Searching the London Court Docket
Search ARCourts is the public statewide case-information system for participating courts. For a London court docket search, start with the exact case number. Pull it from a citation, notice, or order. If you lack the number, look up a participant name instead and narrow the results with the Pope court and case-type filters. Check before you trust a match. Confirm the court, the date, the status, and the case type.
- Read the London department and appearance information on the case document.
- Run an exact case or citation number search in Search ARCourts.
- Use last and first name with court filters when the number is unknown.
- Open case events and identify the newest active setting or disposition.
- Call Tara Bruhn at 479-293-4115 if the record is absent or unclear.
Search ARCourts replaced Public CourtConnect. Arkansas eFlex exists for electronic filers, not for public London docket lookups. A blank result can mean a fresh citation, the wrong court tier, an older entry, or a protected record.
London Street and Mailing Addresses
The London department sits at 10460 US Highway 64 West, London, Arkansas 72847. That is where you appear in person. Mail goes to PO Box 130 instead. Mixing the two causes trouble. It can delay a written request or send a visitor to a post-office box rather than the court. So bring yourself to the street address, and send properly addressed correspondence to the box.
London District Court Department
10460 US Highway 64 West
London, AR 72847
Mail: PO Box 130
479-293-4115
Fax: 479-293-4127
The official judiciary directory lists 479-293-4115 for chief clerk Tara Bruhn. A Russellville page shows a variant ending in 4513. Treat the directory number as the safer published choice, and verify directly if anything seems off.
London Municipal Court Basics
London's local court operates as a department of Pope County District Court. Judge Deidre Luker presides. The department hears local traffic and criminal cases. Early felony steps may pass through London. The prosecution itself proceeds in Pope County Circuit Court. Civil and small-claims sessions are not held here.
One state District Court can carry several named departments. London is not a separate court system. The department label still matters for the monthly session, the direct clerk, and venue. Search ARCourts supplies the electronic layer, and Tara Bruhn is the local human fallback.
Lower civil and small-claims matters run only through the Russellville/Pope County department. A London connection in the case facts does not shift that calendar assignment.
London Second-Monday Sessions
London's published pattern is the second Monday of each month at 5:00 p.m. That rhythm helps you recognize a normal docket, but it cannot set your individual matter. A citation, a court notice, or a later reset may state a different day or time.
Confirm the session: Use the current London notice and call Tara Bruhn when a holiday, reset, or missing online event creates doubt.
Search ARCourts can keep historical dates on display. A continuance means the hearing moved; it does not mean the matter was dismissed. Find the newest active entry, then ask the clerk to read the case number, date, time, and location back to you.
Court Dates and Settings in London
A London case date is only reliable when its linked fields identify the same matter and department. Read the latest court-issued document first and treat the recurring calendar as a mere check.
| Date | The current case-specific date, often but not always the second Monday. |
|---|---|
| Time | 5:00 p.m. under the published recurrence unless the notice states otherwise. |
| Location | 10460 US Highway 64 West for an in-person London setting. |
| Judge | Judge Luker or the judge assigned to the actual session. |
| Setting Type | Plea, arraignment, trial, compliance, or another entered court event. |
A plea setting is not a trial, and neither label states the final disposition. The outcome comes from the signed order or a later disposition event.
London Search Fields and Events
A public case record opens with identifying fields. Participants, case events, settings, status, disposition, and financial entries follow where public. Search with enough detail to narrow results, but a matching name alone proves nothing.
| Field | London Use | Check |
|---|---|---|
| Case number | Open one known matter | Exact characters and court |
| Participant | Find a case without its number | Filing date and type |
| Court | Separate District and Circuit | Pope assignment |
| Event date | Find recent action | Newest active event |
| Status | Read current posture | Do not confuse with disposition |
A case event is just an index entry. If you need the actual order, pleading, or certified copy, request it from the record custodian.
Traffic Tickets in London
A ticket assigned to London should carry the case number, department, and appearance terms. Read those details before touching the county-linked fine-payment vendor. The payment workflow may cover an eligible balance. It is not a full London case chronology or calendar.
Paying can operate as a plea or disposition, so read the effect before you submit. To contest, follow the citation's appearance instructions and ask the clerk about procedure. If the citation is missing online, call 479-293-4115. Do not assume it will appear before the stated date.
Miss a court date and the stakes rise. A warrant, another charge or cost, or other consequences can follow under Arkansas law. No single fixed London amount is published, so get current case information from the department.
London Payment and Docket Records
A payment confirmation answers one narrow transaction question. The London court record answers the procedural ones: what was charged, when the case was set, which events were entered, and how it was disposed. Neither a receipt nor a public screen counts as a clerk-certified copy.
- Setting
- A scheduled appearance or hearing, not the case outcome.
- Reset
- A moved date that may leave the prior entry visible.
- Disposition
- The court's recorded outcome for a charge or case.
- Certified copy
- A copy authenticated by the record custodian.
If a payment screen and a case setting disagree, stop and call the London clerk. Never read a payment result as proof that an appearance was canceled.
Where London Cases Go
Traffic tickets and local criminal matters start in the London District department. Civil and small claims cases route to Russellville instead. Felony merits cases and larger civil disputes land in Pope County Circuit Court. When a District conviction gets appealed, the Circuit Clerk opens a fresh Circuit docket. It lists a $150 appeal filing fee.
Docket flow: London District Court › Russellville/Pope County District civil docket when applicable › Pope County Circuit Court.
Federal bankruptcy works on a totally separate system. The official federal bankruptcy source is the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, whose page shows each bankruptcy case and filing.
That federal system only matters if a case was actually filed in bankruptcy court. It will never replace a London citation search for a state docket.
London State and Federal Docket Boundaries
A traffic ticket, ordinance violation, or misdemeanor belongs in state records, not federal ones. Check the London clerk and Search ARCourts first. Federal cases carry their own case numbers. They also have their own keepers of record. Free mirrors can surface contributed federal documents without being the official record. The Free Law Project's RECAP description lays out how that contributed federal archive works.
RECAP can round out federal research, but it cannot confirm a London District Court setting. For another federal search interface, try CourtListener's RECAP docket search, which displays the contributed filings on its own page.
If a London case is missing, work the state routing first. Call the clerk before wandering into an unrelated federal system.
London Missing-Citation Fallback
Fresh citations do not always post right away. Keep the appearance terms printed on the citation, recheck the case number, and call the London department. Civil or small claims? Route to the Russellville clerk. A felony merits case or a Circuit appeal goes to the Circuit Clerk.
- Recheck the number and participant spelling in Search ARCourts.
- Confirm that London, not another Pope department, is named.
- Call Tara Bruhn for the local date and entry status.
- Use PO Box 130 only after confirming mail-request terms.
- Ask the Circuit Clerk only when the matter is at Circuit level.
The London clerk posts no set copy price or response time. Before sending any request, name the exact document and ask the office about format, current charge, and accepted payment.
London Court Record Access Rules
London offers several public access channels. You can use Search ARCourts, the local clerk by phone, the physical counter, or a focused request mailed to the proper box. Not everything is public, though. A record may omit juvenile, adoption, sealed, and protected data. Treat missing content as neither proof of a result nor a clue to the reason.
Key rules:
Administrative Order No. 19 governs Arkansas court-record access and protected categories.
Arkansas Freedom of Information Act governs public records of government, while judiciary rules administer case records.
Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-309 protects core juvenile records under Arkansas law.
A screen print is not a certified copy. Use the London docket to spot the event, then ask the correct clerk for the filed document behind it.
London Clerk Confirmation by Case Type
Tara Bruhn handles London traffic and criminal settings. The case type, though, can send your request elsewhere. A small claim or lower civil matter goes through the Russellville department that serves Pope County. That holds even when both parties live in London. Felonies, large civil cases, and District appeals all sit with the Circuit Clerk instead.
Whenever you call, give the case number and the court name. Say which London department you need and what document or setting you want. Ask staff to read the date, time, and physical location back to you. For mail, confirm that PO Box 130 is still right before you send anything. It also pays to ask about the accepted format and the current charge. Ask how payment must be made too. The clerk posts no London-specific copy price.
This routing exists for a reason. The clerk at the county level also keeps Pope County records. Those cover county court and probate files, though, not London's traffic calendar. Search ARCourts can reveal which court type holds a matter once it is public. So let the clerk structure tell you which office can produce the record. The home city of a participant should not decide it.
London Holiday and Reset Checks
London's second-Monday pattern is a handy guide, not a case-specific notice. A holiday, court order, special judge assignment, or continuance can move the session. When a date sits near a holiday, call Tara Bruhn before driving to the US Highway 64 West location. Call too when the event list shows more than one setting. Read events in order. A first notice can stay visible even after the court enters a reset. Hunt for a later continuance, order, or notice. Compare its date with your printed document. Ask the clerk to read back the active setting. Never assume the next second Monday automatically controls. A moved setting does not end the case. It only changes the scheduled time. The outcome lives in the disposition field or the signed order. When the portal gives just a short event line, request the underlying order from the clerk. Court staff can confirm what was filed and where to appear. They cannot advise whether to seek another reset. Keep two addresses straight throughout. An in-person appearance belongs at 10460 US Highway 64 West. A records request uses PO Box 130 once the clerk confirms the terms. That quick address check keeps a calendar problem from turning into a delivery problem.