Title 16 — Practice, Procedure, And Courts

(a) As used in this section, “specialty court program” means the same as defined in § 16-10-139. (b) A district court judge presiding over a specialty court program that has been approved by the Supreme Court may order the offender to pay:(1) Court costs as provided in § 16-10-30…

(a) (1) The Administrative Office of the Courts is responsible for requesting and verifying the need for any additional appropriation, any position-level change, any increase in the State Administration of Justice Fund allocation amount as authorized in the operative appropriatio…

(a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts may employ or enter into a professional service contract with an attorney to serve as a specialty court team member and to represent specialty court participants. (b) The fees for contracted services provided by an attor…

(a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts may enter into a professional service contract with a qualified treatment provider to serve as a specialty court team member or to provide behavioral health treatment to specialty court participants. (b) The fees for con…

This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Arkansas District Courts Accounting Law”.

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Citation” means a written order or electronic ticket issued by a law enforcement officer or employee of the department of public safety of a city or incorporated town who is authorized to make an arrest, requiring a person accused of violating …

This subchapter shall apply to any district court within the State of Arkansas.

(a) (1) Each municipal police department and each city or town marshal shall maintain court funds separately in depositories approved for those specific purposes by law.(2) Court funds must be deposited into an account styled “(Name of Municipality) Police Department Bond and Fin…

(a) Each municipal police department, city or town marshal, and county sheriff's office shall maintain and issue uniform written citations or electronic citations for violation of all municipal and state laws. (b) (1) All uniform written citation books must be prenumbered by the …

(a) All violations shall be docketed and all judgments shall be rendered by the court's presiding judge. (b) The court docket shall reflect the complete history of the violation and the disposition of each case, and shall contain the following information:(1) The citation number;…

(1) Preparation and Submission of Arrest Report. The following activities and clerical duties relating to court functions shall be required of all police departments, city or town marshals, and sheriffs' offices:(1) Preparation and Submission of Arrest Report. (A) Separate arrest…

The court clerk or court administrator shall not be a member of the police department, marshal's office, or sheriff's office.

(1) Collection, Receipt, and Deposit Procedures. The following activities and clerical duties relating to court functions shall be required of all court clerks:(1) Collection, Receipt, and Deposit Procedures. (A) A prenumbered receipt must be issued for all moneys collected.(B) P…

(a) Any official charged with the maintenance of accounting or bookkeeping records under the provisions of this subchapter whose system of bookkeeping is such that it does not strictly adhere to the provisions of this subchapter, but in that official's opinion equals or exceeds t…

(a) All towns, cities, and counties of the State of Arkansas shall maintain records for the district courts and are to:(1) Permanently maintain:(A) Case indices for all district courts;(B) Case dockets for all district courts;(C) Active warrants;(D) Waivers;(E) Expungement and se…

A.C.A. § 16-10-212Current 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) It is hereby found by the General Assembly that the current system of funding the state judicial system has created inequity in the level of judicial services available to the citizens of the state. It is further determined that the current method of financing the state judic…

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this act, all filing fees and all court costs shall be uniform for each type of case in all general and limited jurisdiction courts of this state. (b) In all cases filed in such courts on or after July 1, 1995, the court costs and filing fees s…

A.C.A. § 16-10-303Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

Prosecuting attorneys filing actions on behalf of the state, with the exception of child support cases, shall be exempt from paying filing fees.

(a) There shall be levied and collected the following court costs from each defendant upon each conviction, each plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or each forfeiture of bond:(1) In circuit court, one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for a misdemeanor or felony violation of state law…

(a) There is created in the Department of Finance and Administration an Administration of Justice Funds Section. (b) The court costs and filing fees enumerated in §§ 16-10-305, 16-17-705, and 21-6-403, which are assessed and collected in the district courts and circuit courts in …

(a) There is hereby created in each county a fund in the office of the county treasurer to be known as the “county administration of justice fund”. (b) The county administration of justice fund shall be used to defray a part of the expenses of the administration of justice in the…

(a) (1) There is hereby created in each town or city which operates a district court a fund in the office of the city treasurer to be known as the “city administration of justice fund”.(2) (A) A town or city operating a city court that becomes a department of district court shall…

(a) In the event a town, city, or county fails to timely or adequately submit funds and reports required by § 16-10-306, § 16-10-307(e), § 16-10-308(e), or other state law requiring a town, city, or county to submit funds and reports to the Administration of Justice Funds Section…

(a) At the close of books on or before the twentieth working day of each month, the Department of Finance and Administration shall distribute revenue credited to the State Administration of Justice Fund and received for the previous month as provided in this section. (b) The reve…

