Title 14, Local Government

(a) This subchapter does not restrict the right of any person or government official from proceeding against a public nuisance by any other means. (b) This subchapter is supplemental to all other laws and any other powers of a city of the first class or city of the second class.

(a) The criminal nuisance abatement board, its individual members, and city employees assisting the board are immune from suit or action for their activities in discharge of their duties under this subchapter to the full extent of judicial immunity. (b) Except for perjury and fal…

It is the purpose of this subchapter to permit any municipality in this state which borders on a state line and which is separated from a municipality in the adjoining state only by the state line to cooperate with the adjoining municipality in the other state in furnishing gover…

Any municipality in this state which borders on a state line, and which is separated from a municipality in an adjoining state only by the state line, may enter into agreements with the adjoining municipality whereby either of the municipalities agrees to furnish certain services…

(a) Every agreement or contract entered into by a municipality of this state as authorized in § 14-54-202 shall specify the following:(1) Its duration;(2) The precise organization, composition, and nature of any separate legal or administrative entity created thereby, together wi…

(a) Every agreement made under this subchapter, prior to and as a condition precedent to its entry into force, shall be submitted to the Attorney General, who shall determine whether the agreement is in proper form and compatible with the laws of this state. (b) The Attorney Gene…

(a) If any agreement made pursuant to this subchapter shall deal, in whole or in part, with the provisions of services or facilities with regard to which an officer or agency of the state government has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall, as a cond…

No agreement entered into pursuant to this subchapter shall be effective until a copy of it has been filed in the office of the recorder of the county in which the affected Arkansas municipality is located and in the office of the Secretary of State.

No agreement made pursuant to this subchapter shall relieve any public agency of any obligation or responsibility imposed upon it by law except that, to the extent of actual and timely performance thereof by an adjoining municipality pursuant to an agreement entered into under th…

(a) Every agreement or contract entered into pursuant to this subchapter shall have the status of an interstate compact, but in any case or controversy involving performance or interpretation thereof or liability thereunder, the municipalities involved shall be the real parties i…

Municipal corporations are authorized and empowered to acquire and hold real estate, tenements, hereditaments, and such other real and personal property as is necessary and proper for the administration of the affairs of municipal corporations.

(a) A municipality may:(1) Sell, convey, lease, rent, let, or dispose of any real estate or personal property owned or controlled by the municipality, including real estate or personal property that is held by the municipality for public or governmental purposes;(2) Buy any real …

In order to better provide for the public welfare, safety, comfort, and convenience of their inhabitants, incorporated towns may alter or change the width or extension of streets, sidewalks, alleys, avenues, parks, wharves, and other public grounds, and vacate or lease out such p…

(a) Municipalities may exchange properties, real or personal, with the state and any political subdivision of the state. (b) An exchange under this section shall be approved by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality and shall be accomplished in accordance with proced…

Each city of the first or second class and incorporated town shall have the authority to lease, let, sell, or convey any real property owned or controlled by the city or town for the production, reclamation, and refining of crude biogenic gases pursuant to competitive sealed bidd…

(a) (1) The mayor, city manager, or city administrator shall publish a notice inviting sealed bids for the leasing, letting, selling, or conveying of real property for the production, reclamation, and refining of crude biogenic gases. This notice shall be published in a legal new…

Each city of the first or second class and incorporated town may provide by ordinance for the implementation of, but not contrary to, this subchapter.

This subchapter shall not limit the authority of any city of the first or second class or incorporated town to lease, let, sell, or convey any real property pursuant to the Constitution and laws of Arkansas concerning the issuance of bonds for the purpose of industrial developmen…

The governing bodies of the municipalities of this state are delegated the power and authority to enact ordinances to limit and control the use of areas adjacent to shopping centers and other commercial enterprises which are privately owned, but which are maintained for the conve…

(a) No ordinance shall be passed unless and until the owner or lessee of an area sought to be regulated has presented to the governing body of the city a plat of the area upon which is shown the proposed limitations and controls. (b) The plat shall in no way limit the power and a…

(a) When an ordinance has been passed, the owner or lessee of the area to be controlled shall, at his expense, post the signs, paint the lines, arrows, and curbings in the required colors, and install the devices and signals to apprise the public of the existence of the ordinance…

(a) No municipality shall be required to patrol the area which is controlled as provided in this subchapter, but, upon being called, law enforcement officers shall come to the scene of the alleged violation and, where warranted by law or ordinance, issue citations or make arrests…

Nothing in this subchapter shall limit or extend the law of this state with reference to tort liability of any person, firm, or corporation.

