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Online Criminal Background Check System

Due to System Issues and Maintenance today (April 23, 2026) there will be intermittent outages and delayed responses and returns for background checks. Sorry for the inconvenience.

The Official State of Arkansas Online Criminal Background Check System is provided by the Arkansas State Police in accordance with Arkansas law permitting access to certain criminal history information for authorized entities.

This service is limited to persons/entities with the signed written consent of the subject of the record.

National/FBI fingerprint based background checks are available for persons with specific access authorization to National/FBI record checks under state or federal law.

You must have an account with the Information Network of Arkansas (INA) to access this online system.
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If you do not have an on-line account with INA, you can still mail-in a request. The cost is $25.00 each.

Pricing:

$22.00 per Arkansas State name based check request
$11.00 per Arkansas State name based check request (volunteers)
$13.00 per National/FBI fingerprint based check request
$11.00 per National/FBI fingerprint based check request (volunteers)

Please review and confirm search information before submitting. NO REFUNDS WILL BE PROVIDED for incorrect data entry or selection of data submitted.

WARNING: PENALTY FOR MISUSE
A non-criminal justice organization or individual receiving criminal history information may not utilize it for purposes other than those stated in the request or which deny the subject any civil right to which the subject is entitled.
Any person who uses the criminal history information for any purpose not specified in the request commits a Class A misdemeanor offense.