District Courts Prefixes

District Court case or docket numbers are constructed using four main components:

  • City prefix
  • One or Two-character prefix indicating the type of case
  • Two-digit year the case was filed (99, 00, 01, 02, etc.)
  • Sequential number of the case (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.)

Available City Code Prefixes

  • AD - Arkadelphia (Clark County)
  • BA - Batesville (Independence County)
  • CN - Clinton (Van Buren County)
  • CW - Conway (Faulkner County)
  • DA - Damascus (Van Buren County)
  • GB - Greenbrier (Faulkner County)
  • GY - Guy (Faulkner County)
  • HT - Hot Springs (Garland County)
  • LR - Little Rock (Pulaski County)
  • MN - Mena (Polk County)
  • MV - Malvern (Hot Spring County)
  • MX - Mayflower (Faulkner County)
  • ON - Marion (Crittenden County)
  • PC - Pulaski County
  • SE - Searcy (White County)
  • VA - Van Buren (Crawford County)
  • VI - Vilonia (Faulkner County)
  • WM - West Memphis (Crittenden County)
  • Common case type prefixes:
  • C (City Docket case)
  • K (Historical County Docket case) (there may be other historical case prefixes unique to each court)
  • S (State or County case)
  • CV (Civil case)
  • SC (Small Claims case)
  • CR (Criminal Department case, Little Rock District Court only)
  • TR (Traffic Department case, Little Rock District Court only)
  • EN (Environmental Department case, Little Rock District Court only)

The following examples show how a case is retrieved based on the city prefix, case type, filing year, and sequence number in the case ID.

City Docket Cases

MVC-09-100 will retrieve the 100th city docket case filed in Hot Spring County District Court in Malvern in 2009.

Historical County Docket Cases

MVK-09-100 will retrieve the 100th historical county docket case filed in Hot Spring County District Court in Malvern in 2009.

State or County Docket Cases

MVS-09-100 will retrieve the 100th state/county docket case filed in Hot Spring County District Court in Malvern in 2009.

Small Claims Docket Cases

MVSC-09-100 will retrieve the 100th small claims docket case filed in Hot Spring County District Court in Malvern in 2009.

Civil Docket Cases

MVCV-09-100 will retrieve the 100th civil docket case filed in Hot Spring County District Court in Malvern in 2009.

Little Rock District Court Cases

  • LRCR-09-100 will retrieve the 100th 
  • Criminal Division case filed in Little Rock District Court in 2009
  • LRTR-09-100 will retrieve the 100th Traffic Division case filed in Little Rock District Court in 2009
  • LREN-09-100 will retrieve the 100th Environmental Division case filed in Little Rock District Court in 2009