticket, not a finding of guilt. |
| Return Status | Executed, unexecuted, recalled, or another official notation. |
| Bond or Fine | Only the amount and conditions shown by the issuing court. |
Hazen Warrant Payment Is Not Recall
After payment or a new appearance, ask for a stamped order, docket entry, receipt, or clerk confirmation. Find out whether a judge has recalled the warrant, when the sheriff is notified, and when electronic records change. Hazen sets no update deadline and makes no same-day recall promise.
Keep separate proof: retain the payment receipt and the court’s warrant-status confirmation. One does not automatically substitute for the other.
When a case carries arrest, detention, probation, immigration, or felony risk, an Arkansas lawyer can contact the court about a planned appearance or surrender.
How Hazen Warrants Fit the County System
Hazen's city and district offices are the local start. The Prairie County Sheriff handles execution and custody routing, and Circuit Clerk Gaylon Hale holds opened Prairie felony files. Arkansas law-enforcement systems are not public portals, Search ARCourts is only a case-information service, and ARCH excludes active warrants.
Warrant flow: Hazen court or police › Prairie County Sheriff › law-enforcement-only state systems.
For the wider picture, see the Prairie County warrant records overview. County material stays second to the Hazen clerk-first route.
No Hazen Amnesty Notice Found
No Hazen office runs a warrant-amnesty or safe-surrender program. That is not a claim that relief is unavailable; ask the issuing court about a reset, recall, bond, payment plan, or appearance that fits your case. Terms turn on a judge's order. Do not lean on an old social post or a vendor screen for current terms. Verify dates and eligibility with the court. A general city payment option is not amnesty in Hazen, and it cannot promise protection from arrest.
Hazen Warrant Records and Public Access
Arkansas FOIA opens many non-exempt records to the public, and court records also answer to Administrative Order 19. A focused request should name the custodian, the record, the date range, and the format. Sealed, juvenile, confidential, personal, and active-investigation material may stay withheld or redacted.
Key rules:
Arkansas Freedom of Information Act provides a general access framework and allows actual reproduction and mailing costs.
Administrative Order 19 explains why some court information is not posted online.
Arkansas juvenile confidentiality rules restrict youth records.
Document a Hazen Warrant Check
Write down what the Hazen clerk tells you, word for word. Log the date, the phone number, the office, and any case or citation number. Note the exact status given. Then ask where that answer came from: a warrant docket, an opened case, or a payment system. The distinction matters. A paid-ticket screen in Hazen can look like a recall when it is not one. If access is denied, request the cited exemption and the review route, since the general FOIA three-business-day framework is not a warrant-clearance deadline. For your own status, a direct conversation with the clerk, backed by identity verification, beats asking any custodian for a broad list.
Official Hazen Warrant Contact Images
The Arkansas Judiciary’s Hazen clerk directory presents the verified contact block for Annette Felts.
Unsure whether a notice came from the state district court or another Hazen route? Call the docket line first. Hazen also posts a frequently called numbers page listing public phone contacts for City Hall and Hazen District Court.
The directory points you to a person. It is no online warrant roster, and it cannot confirm an order's current status. For a visit, the Hazen court page posts courthouse hours and visitor guidance.
Still check the calendar and your assignment, since posted hours and a building photo never promise an unscheduled Hazen warrant hearing.
Hazen Warrant Confirmation Questions
Start with the basics when you call. Which court issued the warrant? Is it a city-court file, a Hazen Department docket, or an opened circuit case, and has a return been entered yet? Then ask what official act clears it: a new court date, a bond, a payment, a counsel filing, a surrender, or a judge's recall. The answer always turns on the individual court record. Once you take that step, request written proof and ask how the status will update. Keep any receipt apart from the recall order itself. Write down the date and the office that verified the result. If court staff cannot locate the item, confirm the spelling, prior names, birth date, and citation number, and ask whether a different Prairie department holds it. This approach fits Hazen's split between city and state-district courts, and it never assumes either route lists every local warrant.
Hazen Warrant Records to Keep
Build a private case file. Keep the original notice, the citation, every receipt, the clerk's status note, and any signed recall or release order. Date and label any printed web results too. A later court entry can outrank an earlier vendor screen. If your lawyer contacts the court about a Hazen matter, ask which document is the best proof to carry and when the sheriff should learn of the change. That paper trail separates the act that resolved the court issue from the slower system update that makes the new status visible.