Title 16 — Practice, Procedure, And Courts
99 chapters · 2,352 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-101 Payment of fees prerequisite to entry of action or issuance of writ
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(a) No action shall be entered upon the docket of any court nor any original mesne or final process issued in the action, except in criminal cases and cases where the state is plaintiff, until the fees for entering the case upon the docket and for issuing the writ and the taxes t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-102 Style of process issued by judge, justice, or other officer
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All writs and process issued by any judge, justice of the peace, or other officer authorized to issue the writ or process shall run in the name of the State of Arkansas and be signed by the officer issuing the writ or process.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-103 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-58-103Current 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. § 16-58-104 Alias or pluries writs
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When any writ or other process issued out of any court of this state is not executed, the clerk of the court shall issue an alias, pluries, or other proper process without an order of the court for that purpose on the application of the party suing out the writ or other process.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-105 Seal
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All writs shall be sealed with the judicial seal of the court.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-106 Issuance and execution of process, writ, summons, etc., on Sunday or a holiday
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(a) It shall be no objection to any process, writ, summons, affidavit, or order for a provisional remedy that it was issued, made, or is dated on a holiday nor shall it be an objection to any bond given by or for any party to an action or taken by an officer in the course of the …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-107 [Superseded.]
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A.C.A. § 16-58-107Current 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. § 16-58-108 [Superseded.]
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A.C.A. § 16-58-108Current 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. § 16-58-109 [Superseded.]
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A.C.A. § 16-58-109Current 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. § 16-58-110 Sheriff to attend clerk's office to receive process
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It shall be the duty of the sheriff or one (1) of his or her deputies to attend at the clerk's office daily, Sundays excepted, to receive any process that may be issued, and the clerk shall deliver to him or her any process remaining in his or her office.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-111 Endorsement of day and hour of receipt on process
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The sheriff shall endorse upon every summons, order of arrest, or order for the delivery of property, or of attachment or injunction in his or her hands the day and hour it was received by him or her.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-112 [Superseded.]
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A.C.A. § 16-58-112Current 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. § 16-58-113 [Superseded.]
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A.C.A. § 16-58-113Current 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. § 16-58-114 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-58-114Current 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. § 16-58-115 Sheriff to note time of service
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When a sheriff serves a summons, he or she shall note on the copy of the summons delivered or offered to the defendant or left at the defendant's residence the time and date the summons was served.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-116 Acknowledgment of service
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Service may be acknowledged by the defendant by an endorsement upon the summons, signed and dated by him or her, and attested by a witness. The affidavit of the witness shall be proof of the service.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-117 Return
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(a) (1) Each sheriff, coroner, and constable, on the return made by him or her on any writ or other process, shall state at length the time when, the place where, and how the writ or process was served.(2) Otherwise, the officer shall not be entitled to demand or receive any fee …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-118 [Superseded.]
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A.C.A. § 16-58-118Current 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. § 16-58-119 [Superseded.]
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A.C.A. § 16-58-119Current 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. § 16-58-120 Method of service — Resident and nonresident defendants out of state — Secretary of State agent
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(a) Any cause of action arising out of acts done in this state by an individual in this state or by an agent or servant in this state of a foreign corporation may be sued upon in this state, although the defendant has left this state, by process served upon or mailed to the indiv…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-121 Method of service — Nonresident or absent owner, chauffeur, driver, or operator — Survival of action
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(a) (1) The acceptance by a nonresident owner, chauffeur, driver, or operator, or by a resident owner, chauffeur, driver, or operator of any motor vehicle who subsequently absents himself or herself physically from the state, except such nonresident owners or operators, drivers, …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-122 Method of service — Owner or operator of motor buses or trucks
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(a) When the defendant is the owner or operator of any motor bus or buses, motor coach or coaches, or motor truck or trucks engaged in the business of carrying and transporting either passengers, freight, goods, wares, or merchandise over any of the highways of this state, the se…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-123 Method of service — Owner or officer of steamboat or watercraft
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When any action to recover judgment against the owners or officers of any steamboat, vessel, or other watercraft for any debt or liability created by them, or either of them, is commenced in any county in which the steamboat, vessel, or watercraft was found and, from any cause th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-124 Method of service — Corporations
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(a) When the defendant is a corporation created by the laws of this state, the service of the summons may be upon the president, mayor, or chairman of the board of trustees. In case of the absence of the above officers, then it may be served upon the cashier, treasurer, secretary…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-125 Method of service — Corporate agent at branch office
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(a) (1) Any and all foreign and domestic corporations which keep or maintain in any of the counties of this state a branch office or other place of business shall be subject to suits in any of the courts in any of the counties where the corporation keeps or maintains the office o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-126 Method of service — Corporations — Secretary of State
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Whenever process in any suit against a domestic corporation cannot be served in the county of the corporation's domicile upon any officer authorized to be served with process by the laws of the state and this fact is made to appear by the return of the sheriff of the county upon …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-127 Method of service — Foreign corporations
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Where the defendant is a foreign corporation having an agent in this state, the service may be upon the agent.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-128 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-58-128Current 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. § 16-58-129 Method of service — Insurance company
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Where the defendant is an incorporated insurance company and the action is in a county in which there is an agency of the company, the service may be upon the chief officer of the agency.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-130 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-58-130Current 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. § 16-58-131 [Superseded]
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A.C.A. § 16-58-131Current 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. § 16-58-132 Refusal to accept process served by mail
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Where service of summons, process, or notice is provided for or permitted by registered or certified mail, under the laws of Arkansas, and the addressee refuses to accept delivery, and it is so stated in the return receipt of the United States Postal Service, the written return r…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-133 [Superseded.]
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A.C.A. § 16-58-133Current 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. § 16-58-134 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-58-134Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved