Arkansas Code
Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Fair Housing Commission
§ 16-123-322. Temporary or preliminary relief

(a) If the Director of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission concludes at any time following the filing of a complaint that prompt judicial action is necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, and after consultation with the office of the Attorney General, the director may authorize the filing by the Attorney General of a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the respondent resides for appropriate temporary or preliminary relief pending final disposition of the complaint.
(b) The filing of a civil action under this section does not affect the initiation or continuation of an administrative proceeding entitled “administrative hearing” under § 16-123-331.

Structure Arkansas Code

Arkansas Code

Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts

Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies

Chapter 123 - Civil Rights

Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Fair Housing Commission

§ 16-123-301. Finding

§ 16-123-302. Definitions

§ 16-123-303. Creation — Members

§ 16-123-304. Powers and duties

§ 16-123-305. Director

§ 16-123-306. Exemptions — Certain sales and rentals

§ 16-123-307. Exemptions — Religious organizations, private clubs, and others — Definitions

§ 16-123-308. Exemption — Appraisals

§ 16-123-309. Effect on other law

§ 16-123-310. Discrimination in sale or rental of housing

§ 16-123-311. Publication indicating discrimination

§ 16-123-312. Availability for inspection

§ 16-123-313. Entry into neighborhood

§ 16-123-314. Disability — Definition

§ 16-123-315. Residential real estate-related transaction — Definition

§ 16-123-316. Brokerage services

§ 16-123-317. Complaint

§ 16-123-318. Answer

§ 16-123-319. Investigation

§ 16-123-320. Additional or substitute respondent

§ 16-123-321. Conciliation

§ 16-123-322. Temporary or preliminary relief

§ 16-123-323. Investigative report

§ 16-123-324. Reasonable cause determination

§ 16-123-325. Charge

§ 16-123-326. Land use law

§ 16-123-327. Dismissal

§ 16-123-328. Pending civil trial

§ 16-123-329. Election of judicial determination

§ 16-123-330. Attorney General — Action for enforcement

§ 16-123-331. Administrative hearing

§ 16-123-332. Administrative penalties

§ 16-123-333. Effect of a commission order

§ 16-123-334. Licensed or regulated businesses

§ 16-123-335. Cooperation with state and federal agencies

§ 16-123-336. Civil action

§ 16-123-337. Court-appointed attorney

§ 16-123-338. Relief

§ 16-123-339. Effect if relief granted

§ 16-123-340. Intervention by Attorney General

§ 16-123-341. Pattern and practice cases

§ 16-123-342. Subpoena enforcement

§ 16-123-343. Prevailing party

§ 16-123-344. Intimidation or interference

§ 16-123-345. Incentives for self-testing and self-correction

§ 16-123-346. Fair housing education program

§ 16-123-347. Arkansas Fair Housing Commission Trust Fund

§ 16-123-348. Violations — Bodily injury — Penalties