Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers
Chapter 13 - Circuit Courts

§ 16-13-203. Supervision of county courts and county, local, and municipal boards or officers - (a) The circuit courts shall have superintending control over the...

§ 16-13-204. Issuance of writs, orders, or process - (a) The circuit courts and their judges shall have the...

§ 16-13-205. Writs of certiorari — Temporary restraining orders — Enforcement - (a) The circuit courts shall have power to issue writs...

§ 16-13-206. Term of court — Court to remain open - (a) (1) The circuit court of each county and of...

§ 16-13-207. Sessions - (a) (1) Each circuit court may by a rule or...

§ 16-13-208. Adjournments — Recess - There shall be no adjournments of circuit courts. However, courts...

§ 16-13-209. Notice of proceedings - Where the defendant or respondent has answered or otherwise pleaded...

§ 16-13-210. Circuit judge may hear and adjudicate causes pending in the circuit - (a) (1) Any circuit judge of this state, at any...

§ 16-13-211. Proceedings during vacation of court or in chambers - (a) The circuit judges of the circuit courts constituting the...

§ 16-13-214. Disqualification of judges - No judge of the circuit court shall sit on the...

§ 16-13-215. Entry of judge into armed services — Discharge — Vacancy - (a) The entry of a regular judge into the armed...

§ 16-13-216. Clerk and court reporter — Assistants — Salaries - (a) The circuit judge of any judicial district which had...

§ 16-13-217. Law clerks — Service as court reporters and masters - (a) (1) A circuit judge of any judicial district, any...

§ 16-13-219. Court expenses — Payment - (a) The expenses accruing in the circuit courts shall be...

§ 16-13-220. Counsel for incompetents - In addition to all other authority granted by law, every...

§ 16-13-221. Legal counsel to personnel - The Attorney General shall serve as the legal counsel to...

§ 16-13-222. Private hearings by circuit courts - (a) (1) The circuit courts of the various judicial districts...

§ 16-13-223. Sale and confirmation of property - A circuit court may make orders for the sale of...

§ 16-13-224. Temporary exchange of districts — Assignment - (a) Circuit judges may temporarily exchange judicial districts by joint...

§ 16-13-225. Juvenile cases — Information system - (a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts...

§ 16-13-226. Installment payments by a criminal defendant in circuit court — Priority of payment - (a) An installment payment by a criminal defendant to a...

Subchapter 3 - Juvenile Division of Circuit Court Generally

§ 16-13-326. Circuit court juvenile division funds - (a) (1) All court costs, fines, and fees assessed by...

§ 16-13-327. Probation officers - (a) Each juvenile division of circuit court shall be provided...

§ 16-13-328. Intake officers - (a) Each juvenile division of circuit court shall be provided...

§ 16-13-329. Dual role precluded - A person shall not serve as both a juvenile probation...

§ 16-13-330. Contract providers - Intake and probation services deemed necessary by the court may...

§ 16-13-331. State reimbursement - (a) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall administer the...

Subchapter 5 - Court Reporters

§ 16-13-501. Court reporters made state employees - (a) The official court reporters of the circuit courts in...

§ 16-13-503. Appointment — Compensation — Leave - (a) Each judge of each circuit court may appoint one...

§ 16-13-504. Salary implementation procedures - (a) If a court reporter was an official court reporter...

§ 16-13-505. Court reporters — Reimbursement for expenses - (a) (1) A court reporter for a circuit court is...

§ 16-13-506. Court reporters — Transcript fees - (a) (1) When required to make a transcript of court...

§ 16-13-507. Liability for loss of records - Court reporters shall not be liable, criminally or civilly, for...

§ 16-13-508. Court Reporter's Fund established - There is created on the books of the Auditor of...

§ 16-13-509. Substitute court reporters - (a) (1) In the absence or unavailability of the official...

§ 16-13-510. Complete record required — Waiver - (a) In all cases before a circuit court of this...

§ 16-13-512. Funding of official court reporters - (a) The state, rather than individual counties, shall bear the...

Subchapter 7 - Enforcement of Fines

§ 16-13-701. Scope — Definition - (a) The procedures established by this subchapter shall apply to...

