(a) It shall be the duty of the sheriff and of every constable to whom any notice in an action may be delivered for service within his or her county to serve and return the notice to the party who delivered it to him or her.
(b) A failure to perform this duty may be punished as a disobedience of the process of the court.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally
Chapter 55 - General Provisions
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 16-55-103. Applicability of code
§ 16-55-104. Construction of code
§ 16-55-105. Amendment or repeal of code
§ 16-55-108. Authority of deputies
§ 16-55-110. Boards — Authority of majority
§ 16-55-111. Classes of remedies
§ 16-55-112. Authority to grant provisional remedy
§ 16-55-113. Writ of ne exeat abolished
§ 16-55-114. Notices — Form — Service generally
§ 16-55-115. Notice — Additional method of service
§ 16-55-116. Notice — Service upon certain persons
§ 16-55-117. Notice — Duty of officer serving
§ 16-55-119. Computation of time
§ 16-55-120. Affirmation in lieu of oath
§ 16-55-121. Successive actions on same contract or transaction
§ 16-55-122. Contract provisions restricting disclosure of environmental hazards are void