The Department of Finance and Administration may transfer funds, from time to time, from the State Administration of Justice Fund to the State Central Services Fund in such amounts as may be required to reimburse the State Central Services Fund for expenses of the Administration …

A.C.A. § 16-10-312Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

Notwithstanding §§ 16-10-306, 16-10-307, 16-10-603, 16-10-604, and 19-26-275 or any other law to the contrary, twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of the uniform filing fee collected in circuit court under § 21-6-403(b)(1) shall be deposited into the State Treasury as special revenues t…

(a) Notwithstanding §§ 16-10-306, 16-10-307, 16-10-603, 16-10-604, and 19-26-275 or any other law to the contrary, fifteen dollars ($15.00) of the uniform filing fee collected in circuit court under § 21-6-403(b)(1) shall be deposited as follows:(1) Fifty percent (50%) of the rev…

A.C.A. § 16-10-315Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

The word “judge” in this subchapter means anyone, whether or not a lawyer, who is an officer of the judicial system performing judicial functions, including an officer such as a referee, special master, court commissioner, or magistrate, whether full-time or part-time.

(a) There is hereby established a commission to be known as the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, hereinafter referred to as the “commission”, consisting of nine (9) members, each of whom shall be residents of Arkansas, and shall be appointed as follows:(1) Three (3)…

(a) The Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission shall employ a director and such additional professional and clerical staff as may be authorized, from time to time, by appropriation passed by the General Assembly. (b) Effective July 1, 1994, the Director of the Judicial Dis…

(a) The Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission shall initiate or shall receive information, conduct investigations and hearings, and make recommendations to the Supreme Court concerning:(1) Allegations of judicial misconduct;(2) Allegations of physical or mental disability…

The Supreme Court shall adopt rules with regard to all matters of Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission operations and all disciplinary and disability proceedings and promulgate rules of procedure.

Members of the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission, referees, commission counsel, and staff shall be absolutely immune from suit for all conduct in the course of their official duties.

Grounds for leave consist of a temporary physical or mental incapacity which impairs the ability of the judge to substantially perform the duties of his or her judicial office and which exists or is likely to exist for a period of one (1) year or less. Leave cannot be granted to …

(1) A judge may be suspended by the Supreme Court with pay:(1) While a recommendation to the Supreme Court by the Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission for his or her removal or involuntary disability retirement is pending; or(2) When articles of impeachment have been vot…

(a) (1) A judge shall be suspended from office with pay by the Supreme Court if:(A) An indictment or information charges the judge in any court in the United States with a crime punishable as a felony under the laws of Arkansas or the United States or with any other offense that …

(a) The grounds for removal conferred by this subchapter shall be both alternative and cumulative to the power of impeachment provided by the Arkansas Constitution and removal otherwise provided by law. (b) A judge may be removed from office on any of the following grounds:(1) Co…

The granting of leave, suspension, with or without pay, removal, or involuntary disability retirement pursuant to this subchapter shall create a vacancy in the judicial office.

(a) The Arkansas Judicial Council, hereinafter referred to as the “council”, is authorized and directed to develop criteria for new judgeships or redistricting of the circuit court districts of this state and to make recommendations to the regular session, fiscal session, or spec…

(a) It is hereby found by the General Assembly that the current system of funding the state judicial system has created inequity in the level of judicial services available to the citizens of the state. It is further determined that, with the passage and implementation of Acts 19…

(a) Pursuant to § 16-10-307(c), a county may retain a portion of the uniform court costs and filing fees collected and deposited into the county administration of justice fund. (b) On or before the first day of October of each year, the Department of Finance and Administration sh…

(a) (1) Pursuant to § 16-10-307, each county is to create a county administration of justice fund.(2) Each county treasurer should deposit into the fund:(A) All receipts from the collection of uniform filing fees established by § 21-6-403 which are collected by the circuit clerk,…

(a) (1) Pursuant to § 16-10-308, each town or city which operates a district court is to create a city administration of justice fund.(2) (A) Any town or city operating a city court that becomes a department of district court shall continue to maintain the city administration of …

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Pre-adjudication” means the period of time after:(A) The prosecuting attorney files a criminal information or an indictment is filed in circuit court;(B) The person named in the criminal information or indictment is arraigned on the charge in circ…

As authorized by § 16-13-3302, in the absence or unavailability of the trial court administrator the circuit judge may temporarily employ the services of a substitute trial court administrator if the temporary employment is essential to prevent a disruption of the business of the…

(a) When a circuit judge temporarily employs a substitute trial court administrator, the circuit judge may certify to the Administrative Office of the Courts upon forms prepared by the office that he or she has temporarily employed a substitute trial court administrator and that …