Benton County, Arkansas Property Records

Benton County, Arkansas, has 21 incorporated cities, with Bentonville as the county seat and Rogers as the most populous city. In Benton County, AR, property records include deeds and mortgages, which help home buyers make sure the seller legally owns the property.

The median home value in Benton County is $181,770, while the median rent sits at $1,011 per month. The median property tax rate for Benton County residents is 0.65% of a property's assessed fair market value, and the median income is $71,088.

Property records in Benton County, AR, are meticulously managed by the Circuit Clerk and Recorder's Office. This office records and maintains various real property records, including deeds, mortgages, liens, financing statements, and plats. Individuals interested in researching these records in person can visit the office in Bentonville during business hours.

Records of deeds and mortgages dating back to 1990, liens from August 2002, UCC filings from August 1994, UCC images starting in August 2002, and plat records, including all indexes and images from 1998 to the present, are searchable through the Business Information Systems.

Documents recorded before October 30, 2017, can be searched by book and page number, while those recorded after that date are searchable by instrument number commencing with the letter L.

In Benton County, AR, fees for obtaining property records include $0.25 per page for a copy of a document, with a certified copy of a recorded document costing $5 and subsequent pages at $0.25 each. Copies of full-size plats can be obtained at $3 per page.

Benton County has no zoning for unincorporated areas, only subdivision regulations. For incorporated cities, zoning information can be verified through each municipality's zoning or planning office where the specific property is located.