The Arkansas Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction of the state of Arkansas.
There are 23 numbered judicial circuits, however four circuits are split, resulting in 28 actual courts. Each has five divisions, criminal, civil, probate, domestic relations, and juvenile. Each circuit covers at least one of Arkansas's 75 counties.
All judges in Arkansas are elected in non-partisan elections. Circuit judges serve six-year terms and must be licensed attorneys in the state for six years prior to the date of assuming office.
1st Judicial Circuit – Cross, Lee, Monroe, Phillips, St. Francis, Woodruff
2nd Judicial Circuit – Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett
3rd Judicial Circuit – Jackson, Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp
4th Judicial Circuit – Madison, Washington
5th Judicial Circuit – Franklin, Johnson, Pope
6th Judicial Circuit – Perry, Pulaski
7th Judicial Circuit – Grant and Hot Spring
8th North Judicial Circuit – Hempstead, Nevada
8th South Judicial Circuit - Lafayette, Miller
9th East Judicial Circuit – Clark
9th West Judicial Circuit – Howard, Little River, Pike, Sevier
10th Judicial Circuit – Ashley, Bradly, Chicot, Desha, Drew
11th East Judicial Circuit – Arkansas
11th West Judicial Circuit - Jefferson, Lincoln
12th Judicial Circuit – Sebastian
13th Judicial Circuit – Calhoun, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Ouachita, Union
14th Judicial Circuit – Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton
15th Judicial Circuit – Conway, Logan, Scott, Yell
16th Judicial Circuit – Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Stone
17th Judicial Circuit – Prairie, White
18th East Judicial Circuit – Garland
18th West Judicial Circuit – Montgomery, Polk
19th East Judicial Circuit – Carroll
19th West Judicial Circuit - Benton
20th Judicial Circuit – Faulkner, Searcy, Van Buren
21st Judicial Circuit – Crawford
22nd Judicial Circuit – Saline
23rd Judicial Circuit – Lonoke
