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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 27-50-101. Operation of vehicles contrary to law prohibited - It is unlawful for the owner or any other person...
§ 27-50-102. Parties guilty of acts declared to be crimes - (a) Every person who commits, attempts to commit, conspires to...
Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally
§ 27-50-201. Provisions deemed cumulative - This subchapter shall be cumulative to the laws in force...
§ 27-50-202. Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation — Creation - The Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of...
§ 27-50-203. Appointment of chief - The Director of State Highways and Transportation shall appoint a...
§ 27-50-204. Division employees - (a) The State Highway Commission shall establish rules governing employees...
§ 27-50-205. Power and authority of division - (a) The Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department...
Subchapter 3 - Offenses and Penalties Generally
§ 27-50-301. Applicability of criminal code - Any moving traffic law violation not enumerated in § 27-50-302...
§ 27-50-302. Classification of traffic violations - (a) The following traffic law violations shall be known as...
§ 27-50-303. Violations involving drivers' licenses - The following nonmoving traffic law violations shall be classified as...
§ 27-50-304. Penalties for misdemeanors - (a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate...
§ 27-50-305. Penalty for violation of 1959 amendatory act - (a) Any person violating any of the provisions of this...
§ 27-50-306. Additional penalties on conviction of moving traffic violations - (a) In addition to the penalties provided by law, after...
§ 27-50-307. Negligent homicide - (a) When the death of any person ensues within one...
§ 27-50-308. Reckless driving - (a) Any person who drives any vehicle in such a...
§ 27-50-309. Racing or observing a drag race as a spectator on a public highway - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Drag race” means:...
§ 27-50-310. Use of officially designated school bus colors or words “school bus” unlawful - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate...
§ 27-50-311. Penalties for large trucks exceeding speed limits - (a) The General Assembly has determined that the operation of...
Subchapter 4 - Additional Penalty
§ 27-50-408. Fines for moving traffic violations in a highway work zone — Definitions - (a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise...
Subchapter 5 - Traffic Citations
§ 27-50-501. Uniform form to be used - Every law enforcement officer in this state who is authorized...
§ 27-50-502. Promulgation of form - (a) (1) The Department of Arkansas State Police is authorized...
§ 27-50-503. Bulk purchasing authorized - The Department of Arkansas State Police, in order to serve...
§ 27-50-505. Information from owner regarding operation of motor vehicle ticketed for violation — Definition - (a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise...
Subchapter 6 - Arrest and Release
§ 27-50-601. Procedure not exclusive - The provisions of this subchapter shall govern all police officers...
§ 27-50-602. Cases in which person arrested must be taken immediately before magistrate - Whenever any person is arrested for any violation of this...
§ 27-50-603. Release upon promise to appear - (a) When a person is arrested for any violation of...
§ 27-50-605. Appearance by counsel - A written promise to appear in court may be complied...
§ 27-50-606. Deposit of operator's license in lieu of bond — Issuance of receipt - (a) Every person who is arrested for a violation of...
§ 27-50-607. Receipt to serve as license — Forfeiture of license - (a) The official receipt received from the arresting officer shall...
§ 27-50-608. Application for duplicate license after deposit unlawful - (a) It shall be unlawful to make application for a...
§ 27-50-609. Optional posting of bond or bond card — Exception - (a) When any law enforcement officer in this state arrests...
§ 27-50-610. Issuance of bond card - A professional bail bond company as defined in § 17-19-101...
§ 27-50-611. Right of qualified surety company to become surety with respect to guaranteed arrest bond certificates - (a) Any domestic or foreign surety company which has qualified...
§ 27-50-612. Guaranteed arrest bond certificates as cash bail - (a) Any guaranteed arrest bond certificate with respect to which...
Subchapter 7 - Trial and Judgment
§ 27-50-701. Postponement of judgment - In traffic misdemeanor cases, other than cases involving driving under...
§ 27-50-702. Request for entry or postponement of judgment - (a) At the request of the defendant, parent of a...
Subchapter 8 - Convictions
§ 27-50-802. Certain speeding convictions not included in report — Exception for chauffeurs - (a) All courts in this state required by law to...
§ 27-50-803. Notification when minor convicted - Whenever any court in this state shall convict any person...
§ 27-50-804. Records inadmissible in civil actions - No record of the forfeiture of a bond or of...
§ 27-50-805. Credibility as witness not affected - The forfeiture of a bond or the conviction of a...
Subchapter 9 - Central Driver's Records File
§ 27-50-901. Establishment - The Office of Driver Services of the Department of Finance...
