Title 15 — Natural Resources and Economic Development
42 chapters · 1,687 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-305 Return of officer when no one in possession — Warning order — Appeals
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(a) If a person is not found in possession of the logs, timber, lumber, staves, shingles, shingle bolts, stocks, headings, wood, bark, stone, mineral, or other material described in the complaint required under § 15-32-303 and a person does not claim the logs, timber, lumber, sta…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-306 Disposition of logs under judgment
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If judgment is rendered for the state in any action, the county timber inspector shall sell the logs, timber, lumber, staves, shingles, shingle bolts, stocks, headings, wood, bark, stone, mineral, or other material at public sale but may sell the materials at private sale upon or…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-307 Prosecuting attorney
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(a) It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney of the circuit in which any suit on behalf of the state instituted by the county timber inspector or by his or her authority under the provisions of this subchapter may be pending to prosecute the suit on the part of the state.…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-308 Distribution of proceeds
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(1) The proceeds of all sales from seizure and fines under this subchapter shall be paid as follows:(1) When a county timber inspector or his or her deputy makes the seizure upon his or her own information:(A) Forty percent (40%) of the proceeds shall be paid to the county timber…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-309 Trespass or waste — Communicating information
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All county sheriffs and township officers shall immediately communicate to the prosecuting attorney and county timber inspector any information received by them respecting the commission of any trespass or waste on any public lands.
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-310 Certificate of Secretary of State — Presumptive evidence
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In any criminal or civil action growing out of a trespass upon any public lands, the certificate of the Secretary of State under the Great Seal of the State of Arkansas that any specified piece or tract of land belongs to the state or is mortgaged to the state or that the state h…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-311 Payment of funds into State Treasury
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(a) All moneys received from the sale of logs, timber, lumber, shingles, minerals, or other articles from public lands that were seized under this subchapter and all moneys recovered in legal proceedings under this subchapter for damages done to public lands, after paying the cou…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-401 Certified bill of measurement
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(a) (1) A county timber inspector, in person or by deputy county timber inspector, at the request of any owner of logs, timber, or lumber, after a scalement or measurement thereof, shall make a bill, stating therein:(A) The number of logs;(B) The number of feet, by board measure,…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-402 Method of scaling or measuring
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(a) In surveying or measuring logs, the county timber inspectors and their deputy county timber inspectors shall make such allowance for hollow, rotten, or crooked logs as would make them equal to good, sound, straight, and merchantable logs. (b) All logs that are straight and so…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-403 Monthly accounts of deputies
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The county timber inspector shall require of each of his or her deputy county timber inspectors, at the end of each month, a correct account of all of the logs, timber, or lumber measured by him or her during the month next preceding, and he or she shall immediately enter the acc…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-404 Reports of inspectors to General Assembly
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The county timber inspectors shall report to the General Assembly every two (2) years, within ten (10) days after the meeting thereof, the amount of logs, timber, and lumber scaled or measured by them for the two (2) years previous to the date of their report.
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-405 Recording of marks
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Any owner of logs or timber in this state may use thereon any mark not before recorded and used by any other person, but he or she shall leave the mark with the county timber inspector or his or her deputy county timber inspector. The mark shall be recorded in the office of count…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-406 Penalty for unlawfully marking logs
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(a) No person shall:(1) Use any mark on any logs or timber until the mark has been recorded by him or her as required by § 15-32-405;(2) Use any mark previously recorded and used by another; or(3) Mark any prize log. (1) Use any mark on any logs or timber until the mark has been …
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-407 Recording of mortgages and sales of marked logs
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(a) All mortgages, liens, bills of sales, or other written instruments in any way affecting the ownership of any marked logs, which shall specify the marks placed upon the logs and when they were cut, shall be recorded in the office of the county timber inspector. (b) No conveyan…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-408 Prize logs — Lien for driving when intermingled with marked logs — Definition
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(a) (1) All prize logs shall be divided between the owners in each district in proportion to the number of logs owned by each person or company, respectively, in the district.(2) “Prize logs” means logs bearing no marks and all logs bearing marks not recorded or claimed within on…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-409 Failure to mark rafted logs
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(a) Every person rafting logs on any of the rivers of this state shall have the marks thereon on the upper side of every log when rafted, open to view and inspection to all persons interested. (b) Every person violating this section shall forfeit one dollar ($1.00) for each log, …
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-410 Fees
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(1) County timber inspectors shall be entitled to receive the following fees for services:(1) (A) (i) Five cents (5¢) per thousand feet (1000′) for scaling or measuring and making out survey bills for all logs they are called upon to scale or measure;(ii) Twelve cents (12¢) per t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-411 Wages for piecework
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(a) All wages for piecework when applied to the severance of timber on a cordage basis when the piecework is paid for on the basis of measures of volume or weight shall be computed upon the basis of the measures of volume or weight as the measures of volume or weight are now or m…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-412 Purchases on basis of volume or weight
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(a) Any person who purchases products as provided in § 15-32-411(a) at a price based on the volume or weight of the products shall pay for the products upon the basis of measures as the measures are now or may hereafter be defined by the statutes of this state. (b) Any person who…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-413 Actions to recover difference in wages or purchase price — Attorney's fees
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In all actions to enforce the payments provided in this subchapter, the plaintiff, if successful, shall be awarded reasonable attorney's fees in addition to the payments provided in this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-501 Co-owners and coheirs — Definition
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(a) A co-owner or coheir of land may execute an act of timber sale whereby he or she sells his or her undivided interest in the timber, and any condition imposing a time period within which to remove the timber shall commence from the date of its execution. (b) (1) A buyer may pu…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-601 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Owner” means any person, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity having any interest in any:(A) Timber;(B) Land upon which timber grows; or(C) Land from which timber has been removed;(2) “Secondary purchaser”…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-602 Timber trust funds — Trustees — Beneficiaries