§ 16-13-702. Immediate payment - (a) (1) When a court has imposed a fine, as...

§ 16-13-703. Imprisonment - (a) When a defendant sentenced to pay a fine defaults...

§ 16-13-704. Installment payments — Definition - (a) (1) If the court concludes that the defendant has...

§ 16-13-705. Personal checks - (a) The court shall accept personal checks drawn in the...

§ 16-13-706. Credit or debit card payments - (a) The court or the agency designated under § 16-13-709...

§ 16-13-707. Lien on property - (a) When a defendant sentenced to pay a fine defaults...

§ 16-13-708. Revocation of registration or license - (a) The court may certify in writing to the Department...

§ 16-13-709. Responsibility for collection - (a) (1) (A) (i) The quorum court of each county...

§ 16-13-710. Automated collection procedures - The Administrative Office of the Courts shall have the responsibility...

§ 16-13-711. Form of orders - When an order assessing a fine or penalty is entered,...

§ 16-13-712. Judicial Fine Collection Enhancement Fund - (a) There is hereby created on the books of the...

§ 16-13-901. Composition - The First Judicial Circuit shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-902. Terms of court - (a) (1) The terms of court of the Circuit Court...

§ 16-13-903. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the First Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-904. Additional judgeship. [Referred to Arkansas Judicial Council for approval.] - (a) There is created in the First Judicial District an...

§ 16-13-905. Approval by Arkansas Judicial Council. [Referred to Arkansas Judicial Council for approval.] - (a) The provisions of § 16-13-904 and this section shall...

Subchapter 10 - Second Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-1001. Composition - The Second Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-1002. Terms of court — Adjournment — Recess - (a) (1) The terms of the circuit courts of the...

§ 16-13-1003. Judges and chancellors - (a) (1) The qualified electors of the Second Judicial District...

§ 16-13-1004. Case coordinator - (a) (1) The judges of the chancery and probate courts...

§ 16-13-1005. Additional judgeship - (a) Effective immediately upon passage and approval of this act,...

§ 16-13-1006. Additional judge — Facilities - The counties which comprise the Second Judicial District shall provide...

§ 16-13-1007. Additional judge — Staff - There shall be provided for the judge of the circuit-chancery...

Subchapter 11 - Third Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-1101. Composition - The Third Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-1102. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Third...

§ 16-13-1103. Judges and chancellors - (a) (1) The qualified electors of the Third Judicial District...

Subchapter 12 - Fourth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-1201. Composition - The Fourth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-1202. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Fourth...

§ 16-13-1203. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Fourth Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-1204. Secretary-court reporter-case coordinator - (a) The chancellors, circuit judges, and circuit-chancery judges of the...

§ 16-13-1205. Additional judgeship - (a) Effective January 1, 1999, there is hereby created in...

§ 16-13-1206. Additional judge — Facilities - The counties which comprise the Fourth Judicial District shall provide...

§ 16-13-1207. Additional judge — Staff - There shall be provided for the judge of the circuit-chancery...

§ 16-13-1208. Additional judgeship - (a) There is created in the Fourth Judicial District an...

Subchapter 13 - Fifth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-1301. Composition - The Fifth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-1302. Terms of court - The terms of court for the circuit court of the...

§ 16-13-1303. Judges and chancellors - The qualified electors of the Fifth Judicial District shall elect:...

§ 16-13-1304. Case coordinator - (a) (1) The Judge of the Circuit Court for the...

Subchapter 14 - Sixth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-1401. Composition - The Sixth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-1402. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Sixth...

§ 16-13-1403. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Sixth Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-1404. Chancery court reporters - (a) Each chancellor of the Sixth Judicial District may appoint...

§ 16-13-1405. Chancery court case coordinators - (a) Each chancellor of the Sixth Judicial District may appoint...

§ 16-13-1406. Chancery court assistant case coordinators-computer operators - (a) The chancery judges of the Sixth Judicial District may...

§ 16-13-1407. Chancery court law clerks - (a) The chancellors of the Sixth Judicial District, by concurrence...

§ 16-13-1408. Location of chancery courts - The county judges of the counties of the Sixth Judicial...

§ 16-13-1409. Case coordinators - (a) The judges of each division of the Sixth Judicial...

