Arkansas Code
Title 27 - Transportation
Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing

§ 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...

Chapter 15 - Registration and Licensing — Special Uses

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 27-15-101. Decal for deaf persons - (a) The Department of Finance and Administration shall provide a...

Subchapter 3 - Access to Parking for Persons with Disabilities Act

§ 27-15-301. Title - This subchapter shall be known as the “Access to Parking...

§ 27-15-302. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Access aisle” means a...

§ 27-15-303. Applicability - (a) The provisions of this subchapter shall apply only to:...

§ 27-15-304. Temporary special certificate - (a) (1) A person with a disability, which, as determined...

§ 27-15-305. Penalties - (a) Any individual who provides false information in order to...

§ 27-15-306. Enforcement - (a) Any law enforcement official in this state may enter...

§ 27-15-307. Administration - The Office of Motor Vehicle shall: (1) Develop an appropriate...

§ 27-15-308. Special license plates and certificates - (a) (1) An owner of a motor vehicle described in...

§ 27-15-310. Display of special license plate or certificate - (a) No vehicle licensed by the State of Arkansas to...

§ 27-15-311. Reciprocity - Any motor vehicle licensed in another state which exhibits a...

§ 27-15-312. Parking privileges — Exceptions - (a) (1) A vehicle displaying a van-accessible parking decal, a...

§ 27-15-314. Parking spaces by private agencies - (a) (1) Any business firm or other person licensed to...

§ 27-15-315. Signs regulatory in nature - (a) For the purposes of this subchapter and for the...

§ 27-15-316. Disabled veterans - (a) As used in this section, “disabled veteran” means a...

§ 27-15-317. Reporting misuse - (a) The Office of Motor Vehicle may develop and implement...

Subchapter 22 - Historic or Special Interest Vehicles

§ 27-15-2201. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Collector” means the owner...

§ 27-15-2202. Registration — Fee - (a) (1) A person who is the owner of a...

§ 27-15-2203. Affidavit — Vehicle restored to original specifications required - (a) Any person making application for an antique motor vehicle...

§ 27-15-2204. Assemblage of vehicle - (a) (1) (A) A collector who has assembled a vehicle...

§ 27-15-2205. Equipment - (a) Unless the presence of equipment specifically named by Arkansas...

§ 27-15-2206. Limitations on use - (a) (1) Historic or special interest vehicles may be used...

§ 27-15-2207. Storage regulation - Subject to land use regulations of a county or municipality,...

§ 27-15-2208. Sale or transfer - Legal transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle, assembled motor...

§ 27-15-2209. Alternative license plates for antique motor vehicles — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “antique license plate” means...

Subchapter 23 - Antique Motorcycles

§ 27-15-2301. Definition - (a) “Antique motorcycle” means a motorcycle that is at least...

§ 27-15-2302. Reproductions - (a) A motorcycle manufactured as a reproduction or facsimile of...

§ 27-15-2303. Ownership requirement - Each collector applying for an antique motorcycle license plate must...

§ 27-15-2304. Registration — Fee - (a) Any person who is the owner of an antique...

§ 27-15-2305. Transfer of registration - Upon selling or otherwise relinquishing ownership of an antique motorcycle,...

§ 27-15-2306. Use - Antique motorcycles may be used for the same purposes and...

§ 27-15-2307. Alternative license plates for antique motorcycles - (a) As used in this section, “antique license plate” means...

Subchapter 24 - Amateur Radio Operators

§ 27-15-2401. Special license plates authorized - (a) (1) Each owner of a motor vehicle who is...

§ 27-15-2402. Applications - All applications for special license plates under this subchapter shall...

§ 27-15-2403. Nontransferable - Special license plates issued under this subchapter shall be nontransferable.

§ 27-15-2404. Rules - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall...

§ 27-15-2405. Lists for public information - (a) On or before March 1 of each year, the...

Subchapter 31 - Search and Rescue Special License Plates

§ 27-15-3101. Design of plates - (a) The Department of Finance and Administration shall design a...

§ 27-15-3102. Eligibility - (a) Every member of a search and rescue team who...

§ 27-15-3103. Rules - The Department of Finance and Administration shall promulgate rules necessary...

Subchapter 40 - Miscellaneous

§ 27-15-4001. Buses converted to or equipped as campers - (a) Any person in this state who owns a school...

§ 27-15-4002. Exemptions for new vehicles loaned by dealers to school districts - (a) Whenever any dealer in new motor vehicles in this...

Subchapter 49 - In God We Trust License Plate

§ 27-15-4901. In God We Trust license plate authorized - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall...

§ 27-15-4902. Design - (a) The special In God We Trust motor vehicle license...

§ 27-15-4903. Fees - (a) Upon payment of the fee required by law for...

§ 27-15-4904. In God We Trust License Plate Fund - (a) There is created on the books of the Treasurer...

§ 27-15-4905. Renewal - (a) (1) The special In God We Trust license plate...

§ 27-15-4906. Transfer to another vehicle - The special In God We Trust license plate issued under...

§ 27-15-4907. Compliance with other laws - The special In God We Trust license plate shall comply...

