Title 43 — Civil Remedies and Procedure
20 chapters · 205 sections in this title.
A.S.C.A. § 43.5201 Defamation
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Defamation is effected by: (1) libel which is a false and unprivileged publication by writing, printing, picture, effigy, or other fixed representation to the eye which exposes any person to hatred, contempt, ridicule, or obloquy or which causes him to be shunned or avoided or wh…
A.S.C.A. § 43.5202 Privileged publication
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A privileged publication is one made: (1) in the proper discharge of an official duty; (2) in any legislative or judicial proceeding or in any other official proceeding authorized by law; (3) in a communication without malice to a person interested therein by one who is also inte…
A.S.C.A. § 43.5203 Radio station and television facility-Liability
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(a) No person, firm, or corporation owning or operating a radio broadcasting station or TV facility is liable under the law of defamation on account of having made its broadcasting facilities available to any person, whether a candidate for public office or any other person, for …
A.S.C.A. § 43.5204 Media management to be given opportunity to publish correction prior to action for libel or slander
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(a) Before any civil action may be commenced on account of any defamatory publication in any newspaper, periodical, or radio or television station, the libeled person shall first give those alleged to be responsible or liable for the publication a reasonable opportunity to correc…
A.S.C.A. § 43.5205 Content of correction
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To the extent that the true facts are, with reasonable diligence, ascertainable with definiteness and certainty, only a retraction constitutes a correction. Otherwise the publication of the libeled person’s statement of the true facts or so much thereof as would not be libelous o…
A.S.C.A. § 43.5206 Extent to which a correction is a defense upon trial
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If it appears upon trial that the publication was made under honest mistake or misapprehension, then a correction timely published without comment in a position and type as prominent as the alleged libel or in a broadcast made at the same time of day as the broadcast complained o…