Title 27 — Transportation

(a) (1) No person shall, with fraudulent intent, deface, destroy, or alter the manufacturer's serial or engine number or other distinguishing number or identification mark of a motor vehicle, nor shall any person place or stamp any serial, engine, or other number or mark upon a m…

(a) (1) A person, firm, or corporation shall not have in its possession an automobile, automobile tires, or an engine, the motor number or serial number of which have been mutilated to the extent that it cannot be read.(2) When an automobile, automobile tires, or an engine has be…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Dealer” means any person or business who sells or offers for sale a motor vehicle after selling or offering for sale five (5) or more motor vehicles in the previous twelve (12) months or who is a new or used motor vehicle dealer licensed by…

(a) (1) (A) When an insurer acquires the ownership of a salvage vehicle for which a salvage vehicle title has not been issued, the insurer shall surrender the certificate of title for the salvage vehicle to the Office of Motor Vehicle within thirty (30) days following the acquisi…

(a) (1) When any dealer in this state offers for sale a motor vehicle which carries a title branded pursuant to this subchapter, the dealer shall disclose to any prospective buyer or purchaser prior to sale the nature of the title brand and shall furnish him or her a description …

(a) Any repairer, rebuilder, or restorer who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or who is found guilty of failing to provide to a motor vehicle owner the sworn statement required by § 27-14-2302 to be submitted to the Office of Motor Vehicle, or, if the repairer, rebuilder, or r…

(a) The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to motor vehicles more than seven (7) model years old before the calendar year of the occurrence. (b) A title that is branded under this subchapter shall retain the brand on the title for the life of the motor vehicle.

Any person licensed by the State of Arkansas as a dealer in motor vehicles who is required under the provisions of this subchapter to register and title a motor vehicle in the name of the dealership shall be exempt from the payment of sales or use taxes on the transaction.

The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall promulgate necessary rules for the proper enforcement and administration of this subchapter.

(a) If an insurance company makes a total loss settlement on a motor vehicle, the owner or lienholder of the motor vehicle shall forward the properly endorsed certificate of title to the insurance company within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the settlement funds. (b) (1) If …

(a) It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the provisions of this chapter unless the violation is, by this chapter or other law of this state, declared to be a felony. (b) Unless another penalty is in this chapter or by the laws of this state provided, every person …

Any person who is convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or by the laws of this state declared to constitute a felony shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years or by a fine of not less than five hundre…

Any person who fraudulently uses a false or fictitious name or address in any application for the registration of a vehicle or a certificate of title or knowingly makes a false statement or knowingly conceals a material fact or otherwise commits a fraud in any application shall, …

(a) No person shall operate, nor shall an owner knowingly permit to be operated, upon any highway any vehicle required to be registered under this chapter unless there shall be attached thereto and displayed thereon, when and as required by this chapter, a valid license plate iss…

(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner of any automobile, Class One truck, trailer or semitrailer, motorcycle, or motorcycle sidecar to display any license plate on the rear of the vehicle that is not furnished by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration. (b)…

(a) No person shall lend to another any certificate of title, registration certificate, registration plate, special plate, or permit issued to him or her if the person desiring to borrow it would not be entitled to the use thereof, nor shall any person knowingly permit their use …

(1) It is a felony for a person to commit any of the following acts:(1) To alter, with fraudulent purpose, any certificate of title, registration certificate, registration plate, manufacturer's certificate of origin, or permit issued by the Office of Motor Vehicle;(2) To forge or…

(1) The Office of Motor Vehicle is authorized to suspend or revoke the registration of a vehicle, a certificate of title, registration certificate, registration plate, or any nonresident or other permit in any of the following events:(1) When the Office of Motor Vehicle is satisf…

(a) Upon sufficient proof or information that any motor vehicle has been licensed and registered in this state without the tax due on all the personal property of the applicant having been paid or without having been listed for assessment or assessed, the Secretary of the Departm…

The Office of Motor Vehicle is authorized to suspend or revoke a certificate or the special plates issued to a manufacturer, transporter, or dealer upon determining that any person is not lawfully entitled thereto, has made, or knowingly permitted, any illegal use of such plates,…

(a) (1) Any dealer whose license or permit has been revoked by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the dealer's license or permit was issued, within thirty (30) days, by filing a petition and bond as…

Whenever the Office of Motor Vehicle as authorized under this chapter cancels, suspends, or revokes the registration of a vehicle or a certificate of title, registration certificate, or license plate, or any nonresident or other permit or the license of any dealer or wrecker, the…

(a) All fines and forfeitures collected upon conviction or upon forfeiture of bail of any person charged with a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter constituting a misdemeanor shall be deposited into the treasury of the county, city, or town maintaining the court wh…

(a) (1) A person who while driving a motor vehicle is arrested for failure to register the motor vehicle upon conviction shall be subject to a penalty in addition to any other penalty provided by law.(2) The additional penalty shall be:(A) Not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor…

An office of the government of this state to be known as the “Office of Motor Vehicle” is created.

The Office of Motor Vehicle shall be under the control of the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration.

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is vested with the power and is charged with the duty of observing, administering, and enforcing the provisions of this chapter and of all laws regulating the operation of vehicles or the use of the highways, the e…

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall organize the Office of Motor Vehicle in the manner as he or she may deem necessary and proper to segregate and conduct the work of the Office of Motor Vehicle. (b) The secretary shall appoint such deputies, s…

(1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration and the officers and inspectors of the Office of Motor Vehicle designated by the secretary shall have the power:(1) To inspect any vehicle of a type required to be registered under this chapter in any public garage…

The Office of Motor Vehicle is authorized to take possession of any certificate of title, registration certificate, permit, license, or registration plate issued by the Office of Motor Vehicle upon expiration, revocation, cancellation, or suspension, or which is fictitious or has…

(a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration and officers of the Office of Motor Vehicle designated by the secretary shall have authority to summon witnesses to give testimony under oath or to give written deposition upon any matter under the jurisdiction…

(a) Whenever the Office of Motor Vehicle is authorized or required to give any notice under this chapter or other law regulating the operation of vehicles, unless a different method of giving the notice is otherwise expressly prescribed, the notice shall be given either by person…

(a) The Office of Motor Vehicle shall examine and determine the genuineness, regularity, and legality of every application for registration of a vehicle, for a certificate of title therefor, and of any other application lawfully made to the Office of Motor Vehicle. (b) The Office…

The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, registration certificates, and all other forms requisite or necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and any other laws, t…

(a) Officers and employees of the Office of Motor Vehicle designated by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration are, for the purpose of administering the motor vehicle laws, authorized to administer oaths and acknowledge signatures. (b) Administration of oat…

(a) (1) (A) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration and officers of the Office of Motor Vehicle designated by the secretary may prepare under the seal of the Office of Motor Vehicle a:(i) Certified copy of a motor vehicle registration record maintained by th…

The Office of Motor Vehicle may publish a synopsis or summary of the laws of this state regulating the operation of vehicles and may deliver a copy without charge with each original vehicle registration.

A.C.A. § 27-14-414Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

An ex officio commission, composed of the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration, who shall serve as chair, the Chair of the State Highway Commission, and the Director of State Highways and Transportation, is established for the purpose of representing the Stat…

(a) The commission is authorized to negotiate and consummate reciprocal agreements with the duly authorized officials or representatives of any states of the United States, whereby residents of other states who operate commercial motor vehicles may allocate and apportion the regi…

A.C.A. § 27-14-503Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to refund a proportionate part of the registration fees paid to this state under the provisions of the International Registration Plan which became effective July 1, 1976, under the following conditio…

(a) As used in this section, “member jurisdiction”, “mileage audit”, “record reexamination”, and “registrant” mean the same as defined in the International Registration Plan, as it existed on January 1, 2017. (b) (1) (A) A registrant who desires a hearing to appeal the findings o…

(a) Fees Generally. The fee for the registration and licensing of all motor vehicles shall be as follows:(1) Pleasure Vehicles. For all automobiles equipped with pneumatic tires, used for the transportation of persons, there shall be charged and collected the following fees based…

(a) Except as otherwise provided, all fees shall be paid to the Office of Motor Vehicle for the registration of motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers under this chapter. (b) The following fees shall be charged under this chapter by the Office of Motor Vehicle:(1) For each ce…

(a) There is levied a service fee of five dollars ($5.00) to be added to the regular fee imposed for motor vehicle license plates collected by the Office of Motor Vehicle in all instances in which a special number is reserved for any motor vehicle license plate applicant. (b) The…

(a) Whenever any application to the Office of Motor Vehicle is accompanied by any fee as required by law and the application is refused or rejected, the fee shall be returned to the applicant. (b) Whenever the Office of Motor Vehicle through error collects any fee not required to…

Upon satisfactory proof to the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration that any motor vehicle, duly licensed, has been completely destroyed by fire or collision, the owner of the motor vehicle may be allowed, on the purchase of a new license for another motor ve…

(a) (1) Fifty percent (50%) of the fees collected under § 27-14-602(b)(1) and (2) and one hundred percent (100%) of the fees collected under § 27-14-602(b)(3)-(6) shall be:(A) Deposited into the 1995 New Revenue Division Building Fund as cash funds; and(B) Used for the repayment …

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to allow vehicles to be registered for a renewal period of two (2) years, if the secretary determines that the two-year renewal period would facilitate the vehicle registration process. If a vehicle r…