§ 27-15-4908. Rules - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall...

Subchapter 51 - Arkansas State Golf Association License Plate

§ 27-15-5101. Arkansas State Golf Association license plate authorized - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall...

§ 27-15-5102. Design — Numbered plates - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Golf Association special license plates...

§ 27-15-5103. Application for special Arkansas State Golf Association license plate — Fee — Disposition of fee - (a) Any motor vehicle owner may apply for and renew...

§ 27-15-5104. Renewal - (a) (1) Arkansas State Golf Association special license plates issued...

§ 27-15-5105. Transfer to another vehicle - Arkansas State Golf Association special license plates issued under this...

§ 27-15-5106. Compliance with other laws - The Arkansas State Golf Association special license plates shall comply...

Subchapter 52 - Arkansas Fallen Firefighters' Memorial Special License Plate

§ 27-15-5201. Arkansas Fallen Firefighters' Memorial special license plate authorized - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall...

§ 27-15-5202. Plate design - (a) (1) The special motor vehicle license plates shall be...

§ 27-15-5203. Fees - (a) The Department of Finance and Administration shall issue to...

§ 27-15-5204. Renewal - (a) (1) Arkansas Fallen Firefighters' Memorial special license plates issued...

§ 27-15-5205. Transfer to another vehicle - An Arkansas Fallen Firefighters' Memorial special license plate issued under...

§ 27-15-5206. Compliance with other laws - Except as specifically provided otherwise in this subchapter, the Arkansas...

Chapter 16 - Driver's Licenses Generally

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,...

Chapter 17 - Driver License Compact

§ 27-17-101. Adoption - The Driver License Compact is enacted into law and entered...

§ 27-17-102. Licensing authority - (a) As used in the compact, the term “licensing authority,”...

§ 27-17-103. Executive head - As used in the compact, with reference to this state,...

§ 27-17-104. Compensation of administrator - The compact administrator provided for in Article VII of the...

§ 27-17-105. Report of actions concerning drivers' licenses - Any court or other agency of this state, or a...

§ 27-17-106. Incorporation of similar statutes - Subdivisions (1)-(3) and (5) of § 27-16-905 are substantially similar...

Chapter 18 - Driver Education Program

§ 27-18-101. Establishment - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Police Commission is authorized to...

§ 27-18-102. Interagency cooperation - All agencies, boards, commissions, and schools supported from public or...

§ 27-18-103. Inclusion of conservation and maintenance materials - (a) The Department of Arkansas State Police or any other...

§ 27-18-104. Funding - The costs of operating and maintaining the driver education course...

§ 27-18-105. Limitation on contracts and other obligations - (a) No contracts may be awarded or obligations otherwise incurred...

§ 27-18-106. Fees - (a) (1) For any of the purposes set out in...

§ 27-18-107. Instruction as to removal of vehicle from roadway - The Department of Arkansas State Police shall include instruction within...

§ 27-18-108. Instruction manual - The driver's instruction manual of the Department of Arkansas State...

§ 27-18-109. Driver's instruction manual - (a) The driver's instruction manual issued by the Department of...

§ 27-18-110. Instruction on accessible parking for persons with disabilities - (a) The driver's instruction manual issued by the Department of...

§ 27-18-111. Instruction on traffic stop safety - (a) The driver's instruction manual issued by the Division of...

Chapter 19 - Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 27-19-101. Title - This chapter may be cited as the “Motor Vehicle Safety...

§ 27-19-102. Construction - (a) This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as...

§ 27-19-103. Civil actions not precluded - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the...

§ 27-19-104. Provisions deemed supplemental - This chapter shall in no respect be considered as a...

§ 27-19-105. Nonapplicable to vehicles insured under other laws - Except for §§ 27-19-501, 27-19-503, and 27-19-718, this chapter shall...

§ 27-19-106. Assigned risk plans - (a) (1) After consultation with the insurance companies authorized to...

§ 27-19-107. Self-insurers - (a) Any religious denomination which has more than twenty-five (25)...

Subchapter 2 - Definitions

§ 27-19-201. Definitions generally - As used in this chapter, the words and phrases defined...

§ 27-19-202. Commissioner - Commissioner” means the Secretary of the Department of Finance and...

§ 27-19-203. Chauffeur - Chauffeur” means every person who is employed for the principal...

§ 27-19-204. Driver - Driver” means every person who drives or is in actual...

§ 27-19-205. License - License” means any operator's or chauffeur's license or any other...

§ 27-19-206. Motor vehicle - Motor vehicle” means every vehicle which is self-propelled and every...

§ 27-19-207. Nonresident - Nonresident” means every person who is not a resident of...

§ 27-19-208. Nonresident's operating privilege - Nonresident's operating privilege” means the privilege conferred upon a nonresident...

§ 27-19-209. Office - Office” means the Office of Driver Services of this state.

§ 27-19-210. Operator - Operator” means every person other than a chauffeur, who drives...

§ 27-19-211. Owner - Owner” means a person who holds the legal title of...

§ 27-19-212. Person - Person” means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, or...

§ 27-19-213. Registration - Registration” means the registration certificate or certificates and registration plates...

§ 27-19-214. Vehicle - Vehicle” means every device in, upon, or by which any...

Subchapter 3 - Penalties and Administrative Sanctions

§ 27-19-301. Penalty generally - Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter...

§ 27-19-302. Penalty for failure to report accident - Failure to report a motor vehicle accident or to furnish...

§ 27-19-303. Penalty for erroneous report or forgery - Any person who gives information required in a report or...

§ 27-19-304. Penalty for operating motor vehicle when license or registration suspended or revoked - Any person whose license or registration has been suspended or...

§ 27-19-305. Penalty for failure to return license or registration - Any person willfully failing to return license or registration as...

§ 27-19-306. Surrender of license and registration - (a) Any person whose license or registration shall have been...

§ 27-19-307. Transfer of registration to defeat provisions prohibited - (a) If an owner's registration has been suspended under this...

Subchapter 4 - Administration

§ 27-19-401. Responsibility - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall...

§ 27-19-402. Rules - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may...

§ 27-19-403. Forms - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall...

§ 27-19-404. Procedure for suspension of license - No suspension provided for under any of the provisions of...

§ 27-19-405. Requests of persons aggrieved - The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall...

§ 27-19-406. Operating record to be furnished - (a) The Office of Driver Services shall, upon request, furnish...

§ 27-19-407. Public inspection of records - All records of the Office of Driver Services shall be...

§ 27-19-408. Court review - (a) Any order or act of the Secretary of the...

Subchapter 5 - Accident Reports

§ 27-19-501. Report required - The driver of a vehicle of a type subject to...

§ 27-19-502. Form of report - The form of accident report prescribed by the Office of...

§ 27-19-503. Presumption of uninsured - There shall be a presumption created that a motorist and...

§ 27-19-504. Proof of insurance - The existence of insurance must be proved by means of...

§ 27-19-505. Insurance report - Unless filed electronically, the insurance report must be signed in...

§ 27-19-506. Failure of insurance carrier to file reports - When the Office of Driver Services has determined that an...

§ 27-19-507. Additional information - The driver or the owner of the vehicle involved in...

§ 27-19-508. Suspension for failure to report - The Office of Driver Services is authorized, in its discretion,...

§ 27-19-509. Incapacity to report - (a) An accident report is not required under this subchapter...

§ 27-19-510. Confidentiality of information - Accident reports and supplemental information in connection therewith required under...

Subchapter 6 - Security Following Accident

§ 27-19-601. Applicability generally - The provisions of this subchapter requiring deposit of security and...

§ 27-19-602. Applicability to nonresidents, unlicensed drivers, unregistered vehicles, and accidents in other states - (a) In case the driver or the owner of a...

§ 27-19-603. Determination and notice of amount of security required - (a) (1) Within thirty (30) days after an accident has...

§ 27-19-604. Exceptions to security requirement - The requirements as to security and suspension in this subchapter...

§ 27-19-605. Requirements as to policy or bond - (a) No policy or bond shall be effective under §...

§ 27-19-606. Designation of persons covered - Every depositor of security shall designate in writing every person...

§ 27-19-607. Form and amount of security - The security required under this subchapter shall be in such...

§ 27-19-608. Reduction in premium for certain persons completing accident prevention course - (a) (1) Any schedule of rates or rating plan for...

§ 27-19-609. Authority to adjust amount limited - (a) The Office of Driver Services may adjust the amount...

§ 27-19-610. Suspension for failure to deposit security - (a) In the event that any person required to deposit...

§ 27-19-611. Duration of suspension - Unless a suspension is terminated under other provisions of this...

§ 27-19-612. Agreements for payment of damages - (a) Any two (2) or more of the persons involved...

§ 27-19-613. Release from liability - (a) A person shall be relieved from the requirement for...

§ 27-19-614. Adjudication of nonliability - A person shall be relieved from the requirement for deposit...

§ 27-19-615. Payment upon judgment - The payment of a judgment arising out of an accident...

§ 27-19-616. Termination of security requirements - (a) The Office of Driver Services, if satisfied as to...

§ 27-19-617. Disposition of security - (a) Security provided under this subchapter shall be applicable and...

§ 27-19-618. Return of deposit - (a) Upon the expiration of one (1) year from the...

§ 27-19-619. Forfeiture when not claimed within certain period - (a) (1) Whenever any person shall be required to deposit...

§ 27-19-620. Corrective administrative action - (a) Whenever the Office of Driver Services has taken any...

§ 27-19-621. Matters not to be evidence in civil actions - The report required following an accident, the action taken by...

Subchapter 7 - Proof of Future Financial Responsibility

§ 27-19-701. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Judgment” means any judgment...

§ 27-19-702. Applicability - The provisions of this subchapter requiring the deposit of proof...

§ 27-19-703. Suspension or revocation of license for conviction or bail forfeiture — Exceptions - (a) Whenever, under any law of this state, the license...

§ 27-19-704. Action as to unlicensed person - If a person has no license, but by final order...

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Arkansas Code Title 27 - Transportation Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing

Arkansas Code
Title 27 - Transportation
Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing