(a) All chancery judges, circuit judges, judges of the Court of Appeals and justices of the Supreme Court, whether elected or appointed to office, shall participate in the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System.
(b) Any active member who did not become a member at the time of his or her initial election or appointment may acquire prior service credit by paying into the system all contributions, together with interest, that would have been paid if he or she had been a member of the system from the time he or she took office until he or she became enrolled.
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