Title 27, Transportation

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Automated enforcement device” means a system operated by a municipality or a department of state government that is operating within the boundaries of the municipality that:(A) Uses a device that is capable of detecting a speeding violation; and(B…

(a) It is the purpose of this subchapter to make uniform the use of electrical traffic control signal devices in the State of Arkansas in order to promote the public safety and welfare. (b) All electrical traffic control signal devices used in the State of Arkansas on any public …

Any person violating the provisions of this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(a) Any electrical traffic control signal device installed on any street, road, or highway in this state shall be in conformance with the standards recommended by the Institute of Transportation Engineers, approved as an American Standard by the American National Standards Instit…

Any persons, officers, or officials charged with the duty of placing, operating, or maintaining electrical traffic control signal devices on the public streets or highways of this state shall arrange the electrical traffic control signal devices to conform with the provisions of …

(a) Whenever traffic upon any public road, street, or highway in the State of Arkansas is controlled by electrical traffic control signal devices exhibiting more than one (1) signal lens and color per signal face according to the signal legend set out in § 27-52-107, then the num…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a driver of a motorcycle approaches an intersection that is controlled by a traffic-control device, the driver may proceed through the intersection on a red light only if:(1) The traffic-control device uses a vehicle sensor;(2) T…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Physical injury” means the:(A) Impairment of physical condition;(B) Infliction of substantial pain; or(C) Infliction of bruising, swelling, or a visible mark associated with physical trauma; and(2) “Serious physical injury” means physical injury t…

(a) (1) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to a vehicle that is driven or attended by any person or to the personal property of another person shall immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident or as close to the accident as poss…

(a) (1) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or damage to any vehicle that is driven or attended by any person shall give his or her name, address, and the registration number of the vehicle he or she is driving.(2) Upon …

(a) The driver of a vehicle which collides with another vehicle that is unattended shall immediately stop and either locate and notify the operator or owner of the vehicle of the name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle striking the unattended vehicle or shall leav…

(a) (1) (A) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to fixtures or other property legally upon or adjacent to a highway shall take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of the property of that fact and of his or her…

(a) Any person who fails or refuses to comply with § 27-53-202 or § 27-53-203 shall be punished upon a conviction in the county where the accident occurred by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). (b) For willful refusal t…

(a) (1) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of three thousand dollars ($3,000) or more shall notify the nearest law enforcement agency immediately.(2) All persons involved in …

(a) Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of reporting an accident, as required by § 27-53-202(a), and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of making a report, the occupant shall make or cause to be made the report. (b) …

Every coroner, or other official performing like functions, on or before the tenth day of each month, shall report in writing to the Division of Arkansas State Police the death of any person within his or her jurisdiction during the preceding calendar month as the result of an ac…

(a) By ordinance, any incorporated city, town, village, or other municipality may require that the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident shall also file with a designated city department a report of the accident or a copy of any report required in this subchapter to be file…

(a) (1) The Division of Arkansas State Police shall prepare and upon request supply to police departments, coroners, sheriffs, and other suitable agencies or individuals forms for accident reports required under this subchapter.(2) (A) The reports shall call for sufficiently deta…

(a) The Division of Arkansas State Police shall tabulate and may analyze all accident reports and shall publish annually, or at more frequent intervals, statistical information based thereon as to the number and circumstances of traffic accidents. (b) After collecting the data re…

(a) (1) All required accident reports and supplemental reports shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and are for the use of the Division of Arkansas State Police.(2) (A) The division may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when the identi…

Except as provided under § 27-53-202(b)(2)(B), all motor vehicle accident reports made by the Division of Arkansas State Police and its records of traffic violations shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.

(a) Except as provided under § 27-53-202(b)(2)(B), photostatic or written copies of reports and records may be obtained from the Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police, or from his or her duly designated assistants, by any person who makes a written request for them to…

(a) (1) It is the duty of the Arkansas Department of Transportation to inspect the data collected and maintained relating to an accident as reported to the department by the Division of Arkansas State Police under § 27-53-207(b).(2) The inspections shall determine, within the jud…

The purpose of this subchapter is to promote the public welfare by the reduction of traffic accidents and deaths, injuries, and property damage resulting from accidents and to this end require that all traffic accidents be investigated and reported by qualified law enforcement of…

(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Investigating officer” means any state, county, or municipal law enforcement official within his or her jurisdiction;(2) “Traffic accidents” means accidents occurring to persons, including pedestrians, mot…

(a) Within their jurisdictions, and cooperatively in overlapping jurisdictional situations such as the state highway extensions within municipal corporations, law enforcement officers of Arkansas are declared to be responsible for the investigation and reporting of all traffic ac…

All traffic accident investigation reports shall be made upon forms prescribed, approved, and supplied by the Division of Arkansas State Police, with the concurrence of the Arkansas Department of Transportation.

