Title 16 — Practice, Procedure, And Courts
99 chapters · 2,352 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-101 Pretrial conferences
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(a) Actions taken at the conference, amendments allowed to the pleadings, rulings of the court, stipulations to be considered in evidence, and agreements made by the parties on any of the matters considered will be made a part of the record in the case. (b) Objections may be made…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-102 Deposits in court
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(a) (1) Whenever, in the exercise of its authority, a court has ordered the deposit or delivery of money or other thing and the order is disobeyed, the court, besides punishing the disobedience, may make an order requiring the sheriff to take the money or thing and deposit or del…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-203 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-63-203Current 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. § 16-63-206 Setoffs
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(a) A setoff may be pleaded in any action for the recovery of money and may be a cause of action arising either upon contract or tort. (b) In suits by executors or administrators, debts existing against their testators or intestates and owing to the defendant at the time of the d…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-207 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-63-207Current 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. § 16-63-208 [Superseded.]
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A.C.A. § 16-63-208Current 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. § 16-63-211 [Superseded.]
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A.C.A. § 16-63-211Current 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. § 16-63-215 [Superseded.]
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A.C.A. § 16-63-215Current 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. § 16-63-218 Original papers not removed
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No original pleading, motion, or deposition shall be permitted to be taken from the office of the clerk of the court unless by the order of the court or judge in each specific instance, but all original papers shall remain in the office subject to the inspection of all interested…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-219 Fee for discovery of medical records
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A party in a civil action who seeks discovery of medical records from a physician or a hospital may be required by the court to pay the person from whom discovery is sought a reasonable fee for processing the records. The fee for processing the records shall not be limited to the…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-220 Reply to action brought by prisoner
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(a) (1) (A) Any defendant may waive the right to reply to any action brought by an incarcerated person, defined for purposes of this section as a person who has been convicted of a crime and is incarcerated for that crime or is being held in custody for trial or sentencing, under…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-221 Complaint — Amount in controversy
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(a) A plaintiff who files a complaint in a circuit or district court praying for an award of damages may, but is not required to, state an amount in controversy for the purposes of establishing subject-matter jurisdiction and determining if the amount sought is within the jurisdi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-301 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-63-301Current 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. § 16-63-302 Failure to join actions — Costs
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When any plaintiff brings in the same court several suits against the same defendant or defendants for causes of action that may be joined, the plaintiff shall recover only the costs of one (1) action. The costs of the other actions shall be adjudged against him or her unless suf…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-401 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-63-401Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-402 Continuance for absence of evidence or witness
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(a) A motion to postpone a trial on account of the absence of evidence shall, if required by the opposite party, be made only upon affidavit showing the materiality of the evidence expected to be obtained and that due diligence has been used to obtain it. If the motion is for an …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-403 No continuance until costs paid
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No order of continuance takes effect until the plaintiff or, if the continuance has been granted upon the motion of the defendant, the defendant has made or secured the payment of all costs of the action, due for the term in which the continuance is granted.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-404 Dismissal in vacation
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The plaintiff or his or her attorney may dismiss any suit, except actions of replevin, pending in any of the courts of this state, in vacation, in the office of the clerk on the payment of all costs that may have accrued therein.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-405 [Superseded.]
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A.C.A. § 16-63-405Current 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. § 16-63-406 Stay of proceedings in which party or attorney is a member or an employee of the General Assembly
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(a) (1) Any and all proceedings in suits pending in any of the courts of this state in which any attorney for either party to any suit is the Lieutenant Governor or a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, or is a clerk or sergeant at arms or a doorkeeper of either…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-407 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-63-407Current 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. § 16-63-501 Title
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This subchapter shall be known as and may be cited as the “Citizen Participation in Government Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-502 Legislative findings
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(1) The General Assembly finds and declares that:(1) It is in the public interest to encourage participation by the citizens of the State of Arkansas in matters of public significance through the exercise of their constitutional rights of freedom of speech and the right to petiti…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-503 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “An act in furtherance of the right of free speech or the right to petition government for a redress of grievances under the United States Constitution or the Arkansas Constitution in connection with an issue of public interest or concern” inclu…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-504 Immunity from suit
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Any person making a privileged communication or performing an act in furtherance of the right of free speech or the right to petition government for a redress of grievances under the United States Constitution or the Arkansas Constitution in connection with an issue of public int…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-505 Verification requirement
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(1) For any claim asserted against a person or entity arising from possible privileged communication or an act by that person or entity that could reasonably be construed as an act in furtherance of the right of free speech or the right to petition government for a redress of gri…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-506 Failure to properly verify
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(a) If a claim governed by § 16-63-505 is not verified as required by § 16-63-505, the claim shall be stricken unless it is verified within ten (10) days after the omission is called to the attention of the party asserting the claim or his or her attorney of record. (b) (1) If a …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-507 Procedure
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(a) (1) All discovery and any pending hearings or motions in an action for a claim governed by § 16-63-505 shall be stayed upon the filing of a motion to dismiss or a motion to strike under § 16-63-506.(2) A hearing on a motion filed under § 16-63-506 shall be conducted not more …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-63-508 Other recovery not precluded
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Nothing in this subchapter shall affect or preclude the right of any party to any recovery otherwise authorized by common law, statute, or rule.