Title 16, Practice, Procedure, And Courts

It shall be the duty of the Reporter of the Supreme Court to superintend the distribution and publication of the decisions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals in such format and medium as the Supreme Court may direct.

All statutes concerning pleading, practice, and procedure in all courts shall be deemed superseded by rules adopted by the Supreme Court pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 80, § 3, or pursuant to the Supreme Court's constitutional, inherent, or statutory authority prior…

(a) Except as provided in § 16-12-106, all judges of the Court of Appeals shall be elected for full eight-year terms. (b) Each elected judge shall be a resident of the district from which he or she is elected.

The Court of Appeals shall be located in Little Rock and shall have offices as convenient to the State Capitol and the law library in the Justice Building as can be arranged, but the court en banc, or any division thereof, may sit in any county seat for the purpose of hearing arg…

The Court of Appeals shall have authority to issue any writs, directives, orders, and mandates that are appropriate, and only those that are appropriate, for the determination of cases within its jurisdiction.

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall designate one (1) of the judges of the Court of Appeals as Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals. The appointment as Chief Judge shall be for a four-year term, and the person so named shall be eligible for reappointment, subject to the d…

(a) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may commission special judges pursuant to the Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 80, § 13. (b) Each special judge of the Court of Appeals who is not a retired judge or justice or an active circuit or district judge, appointed under the pro…

(a) The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall serve as Clerk of the Court of Appeals. (b) The Reporter of the Supreme Court shall serve as Reporter of the Court of Appeals. (c) The sheriff of the county wherein the Court of Appeals is sitting shall be the bailiff of that court. (d) Ea…

(a) A judge of the Court of Appeals may be reimbursed for necessary mileage. (b) Reimbursement under subsection (a) of this section shall:(1) Be paid out of funds appropriated in the operations appropriation for the Court of Appeals;(2) Be at the same mileage reimbursement rate a…

(1) The State of Arkansas is divided into the following seven (7) districts for the election of judges to the Court of Appeals:(1) District 1 shall be composed of Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lonoke, Mississippi, Monroe, Poinsett, Prairie, White, and Woodruff count…

(1) The elections under this section shall be for an eight-year term as follows:(1) The judgeship designated prior to July 16, 2003, as “District 2, Position 2”, shall continue to be designated “District 2, Position 2”, and shall be subject to election in District 2;(2) The judge…

The Second Judicial District shall be composed of the counties of Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi, and Poinsett.

(a) (1) The terms of the circuit courts of the counties and districts of the Second Judicial District shall commence at the times and places provided for below and shall run for a period of one (1) year:(A) (i) In the Eastern District of Clay County: On the first Monday in Januar…

(a) (1) The qualified electors of the Second Judicial District shall elect:(A) Three (3) circuit judges;(B) Three (3) chancellors;(C) One (1) circuit-chancery judge; and(D) One (1) circuit-chancery judgeship.(2) (A) There is created in the Second Judicial District an additional c…

(a) (1) The judges of the chancery and probate courts for the Second Judicial District may appoint one (1) case coordinator for said judicial district for chancery and probate matters.(2) The judges of the circuit court for the Second Judicial District may appoint one (1) case co…

(a) Effective immediately upon passage and approval of this act, there is hereby created in the Second Judicial District an additional circuit-chancery judgeship, which shall have jurisdiction in law, equity, and probate. (b) As soon as possible after March 10, 1997, the Governor…

The counties which comprise the Second Judicial District shall provide courtroom and office facilities and supplies for the judge of the circuit-chancery judgeship created by § 16-13-1005 which shall be paid out of the county treasuries in the same manner as other demands against…

There shall be provided for the judge of the circuit-chancery judgeship created by this subchapter a court reporter and a trial court administrative assistant whose salaries shall be fixed and paid in the manner provided by law for court reporters and trial court administrative a…

When it appears that the circuit judge before whom a case is pending is disqualified under § 16-13-214, the case shall be reassigned to another judge.

(a) (1) A licensed attorney who is elected as a special judge of the circuit court under Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 80, and the rules prescribed by the Supreme Court may request compensation at one-half (½) the rate as fixed by law for a regularly elected circuit judge.(2) …

The Third Judicial District shall be composed of the counties of Jackson, Lawrence, Randolph, and Sharp.

(1) The terms of court in each county in the Third Judicial District shall commence on the dates set forth below:(1) Jackson County: On the second Monday after the fourth Monday in August and the second Monday after the third Monday in January;(2) (A) In the Western District of L…

(a) (1) The qualified electors of the Third Judicial District shall elect one (1) circuit judge and one (1) chancellor.(2) Effective July 1, 1999, the circuit judgeship created by subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall become a circuit-chancery judgeship and shall have jurisdic…

The Fourth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties of Madison and Washington.

