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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 27-16-101. Title - This chapter may be cited as the “Motor Vehicle Driver's...
§ 27-16-102. Construction - This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to...
§ 27-16-103. Provision of information - (a) (1) The Office of Motor Vehicle shall maintain on...
§ 27-16-104. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Driver” means a person...
Subchapter 3 - Penalties
§ 27-16-301. Penalty generally - (a) In addition to any other penalties provided by the...
§ 27-16-302. Unlawful use of license - (a) It is a misdemeanor for a person: (1) To...
§ 27-16-303. Driving while license cancelled, suspended, or revoked - (a) (1) Any person whose driver's license or driving privilege...
§ 27-16-304. Permitting unauthorized person to drive - No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle...
§ 27-16-305. Permitting minor to drive - No person shall cause or knowingly permit his or her...
§ 27-16-306. Perjury - (a) Any person who makes any false affidavit, or knowingly...
Subchapter 4 - Office of Driver Services
§ 27-16-401. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 27-16-402. Creation - (a) There is established within the Department of Finance and...
Subchapter 5 - Administration Generally
§ 27-16-501. Records to be kept - (a) The Office of Driver Services shall file every application...
§ 27-16-502. Reporting of convictions and forwarding of licenses by courts - (a) Whenever any person is convicted of any offense for...
§ 27-16-504. Record of nonresident's conviction - The Office of Driver Services is authorized, upon receiving a...
§ 27-16-505. Notification of incompetency - When any person is declared incompetent by reason other than...
§ 27-16-506. Notice of change of address or name - (a) Whenever any person after applying for or receiving a...
§ 27-16-507. Registration with selective service - (a) (1) Any United States male citizen or immigrant who...
§ 27-16-508. Fee for reinstatement — Definition - (a) (1) The Office of Driver Services of the Department...
§ 27-16-509. Reciprocal agreements — Definition - (a) (1) As used in this section, “reciprocal agreement” means...
Subchapter 6 - Licensing Requirements
§ 27-16-601. Driver's license to be carried and exhibited on demand - (a) A licensee shall have his or her driver's license...
§ 27-16-602. Driver's license required - (a) No person, except those expressly exempted, shall drive any...
§ 27-16-603. Persons exempted from licensing - The following persons are exempt from licensing under this chapter:...
§ 27-16-604. Persons not to be licensed - (a) The Office of Driver Services shall not issue any...
§ 27-16-605. Duties of person renting motor vehicle to another - (a) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to any...
§ 27-16-606. When residents and nonresidents to obtain state registration and license - (a) Within thirty (30) calendar days of becoming a resident,...
Subchapter 7 - Application and Examination
§ 27-16-701. Application for license or instruction permit — Restricted permits — Definition - (a) (1) Every application for an instruction permit or for...
§ 27-16-702. Application of minor for instruction permit, learner's license, or intermediate driver's license — Definition - (a) (1) (A) The original application of any person under...
§ 27-16-703. Release from liability - (a) Any person who has signed the application of a...
§ 27-16-704. Examinations of applicants - (a) Every applicant for a driver's license, except as otherwise...
§ 27-16-705. Examiners - (a) An examination as provided for in this subchapter shall...
§ 27-16-706. Written test — Contents - The driver's license test shall include written questions concerning: (1)...
Subchapter 8 - Issuance of Licenses and Permits
§ 27-16-801. Licenses generally — Validity periods — Contents — Fees — Disposition of moneys — Definitions - (a) (1) (A) In a manner prescribed by the Secretary...
§ 27-16-802. Instruction permits - (a) (1) Any person who is at least fourteen (14)...
§ 27-16-804. Restricted licenses, learner's licenses, and intermediate licenses — Definitions - (a) The Office of Driver Services, upon issuing any driver's...
§ 27-16-805. Identification purposes only - (a) (1) The Office of Driver Services may issue an...
§ 27-16-806. Duplicates or substitutes - (a) In the event that an instruction permit or driver's...
§ 27-16-807. Issuance to nonresident and military licensees - (a) (1) A person sixteen (16) years of age or...
§ 27-16-808. Reinstatement charge — Definitions - (a) The Office of Driver Services shall charge a fee...
§ 27-16-809. Reciprocal recognition of foreign licenses - The Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to enter...
§ 27-16-811. Exception to disclosing residence address — Address confidentiality program — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “licensee” means a person...
§ 27-16-812. Veteran designation - (a) (1) A person may apply to the Office of...
§ 27-16-813. Medical exemption designation for seat belt use - (a) (1) A person may apply to the Office of...
§ 27-16-814. Living will designation - (a) (1) A person may apply to the Office of...
§ 27-16-815. Communication impediment designation and decal - (a) (1) A person, or the parent or guardian of...
