Title 27 — Transportation
56 chapters · 1,818 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-607 Form and amount of security
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The security required under this subchapter shall be in such form as the Office of Driver Services may require and shall be in such amount equal to the minimum amounts specified in § 27-19-605 based on the determination of whether the accident resulted in bodily injury or death t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-608 Reduction in premium for certain persons completing accident prevention course
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(a) (1) Any schedule of rates or rating plan for automobile liability and physical damage insurance submitted to or filed with the Insurance Commissioner shall provide for an appropriate reduction in premium charges for those insured who are fifty-five (55) years of age and older…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-609 Authority to adjust amount limited
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(a) The Office of Driver Services may adjust the amount of security ordered in any case within six (6) months after the date of the accident, but only if and limited to the extent it determines a mistake was made in determining whether the accident resulted in bodily injury or de…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-610 Suspension for failure to deposit security
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(a) In the event that any person required to deposit security under this subchapter fails to deposit the security within twenty (20) days after the Office of Driver Services has sent the notice as provided in § 27-19-603, the Office of Driver Services shall thereupon suspend:(1) …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-611 Duration of suspension
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(1) Unless a suspension is terminated under other provisions of this subchapter, any order of suspension by the Office of Driver Services under this subchapter shall remain in effect and no license shall be renewed for or issued to any person whose license is so suspended and no …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-612 Agreements for payment of damages
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(a) Any two (2) or more of the persons involved in, or affected by, an accident as described in § 27-19-601 may, at any time, enter into a written agreement for the payment of an agreed amount with respect to all claims of any of such persons because of bodily injury or death or …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-613 Release from liability
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(a) A person shall be relieved from the requirement for deposit of security for the benefit or protection of another person injured or damaged in the accident in the event he or she is released from liability by the other person. (b) A covenant not to sue shall relieve the partie…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-614 Adjudication of nonliability
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A person shall be relieved from the requirement for deposit of security in respect to a claim for injury or damage arising out of the accident in the event the person has been finally adjudicated not to be liable in respect to such claim.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-615 Payment upon judgment
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The payment of a judgment arising out of an accident or the payment upon the judgment of an amount equal to the maximum amount which could be required for deposit under this subchapter shall, for the purposes of this subchapter, release the judgment debtor from the liability evid…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-616 Termination of security requirements
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(a) The Office of Driver Services, if satisfied as to the existence of any fact which under §§ 27-19-612 — 27-19-615 would entitle a person to be relieved from the security requirements of this subchapter, shall not require the deposit of security by the person so relieved from t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-617 Disposition of security
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(a) Security provided under this subchapter shall be applicable and available only for:(1) The payment of any settlement agreement covering any claim arising out of the accident upon instruction of the person who made the deposit; or(2) The payment of a judgment rendered against …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-618 Return of deposit
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(a) Upon the expiration of one (1) year from the date of any deposit of security, any security remaining on deposit shall be returned to the person who made the deposit, or to his or her personal representative, if an affidavit or other evidence satisfactory to the Office of Driv…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-619 Forfeiture when not claimed within certain period
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(a) (1) Whenever any person shall be required to deposit security for the payment of damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident as described in this chapter and the requirement for the depositing of the security is terminated, the Office of Driver Services shall, by ordinary…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-620 Corrective administrative action
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(a) Whenever the Office of Driver Services has taken any action or has failed to take any action under this subchapter by reason of having received erroneous information or by reason of having received insufficient information, then correcting information may be submitted within …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-621 Matters not to be evidence in civil actions
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The report required following an accident, the action taken by the Office of Driver Services pursuant to this chapter, the findings, if any, of the Office of Driver Services upon which the action is based, and the security filed as provided in this chapter shall not be referred t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-701 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Judgment” means any judgment which shall have become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-702 Applicability
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The provisions of this subchapter requiring the deposit of proof of financial responsibility for the future, subject to certain exemptions, shall apply with respect to persons who have been convicted of or forfeited bail for certain offenses under motor vehicle laws or who have f…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-703 Suspension or revocation of license for conviction or bail forfeiture — Exceptions
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(a) Whenever, under any law of this state, the license of any person is suspended or revoked by reason of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail, the Office of Driver Services shall suspend the registration of all vehicles registered in the name of the person as owner, except that:…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-704 Action as to unlicensed person
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If a person has no license, but by final order or judgment is convicted of or forfeits any bail or collateral deposited to secure an appearance for trial for any offense requiring the suspension or revocation of license or for driving a motor vehicle upon the highways without bei…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-705 Action as to nonresidents
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(a) Whenever the Office of Driver Services suspends or revokes a nonresident's operating privilege by reason of a conviction or forfeiture of bail, the privilege shall remain so suspended or revoked unless the person shall have previously given or shall immediately give and there…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-706 Courts to report nonpayment of judgments
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(a) Whenever any person fails within thirty (30) days to satisfy any judgment in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), then, upon the written request of the judgment creditor or his or her attorney, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court, or of the judge of a court whi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-707 Suspension for nonpayment of judgments — Exceptions
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(a) The Office of Driver Services, upon receipt of a certified copy of a judgment and a certificate of facts relative to the judgment, on a form provided by the Office of Driver Services, shall forthwith suspend the license and registration, and any nonresident's operating privil…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-708 Effect of discharge in bankruptcy
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Upon receipt by the Office of Driver Services of proper notification from the bankruptcy court, a discharge in bankruptcy following the rendering of any judgment shall relieve the judgment debtor from any of the requirements of this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-709 Payments sufficient to satisfy judgments
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(a) Judgments shall, for the purpose of this chapter only, be deemed satisfied when:(1) Twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of one (1) person as the result o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-710 Payment in installments
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(a) A judgment debtor, upon due notice to the judgment creditor, may apply to the court in which the judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying the judgment in installments, and the court, in its discretion and without prejudice to any other legal remedies which the judgme…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-711 Proof to be furnished for each vehicle
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(a) No vehicle shall be, or continue to be, registered in the name of any person required to file proof of financial responsibility for the future unless proof is furnished for the vehicle. (b) Proof of financial responsibility when required under this chapter, with respect to th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-712 Certificate of insurance as proof
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(a) (1) Proof of financial responsibility for the future may be furnished by filing with the Office of Driver Services the written certificate of any insurance carrier duly authorized or eligible to do business in this state certifying that there is in effect a motor vehicle liab…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-713 Motor vehicle liability policy
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(a) Certification. As used in this chapter, “motor vehicle liability policy” means an “owner's policy” or an “operator's policy” of liability insurance, certified as provided in § 27-19-712 as proof of financial responsibility for the future, and issued, except as otherwise provi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-714 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 27-19-714Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-715 Other policies not affected
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(a) This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance against liability which may be required by any other law of this state, and these policies, if they contain an agreement or are endorsed to conform with the requirements of this chapter, may…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-716 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 27-19-716Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-717 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 27-19-717Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-718 Owner may give proof for others
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(a) The owner of a motor vehicle may give proof of financial responsibility on behalf of his or her employee or a member of his or her immediate family or household in lieu of the furnishing of proof by any person. (b) The furnishing of proof shall permit the person to operate on…