It is declared to be the state's public policy that chancery and circuit court judges and justices of the Supreme Court may retire or be retired when that course appears to be in the best interest of the official concerned and for the public welfare. Factors suggesting the desirability of retirement are physical disability, advanced age, or other infirmities calculated to materially impair usefulness. In addition, it is the public policy of the state to provide sufficient retirement and survivors' benefits for the chancery and circuit court judges and justices of the Supreme Court of the state to attract and retain highly capable members of the legal profession for service in the state judiciary.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 24 - Retirement And Pensions
Chapter 8 - Retirement Of Judges And Court Employees
Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Judicial Retirement System
§ 24-8-206. Annual actuarial valuation
§ 24-8-207. Membership generally — Prior service credit
§ 24-8-209. Contributions — Members — Refund
§ 24-8-210. Contributions — State
§ 24-8-211. Contributions — Cessation upon retirement
§ 24-8-212. Credited service — Transfer of service as municipal judge
§ 24-8-213. Credited service — Transfer of fourteen years' service as prosecuting attorney
§ 24-8-214. Credited service — Transfer of four years' service as prosecuting attorney
§ 24-8-215. Eligibility for benefits — Retirement generally
§ 24-8-216. Eligibility for benefits — Early retirement
§ 24-8-217. Eligibility for benefits — Disability retirement
§ 24-8-218. Retirement and survivors' benefits generally
§ 24-8-219. Rights of surviving unremarried spouses of certain judges
§ 24-8-220. Restrictions on benefits
§ 24-8-222. Credited service — Transfer of service as juvenile judge
§ 24-8-223. Redetermination of benefits
§ 24-8-224. Benefits when serving past mandatory retirement age
§ 24-8-225. Limitation on benefit enhancement — Acts 1997, No. 926