(a) Each person selected as a deputy prosecuting attorney shall be licensed to practice law in the State of Arkansas.
(b) Deputy prosecuting attorneys shall be appointed by elected prosecuting attorneys without confirmation of any court or tribunal and may be removed at any time by the prosecuting attorneys appointing them.
(c) Vacancies in the office of deputy prosecuting attorney shall be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers
Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 16-21-102. Opinion on criminal law matters to be given to public officers
§ 16-21-103. Duty to commence and prosecute criminal actions
§ 16-21-104. Summoning witnesses before grand jury
§ 16-21-106. Assistance to victims and witnesses of crimes — Victim of crimes case coordinator
§ 16-21-107. Victim/Witness Coordinator
§ 16-21-109. Fees in felony cases paid to general revenue fund of county
§ 16-21-110. Report of, and payment over of, moneys received — Penalty for noncompliance
§ 16-21-112. Prosecuting attorney pro tempore
§ 16-21-116. Indictment and punishment for misdemeanor in office or neglect of duty — Prosecution
§ 16-21-117. Salaries of prosecuting attorneys — Classification of judicial districts
§ 16-21-118. Division A Districts
§ 16-21-119. Contingent expense funds generally
§ 16-21-120. Fees from persons issuing bad checks — Special fund — Expenditures — Reports
§ 16-21-121. First Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney
§ 16-21-122. The Second Judicial District
§ 16-21-123. The Third Judicial District
§ 16-21-124. The Fourth Judicial District
§ 16-21-125. The Fifth Judicial District
§ 16-21-126. The Sixth Judicial District
§ 16-21-127. The Seventh Judicial District — The Twenty-second Judicial District
§ 16-21-128. The Eighth Judicial District
§ 16-21-129. The Ninth Judicial District-East
§ 16-21-130. The Ninth Judicial District-West
§ 16-21-131. The Tenth Judicial District
§ 16-21-132. The Eleventh Judicial District-East
§ 16-21-133. The Eleventh Judicial District-West
§ 16-21-134. The Twelfth Judicial District
§ 16-21-135. The Thirteenth Judicial District
§ 16-21-136. The Fourteenth Judicial District
§ 16-21-137. The Fifteenth Judicial District
§ 16-21-138. The Sixteenth Judicial District
§ 16-21-139. The Seventeenth Judicial District
§ 16-21-140. The Twenty-third Judicial District
§ 16-21-141. The Eighteenth Judicial District-East
§ 16-21-142. The Eighteenth Judicial District-West
§ 16-21-143. The Nineteenth Judicial District
§ 16-21-144. The Twentieth Judicial District
§ 16-21-145. Authority to appoint deputies and employees
§ 16-21-146. Appropriation of funds for salaries and expenses
§ 16-21-147. Powers of deputy prosecuting attorney — Disposition of federal forfeiture funds
§ 16-21-148. Deputy prosecutor for civil asset forfeiture actions
§ 16-21-149. Appointment of special deputy prosecuting attorneys
§ 16-21-150. Prosecution of appeals
§ 16-21-151. Prosecutor's victim/witness fund
§ 16-21-152. The Twenty-first Judicial District
§ 16-21-153. License — Confirmation — Vacancies
§ 16-21-154. Entry-level salary
§ 16-21-155. Attendance and leave
§ 16-21-156. Funding of expenses and additional employees of the prosecuting attorneys' offices
§ 16-21-157. State employment and assignment of positions
§ 16-21-158. Hour limitations — Part-time deputy prosecuting attorneys
§ 16-21-159. Duty after receiving notice of vacancy on district board