§ 27-50-902. Report from courts required - (a) All courts in this state which have jurisdiction over...
§ 27-50-903. Responsibility to properly file conviction reports - (a) It shall be the responsibility of the Office of...
§ 27-50-904. Conviction for offense arising out of railroad accident - The Office of Driver Services shall not include in the...
§ 27-50-905. Procedure for driver's right to contest entries - (a) (1) Every driver on whom a record of traffic...
§ 27-50-906. Furnishing of abstracts — Definition - (a) (1) The Office of Driver Services may furnish an...
§ 27-50-907. Availability of recorded information - (a) All information concerning a driver's record shall be made...
§ 27-50-908. Forms of authorization - (a) (1) The authorization to obtain a driver's record by...
§ 27-50-909. Fees for furnishing record - (a) (1) The Office of Driver Services may report a...
§ 27-50-911. Rules - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may...
§ 27-50-912. Driver monitoring program — Reports — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Driver monitoring report”...
Subchapter 10 - Reports of Accidents
§ 27-50-1001. Copies to be obtained - (a) The Office of Driver Services of the Department of...
§ 27-50-1002. Reports to be complete - (a) No analysis shall be made by the Office of...
§ 27-50-1003. Method to determine recording of accident information - (a) The Office of Driver Services shall determine from the...
§ 27-50-1004. Reports by private citizens - When a report of an accident is made by a...
§ 27-50-1005. Involvement of unattended vehicle in accident - (a) No entry shall be made into the record of...
§ 27-50-1006. Right of aggrieved driver - (a) Any driver aggrieved by an entry into his or...
§ 27-50-1007. Scheduling of hearings - Hearings shall be conducted in the county of residence of...
Subchapter 11 - Abandoned Vehicles
§ 27-50-1101. Nonconsensual towing of a vehicle, implement, or piece of machinery — Definition - (a) (1) (A) When a vehicle of a type subject...
§ 27-50-1103. Wheel clamps — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “wheel clamp” means a...
Subchapter 12 - Removal or Immobilization of Unattended or Abandoned Vehicles
§ 27-50-1201. Applicability - (a) This subchapter applies to a person that either: (1)...
§ 27-50-1202. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Abandoned vehicle” means a...
§ 27-50-1203. Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board — Creation - (a) (1) There is hereby created the Arkansas Towing and...
§ 27-50-1204. Penalties - (a) (1) The following shall be liable for all reasonable...
§ 27-50-1205. Tagging - Any law enforcement officer or code enforcement officer as defined...
§ 27-50-1206. Notice to storage firm — Definition - (a) (1) For all requests to a licensed towing and...
§ 27-50-1207. Removal of vehicles - (a) (1) A law enforcement agency that directs the removal...
§ 27-50-1208. Possessory lien and notice to owners and lienholders - (a) (1) The towing and storage firm shall have a...
§ 27-50-1209. Foreclosure of liens - (a) (1) The failure of the owner or lienholder to...
§ 27-50-1210. Nonjudicial public sale - (a) After complying with the requirements of foreclosure of liens...
§ 27-50-1211. Disposition of funds - (a) All fees, fines, and charges collected by the Arkansas...
§ 27-50-1212. Criminal penalties - (a) It shall be unlawful for a person to: (1)...
§ 27-50-1213. Limitation on removing from the state - (a) A towing or wrecker service licensed in a state...
§ 27-50-1214. Rules of order or procedure - (a) The Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board shall prescribe its...
§ 27-50-1215. Summons, citation, and subpoena - (a) It shall be the duty of the sheriffs and...
§ 27-50-1216. Moving a total-loss vehicle from a storage facility — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “storage facility” means a...
§ 27-50-1217. Reporting of towing rates - (a) If a government entity implements a nonconsent towing rotation...
§ 27-50-1218. Consumer complaint resolution - (a) (1) When a consumer complaint against a towing company...
§ 27-50-1219. Suspension from law enforcement nonconsent rotation list - (a) (1) The Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board shall promulgate...
§ 27-50-1220. Authority to issue citations - (a) (1) An investigator employed by the Arkansas Towing and...
§ 27-50-1221. Owner preference complaint - A complaint concerning a violation of this subchapter in conjunction...
§ 27-50-1222. Nonconsent towing rotation — Heavy-duty motor vehicles — Definitions. [Effective January 1, 2020.] - (a) A tow facility may participate in a law enforcement...
§ 27-50-1223. Removal of unattended vehicles — Liability - (a) The Division of Arkansas State Police, acting alone or...