Arkansas Code
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 16-17-134. Change of venue from lower courts in certain counties to municipal court

Notwithstanding § 16-19-409 or any other law to the contrary:
(1)
(A) In any criminal case brought before any city court in a county with a population between eighty-nine thousand (89,000) persons and one hundred fifty-three thousand (153,000) persons according to the 2000 Federal Decennial Census and in which a district court exists, the judge shall grant a change of venue to the district court, upon the defendant's motion, without the prepayment or tender of any fees.
(B) Upon filing the motion, the court shall have no further jurisdiction in the case, except for the purpose of preparing a transcript for the district court;

(2) In the event of any change of venue from a city court to a district court in a county with a population between eighty-nine thousand (89,000) persons and one hundred fifty-three thousand (153,000) persons according to the 2000 Federal Decennial Census and in which more than one (1) district court exists, the case shall be transferred to the district court geographically nearest in the county; and
(3) In no event shall any change of venue lie from any district court in a county with a population between eighty-nine thousand (89,000) persons and one hundred fifty-three thousand (153,000) persons according to the 2000 Federal Decennial Census to any city court in criminal cases.

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