Runs county government day to day — roads, county property and the budget the quorum court adopts.
County Judge: Dennis Thornton
Budget: County Judge $264,309
Voter registration and early voting, marriage licenses, and county records and minutes.
210 Locust St, Malvern · 501-332-2291
Budget: County Clerk's Cost Fund $15,000
Court records and filings; in many counties also records deeds and other land records.
Circuit Clerk: Teresa Pilcher
Budget: Circuit Clerk Commissioner's Fee Fund $30,756
Values property for taxes; where you assess your personal property each year.
Assessor: Blake Riggan
Budget: Tax Assessor $430,494 · Reappraisal - Assessor $197,120 · Assessor's Amendment No. 79 Fund $19,800 · Assessor's Late Assessment Fee Fund $6,808
Collects property taxes.
Collector: Sheri Oden
Budget: Tax Collector $285,031 · Collector's Automation Fund $100,500
Holds and pays out county money.
Treasurer: Glorie Thornton
Budget: County Treasurer $217,549 · Treasurer's Automation Fund $44,500
Law enforcement outside city limits, the county jail, and court security.
Sheriff: Richard Tolleson
Budget: Sheriff $1.5 million · Jail $1.1 million · County Detention Facility Fund $176,000 · Transfer out to County Detention Facility Fund $86,443 · and 2 more
Investigates deaths that are sudden or unexplained.
Budget: Coroner $46,116
Brings criminal cases for the state (one office often serves several counties).
Budget: Prosecutor and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney $135,317
Lawyers for people charged with crimes who can’t afford one.
Budget: Public Defender Fund $63,800 · Transfer out to Public Defender Fund $53,551
Disaster planning and the 911 dispatch center.
Budget: 911 Emergency Fund $1.1 million · 911 Emergency Fund (HSC payment) $163,336
Free help for veterans and families with VA benefits.
Budget: Veteran's Service Officer $18,304
County roads and bridges.
Budget: County Road Fund $4.1 million · County Road Bridge Project Fund $37,130
The county library system.
Budget: County Library Fund $943,412
The county’s share of the cooperative extension office (farm, 4-H, food and family programs).
Budget: County Extension Service $80,500
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.
Hot Spring County DHS office · 2505 Pine Bluff Street · Malvern 72104-0813 · 501-332-2718 · 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.
Malvern Revenue Office · 129 West Page · Malvern 72104 · 501-332-3501
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.
Hot Spring County Extension office · 220 Olive St. · Malvern 72104 · (501) 332-5267 · 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.
Hot Spring County Health Unit - Malvern · 2204 E Sullenberger · Malvern 72104 · 501-332-6972
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