Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers

§ 16-10-102. Administrative Office of the Courts — Director — Cooperation of court officers - (a) (1) There shall be an office for the administration...

§ 16-10-103. Training and education of court personnel - (a) The state's responsibility for training and providing additional judicial...

§ 16-10-104. Courts of record - The Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and all circuit and...

§ 16-10-105. Sittings of courts to be public - The sittings of every court shall be public, and every...

§ 16-10-106. Power to issue writs and process - All courts shall have power to issue all writs and...

§ 16-10-107. Process and proceedings to be in English language - All writs, process, proceedings, and records in any court shall...

§ 16-10-108. Contempt - (a) Every court of record shall have power to punish,...

§ 16-10-109. Reading of record — Signing - Full entries of the orders and proceedings of all courts...

§ 16-10-110. Seals - (a) The Supreme Court and each of the circuit, district,...

§ 16-10-112. Proceedings not affected by lapse of term - No writ, process, plea, or proceeding whatsoever, civil or criminal,...

§ 16-10-113. Change of term not to affect proceedings - When any change is made by law in the times...

§ 16-10-114. Courts not to open on Sunday — Exceptions - (a) No court shall be opened or transact business on...

§ 16-10-115. Trial by temporary judge - (a) On stipulation of the litigant parties, any court of...

§ 16-10-117. Judge temporarily assigned in district — Jury list - A judge assigned pursuant to § 16-10-101 on a temporary...

§ 16-10-118. Judicial officeholder as candidate for nonjudicial office — Resignation — Warrants void - (a) Whenever the holder of a judicial office in the...

§ 16-10-119. Travel expenses of judges - (a) From the appropriation provided to the Auditor of State...

§ 16-10-122. Sheriffs of courts - The sheriffs of the several counties shall be sheriffs of...

§ 16-10-123. Furnishing fuel, blank books, and stationery - The several sheriffs are authorized and required to furnish the...

§ 16-10-124. Enforcement of return of writ or process and payment of moneys - Each court may enforce by attachment the return of any...

§ 16-10-125. Audit of accounts of sheriff and clerk - The several courts shall audit and adjust the accounts of...

§ 16-10-128. Transcripts — Bills of exceptions - In making out transcripts of records, except on writs of...

§ 16-10-130. Precedence given to criminal trials when victim under age of fourteen - Notwithstanding any rule of court to the contrary and in...

§ 16-10-131. Exemption from overtime parking penalties - (a) No judge or his or her court reporter of...

§ 16-10-132. Addresses of parties - The records of all judgments rendered in any circuit, county,...

§ 16-10-135. Aids for the hearing or visually impaired - (a) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall employ the...

§ 16-10-136. Extrajudicial activities of justices and judges - Restrictions on extrajudicial activities found in Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 80,...

§ 16-10-137. Administrative Office of the Courts — Annual report - (a) On July 31 of each year, the Administrative Office...

§ 16-10-139. Specialty court program evaluation and approval — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “specialty court program” means...

§ 16-10-140. Accumulation of data concerning sexual offenses — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Family or household...

§ 16-10-141. District court costs and fees — Specialty courts - (a) As used in this section, “specialty court program” means...

Subchapter 2 - Accounting Practices

§ 16-10-201. Title - This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Arkansas...

§ 16-10-202. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Citation” means a written...

§ 16-10-203. Applicability of subchapter - This subchapter shall apply to any district court within the...

§ 16-10-204. Bank accounts for court funds - (a) (1) Each municipal police department and each city or...

§ 16-10-205. Citations - (a) Each municipal police department, city or town marshal, and...

§ 16-10-206. Court docket - (a) All violations shall be docketed and all judgments shall...

§ 16-10-207. Police department and marshals' and sheriffs' offices — Activities and clerical duties required - The following activities and clerical duties relating to court functions...

§ 16-10-208. Court clerk or court administrator — Eligibility - The court clerk or court administrator shall not be a...

§ 16-10-209. Court clerk — Activities and clerical duties - The following activities and clerical duties relating to court functions...

§ 16-10-210. Accounting systems above minimum - (a) Any official charged with the maintenance of accounting or...

§ 16-10-211. Record retention schedule - (a) All towns, cities, and counties of the State of...

§ 16-10-212. City courts — Loss of authority — Enforcement by legislative audit. [Effective until January 1, 2012.] - (a) If the Division of Legislative Audit determines that a...

Subchapter 3 - Uniform Filing Fees and Court Costs

§ 16-10-301. Legislative intent - (a) It is hereby found by the General Assembly that...

§ 16-10-302. Court costs and filing fees — Generally - (a) Except as otherwise provided by this act, all filing...

§ 16-10-304. State actions exempt from filing fees - Prosecuting attorneys filing actions on behalf of the state, with...

§ 16-10-305. Court costs - (a) There shall be levied and collected the following court...

§ 16-10-306. Administration of Justice Funds Section - (a) There is created in the Department of Finance and...

§ 16-10-307. County administration of justice fund - (a) There is hereby created in each county a fund...

§ 16-10-308. City administration of justice fund - (a) (1) There is hereby created in each town or...

§ 16-10-309. Failure to submit funds or reports - (a) In the event a town, city, or county fails...

§ 16-10-310. State Administration of Justice Fund — Distribution of revenue - (a) At the close of books on or before the...

§ 16-10-311. Transfer of funds from State Administration of Justice Fund - The Department of Finance and Administration may transfer funds, from...

§ 16-10-313. Support for State Crime Laboratory - Notwithstanding §§ 16-10-306, 16-10-307, 16-10-603, 16-10-604, and 19-5-993 or any...

§ 16-10-314. Support for Arkansas publicly funded law schools - (a) Notwithstanding §§ 16-10-306, 16-10-307, 16-10-603, 16-10-604, and 19-5-993 or...

