(a) Either before or after its order of disbursement by the board to disabled members of the fire department, or to the surviving spouse, guardian of any minor children, or dependent parent of the deceased or retired member of the department, no portion of the firemen's relief and pension fund shall be held, seized, taken, subjected to, detained, or levied on by virtue of any attachment, garnishment, execution, injunction, or other order or decree, or any process or proceeding whatever, issued out of or by any court of this state, for the payment or satisfaction, in whole or part, of any debt, damages, claim, demand, or judgment against a member, his or her surviving spouse, the guardian of his or her minor children, or the dependent parent of any deceased member, nor shall the fund or any claim thereto be directly or indirectly assigned or transferred, and any attempt to so assign or transfer shall be void.
(b) The fund shall be sacredly held, kept, and distributed for the purpose of pensioning the persons named in this act and for no other purpose whatever.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions
Chapter 11 - Local Police And Fire Pension And Relief Funds
Subchapter 8 - Firemen's Relief and Pension Funds
§ 24-11-801. Board of trustees — Members
§ 24-11-802. Board of trustees — Proceedings
§ 24-11-803. Board of trustees — Powers
§ 24-11-804. Administration of small funds by Arkansas Local Police and Fire Retirement System
§ 24-11-806. Payments generally
§ 24-11-809. Apportionment of insurance premium tax generally
§ 24-11-812. Tax levy by city council
§ 24-11-813. Clerk's report to pension review board
§ 24-11-814. Subjection of fund to legal process
§ 24-11-816. Membership — Contributions
§ 24-11-818. Benefits — Voluntary retirement
§ 24-11-819. Benefits — Disability retirement
§ 24-11-822. Benefits — Payments upon death of retirant or beneficiary
§ 24-11-823. Increase in benefits for certain persons retired due to total permanent disability
§ 24-11-824. Fire protection districts
§ 24-11-825. Pensions for volunteer firefighters
§ 24-11-827. Retired member returning to active status
§ 24-11-829. Increase in surviving spouse benefits
§ 24-11-830. Deferred retirement option plan
§ 24-11-832. Applicability of § 24-11-820