Title 14, Local Government

It shall be the duty of the county court of each county, on application of any person holding scrip against the county, to cancel the scrip and cause warrants to be issued therefor in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.

When any person shall produce proof, to the satisfaction of the county court, that he or she has lost any one (1) or more county certificates or scrip of any certain amount owned by him or her and that it has not been paid over on settlement with the county treasury, it shall be …

(a) If, upon adjudication of any warrant by the county court, the warrant shall be found to have been fraudulently or wrongfully issued, without due authority from the court, the court shall endorse that fact thereon and cause it to be deposited, without renewal, in the office of…

All county scrip, and every warrant issued in cancellation of any county scrip in any county of this state, according to the provisions of § 14-24-105, shall be redeemed and paid by the county treasurer in the order of their number and date. No scrip or warrants shall be thus dis…

All county scrip and warrants drawn on the county treasury in any county in this state shall be received, irrespective of their number and date, in payment of all taxes, duties, fines, penalties, and forfeitures accruing to the county.

It shall be the duty of the county clerk of each county in the State of Arkansas to enter in a book, to be provided by him or her for that purpose, the amount, number, and date of all redeemed scrip or warrants that may have been cancelled, so as to show at all times the full amo…

Whenever the county court of any county in this state may deem it expedient to call in the outstanding scrip of the county in order to redeem, cancel, reissue, or classify the scrip under existing laws, or for any other lawful purpose, it shall be the duty of the court to make an…

It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county court to furnish the sheriff of the county with a true copy of the order of the court within ten (10) days after the adjournment of the court. Then it shall be the duty of the sheriff to notify the holders of the county scrip to pre…

All persons who shall hold any scrip of the county and neglect or refuse to present it, as required by the order of the county court of the county and the notice as provided in §§ 14-24-114 and 14-24-115, shall thereafter be forever debarred from deriving any benefits from their …

Every year the county court of any county in this state may call in the outstanding scrip or warrants of the county for the purposes of cancelling and reissuing them.

When the scrip or warrants so called in shall be presented to the county court, it shall be the duty of the court to examine them thoroughly and to reject all such evidences of indebtedness, as in their judgment, their county is not justly and legally bound to pay, subject to app…

(a) Every two (2) years, all scrip outstanding and unredeemed in any county of the state shall be presented for adjudication to the county court of the county, and if found to be genuine and properly issued, warrants shall be issued upon the county treasurer in cancellation there…

(a) (1) Checks issued by a county of this state drawn upon the county treasurer are valid and redeemable only for a period of six (6) months from the date of issuance.(2) Checks issued by a county shall contain on the face of the check the following words: “This check void after …

(a) A disbursement of county funds used for a payment to a federal or state governmental entity or to a creditor by order of a court of competent jurisdiction may be made by electronic funds transfer if the:(1) Claim has been submitted and approved through the county claim proces…

It is the intent of this subchapter to allow the counties to change and modernize, to better comply with current business and banking practices, the warrant system as a means of payment of claims against counties, but all other provisions and procedures required by law relative t…

(a) Effective July 9, 1975, any county may modify the warrant system as a means of payment of claims properly presented and allowed against counties of this state to better comply with current business and banking practices. (b) All claims properly presented and allowed by the re…

(a) In implementing the procedures as set forth in §§ 14-24-204 and 14-24-205, the county treasurer and county clerk must jointly petition the county court for approval of such implementation, and none of the procedures set forth shall be followed without court approval. (b) Adop…

(a) (1) It is the intent of this subchapter that after a claim has been properly presented to a county court with a proper certification and itemization thereof, as provided by law, then upon approval the county clerk may cause a check to be prepared in payment of the claim. This…

(a) If a county should adopt the payment by check system, the county treasurer shall maintain a check disbursement record which shall be a book or file of the duplicate copies of checks issued by the treasurer, arranged in numerical sequence. This book or file shall provide a det…

(a) It is the intent of this subchapter to allow that all claims duly verified and allowed against the school districts of this state may be handled in accordance with the following procedure:(1) The ex officio financial secretary of the school district may cause a check to be pr…