Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing
Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act

§ 27-14-309. Failure to pay taxes on or assess personal property as ground for revocation - (a) Upon sufficient proof or information that any motor vehicle...

§ 27-14-310. Improper activities by manufacturer, transporter, or dealer - The Office of Motor Vehicle is authorized to suspend or...

§ 27-14-311. Appeal of revocation by dealer - (a) (1) Any dealer whose license or permit has been...

§ 27-14-312. Returning evidences of registration upon cancellation, etc - Whenever the Office of Motor Vehicle, as authorized under this...

§ 27-14-313. Disposition of misdemeanor fines and forfeitures - (a) All fines and forfeitures collected upon conviction or upon...

§ 27-14-314. Additional penalties — Disposition of fines - (a) (1) A person who while driving a motor vehicle...

Subchapter 4 - Office of Motor Vehicle

§ 27-14-401. Creation - An office of the government of this state to be...

§ 27-14-402. Head of Office of Motor Vehicle - The Office of Motor Vehicle shall be under the control...

§ 27-14-403. Powers and duties - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...

§ 27-14-404. Organization - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...

§ 27-14-405. Police authority generally - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration and...

§ 27-14-406. Authority to take possession - The Office of Motor Vehicle is authorized to take possession...

§ 27-14-407. Summons of witnesses - (a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and...

§ 27-14-408. Manner of giving notice - (a) Whenever the Office of Motor Vehicle is authorized or...

§ 27-14-409. Processing of applications - (a) The Office of Motor Vehicle shall examine and determine...

§ 27-14-410. Forms - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall...

§ 27-14-411. Oaths and signatures - (a) Officers and employees of the Office of Motor Vehicle...

§ 27-14-412. Records - (a) (1) All records of the Office of Motor Vehicle,...

§ 27-14-413. Distribution of laws - The Office of Motor Vehicle may publish a synopsis or...

Subchapter 5 - Commission for Reciprocal Agreements

§ 27-14-501. Creation - An ex officio commission, composed of the Secretary of the...

§ 27-14-502. Agreements generally - (a) The commission is authorized to negotiate and consummate reciprocal...

§ 27-14-504. Proportionate refund of registration fees authorized - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...

§ 27-14-505. Mileage audits and records reexaminations — Appeal - (a) As used in this section, “member jurisdiction”, “mileage audit”,...

Subchapter 6 - Registration and License Fees

§ 27-14-601. Fees for registration and licensing of motor vehicles — Definitions - (a) Fees Generally. The fee for the registration and licensing...

§ 27-14-602. Registration fees - (a) Except as otherwise provided, all fees shall be paid...

§ 27-14-603. Fee for special numbered license plates - (a) There is levied a service fee of five dollars...

§ 27-14-604. Refunds - (a) Whenever any application to the Office of Motor Vehicle...

§ 27-14-605. Credit if vehicle destroyed - Upon satisfactory proof to the Secretary of the Department of...

§ 27-14-606. Disposition - (a) (1) Fifty percent (50%) of the fees collected under...

§ 27-14-607. Alternate registration procedures - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...

§ 27-14-608. Payment by credit card - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...

§ 27-14-609. Provision of information - (a) (1) The Office of Motor Vehicle shall maintain on...

§ 27-14-610. Permanent registration of fleet of motor vehicles - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Affiliate” means any...

§ 27-14-611. Registration for nonprofit motor vehicle fleets — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Fleet of motor...

§ 27-14-612. Multiyear personal-use vehicle registration — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “personal-use vehicle” means: (1)...

§ 27-14-613. Arkansas Motor Carrier System — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Commercial motor carrier”...

§ 27-14-614. Additional fee for electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Electric vehicle” means...

Subchapter 7 - Registration and Certificates of Title

§ 27-14-701. Requirements — Exception - (a) It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to...

§ 27-14-702. No other license required - (a) No owner of a motor vehicle who shall have...

§ 27-14-703. Vehicles subject to registration — Exceptions - Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer when driven...

§ 27-14-704. Motor vehicles registered in foreign states - (a) Any motor vehicle or motorcycle belonging to any person...

§ 27-14-705. Application for registration and certificate of title — Definitions - (a) (1) Every owner of a vehicle subject to the...

§ 27-14-707. Application for specially constructed vehicles, reconstructed vehicles, or foreign vehicles - (a) (1) In the event the vehicle to be registered...

§ 27-14-708. Temporary permit pending registration - The Office of Motor Vehicle, at its discretion, may grant...

§ 27-14-709. Half-year license - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any motor...

§ 27-14-710. Grounds for refusing registration or certificate of title - The Office of Motor Vehicle shall refuse registration or issuance...

§ 27-14-711. Examination of registration records and index of stolen and recovered vehicles - The Office of Motor Vehicle, upon receiving application for original...

