Title 27 — Transportation
56 chapters · 1,818 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-609 Optional posting of bond or bond card — Exception — Definition
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(a) When any law enforcement officer in this state arrests or issues a citation for any traffic law violation or motor vehicle accident and the officer is authorized by law to take possession of and retain the operator's or chauffeur's license of the person so charged or cited, t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-610 Issuance of bond card
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A professional bail bond company as defined in § 17-19-101 et seq., a qualified surety pursuant to §§ 27-50-611 and 27-50-612, and an automobile club or association as defined in §§ 23-77-101 — 23-77-109, may issue a bond card to a person licensed as an operator or chauffeur whic…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-611 Right of qualified surety company to become surety with respect to guaranteed arrest bond certificates — Definition
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(a) Any domestic or foreign surety company which has qualified to transact surety business in this state may, in any year, become surety in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) with respect to any guaranteed arrest bond certificates issued in that year by an automob…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-612 Guaranteed arrest bond certificates as cash bail
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(a) Any guaranteed arrest bond certificate with respect to which a surety company has become surety, as provided in § 27-50-611, when posted by the person whose signature appears thereon, shall be accepted in lieu of cash bail in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200)…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-801 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 27-50-801Current 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. § 27-50-802 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 27-50-802Current 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. § 27-50-803 Notification when minor convicted
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(a) As used in this section, “minor” means a person under eighteen (18) years of age. (b) If a minor is convicted of any moving traffic violation under the laws of this state, or under any municipal ordinance, whether the fine and sentence imposed is collected or whether the fine…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-804 Records inadmissible in civil actions
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No record of the forfeiture of a bond or of the conviction of any person for any violation of this subtitle shall be admissible as evidence in any court in any civil action.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-805 Credibility as witness not affected
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The forfeiture of a bond or the conviction of a person upon a charge of violating any provision of this act or other traffic regulation or rule less than a felony shall not affect or impair the credibility of the person as a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-901 Establishment
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The Office of Driver Services shall establish and maintain a central driver's records file on every driver who receives a conviction for a moving traffic violation while operating any motor vehicle subject to registration for highway use, whether such conviction occurred within t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-902 Report from courts required
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(a) All courts in this state which have jurisdiction over such offenses shall report all final convictions to the Office of Driver Services utilizing the uniform traffic ticket as provided for under the provisions of §§ 27-50-501 and 27-50-504 [repealed]. (b) In compiling and mai…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-903 Responsibility to properly file conviction reports
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(a) It shall be the responsibility of the Office of Driver Services to properly file all traffic violation convictions received from the courts of this state or any other state and assign the conviction report to the named driver in the report. (b) In the event a conviction repor…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-904 Conviction for offense arising out of railroad accident
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The Office of Driver Services shall not include in the traffic violation report of a railroad engineer, conductor, fireman, or brakeman any conviction for an offense arising out of a railroad accident occurring while the engineer, conductor, fireman, or brakeman was performing du…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-905 Procedure for driver's right to contest entries
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(a) (1) Every driver on whom a record of traffic violations has been compiled shall have the right to contest any entry made in his or her driver's record.(2) If the driver disputes any entry on his or her record he or she must, in order to preserve his or her rights under this s…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-906 Furnishing of abstracts — Definitions. [Effective until January 1, 2026.]
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Abstract” means a report of the driver's personal information and the driving status and history of a driver generated from the driver record maintained by the Office of Driver Services, including without limitation documents provided to the Offic…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-907 Availability of recorded information
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(a) All information concerning a driver's record shall be made available to the driver or his or her legal representative. (b) (1) Information such as medical reports or other personal information shall not be a part of any written report the Office of Driver Services may provide…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-908 Forms of authorization
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(a) (1) The authorization to obtain a driver's record by anyone other than the driver, as provided in this subchapter, may be in the form of a signed release by the driver, power of attorney, and in the case of a minor, the parent or guardian or a legally appointed representative…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-909 Fees for furnishing record — Definition
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(a) (1) The Office of Driver Services may report a driver's record without charge to all courts, law enforcement agencies, governmental agencies, and public transit systems as provided in this subchapter. For purposes of this section, “public transit systems” means entities which…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-910 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 27-50-910Current 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. § 27-50-911 Rules
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The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-50-912 Driver monitoring program — Reports — Definitions. [Effective until January 1, 2026.]
