Title 14, Local Government

(a) On presentation of the petition and proof of notice of publication as set out in § 14-298-102 and if the county court is satisfied that proper notice has been given in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the court shall appoint three (3) disinterested citizens of …

(a) The viewers may call to their assistance a competent surveyor to assist them in laying out and surveying or altering any road they may be ordered by the county court to view, survey, and lay out or alter. (b) It shall be the duty of every surveyor, when called on by any viewe…

(a) It shall be the duty of one (1) of the petitioners to give at least thirty (30) days' notice in writing to:(1) The owner or his or her agents, if residing within the county, or if the owner is an incapacitated person as defined by § 28-65-104, then to the guardian of that per…

It shall be the duty of the viewers to meet at the time and place specified in the order. After taking an oath or affirmation to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of their appointments, respectively, they shall take to their assistance two (2) suitable persons as ch…

(a) (1) The viewers shall report what width the road should be to promote public convenience.(2) However, the county courts shall have power to determine what shall be the width of each road in their respective counties. (1) The viewers shall report what width the road should be …

The viewers shall assess and determine the damages sustained by any person through whose premises the road is proposed to be established, mentioning the damages to each tract separately.

(1) Viewers shall make and sign a report in writing, stating:(1) Their opinion in favor of or against the establishment, alteration, or vacation of a road, or any part thereof, and set forth the reason for their opinion;(2) The commencement and termination, courses, and distances…

(a) The county court, on receiving the reports of the viewers as set out in § 14-298-112, shall cause the report to be available to all parties and shall cause a hearing to be held in which the report is read publicly. (b) If no legal objection is made to the reports by the parti…

After any road has been established and declared a public road, the county court shall issue an order declaring the road to be opened and the order shall be filed of record with the county clerk.

(a) After the viewers of any county road shall have made return in favor of the road and before the road has been established, any citizen of the county whose lands are affected by the road may apply by petition to the county court for a review of the road, as provided in § 14-29…

(a) (1) An appeal from the final decision of the county court for a new county road or for vacating, altering, or reviewing any county road shall be allowed to the circuit court.(2) Notice of the appeal shall be given within thirty (30) days from the date the order of the county …

(a) (1) When any county road or any part of any county road is considered useless, any ten (10) citizens residing in that portion of the county may make application by petition agreeable to § 14-298-124 to the county court to vacate the road, setting forth in the petition the rea…

(a) All persons required to render services under the provisions of this chapter as viewers or reviewers, chain carriers, markers, or surveyors shall be paid reasonable costs and expenses based upon the current market rate out of the registry of the court for each day necessarily…

No part of this chapter shall be so construed as to entitle any person whose lands, or any part thereof, may be appropriated under this chapter to a public highway to any further compensation and damages than the value of property appropriated and damages sustained by the owner t…

(a) (1) The county courts shall have power to:(A) Open new roads;(B) Make changes in old roads, as they deem necessary and proper; and(C) Classify the roads and bridges in their respective counties for the purposes of this section and § 27-67-212.(2) (A) When the change shall be …

(a) (1) The county courts shall have power to:(A) Open new roads;(B) Make changes in old roads as they may deem necessary and proper; and(C) Classify the roads and bridges in their respective counties for the purpose of this chapter.(2) (A) When the change is made or any new road…

(a) The purpose of this section is to establish a rule defining what actions have supplied the requisite notice to affected landowners of the condemnation of their property by county court orders effected pursuant to § 14-298-121. (b) Entry and notice shall mean:(1) Any construct…

(a) When any county road may be injured or destroyed by the washing of any lake, river, or creek, the judge of the county court shall be notified by any witness in writing of the nature and extent of the injury. (b) If the judge shall be satisfied that the road has been injured o…

(a) (1) If any person through whose land a public road is or may be established shall be desirous of turning the road through any other part of his or her land, that person shall apply by petition to the county court to permit him or her to turn the road through any other part of…

(a) The county court of each county in the State of Arkansas is authorized to grant the United States of America the right to close, inundate, destroy, relocate, alter, or appropriate any county highway in the county in connection with the construction, development, operation, or…