Title 16 — Practice, Procedure, And Courts

An execution may issue on any final judgment order of a court of record, in personam, for a liquidated sum of money and for interest and costs, or for costs alone.

The circuit court of any county in this state in which a judgment rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction in another county of this state has been registered in accordance with the provisions of § 16-65-117(a)-(c) shall have power to issue writs of execution upon any such j…

An execution may be issued upon a judgment at any time until the collection of it is barred by the statute of limitations, although no execution may have been previously issued within a year and a day.

(a) Form — In General. The form of a writ of execution may be in substance as follows:Click here to view form. Click here to view form. (b) Form — Variances. The form of the writ of execution in subsection (a) of this section may be varied to suit each particular case. (c) Notice…

Every clerk of the courts of record in this state shall endorse upon every execution issued by him or her the debt, damages, and costs to be recovered before delivery of the execution to the officer by whom it is to be executed.

A.C.A. § 16-66-106Current 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) The death of one (1) or all the plaintiffs shall not prevent an execution being issued thereon. However, on such execution, the clerk shall endorse the death of such of them as are dead and, if all the plaintiffs are dead, the names of the personal representative or last surv…

The death of part only of the defendants shall not prevent execution being issued which, however, shall operate alone on the survivors and their property.

Executions issued upon any judgment, order, or decree rendered in any court of record may be directed to and executed in any county in this state without first procuring an order of the court for that purpose.

Every sheriff or other officer to whom any execution may be delivered shall endorse thereon the hour, day of the month, and year when it came to his or her hands.

If two (2) or more writs of execution come to the hands of the sheriff or another officer to whom execution may be delivered on the same day, the writ of execution which he or she first received shall have priority over the others and shall be executed accordingly.

An execution shall be a lien on the property in any goods or chattels, or the rights or shares in any stock, or on any real estate, to which the lien of the judgment, order, or decree extends or has been determined, from the time the writ shall be delivered to the officer in the …

(a) If an execution is issued and the plaintiff desires to take out another at his or her own proper costs, the clerk may issue the execution, though the previous execution has not been returned. (b) If an execution is returned, in whole or in part, not satisfied, a new one may i…

(a) The first process upon a judgment against any private corporation shall be a fieri facias, which the sheriff or other officer shall levy on the moneys, goods and chattels, and lands and tenements of the corporation, and upon which he or she shall proceed as in other cases. (b…

(a) The clerk shall keep a well-bound book in which he or she shall enter an abstract of all executions issued by him or her or out of his or her office, showing:(1) The date of the execution;(2) The names of the parties;(3) The amount of debt;(4) Damages;(5) Costs;(6) To what of…

(a) Real property may be conveyed by a commissioner appointed by the court when:(1) By the judgment in an action, a party is ordered to convey that property to another; or(2) That property has been sold under a judgment or order of the court and the purchase money paid. (1) By th…

(a) Every bond taken on the sale of property under an order or decree in equity or on the sale of property under execution, and every stay bond and forthcoming bond shall be signed by the principal and sureties and attested by the person taking the bond or someone in his or her p…

(a) Each officer to whom any execution is delivered shall be liable and bound to pay the whole amount of money specified in or endorsed on the execution and directed to be levied if he or she willfully:(1) Neglects or refuses to execute or levy the execution according to law;(2) …

Any sheriff or other law enforcement officer acting reasonably, in good faith, and not in violation of clearly established law, and exercising due care while serving and executing writs of execution shall have immunity from suit and civil liability and shall not be liable for any…

(1) The following described property shall be liable to be seized and sold under any execution upon any judgment, order, or decree of a court of record:(1) All goods and chattels not exempted in this subchapter;(2) All improvements on the public lands of the United States;(3) The…

Whenever a judgment has been recovered against a married woman, the judgment may be enforced by execution against her sole and separate estate or property to the same extent and in the same manner as if she were sole.

(a) Any property, real, personal, or mixed, may be subjected to seizure under execution, garnishment, attachment, or other process, even though the property is subject to mortgage, deed of trust, vendor's lien, conditional sales contract, chattel mortgage, or other lien. Any offi…

Every unexpired lease of lands shall be subject to execution and sale as real estate; but this lease shall not be subject to sale under any execution issued by a justice of the peace.

No property, whether real, personal, or mixed, or effects, credits, choses in action, assets of any description, securities or moneys belonging to the state, either legally or equitably, or the title of which may be in the state, shall be subject to judgment, decree, execution, o…

It is unlawful to levy upon and sell under any execution or decree any improvement, or right of preemption upon the public lands within this state, any law, usage, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding. However, no other improvement on the public lands, as provided for above…

(a) The clerk and recorder of deeds of the proper county, when any description of the metes and bounds of a family graveyard or public burial place shall be filed in his or her office, shall make a record of the description in the record of deeds, which shall be sufficient to exe…

(a) (1) The wages of all laborers and mechanics not exceeding their wages for sixty (60) days shall be exempt from seizure by garnishment, or other legal process if the defendant in any case files with the court from which the process is issued a sworn statement that the sixty (6…

