Title 16 — Practice, Procedure, And Courts
99 chapters · 2,352 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-98-201 Qualifications — Waiver
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(1) Any judicial district, with the agreement of the parties, may establish a program whereby a defendant may be transferred to a pretrial or post-trial treatment program for drug abuse, provided that:(1) The treatment program is at least one (1) year in length and meets the mini…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-98-301 Short title and definitions
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(a) This subchapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Drug Court Act”. (b) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Evidence-based practices” means supervision, policies, procedures, and practices proven through research to reduce recidivism;(2) “Validated risk-needs assessment” means a det…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-98-302 Purpose and intent
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(a) There is a critical need for judicial intervention and support for effective treatment programs that reduce the incidence of drug use, drug addiction, and family separation due to parental substance abuse and drug-related crimes. It is the intent of the General Assembly for t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-98-303 Drug court programs authorized
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(a) (1) Each judicial circuit of this state is authorized to establish drug court programs under this subchapter.(2) (A) A drug court program may be pre-adjudication or post-adjudication for an adult offender or a juvenile offender.(B) A juvenile drug court program or services ma…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-98-304 Cost and fees
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(a) The adult or juvenile drug court program judge may order the offender to pay:(1) Court costs as provided in § 16-10-305;(2) Treatment costs;(3) Drug testing costs;(4) A local drug court program user fee;(5) Necessary supervision fees, including any applicable residential trea…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-98-305 Required resources
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(1) Each approved drug court program established under this subchapter, subject to an appropriation, funding, and position authorization, both programmatic and administrative, shall be provided with the following resources:(1) The Division of Community Correction shall provide th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-98-306 Collection of data
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(a) (1) An approved drug court program shall collect and provide monthly data on drug court program applicants and all participants as required by the Specialty Court Program Advisory Committee in accordance with the rules promulgated under § 10-3-2901.(2) The data may include:(A…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-98-307 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-98-307Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved