The Lonoke County Court Calendar
Lonoke County court dates sit in two layers. The Lonoke County court calendar for felony and civil matters belongs to the Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit. Six Lonoke County District Court departments each run their own lower-court schedules. A public Search ARCourts entry may show setting information for a Circuit case. Even so, it is a case-history view. It is not a complete daily calendar for every Lonoke County courtroom.
So rely on the newest filed notice or order first. Then confirm with the office that owns the schedule. The Lonoke County clerk maintains the filed record, and a trial-court administrator or coordinator manages the working Circuit calendar. A city citation, misdemeanor, ordinance, or limited-jurisdiction matter goes to a local Lonoke County District Court clerk. That clerk is the right call.
No single daily list: Lonoke County has no documented public countywide daily-calendar page. Use the case record and the correct court office together.
Lonoke County Court Calendar Fallback Chain
A missing online date is not the end of the search. Start with the papers served or issued in the Lonoke County case. Check the newest Search ARCourts event next, note the division, and call the office that keeps the working calendar. Is the case in a lower court? Go straight to the Lonoke County department named on the citation or notice.
| Calendar source | Best use | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Notice, citation, summons, order | Initial date and court identity | A later order may change it |
| Search ARCourts | Public Circuit case events and settings | Not a complete county daily list |
| Judicial office | Current Circuit setting and courtroom | Call the assigned division |
| District Court clerk | Local lower-court setting | Each department holds its own calendar |
| Clerk counter or terminal | Filed notice and public case record | Confirm terminal availability before travel |
How to Find Your Court Date
Pull the court name and case number from the latest paper whenever you can. A name-only search can drag up unrelated Lonoke County matters. A case number lets the clerk and judicial office pinpoint the exact setting at once.
- Read the most recent Lonoke County notice, citation, summons, or court order in your possession.
- Locate the public Lonoke County Circuit case in Search ARCourts and review the newest event or setting.
- Identify the Lonoke County court, division, and case number rather than relying on the first date shown.
- Call the assigned Lonoke County Circuit judicial office or the named District Court clerk to confirm date, time, location, and appearance format.
- Recheck the Lonoke County setting close to the date after a continuance, holiday, weather event, or emergency notice.
The county offers no anonymous online daily calendar. Ask the Lonoke County clerk about a courthouse calendar or public terminal at the counter instead. Mail and fax work for copies of filed notices. But only after the clerk confirms the requirements. Neither is a sound way to check a setting at the last minute.
Lonoke County Court Calendar Office Numbers
The Arkansas Judiciary's trial-court administrator directory lists direct numbers for the three Lonoke County Circuit judicial offices at 301 North Center Street in Lonoke. Identify your division from the docket or filed notice first. Then call the matching office.
Circuit Division 1
Suite 303 / PMB 9
301 North Center Street
Lonoke, AR 72086
501-676-3131
Circuit Division 2
Suite 101 / PMB 1
301 North Center Street
Lonoke, AR 72086
501-676-3007
Circuit Division 3
Suite 303 / PMB 8
301 North Center Street
Lonoke, AR 72086
501-676-3090
These offices confirm working settings. The Lonoke County Circuit Clerk, at 501-676-2316, remains the source for filed notices and official copies.
Reading a Court Setting
A date alone is not enough. Match the Lonoke County case number and style to the right court, then verify the time, the setting type, the judge or division, the location, and any appearance instructions. The public interface may leave some of those fields blank in a given case.
| Date | The scheduled day, subject to a later reset or order. |
|---|---|
| Time | The stated start or report time; confirm any arrival requirement. |
| Courtroom or location | The building, room, or remote format when supplied. |
| Judge or division | The office that can confirm a Circuit setting. |
| Setting type | Arraignment, pretrial, motion hearing, docket call, trial, sentencing, review, or another event. |
Never guess a courtroom from the judge's mailing suite. Ask the office to confirm where the hearing will actually be held. Also ask whether the appearance is in person or remote.
Lonoke County Court Calendar Setting Terms
The event label tells you what the court plans to address. It does not promise the whole Lonoke County case ends that day. A docket call checks readiness across a group of cases, while a motion hearing takes up one particular request.
- Pretrial
- A case-management setting before trial.
- Status conference
- A review of progress and next scheduling steps.
- Docket call
- A grouped calendar at which readiness or disposition is addressed.
- Revocation docket
- Probation or suspended-sentence violation matters; the 2022 local plan gave them particular Division 1 days.
- Continuance or reset
- A postponement followed by a replacement setting; the newest order controls.
Division 1 Lonoke County Court Calendar Days
The 2022 Twenty-Third Circuit administrative plan put Lonoke County criminal matters in Division 1. It also treated new Lonoke County petitions to revoke probation or a suspended sentence as new filings there. Lonoke County violation matters were set on particular days. The point was coordination. Limited courtroom space, jury use, prosecutors, public defenders, and court staff all had to fit. A particular-day assignment is useful context. It is not a substitute for the date entered in an individual case. Administrative plans change, and matters get reset.
Find the latest Lonoke County docket event first. Then call Division 1 at 501-676-3131 with the case number in hand. The office can confirm the criminal or revocation setting. It can tell you whether it still sits on the working calendar.
One more thing from the local plan. Division labels just divide work among judges; they do not create separate Circuit Court jurisdictions. A case in any division remains a Lonoke County Circuit Court matter.
Resets, Continuances, and Cancellations
A continuance does not erase the first setting. The Lonoke County docket may list the original notice, a motion to continue, a signed order, and a new setting as four separate events. Read forward in time until nothing later appears. Then confirm the result with the proper office.
Calendar flow: Notice of Setting › Motion or Court Action › Continuance Order › Replacement Setting › Office Confirmation
Two dates in the record? Compare their filing dates and document types. A later signed order usually carries more weight than an older notice, though the court office should settle any real conflict. And a matter marked "continued" is not dismissed.
Austin's Lonoke County Court Calendar Practice
Austin puts it plainly. The town's own Lonoke County material defines the docket as "the schedule of the court." The Austin procedures and fines page carries that local meaning. It also lists clerk contact and courtroom rules. What it does not carry is case-level Lonoke County dates for individual matters.
That official page settles it. Calendar questions in Austin go to its own clerk at 501-941-2648, not to a generic Lonoke County daily listing.
Austin also has house rules that trip up visitors. Phones and other mobile devices are barred, along with photography, audio recording, food, and drink. Keep in mind those are Austin-only policies. They say nothing about the Circuit courthouse or another District Court department in Lonoke County.
District Lonoke County Court Calendar Contacts
Every Lonoke County lower-court department runs its own calendar. So the clerk you call depends on where the case sits. Cabot answers at 501-843-8908 and 501-843-8909. Ward uses 501-605-0339, Austin 501-941-2648, Lonoke 501-676-3585, Carlisle 870-552-3436, and England 501-842-3904.
The official District Court directory lets you confirm each clerk and address. Ward and England list only postal contacts there, so phone ahead before visiting a counter. A state payment portal can handle an eligible citation. Paying, though, is not proof of your latest hearing setting.
Search ARCourts may expose some case information. Even so, Lonoke County District Court dates stay local. The department printed on your notice remains the primary source for the docket.
Lonoke County Court Calendar Holidays and Closures
Austin keeps weekday clerk hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It closes for holidays and declared emergencies. Its Lonoke County holiday list covers New Year's Eve and Day, Memorial Day, July Fourth, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. Remember that these hours and closures apply to Austin alone.
Want the full local closure and visitor picture? The official Austin calendar and dress-code page spells it out.
The practical takeaway is simple. After any Lonoke County holiday, emergency, or weather problem, recheck with the court instead of assuming the old date still stands.
What To Do If You Miss a Setting
Move fast. Start with the Lonoke County court named on your case, citation, or notice. Dig up the case number. Then call the right clerk or judicial office. Ask plainly what the Lonoke County docket shows and what official process now applies. Never assume the setting reset itself.
Missed date: A failure to appear may have immediate case consequences. Contact the proper court office at once and follow its official instructions.
Lonoke County clerks can walk you through procedure and record status. What they cannot do is give legal advice. If your Lonoke County case turns on rights or a warrant, talk to a qualified lawyer. Once you know which court holds the file, the Lonoke County case search offers a fuller event lookup.