Title 27 — Transportation

(a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall promulgate rules and prescribe forms for the proper enforcement of this subchapter.(2) The rules and forms shall be dated and issued under a systematic method of numbering. (1) The Secretary of the Depart…

(a) Annually, on or before December 31 of each year, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall make a report of his or her administration of this subchapter to the Governor. (b) The annual report shall include, among other things, facts and statistics re…

(a) (1) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State is authorized to design and issue commercial vehicle temporary license plates for use in cases where commercial operators desire to operate temporarily in this state for a period not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours.(2) These license …

(a) The provisions of § 27-14-601 shall govern the fees for the registration and licensing of interstate motor buses. (b) For the purpose of determining the registration and licensing fees, an interstate motor bus shall be considered a motor truck.

Where motor buses are operated on designated streets according to regular schedules, under franchise from any municipality in this state, the owners or operators of the motor buses shall pay to the state an annual motor vehicle and license fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each …

(a) As used in this section, “community or farm-to-market bus” means any bus operating under and by authority of the Arkansas Department of Transportation which is privileged to operate as a common carrier for hire within the State of Arkansas and which has a home office that is …

(a) School buses owned by facilities licensed by the Department of Human Services shall not be subject to the registration and licensing fees prescribed by law. (b) The only fee for their licenses shall be a one dollar ($1.00) annual renewal fee. (c) The original license applicat…

(a) (1) A license shall not be issued for any taxicab, automobile, or similar vehicle used for hire, nor shall these vehicles be operated or used in and upon the streets, roads, and highways of the State of Arkansas, within or without the corporate limits of any city or village, …

(a) Where any person, firm, or corporation is engaged in a general taxicab business of transporting persons for hire in adjoining cities and incorporated towns which are separated by a state line, where the motor vehicles or taxicabs are operated in this state under a franchise c…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Affiliated person” means:(A) Any officer, director, or partner of an applicant; and(B) Any person owning or controlling more than five percent (5%) of the applicant's debt or equity;(2) (A) “Applicant” means an entity engaged in the business of op…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Manufactured home” means a factory-built structure:(A) Produced in accordance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq.; and(B) Designed to be used as a dwelling unit; and(2) …

(a) (1) An owner of a manufactured home or a mobile home shall register the manufactured home or mobile home with the Office of Motor Vehicle for the purpose of receiving a certificate of title to the manufactured home or the mobile home or for any other purpose.(2) Subdivision (…

(a) If a manufactured home or a mobile home is to be affixed to real estate, the manufacturer's certificate of origin or the original document of title may be surrendered to the Department of Finance and Administration for cancellation. (b) The department shall cancel a certifica…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Lender applicant” means an individual or entity that intends to sever a manufactured home or mobile home from the real estate to which it is affixed and is a lender that holds a lien, security interest, or encumbrance against the manufactured home…

(a) A manufacturer or dealer owning any vehicle of a type otherwise required to be registered under this chapter may operate or move it upon the highways solely for purposes of transporting it without registering each vehicle, upon condition that any such vehicle display a specia…

(a) (1) A manufacturer or dealer may make application to the Office of Motor Vehicle, upon the appropriate form, for a certificate containing a general distinguishing number and for one (1) or more pairs of special plates, single special plates, or special temporary preprinted pa…

(a) (1) Every special plate, excluding temporary preprinted paper tags, issued under this subchapter shall expire at 12:00 midnight on December 31 of each year unless the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration provides by rule a staggered method of annual expir…

(a) Each dealer as defined in § 27-14-601(a)(6) shall furnish the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration with a list of each user authorized under this section to operate one (1) or more new or used motor vehicles to which a dealer's extra license plate issued …

(a) (1) (A) A person who buys a motor vehicle from a licensed dealer shall be required to obtain one (1) temporary preprinted paper buyer's tag for the vehicle and any correlating sticker that is to be placed on the tag.(B) The preprinted paper buyer's tag may be issued by an app…

(a) A dealer may allow a prospective buyer or customer to drive an unregistered vehicle:(1) To demonstrate or to allow a prospective buyer to test drive the vehicle for sale purposes for a period not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours; or(2) As a loaner vehicle for a customer while…

In addition to the authority provided in § 27-14-403, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may promulgate, adopt, and enforce such rules as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter.

