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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 14-14-101. Title - This chapter constitutes the Arkansas “County Government Code”.
§ 14-14-102. County defined - A county is a political subdivision of the state for...
§ 14-14-103. Construction - (a) Except when a specific definition is given or a...
§ 14-14-104. Publication requirements - (a) Unless otherwise specifically provided, when a county government is...
§ 14-14-105. Notice by publication - Unless otherwise specifically provided, when notice of a hearing or...
§ 14-14-106. Notice by mailing - (a) (1) Notice by mailing shall be as provided by...
§ 14-14-107. Petitions - (a) Requirements. Whenever a petition is authorized in the conduct...
§ 14-14-108. Public hearings - Unless otherwise specifically provided, when a county court or county...
§ 14-14-109. Public meetings - (a) (1) All meetings of a county government governing body,...
§ 14-14-110. Public records - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
§ 14-14-111. Electronic records - (a) (1) County governments in Arkansas are the repository for...
§ 14-14-112. Bulk copying of public records - (a) In the absence of an existing agreement or county...
§ 14-14-113. Review of audit report by quorum court - (a) Audit reports and accompanying comments and recommendations under §...
§ 14-14-114. Allocation of revenue - Revenues received by a county that contains within its boundary...
§ 14-14-115. Civil office-holding — Definition - (a) (1) A person elected or appointed to any of...
Subchapter 2 - Boundaries
§ 14-14-201. Power to change - (a) The power to change county boundaries is inherent in...
§ 14-14-202. Initiation of alteration - Alteration of county boundaries may be initiated by the General...
§ 14-14-203. Petition to General Assembly - (a) (1) (A) A petition signed by not less than...
§ 14-14-204. Accompanying documentation - Petitions for the alteration of county boundaries shall be accompanied...
§ 14-14-205. Costs - All costs of petitions, surveys, and mapping shall be borne...
§ 14-14-206. Apportionment of property and indebtedness - All property, bonded indebtedness, and outstanding indebtedness of counties affected...
Subchapter 3 - County Seats
§ 14-14-301. Definition - (a) A “county seat” shall be defined as the principal...
§ 14-14-302. Establishment or change - (a) Unless for the purpose of the temporary location of...
§ 14-14-303. Petition for change - (a) Whenever fifteen percent (15%) of the legal voters of...
§ 14-14-304. Form of ballots - The ballots of the voters shall have written or printed...
§ 14-14-305. Designation of new site - (a) Where a majority of the qualified voters of the...
§ 14-14-306. Deed to county required - Before proceeding to carry into effect the will of a...
§ 14-14-307. Temporary location of county seat for new county - (a) The temporary location for the county seat of any...
§ 14-14-308. Emergency temporary location for political subdivision — Definition - (a) (1) (A) Whenever, due to an emergency, it becomes...
Subchapter 4 - Quorum Court Districts
§ 14-14-401. Establishment — Townships continued - (a) Each county of the state shall divide its land...
§ 14-14-402. Number of districts - The number of convenient quorum court districts to be established...
§ 14-14-403. Apportionment of districts - (a) The county board of election commissioners in each county...
§ 14-14-404. Federal decennial census data - The Board of Apportionment shall provide each of the respective...
§ 14-14-405. Filing and publishing of plan - (a) Not later than the date set for the apportionment...
§ 14-14-406. Contest of apportionment - Original jurisdiction of any suit to contest the apportionment made...
§ 14-14-407. Certification of plan - The clerk of the county court, within seven (7) calendar...
Subchapter 5 - Organization Generally
§ 14-14-501. Body politic and corporate - A county government is a body politic and corporate created...
§ 14-14-502. Distribution of powers - (a) Division. The powers of the county governments of the...
Subchapter 6 - Alternative Organizations
§ 14-14-601. Legislative determination — Purpose - (a) It is determined by the General Assembly that: (1)...
§ 14-14-602. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 14-14-603. Offices included - (a) Within the purposes of this chapter, the term “elective...
§ 14-14-604. Offices excluded - Offices expressly excluded from the provisions of this subchapter are:...
§ 14-14-605. Authority to adopt alternative provisions — Options - (a) Each county quorum court may adopt, by ordinance, any...
§ 14-14-606. Analysis of each office required - (a) All proposals for alternative county government organization adopted by...
§ 14-14-607. Initiation and conduct of analysis - (a) Initiation. Any justice of the peace of each county...
§ 14-14-608. Limitations on adoption of alternatives - (a) Services to be Maintained. A county government serving as...
§ 14-14-609. Referendum on proposed plan - (a) All questions on alternative county organization as proposed by...
§ 14-14-610. Election results - (a) An affirmative majority vote by the electors voting on...