(a) (1) To the extent permitted by the Arkansas Constitution, all moneys paid or payable to any resident of this state under an insurance policy providing for the payment of life, sick, accident, or disability benefits shall be exempt from liability or seizure under judicial proc…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Homestead Exemption Act of 1981”. (b) The homestead of any resident of this state who is married or the head of a family shall not be subject to the lien of any judgment, or decree of any court, or to sale under execution o…

(a) (1) Whenever any resident of this state, upon the issue against him or her for the collection of any debt by contract of any execution or other process, of any attachment except specific attachment against his or her property, desires to claim any of the exemptions provided f…

(a) A debtor's right of homestead shall not be lost or forfeited by his or her omission to select and claim it as exempt before the sale thereof on execution, nor by his or her failure to file a description or schedule of the homestead in the recorder's or clerk's office. (b) The…

(a) Upon application to the justice or clerk by the plaintiff in whose favor such execution, process, or attachment shall have been issued, the justice or clerk, as the case may be, shall forthwith appoint three (3) disinterested appraisers, to be summoned and sworn by the office…

(a) When the schedule provided for in § 16-66-211 has been filed as prescribed in that section, the provisions of Chapter VI, of Title XV of the Code of Civil Practice shall not be considered as applying to the case of the execution or other final process stayed. (b) (1) No indem…

Whoever, whether principal, agent, or attorney, under the statutes of this state on the subject of the exemption of property from levy and sale on execution, or in attachment or garnishment, with intent to deprive any resident of this state of his or her rights, sends or causes t…

Whoever, either directly or indirectly, assigns or transfers any claims for debts against a citizen of this state for the purpose of having the claims for debts collected by proceedings in attachment, garnishment, or other process out of the wages or personal earnings of the debt…

(i) Residents of this state having the right to claim exemptions in a bankruptcy proceeding pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 522 shall have the right to elect either:(i) The property exemptions provided by the Constitution and the laws of the State of Arkansas; or(ii) The property exempti…

(a) The following property shall be exempt from execution under bankruptcy proceedings pursuant to Pub. L. No. 95-598:(1) The unmarried debtor's aggregate interest, not exceeding eight hundred dollars ($800) in value, and the married debtor's aggregate interest, not exceeding one…

A person's wedding ring shall be exempt from attachment, execution, and seizure for satisfaction of debts.

(a) (1) A person's right to the assets held in or to receive payments, whether vested or not, under a pension, profit-sharing, or similar plan or contract, including a retirement plan for self-employed individuals, or under an individual retirement account or an individual retire…

(a) Whenever any final judgment order of a court of record is entered against a judgment debtor, the judgment debtor shall prepare a schedule, verified by affidavit, of all the judgment debtor's property, both real and personal, including moneys, bank accounts, rights, credits, a…

(a) If any person against whom any execution has been issued applies to the judge of the court out of which the execution or order of sale was issued, by petition verified by affidavit, setting forth good cause why the execution ought to be stayed, set aside, or quashed, reasonab…

(a) No stay shall be allowed upon:(1) A judgment or decree against any collecting officer, attorney at law, or agent for a delinquency or default in executing or fulfilling the duties of his or her office or place, or failing to pay over money collected by him or her in such capa…

(a) The defendants, except in cases otherwise provided for in this subchapter, when there is no execution thereon in the hands of a collecting officer, may stay any judgment or decree for money for six (6) months by giving, before the clerk of the court entering up the judgment o…

(a) The sale of personal property upon which an execution is levied shall be suspended at the instance of any person, other than the defendant in the execution, claiming the property, who shall execute with one (1) or more sureties a bond to the plaintiff in the execution, suffic…

An agreement to waive the right of stay, or any other legal agreement in relation to any judgment or decree, entered on the record among the orders of court, shall be specifically enforced. In such case, the proper endorsement shall be entered upon the execution by the clerk or j…

The person against whom any execution may be issued may select what property, real or personal, shall be sold to satisfy the execution. If he or she gives to the officer a list of the property selected, sufficient to satisfy the execution, the officer shall levy upon that propert…

(a) It shall be the duty of the sheriff, United States Marshal, or other officer levying upon any real estate under and by virtue of any writ of attachment, execution, or other process to file with the recorder of deeds of the county in which the real estate is situated a certifi…

(a) Whenever a sheriff or other officer levies an execution upon property or effects held jointly or in partnership by the debtor in the execution with others, to satisfy the separate debt of the debtor, the sheriff or other officer shall not proceed to make sale thereof, except …

(a) Whenever an officer, having an execution or writ of attachment in his or her hands, levies on shares or stock in corporations, he or she shall make the levy or seizure by leaving a true copy of the writ with the president, secretary, cashier, or other officer, with the certif…

(a) (1) If an officer who levies, or is required to levy, an execution upon personal property, doubts whether it is subject to execution, he or she may give to the plaintiff therein, or his or her agent or attorney, notice that an indemnifying bond is required.(2) Bond may, there…