§ 16-10-315. City courts — Loss of authority — Enforcement by Department of Finance and Administration. [Effective until January 1, 2012.] - (a) If the Department of Finance and Administration determines that...

Subchapter 4 - Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission

§ 16-10-401. Definitions - The word “judge” in this subchapter means anyone, whether or...

§ 16-10-402. Creation - (a) There is hereby established a commission to be known...

§ 16-10-403. Director — Staff - (a) The Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission shall employ a...

§ 16-10-404. Duties — Records - (a) The Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission shall initiate or...

§ 16-10-405. Rules - The Supreme Court shall adopt rules with regard to all...

§ 16-10-406. Immunity from suit - Members of the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, referees, commission...

§ 16-10-407. Leave - Grounds for leave consist of a temporary physical or mental...

§ 16-10-408. Suspension with pay - A judge may be suspended by the Supreme Court with...

§ 16-10-409. Mandatory suspension - (a) (1) A judge shall be suspended from office with...

§ 16-10-410. Removal from office - (a) The grounds for removal conferred by this subchapter shall...

§ 16-10-411. Vacancy - The granting of leave, suspension, with or without pay, removal,...

Subchapter 5 - Circuit Court Judgeships and Redistricting

§ 16-10-501. Development of criteria for new judgeships or redistricting - (a) The Arkansas Judicial Council, hereinafter referred to as the...

Subchapter 6 - Funding

§ 16-10-601. Legislative intent - (a) It is hereby found by the General Assembly that...

§ 16-10-602. Establishment of city and county shares - (a) Pursuant to §§ 16-10-307(c) and 16-10-308(c), each town, city,...

§ 16-10-603. Procedure — County administration of justice funds - (a) (1) Pursuant to § 16-10-307, each county is to...

§ 16-10-604. Procedure — City administration of justice funds - (a) (1) Pursuant to § 16-10-308, each town or city...

Subchapter 7 - Additional Filing Fees and Court Costs

§ 16-10-701. Additional fees for specialty court programs — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Pre-adjudication” means the...

Subchapter 8 - Substitute Trial Court Administrators

§ 16-10-801. Temporary employment authorized - As authorized by § 16-13-3302, in the absence or unavailability...

§ 16-10-802. Information provided to Administrative Office of the Courts - (a) When a circuit judge temporarily employs a substitute trial...

§ 16-10-803. Payment - (a) The Administrative Office of the Courts may pay from...

§ 16-10-804. Extended employment periods - (a) If a substitute trial court administrator is employed for...

§ 16-10-805. Employment of county staff - This chapter does not preclude or prohibit any circuit judge...

Subchapter 9 - Compensation for Retired Judges Appointed to Temporary Service

§ 16-10-901. “Retired judge” defined - For purposes of this subchapter, a retired judge is a...

§ 16-10-902. Amount of compensation - (a) A retired judge appointed by the Chief Justice of...

§ 16-10-903. Retirement benefits - The judge or justice shall not be entitled to a...

§ 16-10-904. Mileage and expenses - In addition to the per diem compensation provided by this...

§ 16-10-905. Amount of per diem compensation - (a) Per diem compensation prescribed in § 16-10-902 shall be...

Subchapter 10 - Arkansas Court Security Act

§ 16-10-1001. Title - This subchapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Court Security...

§ 16-10-1002. Purpose and findings - (a) Recent incidents involving serious court security failures resulting in...

§ 16-10-1003. Administrative Office of the Courts — Duties — Director of Security and Emergency Preparedness - (a) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall: (1) Assist...

§ 16-10-1004. Court security officers — Definition - (a) (1) There is established a training and certification program...

§ 16-10-1005. Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training — Duties - The Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training shall:...

§ 16-10-1006. Court security grant program - (a) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall administer a...

Subchapter 11 - Court Interpreters

§ 16-10-1101. Purpose - (a) The State of Arkansas requires that court proceedings be...

§ 16-10-1102. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Interpret” means to convey...

§ 16-10-1103. Court interpreter for persons with limited English proficiency - (a) A person with limited English proficiency who is a...

§ 16-10-1104. Appointment of interpreter - (a) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall compile, maintain,...

§ 16-10-1105. Interpreter oath - Before commencing his or her duties, an interpreter appointed under...

§ 16-10-1106. Replacement of interpreter - (a) A court that appoints an interpreter shall dismiss the...

§ 16-10-1107. Confidential communications in presence of interpreter - An interpreter appointed under this subchapter shall not be compelled...

§ 16-10-1108. Compensation of interpreter - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Chapter 11 - Supreme Court

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 16-11-101. Terms of court — Recess — Adjournment - The Supreme Court of Arkansas shall begin its annual term...

§ 16-11-102. Adjournment of court in absence of quorum - If a quorum of the court is not present at...

§ 16-11-103. Divisions of court - (a) The court may sit in two (2) divisions to...

§ 16-11-104. Cases heard en banc - (a) In all cases where the construction of the Arkansas...

§ 16-11-105. Rules and laws applicable to court - (a) All rules of the Supreme Court and all laws...

§ 16-11-106. Issuance of writs and process - The Supreme Court shall have power to direct the forms...

§ 16-11-108. Disqualification of justice - No justice of the Supreme Court shall sit on the...

§ 16-11-109. Law clerks - No person shall be employed as a law clerk by...

§ 16-11-110. Library — Librarian - (a) (1) Except as provided in this section, the Supreme...

§ 16-11-112. Authorization to contract for publication of Arkansas Model Jury Instructions - (a) The Arkansas Supreme Court is authorized to provide for...

§ 16-11-113. Expenses of Supreme Court - (a) All expenditures for fuel, blank books, and stationery accruing...

§ 16-11-114. Salaries of Chief Justice and associate justices - The salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court...

§ 16-11-115. Compensation of special justice - Each special justice of the Supreme Court who is not...

§ 16-11-116. Employees of the Supreme Court — Bar of Arkansas - (a) Pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 28, the Supreme Court...

§ 16-11-117. Access to Justice Foundation - The General Assembly finds that as the Access to Justice...

Subchapter 2 - Supreme Court Reports

§ 16-11-201. Clerk to furnish Reporter with copy of decisions - It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the...

§ 16-11-202. Preparation of syllabus, headnotes, corrections — Publication - It shall be the duty of the Reporter of the...

§ 16-11-204. Assistant to Reporter of the Supreme Court - (a) The Reporter of the Supreme Court is authorized to...

§ 16-11-205. Reporter to superintend distribution and publication of decisions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals - It shall be the duty of the Reporter of the...

Subchapter 3 - Procedural Rules

§ 16-11-301. Rules of pleading, practice, and procedure — Supersession - All statutes concerning pleading, practice, and procedure in all courts...

Chapter 12 - Court Of Appeals

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 16-12-102. Election of judges - (a) Except as provided in § 16-12-106, all judges of...

§ 16-12-103. Location of court - The Court of Appeals shall be located in Little Rock...

§ 16-12-104. Authority of court - The Court of Appeals shall have authority to issue any...

§ 16-12-105. Chief Judge - The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall designate one...

§ 16-12-106. Special judges - (a) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may commission...

§ 16-12-107. Salaries - (a) The judges of the Court of Appeals shall receive...

§ 16-12-108. Staff - (a) The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall serve as...

Subchapter 2 - Reapportionment of the Court of Appeals Districts

§ 16-12-201. Court of Appeals — Districts - The State of Arkansas is divided into the following seven...

§ 16-12-202. Court of Appeals — Transition - The elections under this section shall be for an eight-year...

Chapter 13 - Circuit Courts

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 16-13-101. Reassignment of case upon disqualification of judge - When it appears that the circuit judge before whom a...

§ 16-13-103. Special judges — Compensation — Expenses - (a) (1) A licensed attorney who is elected as a...

Subchapter 2 - Circuit Courts Generally

§ 16-13-201. Jurisdiction - (a) Circuit courts shall have original jurisdiction of all justiciable...

§ 16-13-203. Supervision of county courts and county, local, and municipal boards or officers - (a) The circuit courts shall have superintending control over the...

§ 16-13-204. Issuance of writs, orders, or process - (a) The circuit courts and their judges shall have the...

§ 16-13-205. Writs of certiorari — Temporary restraining orders — Enforcement - (a) The circuit courts shall have power to issue writs...

§ 16-13-206. Term of court — Court to remain open - (a) (1) The circuit court of each county and of...

§ 16-13-207. Sessions - (a) (1) Each circuit court may by a rule or...

§ 16-13-208. Adjournments — Recess - There shall be no adjournments of circuit courts. However, courts...

§ 16-13-209. Notice of proceedings - Where the defendant or respondent has answered or otherwise pleaded...

§ 16-13-210. Circuit judge may hear and adjudicate causes pending in the circuit - (a) (1) Any circuit judge of this state, at any...

§ 16-13-211. Proceedings during vacation of court or in chambers - (a) The circuit judges of the circuit courts constituting the...

§ 16-13-214. Disqualification of judges - No judge of the circuit court shall sit on the...

§ 16-13-215. Entry of judge into armed services — Discharge — Vacancy - (a) The entry of a regular judge into the armed...

§ 16-13-216. Clerk and court reporter — Assistants — Salaries - (a) The circuit judge of any judicial district which had...

§ 16-13-217. Law clerks — Service as court reporters and masters - (a) (1) A circuit judge of any judicial district, any...

§ 16-13-219. Court expenses — Payment - (a) The expenses accruing in the circuit courts shall be...

§ 16-13-220. Counsel for incompetents - In addition to all other authority granted by law, every...

§ 16-13-221. Legal counsel to personnel - The Attorney General shall serve as the legal counsel to...

§ 16-13-222. Private hearings by circuit courts - (a) (1) The circuit courts of the various judicial districts...

§ 16-13-223. Sale and confirmation of property - A circuit court may make orders for the sale of...

§ 16-13-224. Temporary exchange of districts — Assignment - (a) Circuit judges may temporarily exchange judicial districts by joint...

§ 16-13-225. Juvenile cases — Information system - (a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts...

§ 16-13-226. Installment payments by a criminal defendant in circuit court — Priority of payment - (a) An installment payment by a criminal defendant to a...

Subchapter 3 - Juvenile Division of Circuit Court Generally

§ 16-13-326. Circuit court juvenile division funds - (a) (1) All court costs, fines, and fees assessed by...

§ 16-13-327. Probation officers - (a) Each juvenile division of circuit court shall be provided...

§ 16-13-328. Intake officers - (a) Each juvenile division of circuit court shall be provided...

§ 16-13-329. Dual role precluded - A person shall not serve as both a juvenile probation...

§ 16-13-330. Contract providers - Intake and probation services deemed necessary by the court may...

§ 16-13-331. State reimbursement - (a) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall administer the...

Subchapter 5 - Court Reporters

§ 16-13-501. Court reporters made state employees - (a) The official court reporters of the circuit courts in...

§ 16-13-503. Appointment — Compensation — Leave - (a) Each judge of each circuit court may appoint one...

§ 16-13-504. Salary implementation procedures - (a) If a court reporter was an official court reporter...

§ 16-13-505. Court reporters — Reimbursement for expenses - (a) (1) A court reporter for a circuit court is...

