SMALL ClAIMS & CIVIL
Filing fee for Small Claims $32.00
Civil
$35.00
Limitations
for filing is $5000.00
Your
check or money order should be made to Searcy District Court for the
correct
amount of filing fee only.
There
are 4 ways to service a complaint :
1.
You may send the complaint by certified restricted mail to the defendant.
Only
that person can sign for it to be proper service. The cost is $7.14.
2.
You can have your papers served by a private processor, we have several
that
serve this court. Jeff Langley, Shirley Perry, and Larry & Jr. Gentry.
There
fee is $30.00 within the city limits of Searcy and $35.00 elsewhere in the county.
3.
You may have your papers served by the White County Sheriff's office.
There
fee is $50.00 and they will serve to a home address or a work place in the White
County
area.
4.
If your defendant lives out of the county I can give you the address for that
County's
Sheriff's Office for you to send complaint and let them serve.
The
fee for the state of Arkansas is $50.00.
Call
or come to my office if you have questions. We are located above the fire
department
on 311 North Gum St. in Searcy, Ark. Please come up the stairs and
there
will be a sign directing you to my office.
Glenda
Kersh 501.279-1040
Address
all mail to: Searcy District Court, 311 North Gum St., Searcy, ARK. 72143