Title 16 — Practice, Procedure, And Courts

The costs in all cases of conviction where the convict may be sentenced to suffer death, and all expenses attending the execution of the sentence, shall be adjudged and taxed by the court and paid out of the estate of the convict, and execution may be issued against the estate of…

(a) Fees allowed in criminal cases shall be paid by the defendant, but if sufficient property belonging to the defendant cannot be found for that purpose, the fees shall be paid by the county where the conviction is had, except in cases of misdemeanors, when the county shall not …

(a) In all cases of felony where complaint shall be made before any justice of the peace or other officer, and the party against whom the complaint shall be made shall, upon a hearing thereof, be discharged, committed to jail, or bound over for his or her appearance at the circui…

A.C.A. § 16-92-107Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

A.C.A. § 16-92-108Current 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) (1) As used in this section, “costs incurred by the county” means all costs incurred by the county in bringing to trial or trials any person or persons charged with a felony offense, with a crime committed in furtherance of, or in connection with, an escape from the Division …

(a) The costs in all state prosecutions for any offenses which may be committed in or in respect of the Division of Correction shall be paid out of the State Treasury. (b) In the cases mentioned in subsection (a) of this section, it shall be the duty of the judge to cause to be m…

A.C.A. § 16-92-113Current 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) At the close of the term of each circuit court, the clerk of the circuit court shall furnish to the clerk of the county court an official abstract of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures adjudged against defendants during the term of the circuit court. (b) The abstract shall…

(a) As used in this section, “fine” or “fines” means all monetary penalties imposed by the district courts of this state, which include fines payable to the county general fund, the city general fund, and other state agencies, court costs, probation fees, and public service work …

(a) (1) Notwithstanding § 16-13-709, the quorum court of each county of this state may delegate the responsibility for the electronic collection of fines assessed in a circuit court of this state within that county to the Administrative Office of the Courts or the Information Net…

(a) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall educate judges regarding the fines dedicated for the Safe Harbor Fund for Sexually Exploited Children under §§ 5-18-103(d), 5-70-102(d), and 5-70-103(d). (b) The Prosecutor Coordinator's office shall educate prosecutors regarding …

(1) As used in this act:(1) “Case plan” means an individualized accountability and behavior change strategy for supervised individuals that:(A) Targets and prioritizes the specific criminal risk factors of the offender based upon his or her assessment results;(B) Matches the type…

The provisions of this act are extended to any person who as of March 1, 1968, may be on parole or eligible to be placed on parole under existing laws, with the same force and effect as if this act had been in operation at the time the person was placed on parole or became eligib…

(a) A probation officer appointed by a circuit court or district court, excluding a juvenile probation officer, and a community supervision officer employed by the Division of Community Correction who is a currently certified law enforcement officer may execute, serve, and return…

(a) (1) An offender on probation, parole, post-release supervision, or transfer under supervision of the Division of Community Correction shall pay to the division a monthly supervision fee.(2) (A) The monthly supervision fee under subdivision (a)(1) of this section is thirty-fiv…

A.C.A. § 16-93-105Current 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) (1) A person who is placed on supervised probation or suspended imposition of sentence or is released on parole or post-release supervision under this chapter is required to agree to a waiver as a condition of his or her supervised probation, suspended imposition of sentence,…

(a) The Division of Correction shall screen inmates nearing release from incarceration and the Division of Community Correction shall screen parolees and probationers under supervision for Medicaid eligibility. (b) If an inmate nearing release from incarceration, parolee, offende…

A parolee or probationer who is enrolled in a Medicaid program shall be referred to mental health or substance abuse treatment, or both, when the referral is included as part of a court order, supervision plan, or treatment plan.

Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Department of Human Services shall cooperate with the Division of Correction and the Division of Community Correction to establish protocols for utilizing Medicaid to reimburse the Division of Correction, Division of Community Correction, D…

The Department of Correction and the Department of Community Correction each may contract with a provider in order to facilitate the enrollment of an inmate, a probationer, or a parolee in Medicaid.

A person required to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997, § 12-12-901 et seq., who is under felony probation or released on parole or post-release supervision shall have as a term and condition of his or her probation, parole, or post-releas…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Eligible employment” means any occupation or combination of occupations for which a supervised offender can provide documentation of verifiable wage-earning hours in the amount of at least one hundred and thirty (130) hours per thirty-day period; …

(a) The State of Arkansas hereby finds that the cost of incarcerating the ever-increasing numbers of offenders in traditional penitentiaries is skyrocketing, bringing added fiscal pressures on state government, and that some inmates can be effectively punished, with little risk t…

As used in this subchapter: (1) “Board” means the Board of Corrections; (2) “Community correction” means:(A) Probation, a judicially imposed criminal sanction permitting varying levels of supervision of eligible offenders in the community;(B) Economic sanctions programs, includin…

