(a) After a charge has been issued under § 16-123-325, a complainant, a respondent, or an aggrieved person on whose behalf the complaint was filed may elect to have the claims asserted in that charge decided in a civil action.
(b) The election shall be made no later than the twentieth day after the date of receipt by the electing person of service under § 16-123-325 or, in the case of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission, not later than the twentieth day after the date the charge was issued.
(c) The person making the election shall give notice to the commission and to all other complainants and respondents to whom the charge relates.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies
Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Fair Housing Commission
§ 16-123-303. Creation — Members
§ 16-123-304. Powers and duties
§ 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
§ 16-123-320. Additional or substitute respondent
§ 16-123-322. Temporary or preliminary relief
§ 16-123-323. Investigative report
§ 16-123-324. Reasonable cause determination
§ 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
§ 16-123-337. Court-appointed attorney
§ 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