Title 14 — Local Government
192 chapters · 901 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-38-101 Petition for incorporation
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(a) (1) When the inhabitants of a part of any county not embraced within the limits of any city or incorporated town shall desire to be organized into a city or incorporated town, they may apply, by a petition in writing, signed by the greater of either two hundred (200) or a maj…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-38-102 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 14-38-102Current 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. § 14-38-103 Hearing on petition
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(a) (1) Every incorporation hearing under this chapter shall be public and may be adjourned from time to time.(2) Any person interested may appear and contest the granting of the prayer of the petition, and affidavits in support of or against the petition, which may be prepared a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-38-104 Order of incorporation — Transcript
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(a) The county court shall make out and endorse on the petition an order to the effect that the city or incorporated town as named and described in the petition may be organized if the court shall be satisfied after hearing the petition that:(1) The greater of either two hundred …
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-38-105 Completion of incorporation
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(a) As soon as the record shall be made and the transcript certified, forwarded, and delivered, the inhabitants within the limits described in the petition shall be deemed a city or incorporated town, to be organized and governed under the provisions of this subtitle in like mann…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-38-106 Complaint to prevent organization
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(a) One (1) month shall elapse from the time the transcripts are forwarded and delivered before notice shall be given of an election of officers in the city or incorporated town. (b) At any time within the one (1) month, any person interested may make complaint in writing, in the…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-38-107 Hearing on complaint — Annulment
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(a) It shall be the duty of the court or judge to hear the complaint in a summary manner, receiving answers, affidavits, and proofs, as may be deemed pertinent. (b) If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court or judge that the proposed city or incorporated town does not c…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-38-108 First election of officers
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(a) Unless the agent of the petitioners, within thirty (30) days after a transcript shall be delivered as provided in § 14-38-104, shall be notified of a complaint having been made to the circuit court of the county, or a judge thereof, then, at the end of the thirty (30) days af…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-38-109 City or town lying in more than one county
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(a) Every city and incorporated town presently lying in more than one (1) county and presently exercising the rights, privileges, and powers of a municipal corporation, de facto or de jure, and heretofore incorporated or attempted to have been incorporated under any special act o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-38-112 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 14-38-112Current 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. § 14-38-113 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 14-38-113Current 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. § 14-38-114 Preservation of papers
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The Secretary of State shall receive and preserve in his or her office all papers transmitted to him or her in relation to the organization, incorporation, or annexation of territory to cities and towns.
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-38-115 Alternative method of incorporation — Petition and election
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(a) (1) In addition to the procedures for incorporating a city or town under §§ 14-38-101 — 14-38-108, the inhabitants of a part of any county not embraced within the limits of any city or incorporated town may apply to the county judge of the proper county to call for an electio…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-38-116 Map required with Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office upon incorporation or disincorporation
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Before an entity undertakes an incorporation or disincorporation proceeding under this chapter, the entity shall coordinate with the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office for preparation of legal descriptions and digital mapping for the relevant incorporated or unincorpo…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-38-117 Effective date of incorporation required
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(a) (1) The county court order of incorporation affecting territory under this chapter shall include the effective date upon which the petition for incorporation is granted and the municipality is considered organized.(2) County court orders that fail to include a specified effec…