§ 14-14-611. Appointment of interim officers - Where a proposed plan approved by the electors for alternative...
§ 14-14-612. Abandonment of alternative plan - (a) A county quorum court may abandon any alternative county...
§ 14-14-613. Multicounty consolidations of offices and departments - (a) Any two (2) or more adjoining counties may consolidate...
§ 14-14-614. Severability of ballot titles - (a) Ballot Title. (1) Upon receipt of an alternative county...
Subchapter 7 - Service Organizations
§ 14-14-701. Legislative determination — Purpose - (a) It is determined by the General Assembly that: (1)...
§ 14-14-702. Authority to establish — Restrictions - The county quorum court of each county may prescribe, by...
§ 14-14-703. Office organization of county government - (a) Unless otherwise provided or permitted by the Arkansas Constitution,...
§ 14-14-704. Establishment of county departments - (a) The county quorum court of each county, by ordinance,...
§ 14-14-705. County advisory or administrative boards - (a) A county quorum court, by ordinance, may establish county...
§ 14-14-706. Register of board appointment - The clerk of the county court shall maintain a register...
§ 14-14-707. Conduct of affairs of county boards - (a) Initial Meeting. The time and place for the initial...
§ 14-14-708. Subordinate service districts generally - (a) Authority to Establish. Subordinate service districts to provide one...
§ 14-14-709. Establishment of subordinate service districts - (a) Procedure Generally. A subordinate service district may be established...
§ 14-14-710. Modification or dissolution of subordinate service districts - (a) Modification. A quorum court may, after adoption of an...
§ 14-14-711. Administration of subordinate service districts - (a) Generally. A subordinate service district may be administered directly...
§ 14-14-712. Reorganization of existing county boards and commissions - (a) All laws providing for the organization, jurisdiction, and operation...
Subchapter 8 - Legislative Powers
§ 14-14-801. Powers generally - (a) As provided by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 55, § 1,...
§ 14-14-802. Providing of services generally - (a) A county government, acting through the county quorum court,...
§ 14-14-803. Providing of facilities - The power of county government to provide services includes the...
§ 14-14-804. Regulatory powers - The power of a county government to provide services includes...
§ 14-14-805. Powers denied - Each county quorum court in the State of Arkansas exercising...
§ 14-14-806. Powers requiring state delegation - Each county quorum court in the State of Arkansas exercising...
§ 14-14-807. Restrictive provisions - A county exercising local legislative power is subject to the...
§ 14-14-808. Consistency with state rules or regulations required - (a) A county government exercising local legislative authority is prohibited...
§ 14-14-809. Concurrent powers - (a) If a county government is authorized to regulate an...
§ 14-14-810. Improvements to roadways serving private property - (a) (1) In the passage of this section, the General...
§ 14-14-811. Salary of county judge and emergency management personnel - (a) The quorum court of each county is authorized to...
§ 14-14-812. Cemetery access roads - (a) A “cemetery”, as used in this section, means any...
§ 14-14-813. Authority to regulate unsanitary conditions - (a) To the extent that it is not inconsistent with...
§ 14-14-814. Authority to regulate private communities - (a) Upon the written request of a property owners' association...
Subchapter 9 - Legislative Procedures
§ 14-14-901. Legislative authority - The legislative power of county government is vested in the...
§ 14-14-902. Quorum court administration - (a) Secretariat. (1) The secretariat of the county quorum court...
§ 14-14-903. Record of proceedings - (a) Minutes. The quorum court of each county shall provide...
§ 14-14-904. Procedures generally. [Effective until January 1, 2020.] - (a) Time and Place of Quorum Court Assembly. (1) (A)...
§ 14-14-904. Procedures generally. [Effective January 1, 2020.] - (a) Time and Place of Quorum Court Assembly. (1) (A)...
§ 14-14-905. Adoption and amendment of ordinances generally - (a) Introduction of Ordinances and Amendments to Existing Ordinances. A...
§ 14-14-906. Penalties for violation of ordinances - (a) Authority to Establish. (1) (A) A county quorum court...
§ 14-14-907. Appropriation ordinances - (a) (1) Generally. An appropriation ordinance or amendment to an...
§ 14-14-908. Emergency ordinances or amendments - (a) Generally. An emergency ordinance or emergency amendments to existing...
§ 14-14-909. Incorporation by reference - (a) For the purpose of this section, “code” means any...
§ 14-14-910. Interlocal agreements - (a) Generally. The county court of each county may contract,...
§ 14-14-911. Veto of ordinances or amendments - (a) Authority to Veto. The county judge of each county...
§ 14-14-912. Veto override - (a) Power of Veto Override. The quorum court of each...
§ 14-14-913. Adoption and amendment of resolutions - (a) A county resolution or amendment to a resolution may...