§ 27-14-712. Registration indexes - The Office of Motor Vehicle shall file each application received...

§ 27-14-713. Issuance of registration certificates and certificates of title - (a) The Office of Motor Vehicle, upon registering a vehicle,...

§ 27-14-714. Registration certificate to be signed, carried, and exhibited on demand - (a) (1) Every owner, upon receipt of a registration certificate,...

§ 27-14-715. Issuance of license plates - (a) The Office of Motor Vehicle, upon registering a vehicle,...

§ 27-14-716. Display of license plates generally - (a) (1) License plates issued for a motor vehicle other...

§ 27-14-717. License plates for proper year alone to be displayed — Exception - (a) There shall not be displayed on motor vehicles, trailers,...

§ 27-14-718. Application for renewal of registration - Application for renewal of a vehicle registration shall be made...

§ 27-14-719. No renewal of certificates of title - Certificates of title need not be renewed annually but shall...

§ 27-14-720. Lost or damaged certificates and plates - (a) In the event any registration certificate or license plate...

§ 27-14-721. Assignment of new identifying numbers - (a) The Office of Motor Vehicle is authorized to assign...

§ 27-14-722. Change of engines - The Office of Motor Vehicle may adopt and enforce such...

§ 27-14-723. Registration and license required upon presence in state - (a) Within thirty (30) calendar days of becoming a resident,...

§ 27-14-725. Limited vehicle identification number verification - (a) As used in this section, “designee” means a person...

§ 27-14-726. Mini-trucks — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Low pressure tire”...

§ 27-14-727. Certificate of title with beneficiary — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) (A) “Beneficiary” means...

Subchapter 8 - Liens and Encumbrances

§ 27-14-801. Compliance required - No conditional sale contract, conditional lease, chattel mortgage, or other...

§ 27-14-802. Application and documents - (a) There shall be deposited with the Office of Motor...

§ 27-14-803. Filing and certification - Upon receipt of application and documents as provided in this...

§ 27-14-804. Index - The Office of Motor Vehicle shall maintain an appropriate index...

§ 27-14-805. Constructive notice - (a) The filing and issuance of a new certificate of...

§ 27-14-806. Optional means of recording - (a) (1) At his or her option, a lienholder may:...

§ 27-14-807. Methods exclusive — Exception - (a) The methods provided in this subchapter of giving constructive...

Subchapter 9 - Transfers of Title and Registration

§ 27-14-901. Penalty - (a) It shall be a Class C misdemeanor for any...

§ 27-14-902. Transfer or assignment by owner or lessee generally - (a) (1) Whenever the owner or lessee of a registered...

§ 27-14-903. Registration by transferee — Title retention notes - (a) (1) The transferee of any new or used vehicle...

§ 27-14-904. Transfers to dealers - (a) When the transferee of a used vehicle is a...

§ 27-14-906. Dealer and lienholder applications for registration and title certificates - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...

§ 27-14-907. Transfer by operation of law — Definition - (a) (1) Whenever the title or interest of an owner...

§ 27-14-908. Assignment by lienholder - (a) Any person holding a lien or encumbrance upon a...

§ 27-14-909. Release of lien by lienholder — Disclosure of information - (a) For purposes of this section, a lien or encumbrance...

§ 27-14-910. Reregistration — File - (a) The Office of Motor Vehicle, upon receipt of a...

§ 27-14-911. Transferor not liable for negligent operation - The owner of a motor vehicle who has made a...

§ 27-14-912. Dismantling or wrecking vehicles - Any owner dismantling or wrecking any registered vehicle shall immediately...

§ 27-14-913. Sale of motor vehicles to be dismantled, etc - (a) Any owner who sells a motor vehicle to be...

§ 27-14-914. Transfer of license plates and registration from one vehicle to another - (a) (1) When the owner of any motor vehicle, excepting...

§ 27-14-915. Transfer of license on vehicles for hire - (a) When the owner of a vehicle licensed to operate...

§ 27-14-916. Notice of sale or transfer - (a) Whenever the owner of a motor vehicle registered under...

§ 27-14-917. Time requirements for payment of lien or encumbrance - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Customer” means a...

Subchapter 10 - Permanent Automobile Licensing Act

§ 27-14-1001. Title - This subchapter may be cited as the “Permanent Automobile Licensing...

§ 27-14-1002. Definitions - (a) As used in this subchapter: (1) “Class One trucks”...

§ 27-14-1003. Applicability - All passenger motor vehicles and Class One trucks shall be...

§ 27-14-1004. Penalties - (a) Any person failing to comply with the provisions of...

§ 27-14-1005. Failure to affix or display license plates, etc - (a) The failure of the motor vehicle owner to affix...