(1) The terms of court in each county in the Fourth Judicial District shall commence on the dates set forth below:(1) Washington County: On January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1; and (2) Madison County: On the first Mondays in March and September. (1) Washington County: On Ja…

(a) The qualified electors of the Fourth Judicial District shall elect:(1) Two (2) circuit judges;(2) Two (2) chancellors; and(3) One (1) circuit-chancery judge. (1) Two (2) circuit judges; (2) Two (2) chancellors; and (3) One (1) circuit-chancery judge. (b) (1) Each judge of the…

(a) The chancellors, circuit judges, and circuit-chancery judges of the Fourth Judicial District may each employ one (1) secretary-court reporter-case coordinator to perform such duties as may be assigned by the respective judges. (b) The secretaries authorized by this section sh…

(a) Effective January 1, 1999, there is hereby created in the Fourth Judicial District an additional circuit-chancery judgeship, which shall have jurisdiction in law, equity, and probate. (b) The qualified electors of the Fourth Judicial District shall elect the additional circui…

The counties which comprise the Fourth Judicial District shall provide the courtroom and office facilities and supplies for the judge of the circuit-chancery judgeship created by § 16-13-1205(a), which shall be paid out of the county treasuries in the same manner as other demands…

There shall be provided for the judge of the circuit-chancery judgeship created by § 16-13-1205(a) a court reporter and a trial court administrative assistant whose salaries shall be fixed and paid in the manner provided by law for court reporters and trial court administrative a…

(a) There is created in the Fourth Judicial District an additional circuit judgeship. (b) The qualified electors of the district shall elect the additional circuit judge created by subsection (a) of this section at the 2010 general election for nonpartisan judicial offices held o…

The Fifth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties of Franklin, Johnson, and Pope.

(1) The terms of court for the circuit court of the Fifth Judicial District shall begin on the following days:(1) (A) Franklin County, Charleston District: On the first Mondays in February and September; and (B) Franklin County, Ozark District: On the third Mondays in February an…

(1) The qualified electors of the Fifth Judicial District shall elect:(1) One (1) circuit judge;(2) One (1) chancellor;(3) (A) One (1) circuit-chancery judge.(B) (i) Each judge of the judgeship created by subdivision (3)(A) of this section shall be the judge of the juvenile divis…

(a) (1) The Judge of the Circuit Court for the Fifth Judicial District may appoint one (1) case coordinator for said district for circuit matters.(2) The Judge of the Chancery and Probate Court for the Fifth Judicial District may appoint one (1) case coordinator for the district …

The Sixth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties of Perry and Pulaski.

(1) The terms of court in each county in the Sixth Judicial District shall commence on the dates set forth below:(1) Pulaski County: On the fourth Monday in September and first Monday in March; and (2) Perry County: On the first Monday in February and third Monday in July. (1) Pu…

(a) The qualified electors of the Sixth Judicial District shall elect:(1) Six (6) circuit judges;(2) Four (4) chancellors;(3) One (1) circuit-chancery judge; and(4) Two (2) circuit-chancery judgeships. (1) Six (6) circuit judges; (2) Four (4) chancellors; (3) One (1) circuit-chan…

(a) Each chancellor of the Sixth Judicial District may appoint one (1) court reporter to serve his or her court. (b) Each of the circuit, chancery, and circuit-chancery judges provided for in § 16-13-1403(b) are authorized to employ a court reporter. The court reporters shall rec…

(a) Each chancellor of the Sixth Judicial District may appoint one (1) case coordinator whose principal duties will be the maintenance of the court calendar, setting dates for trial of cases and for hearing of motions, and other related and incidental duties as directed by the ch…

(a) The chancery judges of the Sixth Judicial District may appoint one (1) assistant case coordinator-computer operator. (b) The duties of the assistant case coordinator-computer operator shall include all the duties in § 16-13-1409(b) in addition to the operation of the computer…

(a) The chancellors of the Sixth Judicial District, by concurrence of a majority of themselves, may appoint one (1) law clerk who shall be a licensed attorney or graduate of an accredited law school. (b) The law clerk shall receive the same salary as provided for chancery court r…

The county judges of the counties of the Sixth Judicial District shall provide adequate space in their courthouses for the holding of chancery court.

(a) The judges of each division of the Sixth Judicial District may appoint one (1) case coordinator for each division. (b) The principal duties of the case coordinator shall be to maintain the court calendar, set dates for the trial of cases and for the hearing of motions, and ot…

(a) (1) Each judge of the Sixth Judicial District may appoint a law clerk, who may also serve as master, who shall be a graduate of a law school approved by the State Board of Law Examiners.(2) Each law clerk shall serve at the discretion and under the direction of the judge. (1)…

(a) The judges of each division of the Sixth Judicial District may appoint one (1) secretary. (b) Secretaries so appointed shall provide clerical, stenographic, and other secretarial services and may be assigned such additional duties at the discretion of the respective judges as…