Runs county government day to day — roads, county property and the budget the quorum court adopts.
Budget: County Judge $149,560
Voter registration and early voting, marriage licenses, and county records and minutes.
507 Church Avenue, Box 9, Mena 71953 · 479-394-8123
Budget: County Clerk $313,704 · County Clerk's Cost Fund $12,000
Court records and filings; in many counties also records deeds and other land records.
Budget: Circuit Clerk $235,210 · Circuit Clerk Commissions Fee Fund $1,000
Values property for taxes; where you assess your personal property each year.
Budget: Assessor - Personal $407,991 · Assessor's Reappraisal Fund $150,000 · Assessor Real Estate $46,100
Collects property taxes.
Budget: Tax Collector $297,105 · Collector's Automation Fund $51,000
Holds and pays out county money.
Budget: Treasurer $161,959 · Treasurer's Automation Fund $18,683
Law enforcement outside city limits, the county jail, and court security.
Budget: Sheriff $1.4 million · Jail $1.1 million · Jail Operation & Maintenance Fund $8,000 · County Detention Facility Fund $2,300 · and 1 more
Investigates deaths that are sudden or unexplained.
Budget: Coroner $18,200
Brings criminal cases for the state (one office often serves several counties).
Budget: Prosecuting Attorney $333,290 · Prosecuting Attorney $210,584
Disaster planning and the 911 dispatch center.
Budget: E-911 Fund $488,035
Free help for veterans and families with VA benefits.
Budget: Veterans Service Officer $131,442
County roads and bridges.
Budget: Road Fund $3.1 million · Road Improvement Sales Tax Fund $2.6 million · Road Budget $367,000
The county library system.
Budget: County Library Fund $121,842 · Law Library Fund $19,000
The county’s share of the cooperative extension office (farm, 4-H, food and family programs).
Budget: Extension Office $82,585
Amounts add up the 2026 budget lines whose names match each office. An office can also be paid from lines named differently, so treat these as a floor — open each line to see its source page, or walk the whole money trail.
Apply for or get help with SNAP food benefits, Medicaid, ARKids, TEA cash help, and child care help.
Polk County DHS office · 1802 Hwy. 71 North · Mena 71953 · 479-394-3100 · office page
Source: Arkansas Department of Human Services, County Offices Map
Get vehicle tags, titles, and registration, and get or renew a driver's license or state ID.
Mena Revenue Office · 601-TA Hwy . 71 N · Mena 71953-3044 · 479-394-2333
Source: Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Office Locations (Revenue Office)
Free help from the U of A Cooperative Extension Service with farming, gardening, soil tests, 4-H, food safety, and family money skills.
Polk County Extension office · 211 DeQueen Street · Mena 71953 · (479) 394-6018 · office page
Source: University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, County Offices
Shots, WIC, family planning, birth and death certificates, TB and STD testing, and septic and well-water permits.
Polk County Health Unit - Mena · 702 Hornbeck Ave · Mena 71953 · 479-394-1597
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