§ 27-14-1006. Authority to issue permanent license plate subject to replacement - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...

§ 27-14-1007. Issuance of license plate - Upon registration, the owner of every vehicle of a type...

§ 27-14-1008. Issuance of permanent reflectorized license plates - (a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and...

§ 27-14-1009. Issuance of special personalized license plate - (a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and...

§ 27-14-1010. Registration certificate - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...

§ 27-14-1011. Registration on monthly-series basis — Renewal periods - (a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and...

§ 27-14-1012. Applications for registrations or renewals - (a) (1) An applicant may apply, in person or by...

§ 27-14-1013. Renewals of registration - The owner of any permanent license plate issued by the...

§ 27-14-1014. Application forms for renewals of registration - (a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and...

§ 27-14-1015. Payment of personal property taxes and listing for assessment required - (a) The owner of every vehicle subject to registration in...

§ 27-14-1016. Other information required - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may...

§ 27-14-1017. Calculation of license fees - For the purpose of calculating any license fees due, each...

§ 27-14-1018. Issuance of annual tab or decal - (a) In conjunction with the permanent license plate for a...

§ 27-14-1019. Changes of address - (a) Every owner of a motor vehicle subject to this...

§ 27-14-1020. Rules - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall...

§ 27-14-1021. Annual notification of requirements - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...

Subchapter 11 - Special Personalized Prestige License Plates

§ 27-14-1101. Authority to issue for passenger cars - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...

§ 27-14-1102. Applications — Priority - (a) Any automobile owner or motorcycle owner desiring to obtain...

§ 27-14-1103. Design - The color of the background and the color of the...

§ 27-14-1104. Rules - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...

Subchapter 12 - Permanent Trailer Licensing Act of 1979

§ 27-14-1201. Title - This subchapter may be cited as the “Permanent Trailer Licensing...

§ 27-14-1202. Definitions - (a) As used in this subchapter: (1) “Decal” means an...

§ 27-14-1203. Applicability - All trailers having a gross load not in excess of...

§ 27-14-1204. Penalties - (a) Any owner of a trailer failing to comply with...

§ 27-14-1206. Time and place for registration or renewal - (a) An applicant may apply, in person or by mail,...

§ 27-14-1207. Information required of applicant - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may...

§ 27-14-1209. Issuance of registration certificate - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...

§ 27-14-1210. Fee - (a) Upon registration, the owner of every trailer of a...

§ 27-14-1211. Issuance of permanent plate - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...

§ 27-14-1212. Issuance of reflectorized plates - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...

§ 27-14-1213. Distribution of renewal applications - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...

§ 27-14-1214. Renewal of registration - (a) The owner of any permanent license plate issued by...

§ 27-14-1215. Issuance of tab or decal - (a) In conjunction with the permanent license plate, the Director...

§ 27-14-1216. Transfer of registration to another trailer - (a) Whenever the owner of a registered trailer transfers or...

§ 27-14-1217. Report of change of address - (a) Every owner of a trailer subject to this subchapter...

§ 27-14-1218. Rules - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall...

Subchapter 13 - Trucks and Trailers

§ 27-14-1301. Penalty - (a) Every person who violates or who procures, aids, or...

§ 27-14-1302. Load limits not affected - Nothing in this subchapter shall repeal the right of the...

§ 27-14-1303. Administration - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is...

§ 27-14-1304. Rules - (a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and...

§ 27-14-1305. Annual report - (a) Annually, on or before December 31 of each year,...

§ 27-14-1306. Commercial vehicle temporary license plates - (a) (1) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State is...

Subchapter 14 - Buses

§ 27-14-1401. Fees for registration and licensing of interstate motor buses - (a) The provisions of § 27-14-601 shall govern the fees...

§ 27-14-1402. Municipally franchised buses - Where motor buses are operated on designated streets according to...

§ 27-14-1403. Community or farm-to-market buses — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “community or farm-to-market bus”...

§ 27-14-1404. School buses owned by licensed facilities - (a) School buses owned by facilities licensed by the Department...

Subchapter 15 - Taxicabs

§ 27-14-1501. Liability insurance prerequisite to licensing - (a) No license shall be issued for any taxicab, automobile,...

§ 27-14-1502. Operations in adjoining cities and towns separated by state line - (a) Where any person, firm, or corporation is engaged in...

Subchapter 16 - Manufactured Homes and Mobile Homes

§ 27-14-1601. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Manufactured home” means a...

§ 27-14-1602. Registration — Fee - (a) (1) An owner of a manufactured home or a...

§ 27-14-1603. Cancellation of title - (a) If a manufactured home or a mobile home is...

§ 27-14-1604. Issuance of new title in the event of severance — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Lender applicant” means...

