If any party to a suit pays any fees allowed by this act before final judgment and the judgment is thereafter rendered in his or her favor and costs adjudged to him or her, the amount so paid shall be taxed and endorsed on the execution and levied and collected by virtue thereof for the benefit of the party. All fees which have not been paid shall be endorsed on the execution and collected by virtue thereof for the benefit of the person rendering the service, or the fee may be collected on fee bills according to § 16-68-503, but only the costs of the prevailing party shall be so taxed on the execution.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally
Subchapter 5 - Fees and Fee Bills
§ 16-68-501. Advance payment of fees — Recovery as costs — Unpaid fees — Endorsement on execution
§ 16-68-502. Fees of officers endorsed on execution — Fee book
§ 16-68-503. Fee bills of officers and witnesses
§ 16-68-504. Collection of fee bill
§ 16-68-505. Failure of sheriff to collect — Judgment against sheriff
§ 16-68-506. Pro rata division of fees when entire costs not collected
§ 16-68-507. Suits by state — Payment of officer's fees
§ 16-68-508. Suits by state — Payment of costs and fees in frivolous civil actions