(a) Except as provided under § 27-53-202(b)(2)(B), all traffic accident investigating officers' reports are public records and open to public inspection at all reasonable times. (b) Photostatic or written copies of the reports may be obtained from the Division of Arkansas State P…

In instances where a motor vehicle leaves a road or highway and damages the fence or other attachment to real property, the investigating officer shall notify the landowner of the accident and damage.

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Accident response service fee” means a fee imposed for the response or investigation of a motor vehicle accident by a law enforcement agency; and(2) “Entity” means:(A) The state;(B) A political subdivision of the state, including:(i) A county;(ii)…

In all cases involving damage to motor vehicles, the measure of damages shall be the difference between the value of the vehicle immediately before the damage occurred and the value after the damage occurred, plus a reasonable amount of damages for loss of use of the vehicle.

(a) In all cases wherein loss or damage occurs to property resulting from motor vehicle collision amounting to one thousand dollars ($1,000) or less, and the defendant liable, without meritorious defense, shall fail to pay the loss or damage within sixty (60) days after written n…

The fact of payment of any property damage claim under this subchapter is not admissible in evidence, nor shall it be referred to in any way in any personal injury action arising from the same accident.

(a) No automobile dealer who furnishes a motor vehicle to the public schools of this state for use in a driver education program shall be held legally responsible for any injuries or property damages which result from an accident involving the dealer-owned motor vehicle during it…

(a) It is the purpose and intent of this section to permit funeral homes to attach magnetic signs, pennants, or other identifying signs to privately owned automobiles in a funeral procession to identify the vehicles as part of the procession without assuming any liability or resp…

The Nonresident Violator Compact of 1977, as amended and in effect on January 1, 1985, hereinafter called “the compact,” is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I Findings, Declaration…

(1) The following are authorized to enter into leases, contracts, or other agreements with the owners of private property with respect to the owners' use of air rights over and above state highways, county roads, or streets of cities or towns, so long as the leases, contracts, or…

(a) Whenever any landowner of this state shall present proof to the county court that his or her land is located in a section where the land is subject to overflow, upon a proper order being entered, the landowner shall be permitted to construct a gate or cattle guard across any …

(a) (1) The owners of properties which abut the right-of-way of interstate, federal-aid primary, state, or county roads or highways in this state may enter upon and mow grass, weeds, and other vegetation on the portion of the right-of-way adjoining the property unless the Arkansa…

All cases involving the validity of this act or any portion thereof, or in any way arising under this act, shall be deemed of public interest and shall be advanced by all courts and disposed of at the earliest possible moment. Appeals from judgments or decrees involving the valid…

This subchapter may be referred to and cited as the “Arkansas Highway Financing Act of 1999”.

(a) The General Assembly of the State of Arkansas has determined that there is an immediate need for highway improvements as defined in this subchapter throughout the State of Arkansas in order to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens and to promote economic…

(1) The following terms, as used in this subchapter, shall have the meanings set forth in this section:(1) “Act” means this Arkansas Highway Financing Act of 1999, § 27-64-201 et seq.;(2) “Bonds” means the “State of Arkansas Federal Highway Grant Anticipation and Tax Revenue Bond…

(1) The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the voters in a statewide election, to issue bonds to be known as State of Arkansas Federal Highway Grant Anticipation and Tax Revenue Bonds in a total principal amount not to exceed five hundred se…

(a) The State Highway Commission shall prepare and distribute to the Governor a report setting forth the specific highway improvement projects which would be financed if all of the authorized bonds were to be issued and the estimated cost of each project. (b) Upon receipt of the …

(a) Bonds shall not be issued under this subchapter unless the issuance of bonds has been approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the state voting on the question at a statewide special election called by proclamation of the Governor in accordance with § 7-11-201 et s…