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(a) Money a timber purchaser collects for harvested timber is trust money. (b) A timber purchaser and each officer, director, partner, or agent of a timber purchaser are trustees of trust money. (c) Each seller of standing timber is a beneficiary of trust money to the extent of t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-603 Offenses
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(a) A trustee commits the offense of timber theft if the trustee, knowingly or with intent to defraud, directly or indirectly retains, uses, disperses, or otherwise diverts trust money without first fully paying all of the beneficiaries the purchase price for the timber. (b) A tr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-604 Defenses
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(1) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this subchapter that:(1) The trustee paid the beneficiaries all trust money to which the beneficiaries were entitled not later than the fifteenth calendar day after the date written notice was given to the trustee, at the trus…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-32-605 Secondary purchasers exempt from liability
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Secondary purchasers shall not be civilly or criminally liable for any act or omission of a timber purchaser which becomes timber theft by operation of this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-33-101 Text
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SOUTH CENTRAL INTERSTATE FOREST FIRE PROTECTION COMPACT The Governor on behalf of this State is hereby authorized to execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with any one or more of the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas, and the General Assembly…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-33-102 State Forester as compact administrator
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The State Forester is designated as the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact administrator for this state and shall consult with like officials of the other member states and shall implement cooperation between member states in forest fire prevention and contro…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-33-103 Effective date
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When the Governor has executed the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact on behalf of this state and has caused a verified copy thereof to be filed with the Secretary of State, and when the compact has been ratified by one (1) or more of the states named in § 15…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-41-101 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 15-41-101Current 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. § 15-41-102 Expenses — Special allowance
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(a) The Director of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission, at the discretion of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission, may be reimbursed actual costs for travel expenses incurred while performing official commission duties. (b) Due to his or her exacting and special d…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-41-103 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 15-41-103Current 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. § 15-41-104 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 15-41-104Current 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. § 15-41-105 Programs for migratory waterfowl
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The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission is directed to emphasize programs for migratory waterfowl.
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-41-106 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 15-41-106Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-41-107 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 15-41-107Current 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. § 15-41-108 Cutting timber on commission land — Environmental impact statement
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(a) (1) The General Assembly recognizes the importance of preserving the environment of this state.(2) The General Assembly is further aware of the provisions of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 35, which created the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission and granted to the Arka…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-41-109 Transfer of state-owned land
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The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission shall be authorized to apply to the Commissioner of State Lands for the transfer of any state-owned land or land the title to which has reverted to the state by reason of tax delinquency and which is deemed by the commission as suitable…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-41-110 Interest earned on game and fish funds
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(a) The Treasurer of State shall on the second business day that the State Treasury is open after the twenty-fifth day of the month compute the balance of the Game Protection Fund or any other funds administered by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission during the preceding …
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-41-111 Moneys from hunting license fees
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No funds accruing to the State of Arkansas from license fees paid by hunters and fishermen shall be diverted for any other purpose than the administration of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission.
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-41-112 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 15-41-112Current 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. § 15-41-113 Prohibition on enforcement of regulation against dogs running at large
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The General Assembly declares that any employee of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission enforcing or attempting to enforce the existing regulations of the commission with respect to dogs running at large shall immediately, upon conviction thereof, be discharged from employ…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-41-114 Uniform allowance for uniformed employees
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A maximum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per month shall be payable to each uniformed full-time certified enforcement employee, and a maximum of one hundred dollars ($100) per month shall be payable to each uniformed nonenforcement employee for the purchase and maintenance o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-41-115 Rewards
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The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for the eligibility, amounts, and payment of rewards to individuals providing information leading to the arrest of violators of commission regulations.
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-41-116 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 15-41-116Current 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. § 15-41-117 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 15-41-117Current 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. § 15-41-118 Agreements to hold and save United States free from damages
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(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section, the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission is authorized to agree to hold and save the United States free from damages due to the design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, or rehabilitatio…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-41-119 Representative authority for governmental cooperation for wildlife purposes
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(a) The Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission may represent the state in matters pertaining to cooperation with other states and the United States Government for wildlife conservation, management, and regulation purposes and may enter into compacts, including without limitation…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-41-120 Legislative findings and intent — Reports
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(a) The General Assembly finds that:(1) The natural resources of Arkansas should be protected and restored as needed; and(2) When the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission receives damages from a lawsuit as the result of damage sustained by property of the commission, the commi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 15-41-121 Extra help restrictions
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(1) An employee of the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission who is employed as extra help may not, in a fiscal year:(1) Receive an amount to exceed eighty-five percent (85%) of the maximum annual salary for a comparable position under:(A) The Uniform Classification and Compens…