§ 16-13-1410. Law clerks - (a) (1) Each judge of the Sixth Judicial District may...

§ 16-13-1411. Secretaries - (a) The judges of each division of the Sixth Judicial...

§ 16-13-1412. Circuit court probation officers - (a) The circuit judges of the First and Fifth Divisions...

§ 16-13-1413. Court bailiffs - (a) (1) (A) The circuit judges of the Sixth Judicial...

§ 16-13-1414. Circuit court presentence officers - (a) The circuit judges of the First, Fourth, and Fifth...

§ 16-13-1415. Pulaski County — Proceedings generally - (a) All writs and processes returnable to the Pulaski County...

§ 16-13-1416. Pulaski County — Chancery clerk - (a) The chancellors of the Sixth Judicial District shall appoint...

§ 16-13-1417. Pulaski County — Referral to master - The chancellors of the Sixth Judicial District may refer any...

§ 16-13-1418. Pulaski County — Field investigator - (a) There is created the office of field investigator for...

§ 16-13-1419. Pulaski County — Probate clerk - (a) The chancery and probate judges of Pulaski County shall...

Subchapter 17 - Ninth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-1701. Composition - (a) The Ninth Judicial District-East shall be composed of Clark...

§ 16-13-1702. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Ninth...

§ 16-13-1703. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Ninth Judicial District-East shall...

§ 16-13-1704. Exchange of districts - The judges of the Ninth Judicial District-East and the Ninth...

Subchapter 18 - Tenth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-1801. Composition - The Tenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-1802. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Tenth...

§ 16-13-1803. Judges and chancellors generally - (a) The qualified electors of the Tenth Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-1804. Assignment of cases - (a) The circuit and chancery judges of the Tenth Judicial...

§ 16-13-1805. Divisions of court - (a) (1) The circuit court of the Tenth Judicial District...

Subchapter 19 - Eleventh Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-1901. Composition - (a) The Eleventh Judicial District-East shall be composed of Arkansas...

§ 16-13-1902. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Eleventh...

§ 16-13-1903. Judges, chancellors, and prosecuting attorney - (a) (1) The qualified electors of the Eleventh Judicial District-West...

§ 16-13-1904. Exchange of districts - The judges of the Eleventh Judicial District-East and the Eleventh...

§ 16-13-1905. Court reporter, case coordinator, and other personnel - The circuit-chancery judge of the Eleventh Judicial District-West created by...

§ 16-13-1906. Case coordinators - (a) Each of the circuit and chancery judges of the...

Subchapter 20 - Twelfth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2001. Composition - The Twelfth Judicial District shall be composed of Sebastian County.

§ 16-13-2002. Terms of court - The terms of court in the Twelfth Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-2003. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Twelfth Judicial District shall...

Subchapter 21 - Thirteenth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2101. Composition - The Thirteenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-2102. Terms of court - The terms of the circuit court of the Thirteenth Judicial...

§ 16-13-2103. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Thirteenth Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-2104. Divisions of court - (a) There shall be four (4) divisions of circuit court...

Subchapter 22 - Fourteenth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2201. Composition - The Fourteenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-2202. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Fourteenth...

§ 16-13-2203. Judges and chancellors - (a) (1) The qualified electors of the Fourteenth Judicial District...

Subchapter 23 - Fifteenth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2301. Composition - The Fifteenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-2302. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Fifteenth...

§ 16-13-2303. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Fifteenth Judicial District shall...

Subchapter 24 - Sixteenth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2401. Composition - The Sixteenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-2402. Terms of court - The terms of court of the circuit court in the...

§ 16-13-2403. Judges and chancellors - (a) (1) The qualified electors of the Sixteenth Judicial District...

Subchapter 25 - Seventeenth and Twenty-Third Judicial Circuits

§ 16-13-2501. Composition - (a) The Seventeenth Judicial District shall be composed of the...

§ 16-13-2502. Terms of court - (a) The terms of court in the Twenty-third Judicial District...

§ 16-13-2503. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Seventeenth Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-2504. Exchange of districts - The judges of the Twenty-third Judicial District and the Seventeenth...

Subchapter 26 - Eighteenth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2601. Composition - (a) The Eighteenth Judicial District-East shall be composed of Garland...

§ 16-13-2602. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Eighteenth...

§ 16-13-2603. Judges and chancellors - (a) (1) The qualified electors of the Eighteenth Judicial District-East...

§ 16-13-2604. Exchange of districts - The judges of the Eighteenth Judicial District-East and the Eighteenth...

§ 16-13-2605. Court reporters - Each of the circuit, chancery, and circuit-chancery judges provided for...

§ 16-13-2606. Secretary-case coordinator - (a) Each circuit judge, chancery judge, circuit-chancery judge, and circuit-chancery...

§ 16-13-2607. Bailiffs - (a) The circuit, chancery, and circuit-chancery judges of the Eighteenth...

Subchapter 27 - Nineteenth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2701. Composition - The Nineteenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-2702. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Nineteenth...

§ 16-13-2703. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Nineteenth Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-2704. Bailiffs - (a) The circuit, chancery, and circuit-chancery judges of the Nineteenth...

§ 16-13-2705. [Removed.] - Publisher's Notes. This section was removed pursuant to § 1-2-303...

Subchapter 28 - Twentieth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2801. Composition - The Twentieth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-2802. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Twentieth...

§ 16-13-2803. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Twentieth Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-2804. Responsibility for expenses - (a) In lieu of any other expenses incurred by each...

§ 16-13-2805. Case coordinators - (a) Hereafter, each of the judges of the Twentieth Judicial...

Subchapter 29 - Twenty-First Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2901. Composition - The Twenty-first Judicial District shall be composed of Crawford County.

§ 16-13-2902. Terms of court - The terms of court in the Twenty-first Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-2903. Circuit court judges - (a) The qualified electors of the Twenty-first Judicial District shall...

Subchapter 30 - Nineteenth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-3001. Composition - (a) Effective January 1, 1999, there is created the Nineteenth...

§ 16-13-3002. Judges and chancellors - (a) As of January 1, 1999, the Circuit-Chancery Judge of...

§ 16-13-3003. Prosecuting attorneys - (a) At the 1998 general election, the qualified electors of...

Subchapter 31 - Seventh and Twenty-Second Judicial Circuits

§ 16-13-3101. Composition - (a) There is created the Twenty-second Judicial District which shall...

§ 16-13-3102. Terms of court - (a) The terms of court in each county in the...

§ 16-13-3103. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Twenty-second Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-3104. Additional circuit-chancery judges - (a) The chancery judge of the Seventh Judicial District-North is...

§ 16-13-3105. Court reporters - (a) Each of the chancery and circuit-chancery judges provided for...

§ 16-13-3106. Bailiffs - (a) (1) The circuit-chancery judges of the Twenty-second Judicial District...

§ 16-13-3107. Prosecuting attorneys - (a) The qualified electors of Saline County shall elect a...

Subchapter 32 - Eighth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-3201. Composition - (a) Effective January 1, 1999, there is created the Eighth...

§ 16-13-3202. Judges and chancellors in the Eighth Judicial District-North - (a) The qualified electors of the Eighth Judicial District-North shall...

§ 16-13-3203. Judges and chancellors in the Eighth Judicial District-South - (a) The qualified electors of the Eighth Judicial District-South shall...

§ 16-13-3204. Additional judges - (a) At the 1998 general election, the qualified electors of...

§ 16-13-3205. Prosecuting attorneys - (a) The qualified electors of Hempstead and Nevada counties shall...

§ 16-13-3206. Additional judge — Staff - There shall be provided for the judge of the circuit-chancery...

Subchapter 33 - Trial Court Administrators

§ 16-13-3301. Trial court administrators made state employees - (a) A trial court administrator of a circuit court is...

§ 16-13-3302. Trial court administrator position created - (a) (1) The position of trial court administrator is authorized...

§ 16-13-3303. Salaries for trial court administrators - (a) The salary of a trial court administrator shall: (1)...

§ 16-13-3304. Trial court administrators — Reimbursement for expenses - (a) (1) A trial court administrator of a circuit court...

§ 16-13-3305. Trial court administrators — Credit for county service - A trial court administrator who converted on July 1, 1996,...

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Arkansas Code Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers Chapter 13 - Circuit Courts

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Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers
Chapter 13 - Circuit Courts