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Driver monitoring report” means a report issued by the Office of Driver Services to an insurer, under a written agreement between the Office of Driver Services and the insurer, that indicates whether a driver has had a traffic violation or acciden…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1001 Penalty
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(a) (1) (A) (i) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section and § 27-51-1004(d), a person who violates the provisions of this subchapter shall upon conviction be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than one t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1002 Specifications for identification and safety devices
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(a) (1) All vehicles used for the transportation of pupils to or from any school shall have a sign on the front and on the rear of the vehicle showing the words “SCHOOL BUS”, and the words shall be plainly readable in letters not less than eight inches (8″) in height.(2) When a s…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1003 Loading points
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(a) School bus drivers shall stop school buses in the right-hand traffic lane at loading points where school children cross the highway in the process of loading or unloading and at loading points where the shoulder of the road is so narrow that pulling to the shoulder is unsafe …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1004 Passing when stopped prohibited
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(a) When a school bus stops and displays its alternating red warning lights for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers, every operator of a motor vehicle or motorcycle meeting or overtaking the school bus from any direction shall bring the motor vehicle or motorcycle to a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1005 Operation on multiple lane or divided highways — Definition
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(a) For the purpose of this section, “multiple lane highway” means a road with four (4) or more traffic lanes and with no fewer than two (2) traffic lanes for traveling in each direction. (b) If the school bus is operated on a multiple lane highway divided by a parkway or dividin…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-101 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Local authorities” means all officers of counties, cities, villages, incorporated towns, or townships; and(2) “Public highways” means any highway, county road, state road, public street, avenue, alley, park, …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-102 Penalties generally — Disposition of fines
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(a) Any person violating the provisions of this act shall, except as otherwise provided in this act, upon conviction be fined as provided by the provisions of this act. (b) (1) Any offender who shall have been found guilty of any violation of any section of this act and fined and…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-103 Right to recover damages unaffected
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(a) Nothing in this act shall be construed to curtail or abridge the right of any person to prosecute a civil action for damages by reason of injuries to persons or property resulting from the negligent use of the highways by the driver or operator of a motor vehicle or its owner…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-104 Careless and prohibited driving
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(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate any vehicle in such a careless manner as to evidence a failure to keep a proper lookout for other traffic, vehicular or otherwise, or in such a manner as to evidence a failure to maintain proper control on the public tho…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1101 Definition
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(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “church bus” means any bus or van which:(1) Is used to transport people to or from any church or church function;(2) Has a sign on the front and rear of such bus or van with the words “CHURCH BUS” written in l…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1102 Penalty
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(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this subchapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) A convicted violator shall be fined not less than thirty-five dollars ($35.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned not more than ninety…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1103 Loading points
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(a) The driver of a church bus shall stop the bus in the right-hand traffic lane at loading points where passengers cross the highway in the process of loading or unloading and at loading points where the shoulder of the road is so narrow that pulling to the shoulder is unsafe or…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1104 Passing stopped church bus prohibited — Exception
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(a) When any church bus stops and indicates by flasher lights that the bus is loading or unloading passengers, every operator of a motor vehicle or motorcycle approaching it from any direction shall bring the motor vehicle or motorcycle to a full stop and shall not start or attem…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1201 Privileges and restrictions generally
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Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic control signals at intersections as declared in this act, but at all other places pedestrians shall be accorded the privileges and shall be subject to restrictions stated in this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1202 Pedestrians' right-of-way in crosswalks
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(a) Where traffic control signals are not in place or in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersec…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1203 Use of crosswalks
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Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of crosswalks.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1204 Pedestrians crossing at other than crosswalks
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(a) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (b) Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1205 Soliciting rides
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No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the driver of any private vehicle.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1206 Pedestrians prohibited on controlled-access highway — Definitions
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Construction personnel” means an employee of the Arkansas Department of Transportation or a contractor of the State Highway Commission;(2) “Controlled-access highway” means a state highway or street that:(A) Is designed for an unhindered flow of t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1301 Restrictions on stopping, standing, or parking generally
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there are adjacent curbs shall be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle parallel to and within eighteen inches (18″) of the right-hand curb. (b) Local auth…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1302 Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places
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(a) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or a traffic control device, in any of the following places:(1) On a sidewalk;(2) In front of a public or a priv…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1303 Stopping, standing, or parking outside of business or residence district
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(a) (1) Upon any highway outside of a business or residential district, no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main-traveled part of the highway when it is practicable to stop, park, or leave the vehicle off th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1304 Authority to remove illegally stopped vehicles
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(a) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter, the officer is authorized to move the vehicle or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move it to a position off the paved or…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1305 Removal of motor vehicles parked without authority in parking lots
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(a) Consistent with the procedures of § 27-50-1101, the owner of a parking lot, his or her agent, or the lessee of a space in a parking lot may cause any motor vehicle which is parked on the lot without the consent of the owner of the lot or of his or her agent or which is parked…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1306 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 27-51-1306Current 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. § 27-51-1307 Opening door on traffic side
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No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1308 Starting of vehicles
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No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing, or parked unless and until movements can be made with reasonable safety.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1309 Backing of vehicles
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(a) The driver of a vehicle shall not back a vehicle upon any roadway unless the movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering with other traffic. (b) The driver of a vehicle shall not back a vehicle on any access road, entrance ramp, exit ramp, shoulder, or…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1401 Obstruction to driver's view or driving mechanism prohibited
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(a) No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded or when there are in the front seat a number of persons, exceeding three (3), as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle so as to interfere with the driver's control over the driving mechanis…