Arkansas Supreme Court Releases Administrative Order on Access to Court Records
The Arkansas Supreme Court has released Administrative Order 19: Access to Court Records. Among other things, Section V on remote access is of interest to modern practitioners:
A. Courts should endeavor to make at least the following information, when available in electronic form, remotely accessible to the public, unless public access is restricted pursuant to section VII:
(1) litigant/party/attorney indexes to cases filed with the court;
(2) listings of case filings, including the names of the parties;
(3) the register of actions or docket sheets;
(4) calendars or dockets of court proceedings, including case numbers and captions,
date and time of hearings, and location of hearings;
(5) judgments, orders, or decrees.
B. Remote access to information beyond this list is left to the discretion of the court.