§ 16-13-506. Court reporters — Transcript fees - (a) (1) When required to make a transcript of court...

§ 16-13-507. Liability for loss of records - Court reporters shall not be liable, criminally or civilly, for...

§ 16-13-508. Court Reporter's Fund established - There is created on the books of the Auditor of...

§ 16-13-509. Substitute court reporters - (a) (1) In the absence or unavailability of the official...

§ 16-13-510. Complete record required — Waiver - (a) In all cases before a circuit court of this...

§ 16-13-512. Funding of official court reporters - (a) The state, rather than individual counties, shall bear the...

Subchapter 7 - Enforcement of Fines

§ 16-13-701. Scope — Definition - (a) The procedures established by this subchapter shall apply to...

§ 16-13-702. Immediate payment - (a) (1) When a court has imposed a fine, as...

§ 16-13-703. Imprisonment - (a) When a defendant sentenced to pay a fine defaults...

§ 16-13-704. Installment payments — Definition - (a) (1) If the court concludes that the defendant has...

§ 16-13-705. Personal checks - (a) The court shall accept personal checks drawn in the...

§ 16-13-706. Credit or debit card payments - (a) The court or the agency designated under § 16-13-709...

§ 16-13-707. Lien on property - (a) When a defendant sentenced to pay a fine defaults...

§ 16-13-708. Revocation of registration or license - (a) The court may certify in writing to the Department...

§ 16-13-709. Responsibility for collection - (a) (1) (A) (i) The quorum court of each county...

§ 16-13-710. Automated collection procedures - The Administrative Office of the Courts shall have the responsibility...

§ 16-13-711. Form of orders - When an order assessing a fine or penalty is entered,...

§ 16-13-712. Judicial Fine Collection Enhancement Fund - (a) There is hereby created on the books of the...

§ 16-13-901. Composition - The First Judicial Circuit shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-902. Terms of court - (a) (1) The terms of court of the Circuit Court...

§ 16-13-903. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the First Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-904. Additional judgeship. [Referred to Arkansas Judicial Council for approval.] - (a) There is created in the First Judicial District an...

§ 16-13-905. Approval by Arkansas Judicial Council. [Referred to Arkansas Judicial Council for approval.] - (a) The provisions of § 16-13-904 and this section shall...

Subchapter 10 - Second Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-1001. Composition - The Second Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-1002. Terms of court — Adjournment — Recess - (a) (1) The terms of the circuit courts of the...

§ 16-13-1003. Judges and chancellors - (a) (1) The qualified electors of the Second Judicial District...

§ 16-13-1004. Case coordinator - (a) (1) The judges of the chancery and probate courts...

§ 16-13-1005. Additional judgeship - (a) Effective immediately upon passage and approval of this act,...

§ 16-13-1006. Additional judge — Facilities - The counties which comprise the Second Judicial District shall provide...

§ 16-13-1007. Additional judge — Staff - There shall be provided for the judge of the circuit-chancery...

Subchapter 11 - Third Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-1101. Composition - The Third Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-1102. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Third...

§ 16-13-1103. Judges and chancellors - (a) (1) The qualified electors of the Third Judicial District...

Subchapter 12 - Fourth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-1201. Composition - The Fourth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-1202. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Fourth...

§ 16-13-1203. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Fourth Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-1204. Secretary-court reporter-case coordinator - (a) The chancellors, circuit judges, and circuit-chancery judges of the...

§ 16-13-1205. Additional judgeship - (a) Effective January 1, 1999, there is hereby created in...

§ 16-13-1206. Additional judge — Facilities - The counties which comprise the Fourth Judicial District shall provide...

§ 16-13-1207. Additional judge — Staff - There shall be provided for the judge of the circuit-chancery...

§ 16-13-1208. Additional judgeship - (a) There is created in the Fourth Judicial District an...

Subchapter 13 - Fifth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-1301. Composition - The Fifth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-1302. Terms of court - The terms of court for the circuit court of the...

§ 16-13-1303. Judges and chancellors - The qualified electors of the Fifth Judicial District shall elect:...

§ 16-13-1304. Case coordinator - (a) (1) The Judge of the Circuit Court for the...

Subchapter 14 - Sixth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-1401. Composition - The Sixth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-1402. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Sixth...

§ 16-13-1403. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Sixth Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-1404. Chancery court reporters - (a) Each chancellor of the Sixth Judicial District may appoint...

§ 16-13-1405. Chancery court case coordinators - (a) Each chancellor of the Sixth Judicial District may appoint...

§ 16-13-1406. Chancery court assistant case coordinators-computer operators - (a) The chancery judges of the Sixth Judicial District may...

§ 16-13-1407. Chancery court law clerks - (a) The chancellors of the Sixth Judicial District, by concurrence...

§ 16-13-1408. Location of chancery courts - The county judges of the counties of the Sixth Judicial...

§ 16-13-1409. Case coordinators - (a) The judges of each division of the Sixth Judicial...

§ 16-13-1410. Law clerks - (a) (1) Each judge of the Sixth Judicial District may...

§ 16-13-1411. Secretaries - (a) The judges of each division of the Sixth Judicial...

§ 16-13-1412. Circuit court probation officers - (a) The circuit judges of the First and Fifth Divisions...

§ 16-13-1413. Court bailiffs - (a) (1) (A) The circuit judges of the Sixth Judicial...

§ 16-13-1414. Circuit court presentence officers - (a) The circuit judges of the First, Fourth, and Fifth...

§ 16-13-1415. Pulaski County — Proceedings generally - (a) All writs and processes returnable to the Pulaski County...

§ 16-13-1416. Pulaski County — Chancery clerk - (a) The chancellors of the Sixth Judicial District shall appoint...

