Runs county government day to day — roads, county property and the budget the quorum court adopts.
Budget: County Judge $115,240
Voter registration and early voting, marriage licenses, and county records and minutes.
Mailing: P.O. Box 219, 101 East Fifth Street, Danville 72833 · 479-495-4850
Budget: County Clerk $478,909 · County Clerk's Cost Fund $101,727 · Circuit & County Clerk Commission Fee Fund $9,286 · County Clerk Operating Fund $6,300
Values property for taxes; where you assess your personal property each year.
Budget: Assessor $387,339 · Assessor's Amendment 79 Fund $14,040 · Assessor's Late Assessment Fee Fund $2,252
Collects property taxes.
Budget: County Collector $311,039 · Collector's Automation Fund $50,000
Holds and pays out county money.
Budget: Treasurer $168,391 · Treasurer's Automation Fund $24,200
Law enforcement outside city limits, the county jail, and court security.
Budget: County Sheriff $1.8 million · County Jail 0.25% O & M $1.2 million · Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) $757,773 · Jail Restoration $68,000 · and 1 more
Investigates deaths that are sudden or unexplained.
Budget: Coroner $51,340
Brings criminal cases for the state (one office often serves several counties).
Budget: Prosecuting Attorney $173,108
Lawyers for people charged with crimes who can’t afford one.
Budget: 15% Public Defender $24,175
Disaster planning and the 911 dispatch center.
Budget: 15% Emergency 911 $386,391 · Emergency Management $129,263 · Office of Emergency Management $31,258
Free help for veterans and families with VA benefits.
Budget: Veterans Service Officer $19,805
County roads and bridges.
Budget: Yell County Road Department $3.9 million · County Road Motor Fuel Tax Act $100,000
The county library system.
Budget: Library 2 Mill Tax $726,000 · County Law Library $14,740
The county’s share of the cooperative extension office (farm, 4-H, food and family programs).
Budget: County Extension $47,794
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.
Yell County DHS office · 904 M Street/Highway 10 East · Danville 72833-0277 · 479-495-2723 · 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.
Danville Revenue Office · 203 East 5th Street · Danville 72833 · 479-495-2841 / 479-495-2842
Dardanelle Revenue Office · Yell County Courthouse, 106 Union Street · Dardanelle 72834 · 479-229-3657
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.
Yell County Extension office · 1002 East 8th Street · Danville 72833 · (479) 495-2216 · 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.
Yell County Health Unit - Danville · 1309 E 8th St · Danville 72833 · 479-495-2741
Yell County Health Unit - Dardanelle · 719 N 5th Street · Dardanelle 72834 · (479) 229-3509
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