Subchapter 17 - License Plates for Manufacturers, Transporters, and Dealers

§ 27-14-1701. Operation of vehicles under special plates - (a) A manufacturer or dealer owning any vehicle of a...

§ 27-14-1702. Application for and issuance of certificates and special plates - (a) (1) A manufacturer or dealer may make application to...

§ 27-14-1703. Expiration of special plates - (a) (1) Every special plate, excluding temporary preprinted paper tags,...

§ 27-14-1704. Dealer's extra license plates - (a) Each dealer as defined in § 27-14-601(a)(6) shall furnish...

§ 27-14-1705. Temporary preprinted paper buyer's tags - (a) (1) (A) A person who buys a motor vehicle...

§ 27-14-1706. Vehicles provided for purposes of demonstration or for repair customers - (a) A dealer may allow a prospective buyer or customer...

§ 27-14-1707. Authority to promulgate rules - In addition to the authority provided in § 27-14-403, the...

§ 27-14-1708. Temporary tag database - (a) There is created a vehicle temporary tag database within...

§ 27-14-1709. Definition - As used in this subchapter, “dealer” means a new motor...

Subchapter 18 - Vehicles in Transit to Dealers

§ 27-14-1801. Penalty - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to display...

§ 27-14-1802. Construction - This subchapter shall be construed to be cumulative to the...

§ 27-14-1803. Applicability - (a) This subchapter shall apply to all motor vehicles operated...

§ 27-14-1804. Nonapplicable if regular plates used - This subchapter shall not apply to any person, firm, or...

§ 27-14-1805. Use of “IN TRANSIT” placards - (a) (1) Motor vehicles and trailers in the course of...

§ 27-14-1806. Metal transporter plate - (a) (1) Any person, firm, or corporation that is regularly...

§ 27-14-1807. Disposition of fees - All fees collected under the provisions of this subchapter shall...

§ 27-14-1808. Rules - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is...

Subchapter 19 - Transporting of Motor Homes by Manufacturers

§ 27-14-1901. Definition - As used in this subchapter, “manufacturer” means any person, firm,...

§ 27-14-1902. Application for license - (a) (1) Any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the...

§ 27-14-1903. Fees - (a) There shall be paid a fee of ninety-eight dollars...

§ 27-14-1904. Design of plates - Manufacturers' master license plates shall be of such form and...

§ 27-14-1905. Rules - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is...

Subchapter 20 - Licensing of Dealers and Wreckers

§ 27-14-2001. License required - (a) No person, unless licensed to do so by the...

§ 27-14-2002. Issuance of license certificate - (a) (1) The Office of Motor Vehicle, upon receiving application...

§ 27-14-2003. Records to be maintained - Every licensee shall maintain for three (3) years, in the...

Subchapter 21 - Drive-Out Tags

§ 27-14-2101. Provisions supplemental - This subchapter is in no respect to be considered as...

§ 27-14-2102. Issuance authorized - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is...

§ 27-14-2103. Validity period - Drive-out tags shall not be valid in any event for...

§ 27-14-2104. Fee — Disposition - (a) Drive-out tags shall be issued for a fee of...

§ 27-14-2105. Rules - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is...

Subchapter 22 - Theft of Vehicles and Parts

§ 27-14-2204. Reports to office by owners or lienholders - (a) The owner of or person having a lien or...

§ 27-14-2205. Processing of reports by office — Lists - (a) The Office of Motor Vehicle, upon receiving a report...

§ 27-14-2206. Report of vehicle left in storage or parked over thirty days - (a) (1) Whenever any vehicle of a type subject to...

§ 27-14-2207. Unlawful taking of vehicle - (a) Any person who drives a vehicle, not his or...

§ 27-14-2210. Vehicles or engines without manufacturer's numbers - (a) Any person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, sells,...

§ 27-14-2211. Altering or changing engine or other numbers - (a) (1) No person shall, with fraudulent intent, deface, destroy,...

§ 27-14-2212. Mutilation of serial numbers - (a) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm,...

Subchapter 23 - Disclosure of Damage and Repair on the Certificate of Title

§ 27-14-2301. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Dealer” means any...

§ 27-14-2302. Issuance of damage certificate - (a) (1) (A) When an insurer acquires the ownership of...

§ 27-14-2303. Disclosure requirements - (a) (1) When any dealer in this state offers for...

§ 27-14-2304. Violations — Penalties - (a) Any repairer, rebuilder, or restorer who pleads guilty or...

§ 27-14-2305. Brand on motor vehicle title - (a) The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to...

§ 27-14-2306. Exemption from sales or use tax - Any person licensed by the State of Arkansas as a...

§ 27-14-2307. Rules - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall...

§ 27-14-2308. Alternative procedure to obtain title for a total loss settlement - (a) If an insurance company makes a total loss settlement...

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Arkansas Code Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act

Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing
Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act