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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 16-43-101. Exemption of witnesses from summons when obeying subpoena - A witness shall not be liable to be sued in...
§ 16-43-102. Privilege from arrest while serving as witness - All witnesses shall be privileged from arrest in all cases...
§ 16-43-103. Unlawful arrest — Abatement of suit — Fine - Any person who causes a witness to be arrested, knowing...
Subchapter 2 - Securing Attendance Generally
§ 16-43-203. Excusing of witness when deposition given - A witness shall not be compelled to attend court for...
§ 16-43-204. Attendance until discharged or case decided - Any person subpoenaed to appear before any court of record...
§ 16-43-205. Authorization for officials taking depositions to compel attendance of witnesses - Every person in this state who is required to take...
§ 16-43-206. Discharge of contempt order - A witness imprisoned or fined for contempt by an officer...
§ 16-43-208. Criminal proceedings — Subpoenas for witnesses generally - (a) The clerk of the court, upon request of the...
§ 16-43-209. Criminal proceedings — Additional witnesses - (a) Should either party desire additional witnesses at the expense...
§ 16-43-210. Criminal proceedings — Attendance by witness in several criminal cases - A witness subpoenaed to attend before any circuit court in...
§ 16-43-211. Criminal proceedings — Civil procedure to govern - The provisions of the Code of Practice in Civil Cases...
§ 16-43-212. Criminal proceedings — Issuance of subpoenas pursuant to investigations - (a) The prosecuting attorneys and their deputies may issue subpoenas...
§ 16-43-213. Prisoner as witness — Attendance — Examination by deposition - A person confined in any prison in this state for...
§ 16-43-214. Prisoner from Division of Correction as witness - (a) Upon presentation by the prosecuting attorney or interested defense...
§ 16-43-215. Videotaped deposition of State Crime Laboratory analyst — Definition - (a) As used in this section, the term “videotaped deposition”...
Subchapter 3 - Uniform Rendition of Prisoners as Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings Act
§ 16-43-301. Interstate rendition of prisoners as witnesses — Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Witness” means a person...
§ 16-43-302. Hearing or request for presence of prisoner in another state - A judge of a state court of record in another...
§ 16-43-303. Finding of court — Order that prisoner be produced in other state - If at the hearing the judge determines: (1) That the...
§ 16-43-304. Contents of order — Safeguarding custody — Payment of expenses - The order to the witness and to the person having...
§ 16-43-305. Insane or mentally ill persons not subject to subchapter - This subchapter does not apply to any person in this...
§ 16-43-306. Certificate for obtaining prisoner from another state to testify in this state - If a person confined in a penal institution in any...
§ 16-43-307. Order for compliance with terms prescribed by court of other state - The judge of the court in this state may enter...
§ 16-43-308. Prisoner from other state immune from arrest or process while being transported or held as witness - If a witness from another state comes into or passes...
§ 16-43-309. Uniformity of construction - This subchapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its...
§ 16-43-310. Short title - This subchapter may be cited as the “Uniform Rendition of...
§ 16-43-311. Severability - If any provision of this subchapter or the application thereof...
Subchapter 4 - Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Without the State in Criminal Cases
§ 16-43-402. Attendance in another state - If a judge of a court of record in any...
§ 16-43-403. Witness from another state - If a person in any state, which by its laws...
§ 16-43-404. Witnesses immune from arrest - If a person comes into this state in obedience to...
§ 16-43-405. Uniformity of interpretation - This subchapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to...
§ 16-43-406. Short title — Uniform Act - This subchapter may be cited as the “Uniform Act to...
§ 16-43-407. Repealer - All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this subchapter...
§ 16-43-409. Effective date - Whereas, under the present statutes of the State of Arkansas...
Subchapter 5 - Competency — Criminal Proceedings
§ 16-43-501. Accused as witness - On the trial of all indictments, informations, complaints, and other...
§ 16-43-502. Joint defendant as witness - When two (2) or more persons are indicted in the...
§ 16-43-503. Party injured as witness - No person shall be rendered incompetent to testify in criminal...
Subchapter 6 - Immunity — Criminal Proceedings
§ 16-43-601. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 16-43-602. Penalty - Any person who refuses to give testimony after an order...
§ 16-43-603. Immunity generally - Whenever a witness refuses, on the basis of his privilege...
§ 16-43-604. Issuance of order to testify - (a) In the case of any individual who has been...
§ 16-43-605. Court order approving grant of immunity — Granting of immunity only after refusal to testify - No prosecuting attorney shall grant immunity until he has applied...
§ 16-43-606. Limitation on immunity - An individual who has once been granted immunity under the...
Subchapter 8 - Compensation
§ 16-43-801. Witness fees generally - Witnesses shall be allowed compensation as follows: (1) For attendance...
§ 16-43-802. Witness fees in county and probate courts - Witnesses, duly summoned, shall be allowed for their attendance as...
§ 16-43-804. Proof of attendance - (a) Every account for attendance of a witness shall be...
§ 16-43-805. Fee for ferriage - Witnesses who leave home and attend any court in pursuance...
§ 16-43-806. State employee as a witness - (a) If a state employee is subpoenaed as a witness...
Subchapter 9 - Paternity or Child Support
§ 16-43-901. Competent witnesses - (a) The biological mother of a child shall be a...
Subchapter 10 - Minors
§ 16-43-1001. Closed-circuit television - (a) (1) In any criminal proceeding, on motion of the...
§ 16-43-1002. Certified facility dogs for child witnesses — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Certified facility dog”...
Subchapter 11 - Disclosures of Genetic Information
§ 16-43-1101. Compulsory disclosure - No person or other entity who maintains genetic information shall...
Subchapter 12 - Safeguards for Abused and Neglected Children Act
§ 16-43-1201. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 16-43-1202. Safeguards for child victims testifying in judicial and administrative proceedings - In order to facilitate testimony that is fair and accurate,...