§ 27-16-816. Probationer and parolee restricted permits - (a) (1) If a person is on probation or parole,...
Subchapter 9 - Expiration, Cancellation, Revocation, or Suspension
§ 27-16-901. Expiration and renewal of licenses - (a) (1) (A) Except for the intermediate driver's license and...
§ 27-16-902. Extension of expiration date of licenses for military members — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “military member” means an...
§ 27-16-903. Authority to cancel licenses - (a) (1) (A) The Office of Driver Services is authorized...
§ 27-16-904. Death of person signing minor's application - (a) The Office of Driver Services, upon receipt of satisfactory...
§ 27-16-905. Mandatory revocation for conviction of certain offenses - The Office of Driver Services shall forthwith revoke the license...
§ 27-16-907. Suspension or revocation of licenses - (a) The Office of Driver Services may suspend the license...
§ 27-16-908. Nonresidents also subject to suspension or revocation - The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways...
§ 27-16-909. Suspension or revocation of license for inability to drive - (a) (1) The Office of Driver Services, having good cause...
§ 27-16-910. Effect of suspension or revocation - Any resident or nonresident whose driver's license or right or...
§ 27-16-911. Surrender and replacement of license - (a) The Office of Driver Services, upon suspending or revoking...
§ 27-16-912. Application for new license following revocation - Except as provided in § 27-16-907(c)(2)(C), the Office of Driver...
§ 27-16-913. Right of appeal to court of record - (a) (1) A person denied a license or whose license...
§ 27-16-914. Suspension of driver's license of minor - Upon receipt of an order of denial of driving privileges...
§ 27-16-915. Suspension for conviction of controlled substances offense — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Drug offense” has...
Subchapter 11 - Driver's License Security and Modernization Act
§ 27-16-1101. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 27-16-1102. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Driver's license” means a...
§ 27-16-1103. Time limit for requirements to be met - (a) The Office of Driver Services shall implement the changes...
§ 27-16-1104. Minimum document requirements - To meet the requirements of this subchapter, the Office of...
§ 27-16-1105. Minimum issuance standards for driver's licenses - (a) (1) Except as provided under subdivisions (a)(2) and (3)...
§ 27-16-1106. Additional requirements - To meet the requirements of this section regarding the issuance...
§ 27-16-1107. Linking of databases - (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration...
§ 27-16-1108. Rules - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall...
§ 27-16-1109. Applicability to Medicaid identification cards - No provision of this subchapter shall apply to the issuance...
§ 27-16-1110. Findings — Purpose of §§ 27-16-1111 and 27-16-1112 - (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Currently, driver's licenses...
§ 27-16-1111. Expiration of driver's license when the applicant is not a United States citizen - (a) If an applicant for a driver's license under this...
§ 27-16-1112. Expiration of identification card when the applicant is not a United States citizen - (a) If an applicant for an identification card under this...
Subchapter 12 - Arkansas Voluntary Enhanced Security Driver's License and Identification Card Act
§ 27-16-1201. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 27-16-1202. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is: (1) To ensure that...
§ 27-16-1203. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Department” means the Department...
§ 27-16-1204. System development - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of...
§ 27-16-1205. Application of statutory provisions governing driver's licenses and identification cards - (a) (1) In addition to the requirements of this subchapter,...
§ 27-16-1206. Application for voluntary enhanced security driver's license or identification card - (a) As an alternative to applying for the standard driver's...
§ 27-16-1207. Issuance standards — Proof of physical address - (a) In addition to the information required under § 27-16-1105,...
§ 27-16-1208. Evidence of lawful status - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall...
§ 27-16-1209. Expiration and renewal - (a) A voluntary enhanced security driver's license, voluntary enhanced security...
§ 27-16-1210. Enhanced security card issuance and renewal fees - (a) The fee for the initial issuance of a voluntary...
§ 27-16-1211. Authority to promulgate rules - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may...
§ 27-16-1212. Implementation date - This subchapter shall be effective and shall be implemented only...
Subchapter 13 - Emergency Contact Information System Act
§ 27-16-1301. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 27-16-1302. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to create an emergency...
§ 27-16-1303. System development - The Division of Arkansas State Police in conjunction with other...
§ 27-16-1304. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, “emergency”: (1) Means a circumstance...
§ 27-16-1305. Use of the information - (a) Information in an emergency contact information system shall be...
§ 27-16-1306. Authority to promulgate rules - The Division of Arkansas State Police, the Department of Finance...
§ 27-16-1308. Voluntary participation - (a) Participation in an emergency contact information system is voluntary....
§ 27-16-1309. Responsibility for accuracy of information - (a) Each participant has the exclusive responsibility for: (1) Initiating,...