(1) The Board of Corrections shall have the following duties and responsibilities with regard to community correction programming:(1) Establish community correction programs to which eligible offenders may be assigned as a condition of probation, sentenced to by the trial court p…

(a) The Board of Corrections shall implement a correctional plan, to be developed in conjunction with the Arkansas Sentencing Commission, which ensures the efficient use of prison beds, which are becoming scarce resources, through the development and expansion of community correc…

(a) The Board of Corrections shall promulgate policies and rules relating to the operation of community correction facilities and programs, the supervision of eligible offenders participating therein, and the termination of that participation, including but not limited to:(1) The…

A.C.A. § 16-93-1206Current 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) Upon the sentencing or placing on probation of any person under the provisions of this subchapter, the sentencing court shall issue an order or commitment, whichever is appropriate, in writing, setting forth the following:(1) That the offender is being:(A) Committed to the Di…

(a) (1) (A) Upon commitment of an eligible offender to the Division of Correction, the Division of Correction will transfer the eligible offender to a community correction program, when he or she reaches his or her transfer date, in accordance with the rules promulgated by the Bo…

The Division of Correction, the Board of Corrections, the Division of Community Correction, the Post-Prison Transfer Board, and all governmental agencies and units utilizing eligible offenders in community correction programs as defined in this subchapter are immune from liabilit…

Nothing in this subchapter shall grant any offender the right to be sentenced or transferred under this subchapter as a matter of right.

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Correctional institution” means any state or privately operated prison, community correctional facility, county jail, city jail, or any other state, local, or privately operated detention facility; and(2) “Community supervision officer” means a…

(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to provide community supervision officers with information so they can make informed programming decisions and direct offenders to autoimmune deficiency syndrome-related resources, including appropriate financial, housing, legal, medical, and…

(1) It is the intent of the General Assembly to:(1) Establish rules for facilities that house offenders who have been transferred, paroled, or placed on probation through the Arkansas criminal justice system in order to promote, protect, and improve the health, safety, and welfar…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Applicant” means any individual, business, or organization that has applied to receive an Arkansas transitional housing facility license;(2) “License” means an Arkansas transitional housing facility license; and(3) (A) “Transitional housing” me…

(a) The Board of Corrections shall promulgate rules or develop administrative directives that set minimum standards for all transitional housing facilities in the State of Arkansas. (b) (1) The Post-Prison Transfer Board, a district court, or a circuit court shall not release a t…

(a) The Division of Community Correction shall implement the rules or administrative directives described in § 16-93-1603. (b) (1) The division shall be responsible for the enforcement of the rules and administrative directives established by the Board of Corrections under § 16-9…

(a) In order to operate a transitional housing facility for criminal offenders who have been transferred, paroled, or placed on probation through the Arkansas criminal justice system, the operator shall obtain a license by facility type from the Division of Community Correction. …

(1) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall:(1) Create the Swift and Certain Accountability on Probation Pilot Program, awarding up to five (5) grants in the program's first year to counties or judicial districts requesting funds to establish probation programs to be admini…

(a) A county or judicial district may apply for a grant award under this subchapter by submitting a written application to the Administrative Office of the Courts. (b) The application shall include the following:(1) A description of the proposed probation program and the need in …

(a) A grant awarded under this subchapter shall be used by the grantee to establish probation programs that:(1) Identify probationers for enrollment in the probation program, through, among other tools, a validated risk-needs assessment tool, who are:(A) Serving a term of probati…

(a) Each county or judicial district receiving a grant under this subchapter shall:(1) Not later than twelve (12) months after an initial grant award under this section and annually thereafter through the end of the grant period calculate the amount of cost savings and costs aver…

(a) This subchapter applies to a felony offense committed on or after January 1, 2025. (b) A person who, before January 1, 2025, committed a felony and who was convicted and incarcerated for that felony is eligible for release on parole in accordance with the law in effect at the…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Felony ineligible to receive earned release credits” means a felony offense for which a person is not eligible for release until one hundred percent (100%) of the sentence imposed by the sentencing court has been served.(B) “Felony ineligib…

(a) A person who, on or after January 1, 2025, commits a felony ineligible to receive earned release credits and who is convicted and incarcerated for the felony ineligible to receive earned release credits is not eligible for release before serving the entire term of imprisonmen…

(1) Except as provided in § 16-93-1803, a person who commits a felony on or after January 1, 2025, and who is convicted and incarcerated for that felony is eligible for release as follows:(1) A person who commits an offense meeting the definition of target group as defined under …

(a) An inmate under sentence for a felony and who is eligible for release may be transferred to post-release supervision under this section and § 16-93-1903 subject to rules promulgated by the Board of Corrections or the Post-Prison Transfer Board and conditions adopted by the Po…