Title 16 — Practice, Procedure, And Courts

(a) Each of the circuit and chancery judges of the Eleventh Judicial District-West shall be empowered and directed to employ a case coordinator for each division whose duties shall be the maintenance of the court calendar, setting dates for trial of cases and for hearing of motio…

The Twelfth Judicial District shall be composed of Sebastian County.

(1) The terms of court in the Twelfth Judicial District shall commence on the dates set forth below:(1) In the Fort Smith District of Sebastian County: On the first Mondays in February, June, and October; and(2) In the Greenwood District of Sebastian County: On the second Mondays…

(a) The qualified electors of the Twelfth 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) In the Twelfth J…

(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this section, circuit courts shall have original jurisdiction of all justiciable matters not otherwise assigned pursuant to the Arkansas Constitution.(2) The Court of Appeals shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over a fac…

A.C.A. § 16-13-202Current 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) The circuit courts shall have superintending control over the judgments, final orders, and proceedings of county courts and county boards or officers. (b) The circuit courts shall have supervision and control over all local, county, and municipal boards or officers in their a…

(a) The circuit courts and their judges shall have the power to issue all proper writs, orders, or process in the cases mentioned in §§ 16-13-201(b)(1) and 16-13-203. (b) The circuit courts and their judges shall have power to issue all writs, orders, and process which may be nec…

(a) The circuit courts shall have power to issue writs of certiorari to any officer or board of officers, city or town council, or any inferior tribunal of their respective counties in order to correct any erroneous or void proceeding or ordinance and to hear and determine the pr…

(a) (1) The circuit court of each county and of each division in each county having two (2) or more divisions of circuit court shall be open by operation of law at the beginning of each regular term of that court, as fixed by law, and shall remain open until the beginning of the …

(a) (1) Each circuit court may by a rule or order fix times and places when the court will be in session for the transaction of business. However, the scheduled sittings of the court shall not preclude the transaction of business by the court at other times or places.(2) No jury,…

There shall be no adjournments of circuit courts. However, courts shall be deemed in recess while not engaged in the transaction of business.

Where the defendant or respondent has answered or otherwise pleaded and if the time has not been set by the court, all interested parties, together with their attorneys, shall receive notice from the clerk of the court of any proceeding affecting their rights and shall be given t…

(a) (1) Any circuit judge of this state, at any time while mentally and physically competent and physically present in the geographical area of the judicial circuit which he or she serves as judge, may hear, adjudicate, or render any appropriate order with respect to any cause or…

The Thirteenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties of Calhoun, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Ouachita, and Union.

(1) The terms of the circuit court of the Thirteenth Judicial District shall begin in each county of the district as follows:(1) Calhoun County: On the second Mondays in January and July;(2) Union County: On the second Mondays in March and September;(3) Columbia County: On the se…

(a) The qualified electors of the Thirteenth Judicial District shall elect:(1) One (1) circuit judge;(2) Two (2) chancellors;(3) One (1) circuit-chancery judge, juvenile division; and(4) Two (2) circuit-chancery judges. (1) One (1) circuit judge; (2) Two (2) chancellors; (3) One …

(a) There shall be four (4) divisions of circuit court and five (5) divisions of chancery court in the Thirteenth Judicial District of Arkansas as established in § 16-13-2103. (b) A judge shall be elected for each division of the circuit and chancery courts of the Thirteenth Judi…

(a) The circuit judges of the circuit courts constituting the judicial districts over which they have jurisdiction and preside are empowered and authorized to deliver opinions and make and sign judgments in cases taken under advisement and submitted to that court at a term of cou…

A.C.A. § 16-13-212Current 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. § 16-13-213Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

No judge of the circuit court shall sit on the determination of any case in which he or she is interested in the outcome, is related to any party within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity, has been of counsel in the case or presided over it in any inferior court, or is…

(a) The entry of a regular judge into the armed services of the United States shall not have the effect of vacating his or her office, but during the period of his or her service, he or she shall not be entitled to receive or enjoy the salary or emoluments of the office. (b) Upon…

A.C.A. § 16-13-216Current 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 circuit judge of any judicial district, any county of which has a population of two hundred forty thousand (240,000) or more according to the most recent federal census, may appoint one (1) law clerk for the county who shall be a licensed attorney or a graduate of a law…

A.C.A. § 16-13-218Current 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) The expenses accruing in the circuit courts shall be paid out of the county treasury in which each court is held in the same manner as other demands. (b) (1) These expenses shall include reasonable sums for the employment of secretaries by circuit judges and for reasonable of…

In addition to all other authority granted by law, every circuit court is authorized to appoint legal counsel to represent a person the court deems incompetent due to minority or mental incapacity in civil and criminal actions.

The Fourteenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties of Baxter, Boone, Marion, and Newton.

(1) The terms of court in each county in the Fourteenth Judicial District shall commence on the dates set forth below:(1) Baxter County: On the second Monday in March and the second Monday in September;(2) Boone County: On the third Monday in April and the third Monday in October…

(a) (1) The qualified electors of the Fourteenth Judicial District shall elect:(A) One (1) circuit judge;(B) One (1) chancellor; and(C) One (1) circuit-chancery judge.(2) (A) There is created in the Fourteenth Judicial District an additional circuit-chancery judgeship which shall…

The Attorney General shall serve as the legal counsel to probation officers and support personnel of circuit courts and shall represent them in any action brought as a result of their official duties.

(a) (1) The circuit courts of the various judicial districts of the state shall hear the case or matter in privacy, upon application of all litigants to a divorce action, proceeding for alimony or separate maintenance, proceeding touching the maintenance or custody of children, p…

A circuit court may make orders for the sale of property in the custody of the court and may confirm the sale, but the sale shall not be confirmed until all parties have reasonable notice and an opportunity to be present and resist the confirmation.

(a) Circuit judges may temporarily exchange judicial districts by joint order, and any circuit judge who consents may be assigned to another district for temporary service under rules adopted by the Supreme Court. (b) When a circuit judge is serving temporarily in a judicial dist…

(a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts shall develop for the circuit courts a case-based management information system, capable of capturing information at each stage of the process of juvenile cases, with the capacity to serve basic administration, operation…

(a) An installment payment by a criminal defendant to a circuit court shall initially be allocated in accordance with § 5-4-208. (b) If restitution, court costs, and fines are fully paid, all remaining installment payments shall be allocated to remaining amounts due as ordered by…

The Fifteenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties of Conway, Logan, Scott, and Yell.

(1) The terms of court in each county in the Fifteenth Judicial District shall commence on the dates set forth below:(1) Conway County: On the first Monday in March and the first Monday in October;(2) (A) In the Southern District of Logan County: On the third Mondays in April and…

(a) The qualified electors of the Fifteenth Judicial District shall elect:(1) One (1) circuit judge;(2) One (1) chancellor; and(3) One (1) circuit-chancery judge. (1) One (1) circuit judge; (2) One (1) chancellor; and (3) One (1) circuit-chancery judge. (b) (1) The judge of the j…

The Sixteenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties of Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, and Stone.

(1) The terms of court of the circuit court in the respective counties of the Sixteenth Judicial District shall commence on the following dates:(1) Cleburne County: On the second Tuesdays in May and November;(2) Fulton County: On the second Tuesdays in January and July;(3) Indepe…

(a) (1) The qualified electors of the Sixteenth Judicial District shall elect:(A) One (1) circuit judge;(B) One (1) chancellor; and(C) One (1) circuit-chancery judge.(2) (A) There is created in the Sixteenth Judicial District an additional circuit judgeship which shall have juris…

A.C.A. § 16-13-2404Current 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) The Seventeenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties of Prairie and White. (b) The Twenty-third Judicial District shall be composed of Lonoke County.

(a) The terms of court in the Twenty-third Judicial District shall commence on the third Monday in February and the first Monday in September. (b) The terms of court in each county in the Seventeenth Judicial District shall commence on the following dates:(1) (A) In the Northern …

(a) The qualified electors of the Seventeenth Judicial District shall elect:(1) One (1) circuit judge;(2) One (1) chancery judge; and(3) (A) One (1) circuit-chancery judge.(B) The circuit-chancery judgeship created by subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this section within the Seventeenth J…

The judges of the Twenty-third Judicial District and the Seventeenth Judicial District may, by agreement, temporarily exchange districts or hold court for each other as they deem necessary and appropriate.

(a) The Eighteenth Judicial District-East shall be composed of Garland County. (b) The Eighteenth Judicial District-West shall be composed of the counties of Montgomery and Polk.

(1) The terms of court in each county in the Eighteenth Judicial District shall commence on the dates set forth below:(1) Garland County: On the second Fridays in January and July;(2) Montgomery County: On the third Mondays in May and November; and (3) Polk County: On the third M…