Title 27 — Transportation

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle that formerly was but is not now a school bus or a motor vehicle similar in shape and form to a school bus upon the public highways and roads of this state when the vehicle is painted with the officially designate…

(a) The General Assembly has determined that the operation of trucks, as defined in subsection (b) of this section, at high speeds creates a unique threat to the public safety of Arkansas motorists and causes substantial damage to Arkansas highways. Through enacting this section,…

A.C.A. § 27-50-401Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Construction personnel” means employees of the Arkansas Department of Transportation or the counties or the municipalities of this state or any contractors of the State Highway Commission or the counties or m…

Every law enforcement officer in this state who is authorized to issue citations for traffic law violations shall use a uniform traffic citation form prescribed by the Division of Arkansas State Police or a substantially equivalent form.

(a) (1) The Division of Arkansas State Police is authorized and directed to promulgate a uniform traffic citation form.(2) The form so promulgated or a substantially equivalent form shall be used exclusively by all law enforcement officers and agencies in this state in issuing ci…

The Division of Arkansas State Police, in order to serve the convenience of local law enforcement officers, may establish procedures for the bulk purchasing of traffic forms to be sold to local law enforcement agencies at cost plus transportation charges in remitting them to loca…

A.C.A. § 27-50-504Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “police authority” means any municipal, county, or state police enforcement agency. (b) When the registered owner of a motor vehicle receives notice from any police authority that the motor vehicle has been ticke…

The provisions of this subchapter shall govern all police officers in making arrests without a warrant for violations of this act for offenses committed in their presence, but the procedure prescribed in this subchapter shall not otherwise be exclusive of any other method prescri…

(1) Whenever any person is arrested for any violation of this act punishable as a misdemeanor, the arrested person shall be immediately taken before a magistrate or other proper officer within the county in which the offense charged is alleged to have been committed and who has j…

(a) When a person is arrested for any violation of this act punishable as a misdemeanor and the person is not immediately taken before a magistrate as required, the arresting officer may issue an electronic citation or prepare in duplicate written notice to appear in court contai…

A.C.A. § 27-50-604Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

A written promise to appear in court may be complied with by an appearance by counsel.

(a) Every person who is arrested for a violation of a traffic law, rule, or regulation punishable as a misdemeanor, who is not permitted to appear for trial on his or her own recognizance may in lieu of posting bond be admitted to bail upon depositing his or her current motor veh…

(a) The official receipt received from the arresting officer shall serve in lieu of a driver's or operator's license for a time not in excess of twenty (20) days. (b) If a defendant posts bail under the provisions of §§ 27-50-606 — 27-50-608 and upon an appearance to answer the c…

(a) It shall be unlawful to make application for a duplicate license to operate a motor vehicle during the period when the original license is posted for an appearance in a court. (b) Any person convicted thereof may be punishable by imprisonment of not less than seven (7) days n…

(a) When any law enforcement officer in this state arrests or issues a citation for any traffic law violation or motor vehicle accident and the officer is authorized by law to take possession of and retain the operator's or chauffeur's license of the person so charged or cited, t…

A professional bail bond company as defined in § 17-19-101 et seq., a qualified surety pursuant to §§ 27-50-611 and 27-50-612, and an automobile club or association as defined in §§ 23-77-101 — 23-77-109, may issue a bond card to a person licensed as an operator or chauffeur whic…

(a) Any domestic or foreign surety company which has qualified to transact surety business in this state may, in any year, become surety in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) with respect to any guaranteed arrest bond certificates issued in that year by an automob…

(a) Any guaranteed arrest bond certificate with respect to which a surety company has become surety, as provided in § 27-50-611, when posted by the person whose signature appears thereon, shall be accepted in lieu of cash bail in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200)…

A.C.A. § 27-50-801Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

A.C.A. § 27-50-802Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) As used in this section, “minor” means a person under eighteen (18) years of age. (b) If a minor is convicted of any moving traffic violation under the laws of this state, or under any municipal ordinance, whether the fine and sentence imposed is collected or whether the fine…

No record of the forfeiture of a bond or of the conviction of any person for any violation of this subtitle shall be admissible as evidence in any court in any civil action.

The forfeiture of a bond or the conviction of a person upon a charge of violating any provision of this act or other traffic regulation or rule less than a felony shall not affect or impair the credibility of the person as a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding.

The Office of Driver Services shall establish and maintain a central driver's records file on every driver who receives a conviction for a moving traffic violation while operating any motor vehicle subject to registration for highway use, whether such conviction occurred within t…

(a) All courts in this state which have jurisdiction over such offenses shall report all final convictions to the Office of Driver Services utilizing the uniform traffic ticket as provided for under the provisions of §§ 27-50-501 and 27-50-504 [repealed]. (b) In compiling and mai…

(a) It shall be the responsibility of the Office of Driver Services to properly file all traffic violation convictions received from the courts of this state or any other state and assign the conviction report to the named driver in the report. (b) In the event a conviction repor…

The Office of Driver Services shall not include in the traffic violation report of a railroad engineer, conductor, fireman, or brakeman any conviction for an offense arising out of a railroad accident occurring while the engineer, conductor, fireman, or brakeman was performing du…

(a) (1) Every driver on whom a record of traffic violations has been compiled shall have the right to contest any entry made in his or her driver's record.(2) If the driver disputes any entry on his or her record he or she must, in order to preserve his or her rights under this s…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Abstract” means a report of the driver's personal information and the driving status and history of a driver generated from the driver record maintained by the Office of Driver Services, including without limitation documents provided to the Offic…

(a) All information concerning a driver's record shall be made available to the driver or his or her legal representative. (b) (1) Information such as medical reports or other personal information shall not be a part of any written report the Office of Driver Services may provide…

(a) (1) The authorization to obtain a driver's record by anyone other than the driver, as provided in this subchapter, may be in the form of a signed release by the driver, power of attorney, and in the case of a minor, the parent or guardian or a legally appointed representative…

(a) (1) The Office of Driver Services may report a driver's record without charge to all courts, law enforcement agencies, governmental agencies, and public transit systems as provided in this subchapter. For purposes of this section, “public transit systems” means entities which…

A.C.A. § 27-50-910Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Driver monitoring report” means a report issued by the Office of Driver Services to an insurer, under a written agreement between the Office of Driver Services and the insurer, that indicates whether a driver has had a traffic violation or acciden…