§ 16-13-1417. Pulaski County — Referral to master - The chancellors of the Sixth Judicial District may refer any...

§ 16-13-1418. Pulaski County — Field investigator - (a) There is created the office of field investigator for...

§ 16-13-1419. Pulaski County — Probate clerk - (a) The chancery and probate judges of Pulaski County shall...

Subchapter 17 - Ninth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-1701. Composition - (a) The Ninth Judicial District-East shall be composed of Clark...

§ 16-13-1702. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Ninth...

§ 16-13-1703. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Ninth Judicial District-East shall...

§ 16-13-1704. Exchange of districts - The judges of the Ninth Judicial District-East and the Ninth...

Subchapter 18 - Tenth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-1801. Composition - The Tenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-1802. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Tenth...

§ 16-13-1803. Judges and chancellors generally - (a) The qualified electors of the Tenth Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-1804. Assignment of cases - (a) The circuit and chancery judges of the Tenth Judicial...

§ 16-13-1805. Divisions of court - (a) (1) The circuit court of the Tenth Judicial District...

Subchapter 19 - Eleventh Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-1901. Composition - (a) The Eleventh Judicial District-East shall be composed of Arkansas...

§ 16-13-1902. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Eleventh...

§ 16-13-1903. Judges, chancellors, and prosecuting attorney - (a) (1) The qualified electors of the Eleventh Judicial District-West...

§ 16-13-1904. Exchange of districts - The judges of the Eleventh Judicial District-East and the Eleventh...

§ 16-13-1905. Court reporter, case coordinator, and other personnel - The circuit-chancery judge of the Eleventh Judicial District-West created by...

§ 16-13-1906. Case coordinators - (a) Each of the circuit and chancery judges of the...

Subchapter 20 - Twelfth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2001. Composition - The Twelfth Judicial District shall be composed of Sebastian County.

§ 16-13-2002. Terms of court - The terms of court in the Twelfth Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-2003. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Twelfth Judicial District shall...

Subchapter 21 - Thirteenth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2101. Composition - The Thirteenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-2102. Terms of court - The terms of the circuit court of the Thirteenth Judicial...

§ 16-13-2103. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Thirteenth Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-2104. Divisions of court - (a) There shall be four (4) divisions of circuit court...

Subchapter 22 - Fourteenth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2201. Composition - The Fourteenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-2202. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Fourteenth...

§ 16-13-2203. Judges and chancellors - (a) (1) The qualified electors of the Fourteenth Judicial District...

Subchapter 23 - Fifteenth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2301. Composition - The Fifteenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-2302. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Fifteenth...

§ 16-13-2303. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Fifteenth Judicial District shall...

Subchapter 24 - Sixteenth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2401. Composition - The Sixteenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-2402. Terms of court - The terms of court of the circuit court in the...

§ 16-13-2403. Judges and chancellors - (a) (1) The qualified electors of the Sixteenth Judicial District...

Subchapter 25 - Seventeenth and Twenty-Third Judicial Circuits

§ 16-13-2501. Composition - (a) The Seventeenth Judicial District shall be composed of the...

§ 16-13-2502. Terms of court - (a) The terms of court in the Twenty-third Judicial District...

§ 16-13-2503. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Seventeenth Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-2504. Exchange of districts - The judges of the Twenty-third Judicial District and the Seventeenth...

Subchapter 26 - Eighteenth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2601. Composition - (a) The Eighteenth Judicial District-East shall be composed of Garland...

§ 16-13-2602. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Eighteenth...

§ 16-13-2603. Judges and chancellors - (a) (1) The qualified electors of the Eighteenth Judicial District-East...

§ 16-13-2604. Exchange of districts - The judges of the Eighteenth Judicial District-East and the Eighteenth...

§ 16-13-2605. Court reporters - Each of the circuit, chancery, and circuit-chancery judges provided for...

§ 16-13-2606. Secretary-case coordinator - (a) Each circuit judge, chancery judge, circuit-chancery judge, and circuit-chancery...

§ 16-13-2607. Bailiffs - (a) The circuit, chancery, and circuit-chancery judges of the Eighteenth...

Subchapter 27 - Nineteenth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2701. Composition - The Nineteenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-2702. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Nineteenth...

§ 16-13-2703. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Nineteenth Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-2704. Bailiffs - (a) The circuit, chancery, and circuit-chancery judges of the Nineteenth...

§ 16-13-2705. [Removed.] - Publisher's Notes. This section was removed pursuant to § 1-2-303...

Subchapter 28 - Twentieth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2801. Composition - The Twentieth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties...

§ 16-13-2802. Terms of court - The terms of court in each county in the Twentieth...

§ 16-13-2803. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Twentieth Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-2804. Responsibility for expenses - (a) In lieu of any other expenses incurred by each...

§ 16-13-2805. Case coordinators - (a) Hereafter, each of the judges of the Twentieth Judicial...

Subchapter 29 - Twenty-First Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-2901. Composition - The Twenty-first Judicial District shall be composed of Crawford County.

§ 16-13-2902. Terms of court - The terms of court in the Twenty-first Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-2903. Circuit court judges - (a) The qualified electors of the Twenty-first Judicial District shall...

Subchapter 30 - Nineteenth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-3001. Composition - (a) Effective January 1, 1999, there is created the Nineteenth...

§ 16-13-3002. Judges and chancellors - (a) As of January 1, 1999, the Circuit-Chancery Judge of...

§ 16-13-3003. Prosecuting attorneys - (a) At the 1998 general election, the qualified electors of...

Subchapter 31 - Seventh and Twenty-Second Judicial Circuits

§ 16-13-3101. Composition - (a) There is created the Twenty-second Judicial District which shall...

§ 16-13-3102. Terms of court - (a) The terms of court in each county in the...