(1) Municipal corporations shall have power to:(1) In regard to streets, alleys, public grounds, wharves, landing places, and marketplaces, lay off, open, widen, straighten, and establish them; improve and keep them in order and repair; and light;(2) Open, construct, keep in orde…

Municipal corporations shall have power to cause any lot of land within their limits to be raised up or drained on which or on part of which water shall at any time become stagnant, and to cause all putrid substance, whether animal or vegetable, to be removed from any lot or lots…

(a) Each municipal corporation may prescribe, either by general or special bylaws or ordinance, the mode in which the charge on the respective owners of lots or lands and on the lots or lands shall be assessed and determined for the purpose authorized by the provisions of this su…

(a) The amount of the lien provided for in §§ 14-54-601 — 14-54-603 may be determined by action against the owner of any lot. (b) The amount ascertained, with cost of suit and five percent (5%) penalty for collection, shall be certified by the mayor to the clerk of the county, an…

(a) (1) Municipal corporations shall have power to provide for, or construct, or acquire works for lighting the streets, alleys, parks, and other public places by gas, electricity, or otherwise; to furnish power to consumers; or to purchase power, gas, or electricity for these pu…

(a) Municipal corporations shall have power to:(1) Provide a supply of water by constructing or acquiring, by purchase or otherwise, wells, pumps, cisterns, reservoirs, or other waterworks and to regulate them;(2) Prevent unnecessary waste of water; and(3) Prevent pollution of wa…

(a) Cities of the first and second class shall have the authority, in addition to the powers now granted by law, to construct, maintain, and operate municipal ice plants. (b) (1) Funds may be used for the construction, maintenance, and operation of ice plants derived from the ope…

(a) For the purpose of providing water, gas, electric lights, heat, power, cold storage, street railroads, emergency medical services, and other public utility necessities for itself and for the inhabitants of any municipality, the mayor and city council, or the other governing b…

(a) Municipal corporations shall have the power to:(1) Regulate the burial of the dead;(2) Provide, outside the corporate limits of the corporation, places for the interment of the dead; and(3) Prevent any such interment within any such limits, except in public burying grounds es…

(a) Cities of the first and second class and incorporated towns shall have the power to prohibit the burial of the dead within their limits. (b) (1) Where old and abandoned burial grounds which are no longer kept up or used as such are situated within the limits of any such city …

Incorporated towns and cities of the first and second class are empowered to order the owner of lots and other real property within their towns or cities to cut weeds; to remove garbage, rubbish, and other unsightly and unsanitary articles and things upon the property; and to eli…

(a) (1) In case the owner of any lot or other real property is unknown or his or her whereabouts is not known or he or she is a nonresident of this state, then a copy of the written notice under § 14-54-903 shall be posted upon the premises.(2) Before any action to enforce the li…

(a) As used in this section:(1) (A) “Clean-up lien” means a lien securing the cost of work undertaken by a town or city to remove, abate, or eliminate a condition in violation of local codes or ordinances.(B) A clean-up lien may have priority against other lienholders as provided…

(a) The liens provided for in § 14-54-903 may be enforced and collected at any time within ten (10) years after a lien has been filed in either one (1) of the following manners:(1) By an action for foreclosure in the circuit court by the city or town, or if the city or town has e…

An owner of an abandoned home or residential property that is located in a designated neighborhood stabilization or revitalization area may voluntarily participate in a United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's housing program if federal funds are available.