§ 14-14-914. Initiative and referendum generally - (a) County Legislative Powers Reserved. The powers of initiative and...
§ 14-14-915. Initiative and referendum requirements - (a) Style Requirements of Petitions. A petition for county initiative...
§ 14-14-916. Judicial jurisdiction over initiative and referendum - (a) Jurisdiction of Circuit Court. Jurisdiction is vested upon the...
§ 14-14-917. Initiative and referendum elections - (a) Time of Election for Initiative and Referendum Measures. (1)...
§ 14-14-918. Passage of initiative and referendum measures - (a) Recording of Enactment. Upon passage of any initiative or...
§ 14-14-919. Referendum petitions on county bond issue - All referendum petitions under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 7, against any...
Subchapter 10 - Judicial Powers
§ 14-14-1001. County court generally - (a) Courts of Record. The county court shall be a...
§ 14-14-1002. Other judicial authorities of county court - (a) Injunctions, Restraining Orders, and Provisional Writs. In case of...
§ 14-14-1003. Appeals - Appeals from all judgments of the county courts may be...
Subchapter 11 - Executive Powers
§ 14-14-1101. Powers of county judge generally - (a) Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 55, § 3, established the following...
§ 14-14-1102. Exercise of powers by county judge - (a) Performance. The General Assembly determines that the executive powers...
§ 14-14-1103. Other county officials - Executive powers and duties of all county officials other than...
§ 14-14-1104. Administrative rules and regulations - (a) (1) The county judge may promulgate reasonable and necessary...
§ 14-14-1105. Jurisdiction of county court - (a) The General Assembly determines that all powers not vested...
§ 14-14-1106. Appeals from administrative acts - Appeals by any aggrieved party from any administrative act performed,...
§ 14-14-1107. Natural disasters - In any county in which a natural disaster, including but...
Subchapter 12 - Personnel Procedures
§ 14-14-1201. Surety bond for certain county and township officers and employees - (a) Surety Bond Required. All elected or appointed county and...
§ 14-14-1202. Ethics for county government officers and employees - (a) Public Trust. (1) The holding of public office or...
§ 14-14-1203. Compensation and expense reimbursements generally - (a) Appropriation Required. All compensation, including salary, hourly compensation, expense...
§ 14-14-1204. Compensation of elected county officers - (a) (1) The quorum court of each county shall fix...
§ 14-14-1205. Compensation of township officers - (a) (1) (A) The per diem compensation for justices of...
§ 14-14-1206. Compensation of county employees - (a) Compensation. The quorum court of each county shall fix...
§ 14-14-1207. Reimbursement of allowable expenses - (a) Reimbursement Authorized. (1) All county and district officials and...
§ 14-14-1208. Professional memberships and meetings - (a) The quorum court of each county may provide, through...
§ 14-14-1209. Uniform and equipment allowance for sheriff's department - (a) Upon request by the county sheriff, the county quorum...
§ 14-14-1210. Cost-of-living adjustment - (a) Beginning January 1, 2011, and on each January 1...
§ 14-14-1211. Monthly, bimonthly, biweekly, weekly, and hourly salaries for county employees - (a) (1) (A) Except for those counties that operate principally...
§ 14-14-1212. Coroner medicolegal death investigation training — Authorization for salary adjustment for certified county coroner — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “certified county coroner” means...
Subchapter 13 - Officers Generally
§ 14-14-1301. County, quorum court district, and township officers - (a) County Officers. There shall be elected, until otherwise determined...
§ 14-14-1302. Election of officers - (a) County Officers. The qualified electors of each county in...
§ 14-14-1303. Bond - All county, county quorum court district, and township officers shall...
§ 14-14-1304. Oath - Each county, justice of the peace, and township officer, before...
§ 14-14-1305. Commission - (a) County Officers. All county officers shall be commissioned by...
§ 14-14-1306. Residence required - (a) All county, county quorum court district, and township officers...
§ 14-14-1307. Offices - (a) The county court shall determine the location of the...
§ 14-14-1308. Vacancy in office - A county, county quorum court district, or township office shall...
§ 14-14-1309. Declaration of vacancy - (a) Conditions. The quorum court of each county shall declare...
§ 14-14-1310. Filling vacancies in elective offices - (a) (1) County Elective Offices. Vacancies in all county elective...
§ 14-14-1311. Removal from office - The circuit court shall have jurisdiction, upon information, presentment, or...
§ 14-14-1312. Remuneration - No officer of any county, county quorum court district, or...
§ 14-14-1313. Remittance of public funds - All public funds coming into the possession of any officer...
§ 14-14-1314. Constable training requirements — Uniform requirements - (a) (1) (A) For a constable to have access to...