§ 16-13-3103. Judges and chancellors - (a) The qualified electors of the Twenty-second Judicial District shall...

§ 16-13-3104. Additional circuit-chancery judges - (a) The chancery judge of the Seventh Judicial District-North is...

§ 16-13-3105. Court reporters - (a) Each of the chancery and circuit-chancery judges provided for...

§ 16-13-3106. Bailiffs - (a) (1) The circuit-chancery judges of the Twenty-second Judicial District...

§ 16-13-3107. Prosecuting attorneys - (a) The qualified electors of Saline County shall elect a...

Subchapter 32 - Eighth Judicial Circuit

§ 16-13-3201. Composition - (a) Effective January 1, 1999, there is created the Eighth...

§ 16-13-3202. Judges and chancellors in the Eighth Judicial District-North - (a) The qualified electors of the Eighth Judicial District-North shall...

§ 16-13-3203. Judges and chancellors in the Eighth Judicial District-South - (a) The qualified electors of the Eighth Judicial District-South shall...

§ 16-13-3204. Additional judges - (a) At the 1998 general election, the qualified electors of...

§ 16-13-3205. Prosecuting attorneys - (a) The qualified electors of Hempstead and Nevada counties shall...

§ 16-13-3206. Additional judge — Staff - There shall be provided for the judge of the circuit-chancery...

Subchapter 33 - Trial Court Administrators

§ 16-13-3301. Trial court administrators made state employees - (a) A trial court administrator of a circuit court is...

§ 16-13-3302. Trial court administrator position created - (a) (1) The position of trial court administrator is authorized...

§ 16-13-3303. Salaries for trial court administrators - (a) The salary of a trial court administrator shall: (1)...

§ 16-13-3304. Trial court administrators — Reimbursement for expenses - (a) (1) A trial court administrator of a circuit court...

§ 16-13-3305. Trial court administrators — Credit for county service - A trial court administrator who converted on July 1, 1996,...

Chapter 15 - County Courts

§ 16-15-101. Terms of court - (a) The regular terms of the county courts of the...

§ 16-15-102. Special terms - (a) The county judge of any county may hold a...

§ 16-15-103. Change of term upon conflict with circuit court — Exception - (a) (1) Whenever it shall happen that the time for...

§ 16-15-104. Adjournment — Recess - There shall be no adjournments of county courts, but the...

§ 16-15-105. Sessions - (a) Each county court may, by rule or order, fix...

§ 16-15-106. Punishment for contempt - The county court of each county, for an interruption of...

§ 16-15-107. Approval of bonds in vacation - The judge of the county court shall have power, in...

§ 16-15-108. Special judges - (a) When any county judge of the state shall be...

§ 16-15-109. Interest in county contracts or transactions prohibited - (a) (1) It shall be unlawful for any county judge...

§ 16-15-110. Judge not to be interested party in county contracts, projects, buildings, etc - It shall be unlawful for any county judge in this...

§ 16-15-111. Disqualification of judges - No judge of the county court shall sit on the...

§ 16-15-112. Sheriff's attendance at court sessions - It shall be the duty of the sheriff to attend...

§ 16-15-113. Court expenses — Payment - The expenses accruing in the county courts shall be paid...

Chapter 17 - District Courts

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 16-17-102. Exchange of jurisdictions by district court judges - (a) District judges may temporarily exchange districts by joint order...

§ 16-17-103. Residency requirement of judges - The judge of a district court shall be a qualified...

§ 16-17-104. Law license requirement for district judges - District judges shall have been licensed attorneys of this state...

§ 16-17-106. Deputy district court clerks generally - (a) (1) The judge of the district court of any...

§ 16-17-108. Salaries of personnel and other requirements of various district courts - (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, the salaries of the...

§ 16-17-114. Restriction on receipt of fees and costs by constables in certain localities - (a) This section shall apply to: (1) All cities in...

§ 16-17-115. County's, town's, and city's portion of district court expenses — Appropriation - (a) Except as authorized otherwise, the county in which a...

§ 16-17-118. Power to postpone or suspend sentence in misdemeanor cases - Each judge of the district court shall have the same...

§ 16-17-119. Counties with populations over 250,000 — District court expenses - (a) (1) The salaries and operational expenses of district courts...

§ 16-17-121. Salary increases — Factors to consider - (a) In the event the General Assembly establishes a district...

§ 16-17-124. Fee for appeal transcript — Disposition - (a) When required to make a certification of disposition of...

§ 16-17-125. Pretrial release alternative administration fee - (a) An administrative fee may be levied and collected, in...

§ 16-17-126. Fee for filing and issuing writs — Disposition — Fee for issuing summons - (a) (1) The district court clerk shall collect a fee...

§ 16-17-127. Contractors providing certain services - (a) Upon request of the district court judge or city...

§ 16-17-129. Levy to defray cost of incarcerating city and county prisoners - (a) (1) (A) In addition to all fines now or...

§ 16-17-130. Single district judge to be elected countywide - The judge of any district court located in a county...

§ 16-17-131. Suspension of license for failure to appear - (a) A person required to appear before a district court...

§ 16-17-132. District court generally - (a) All fines, penalties, and costs received by the district...

§ 16-17-133. Limitation of the incarceration of juvenile defendants in district courts - (a) (1) District courts have jurisdiction of juvenile defendants for...

§ 16-17-134. Change of venue from lower courts in certain counties to municipal court - Notwithstanding § 16-19-409 or any other law to the contrary:...

§ 16-17-135. Counties authorized to employ and compensate district court judges as criminal magistrates - (a) (1) A county may employ one (1) or more...

§ 16-17-136. Waiver of appearance and entry of plea to traffic violations in district court - Notwithstanding any rule of criminal procedure to the contrary: (1)...

