Title 20 — Public Health and Welfare
63 chapters · 2,838 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-101 Bed height requirement for mobility accessible rooms
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(a) (1) A mobility accessible room in a new lodging establishment shall be furnished with a bed that measures no more than twenty-three inches (23”) in height when measured from the floor to the top of the mattress.(2) The bed height measurement under subdivision (a)(1) of this s…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-201 Definition
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(a) As used in this subchapter, “tourist camp” means:(1) Any place where:(A) Buildings or tents are maintained for hire to and used by transient guests; and(B) Free encampment is permitted to transients for the purpose of securing their trade; and(2) Any tract of land where space…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-202 State Board of Health — Duties
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(1) The State Board of Health shall make necessary rules relating to tourist camps, hotels, or rooming houses not in conflict with any provision of this subchapter in order that:(1) The health and safety of guests may be protected; and(2) Tourist camps, hotels, or rooming houses …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-203 Unlawful acts
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(a) It shall be unlawful for any person seeking to become a guest of any tourist camp, hotel, or rooming house to:(1) Register or permit himself or herself to be registered under an assumed name;(2) Falsely represent himself or herself as the spouse of any other guest or person s…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-204 Penalties
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Any person violating any provision of this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not ex…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-205 Enforcement
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The Department of Health and the Division of Arkansas State Police are required to assist in the enforcement of this subchapter and of any rules promulgated by the State Board of Health relating to tourist camps, hotels, and rooming houses.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-206 Guest register required
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(a) Every person operating a tourist camp, hotel, or rooming house shall provide and keep a register in which shall be entered the name and address of every guest to whom accommodations are hired or given. (b) If a guest is traveling by automobile, the license number and state de…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-207 Posting information about the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline
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An entity governed by this subchapter shall post information about the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline as required under § 12-19-102.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-301 Duty of guest
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It shall be the duty of every guest and of everyone intending to be a guest of any hotel in this state, upon delivering to the proprietor of the hotel, or to his or her servants, any baggage or other articles of property of the guest for safekeeping elsewhere than to the room ass…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-302 Liability of proprietor
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(a) No hotel proprietor shall be liable for the loss of or injury to baggage or other articles of property of his or her guest, unless the baggage or other articles of property shall have been actually delivered by the guest to the hotel proprietor or to his or her servants for s…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-303 Nature of liability — Monetary limits
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The liability of the keeper of any inn or hotel, whether individual, partnership, or corporation, for loss of, or injury to, personal property placed by his or her guest under his or her care, other than that described in the preceding sections, shall be that of a depository for …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-304 Baggage and other property of potential or past guests
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Whenever any person shall allow his or her baggage or property to remain in any inn or hotel, after leaving it as a guest, and after the relation of innkeeper and guest between the guest and the proprietors of the inn or hotel has ceased, or shall forward it to the inn or hotel b…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-305 Lien on guest baggage and other property
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(a) The keeper of any inn, hotel, rooming house, or boardinghouse, whether individual, partnership, corporation, or private home, shall have a lien on the baggage and other property in and about the inn, hotel, rooming house, boardinghouse, or private home belonging to or under t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-306 Disposition of proceeds in excess of lien
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After satisfying the lien and any costs that may accrue, any residue remaining shall, on demand within six (6) months, be paid to the guest or boarder. If not so demanded within six (6) months from the date of the sale, the residue shall be deposited by the innkeeper or hotelkeep…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-401 Bed linens
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(a) It shall be the duty of every hotel or innkeeper in this state to furnish clean and fresh bed linens, unused by any other person or guest since the last laundering of the bed linens, on all beds assigned to the use of any guest or patron of the inn, or hotel, and any propriet…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-402 Door and window screens
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(a) It shall be the duty of every hotel or innkeeper in this state to properly screen with wire cloth or gauze mesh not to be more than 1/32 the doors and windows of the kitchen and dining room, and all openings therein, of the inn or hotel. (b) Any proprietor, lessee, manager, a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-403 Toilets
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(a) It shall be the duty of every manager or person in charge of the conduct of any hotel or inn in this state to keep toilet rooms used in connection with the inn or hotel and provided for the use of guests or patrons of the inn or hotel in a clean and sanitary condition. (b) An…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-26-404 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 20-26-404Current 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. § 20-26-405 Vented heating
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(a) Every person operating a tourist camp, motel, or auto court shall provide for the purpose of heating the individual rooms in the tourist camp, motel, or auto court stoves or heating units adequately vented to carry the products of combustion to the outside atmosphere. (b) (1)…