(a) There is created a vehicle temporary tag database within the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration to develop, establish, and maintain a database of information to verify compliance with the unregistered motor vehicle preprinted paper buyer's tag la…

(1) As used in this subchapter, “dealer” means a new motor vehicle dealer licensed under § 23-112-301 or a used motor vehicle dealer licensed under § 23-112-607 who is engaged in the sale of:(1) New motor vehicles;(2) Used motor vehicles;(3) Motorcycles or motor-driven cycles as …

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to display a placard except as provided in this subchapter. (b) A person who violates any of the provisions of this subchapter or any of the rules promulgated in this subchapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined:(1) Five hundred…

This subchapter shall be construed to be cumulative to the existing laws and shall not be construed to exempt any motor vehicle being operated for hire or by an individual purchaser, the object of this subchapter being to regulate and tax only motor vehicles in transit from a man…

(a) This subchapter shall apply to all motor vehicles operated on the highways of this state which are in transit from a manufacturer to a dealer or from one dealer to another, whether the vehicles are driven or towed. (b) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to exempt t…

This subchapter shall not apply to any person, firm, or corporation engaged in towing or driving motor vehicles on the public highways of this state where the motor vehicles display bona fide license or dealer's license plates issued by the Secretary of the Department of Finance …

(a) (1) Motor vehicles and trailers in the course of delivery from a manufacturer to a dealer, or from one dealer to another, may be operated on the highways without license number plates being attached, if they display, on the rear, a placard issued by the Secretary of the Depar…

(a) (1) Any person, firm, or corporation that is regularly engaged in the business of driving or towing motor vehicles or trailers as defined in § 27-14-1805, upon the payment of a fee of thirty dollars ($30.00), may be issued an annual metal transporter plate by the Secretary of…

All fees collected under the provisions of this subchapter shall be deposited into the State Treasury as special revenues, and the net amount thereof shall be credited to the Division of Arkansas State Police Fund, there to be used for the operation, maintenance, and improvement …

The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to promulgate such rules as he or she deems necessary for the proper enforcement of this subchapter.

As used in this subchapter, “manufacturer” means any person, firm, or corporation engaged in manufacturing or assembling motor homes at or from an established place of business within this state.

(a) (1) Any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing motor homes in this state shall apply for a motor home manufacturers' license for the sole purpose of delivering or transporting the manufacturers' motor homes on the public highways and streets of …

(a) There shall be paid a fee of ninety-eight dollars ($98.00) for a manufacturers' master license plate and a fee of thirteen dollars ($13.00) for each additional manufacturers' extra plate. (b) The fees for the manufacturers' master license plate and manufacturers' extra licens…

Manufacturers' master license plates shall be of such form and design as prescribed by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration.

The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to promulgate rules consistent with the provisions of this subchapter.

(a) No person, unless licensed to do so by the Office of Motor Vehicle under the provisions of this chapter, shall carry on or conduct the business of:(1) A dealer in motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers, of a type subject to registration;(2) A dealer in used parts or used a…

(a) (1) The Office of Motor Vehicle, upon receiving application accompanied by the required fee and when satisfied that the applicant is of good character and, so far as can be ascertained, has complied with, and will comply with, the laws of this state with reference to the regi…

(1) Every licensee shall maintain for three (3) years, in the form the Office of Motor Vehicle prescribes, a record of:(1) Every vehicle or used part, accessory, body, chassis, or engine of, or for, a vehicle received or acquired by him or her, its description and identifying num…

This subchapter is in no respect to be considered as a repeal of any of the motor vehicle laws already in effect, specifically § 27-18-101 et seq., but shall be construed as supplementary thereto.

The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to design and issue a drive-out tag for use in cases when automobile dealers in this state sell a motor vehicle to a nonresident who desires to immediately remove the vehicle to the state of his or her re…

Drive-out tags shall not be valid in any event for more than fourteen (14) days.

(a) Drive-out tags shall be issued for a fee of two dollars ($2.00) per tag. (b) Proceeds of the sales shall be credited to the Division of Arkansas State Police Fund.

The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to promulgate such rules as he or she deems necessary for the proper enforcement of this subchapter.

A.C.A. § 27-14-2203Current 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 owner of or person having a lien or encumbrance upon a registered vehicle which has been stolen or embezzled may notify the Office of Motor Vehicle of the theft or embezzlement, but in the event of an embezzlement, may make a report only after having procured the issuance…

(a) The Office of Motor Vehicle, upon receiving a report of a stolen or embezzled vehicle as provided in § 27-14-2204, shall file and appropriately index it, shall immediately suspend the registration of the stolen or embezzled vehicle so reported, and shall not transfer the regi…

(a) (1) Whenever any vehicle of a type subject to registration in this state has been stored, parked, or left in a garage, trailer park, or any type of storage or parking lot for a period of over thirty (30) days, the owner of the garage, trailer park, or lot shall, within five (…

(a) Any person who drives a vehicle, not his or her own, without the consent of the owner thereof and with intent temporarily to deprive the owner of his or her possession of the vehicle, without intent to steal the vehicle, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) The consent of the owne…

A person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, sells, offers for sale, or has in his or her possession a motor vehicle or engine removed from a motor vehicle from which the manufacturer's serial or engine number or other distinguishing number or identification mark or number…