§ 16-17-137. Jurisdiction over certain criminal matters - (a) If authorized by the administrative plan for the judicial...

§ 16-17-138. Mandatory holding of court for departments of a district court - (a) (1) A district court shall hold court in each...

Subchapter 2 - Establishment in Cities of 2,400 or More and County Seat Towns of Less Than 2,400

§ 16-17-209. Qualifications of district judge — Term - (a) District judges shall be qualified electors within the geographical...

§ 16-17-210. Special judges - (a) If a district judge is disqualified or temporarily unable...

§ 16-17-211. District court clerks generally - (a) (1) The judge of any district court may appoint...

§ 16-17-212. Fees and costs generally - (a) The only fees and costs that shall be allowed...

§ 16-17-214. Collection of fines in district court — Reports to mayor - (a) The county or city official, agency, or department designated...

§ 16-17-221. Improper use of process — Granting privileges — Failure to report or pay over fines — Penalty - (a) Any district judge who makes use, directly or indirectly,...

§ 16-17-222. Fees of prosecuting attorney - The prosecuting attorney or his or her deputies shall receive...

§ 16-17-224. Manner of service of summons and other process - (a) All summons and other process in any civil cause...

Subchapter 7 - District Court Civil Jurisdiction Act

§ 16-17-701. Title - This subchapter shall be known as the “District Court Civil...

§ 16-17-702. Proceedings subject to rules - All civil cases filed in district court shall be subject...

§ 16-17-703. Right to jury trial - There shall be no jury trials in district court. In...

§ 16-17-704. Jurisdiction — Civil Cases - The district courts shall have subject matter jurisdiction as established...

§ 16-17-705. Filing fees and costs - (a) (1) The uniform filing fee to be charged by...

§ 16-17-706. Venue - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

§ 16-17-707. Separate accounting records of fines, etc. — Disbursements - (a) The district court clerk shall keep three (3) separate...

Subchapter 8 - Appeals

§ 16-17-801. Notice - (a) Whenever any person appeals any civil or criminal judgment...

§ 16-17-802. Combining multiple misdemeanor court convictions - If a person who has been convicted of more than...

Subchapter 9 - Judicial Districts — Judges For District Courts

§ 16-17-901. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...

§ 16-17-902. Counties having one district court - (a) Each of the following counties shall have one (1)...

§ 16-17-904. Arkansas County District Courts - (a) Arkansas County shall have the following district courts and...

§ 16-17-907. Clay County District Court - (a) (1) Clay County shall have one (1) district court...

§ 16-17-912. Garland County District Court - (a) (1) Garland County shall have one (1) district court...

§ 16-17-914. Lonoke County District Courts - (a) Lonoke County, having two (2) judicial districts, shall have...

§ 16-17-915. Monroe County District Court - (a) (1) Monroe County shall have one (1) district court...

§ 16-17-916. Ouachita County District Courts - (a) Ouachita County shall have the following district courts and...

§ 16-17-922. Yell County District Courts - (a) (1) Yell County, having two (2) judicial districts, shall...

§ 16-17-925. Sharp County District Court - (a) (1) Sharp County shall have one (1) district court...

§ 16-17-926. Woodruff County District Court - (a) (1) Woodruff County shall have one (1) district court...

§ 16-17-928. Lawrence County District Court - (a) (1) Lawrence County shall have one (1) district court...

§ 16-17-933. Franklin County District Courts - (a) Franklin County, having two (2) judicial districts, shall have...

§ 16-17-935. Logan County District Courts - (a) Logan County, having two (2) judicial districts, shall have...

§ 16-17-938. Columbia County District Court - (a) (1) Columbia County shall have one (1) district court...

§ 16-17-939. Conway County District Court - (a) (1) Conway County shall have one (1) district court...

§ 16-17-941. Cross County District Court - (a) (1) Cross County shall have one (1) district court...

§ 16-17-944. Fulton County District Court - (a) (1) Fulton County shall have one (1) district court...

§ 16-17-946. Izard County District Court - (a) (1) Izard County shall have one (1) district court...

§ 16-17-947. Jackson County District Court - (a) (1) Jackson County shall have one (1) district court...

§ 16-17-948. Johnson County District Court - (a) (1) Johnson County shall have one (1) district court...

§ 16-17-951. Little River County District Court - (a) (1) Little River County shall have one (1) district...

§ 16-17-953. Pike County District Court - (a) (1) Pike County shall have one (1) district court...

Subchapter 10 - District Court Resource Assessment

§ 16-17-1001. Legislative findings - The General Assembly finds that: (1) The goal expressed by...

§ 16-17-1002. District Court Resource Assessment Board - (a) There is created the District Court Resource Assessment Board....

§ 16-17-1003. Duties of the District Court Resource Assessment Board - The District Court Resource Assessment Board shall recommend to the...

Subchapter 11 - Pilot State District Courts

§ 16-17-1101. Legislative findings - The General Assembly finds that: (1) The goal expressed by...

§ 16-17-1102. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Department” means the physical...

§ 16-17-1104. State district court judges — Salaries - (a) The judges who are appointed or elected to serve...

§ 16-17-1106. Salary of state district court judges — Cost-sharing - (a) The state shall pay the salary and benefits of...

§ 16-17-1107. Salary of judges serving city or county - This subchapter shall not in any way limit the power...

§ 16-17-1108. Travel expense reimbursement - (a) From the appropriation provided for the expenses of state...

§ 16-17-1109. Jurisdiction - (a) (1) State district courts are courts of limited jurisdiction...

§ 16-17-1110. Organization and designation - The following state district courts shall be organized and designated...

§ 16-17-1113. Reorganization of local district courts to state district courts as of January 1, 2021 - (a) (1) Beginning January 1, 2021, the following cities and...

§ 16-17-1114. Reorganization of local district courts to state district courts as of January 1, 2025 - (a) (1) Beginning January 1, 2025, the following cities and...

§ 16-17-1115. Reorganization of local district courts to state district courts as of January 1, 2025 - (a) (1) Beginning January 1, 2025, the following cities and...

§ 16-17-1116. Reorganization of local district courts to state district courts as of January 1, 2025 - (a) (1) Beginning January 1, 2025, the following cities and...

Subchapter 12 - City Court Consolidation

§ 16-17-1201. Findings and intent. [Effective January 1, 2012.] - (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) The intent of...

§ 16-17-1202. Consolidation of city courts with district courts - (a) As used in this subchapter, “district court” shall include...

§ 16-17-1203. Procedure for expense cost sharing - (a) (1) (A) Any town or city that has a...

Chapter 19 - Justice Of The Peace Courts

Subchapter 3 - Constables

§ 16-19-301. Peacekeeping duties and authority — Neglect of duty - (a) Each constable shall be a conservator of the peace...

§ 16-19-302. Proceedings against constables upon default - (a) A justice of the peace shall, upon the demand...

§ 16-19-303. Removal from office - (a) If any constable fails to pay over any money...

§ 16-19-304. Failure to pay moneys collected — Responsibility of sureties — Relief from liability - (a) If any constable receives from any person any bonds,...

§ 16-19-305. Continuance in office upon division of township - If any township is divided, the constable in office at...

§ 16-19-306. Restriction on constables' authority to appoint deputies - Constables in the various townships in this state shall have...

Subchapter 4 - Jurisdiction and Venue

§ 16-19-401. Jurisdiction in townships having a municipal court - (a) Justices of the peace in the townships subject to...

§ 16-19-402. Venue generally - (a) Actions cognizable before a justice of the peace, instituted...

§ 16-19-403. Joinder of defendants in different townships — Service of process by constable - If there are several defendants who reside in different townships...

§ 16-19-404. Venue where no justice of the peace in township or all justices disqualified - Whenever there is no justice of the peace within the...

§ 16-19-405. Venue where defendants residing in different counties - In any civil action cognizable before any justice of the...

§ 16-19-406. Change of venue to another justice upon showing of interest or prejudice - (a) Either party in a suit before a justice of...

§ 16-19-407. Change of venue from township - (a) Either party, at the calling of a cause before...

§ 16-19-408. Improper venue of action - (a) Whenever an objection is made by a defendant in...

§ 16-19-409. Change of venue from justice of peace to municipal court - (a) In any case, either civil or criminal, brought before...

§ 16-19-410. Additional compensation of justices of the peace in townships having a municipal court - A justice of the peace in a township subject to...

§ 16-19-411. Filing of reports of fees and costs - Justices of the peace in townships subject to this act...

§ 16-19-412. Improper use of process — Granting privileges — Failure to report or pay over fines - Any municipal judge, or any justice of the peace in...

Subchapter 5 - Process

§ 16-19-501. Authority to issue subpoenas - Justices of the peace shall have the same power to...

§ 16-19-502. Payment in advance for issuance of process - In all civil cases before a justice of the peace,...

§ 16-19-503. Service of process by constable — Fees - (a) (1) The summons and other process mentioned in §...

§ 16-19-504. Vacancy in constable's office — Service by constable of adjoining township — Mileage fees - (a) When the office of constable in any township becomes...

§ 16-19-505. Appointment of special agents to execute process — Endorsement on writ - Justices of the peace shall have power to appoint special...

§ 16-19-506. Manner of service and return - (a) The service and return thereto of the process provided...

Subchapter 6 - Trial

§ 16-19-601. Trial by court or jury - After the parties appear and the issues have been made...

§ 16-19-602. Adjournment - If from any cause, the justice of the peace is...

§ 16-19-603. Continuances — Testimony of adverse party's witness - (a) Either party may obtain a postponement of the cause...

§ 16-19-604. Jurors — Number and qualifications - The jury shall be composed of six (6) jurors who...

§ 16-19-605. Challenges to jurors - (a) In the formation of a jury, each party shall...

§ 16-19-606. Jurors — Oath - The justice of the peace shall administer to each juror...

§ 16-19-607. Jury to hear evidence in a body - After the jury are sworn, they shall sit together and...

§ 16-19-608. Witnesses generally - (a) Every person offered as a witness, before any testimony...

§ 16-19-609. Examination of adversary — Effect of refusal to submit to examination — Application on appeal - (a) Either party may examine the other on oath and...

§ 16-19-610. Witness and juror attendance and mileage fees - (a) The quorum court of any county may, by a...

§ 16-19-611. Verdict — Entry on docket - (a) The jurors must all agree to the verdict. (b)...

§ 16-19-612. Failure of jury to agree — Retrial - Whenever a justice is satisfied that a jury sworn in...

§ 16-19-613. New trial granted on motion — Exception - A new trial or rehearing may be granted by a...

Subchapter 7 - Dismissal, Default, Etc.

§ 16-19-701. Dismissal for want of prosecution generally - If the plaintiff fails to appear in person, or by...

§ 16-19-702. Judgment on proof on defendant's nonappearance generally - When the plaintiff's claim is not founded on a written...

§ 16-19-703. Actions founded on written instruments liquidating the claim of the plaintiff — Effect of failure of parties to appear - (a) When the suit is founded on an instrument of...

§ 16-19-704. Setoff on written instrument - In the cases contemplated in §§ 16-19-702 and 16-19-703(b), if...

§ 16-19-705. Setting aside judgment by default or dismissal for want of prosecution - A judgment of dismissal for want of prosecution, or judgment...

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Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers