Title 21 — Public Officers and Employees

(a) (1) The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall be allowed and paid by the appellant or petitioner, in advance, in all civil actions and misdemeanors filed in either the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals a fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150).(2) (A) The Clerk of the Supreme …

(a) (1) The fees to be charged by the clerks of the circuit courts for the following matters in the circuit courts in the state shall be as prescribed in this section.(2) No portion of these fees shall be refunded. (1) The fees to be charged by the clerks of the circuit courts fo…

(a) (1) The uniform filing fees to be charged by the clerks of the circuit courts for initiating or reopening a cause of action in the circuit courts in the state shall be as prescribed in this section.(2) A revival of an outstanding judgment under § 16-65-501 shall not be charge…

(a) A clerk of a county court may charge the following maximum fees:(1) For each order to erect or repair bridge $ .50(2) For making out and issuing an order for the appointment of a commissioner to erect or repair any bridge .50(3) For filing a bond of any contractor .10(4) For …

(a) (1) The fees provided for in § 21-6-406 shall be paid by the county under the order and direction of the county court.(2) The county court shall examine and approve each fee account.(3) If found correct, the county court shall make an order showing the amount due by the count…

A.C.A. § 21-6-410Current 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) A prosecuting attorney may collect a fee if his or her office collects and processes a check, order, draft, or other form of presentment involving the transmission of account information if the check, order, draft, or other form of presentment involving the transmission of ac…

(a) (1) Commissioners appointed to make sales of real property under judicial decrees shall be allowed the following fees as compensation for such services:Click here to view table.(2) Commissioners appointed to make sales of personal property under judicial decrees shall be allo…

(a) Miscellaneous court fees are established as follows:Click here to view form. (b) With respect to probate matters, this section applies to circuit clerks and any county clerk who serves as ex officio clerk of the probate division of the circuit court. (c) Any fee not specifica…

A.C.A. § 21-6-414Current 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 uniform filing fees to be charged by the clerks of the county court for initiating a cause of action in the county court shall be thirty dollars ($30.00), and no portion of the filing fee shall be refunded. (b) No county shall authorize, and no county court clerk shall as…

(a) (1) The court technology fee to be charged by the clerks of the Supreme Court, circuit courts, and district courts of this state shall be as prescribed in this section.(2) No portion of the court technology fee shall be refunded. (1) The court technology fee to be charged by …

A.C.A. § 21-6-501Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

For issuing a subpoena or warrant of arrest and for summoning or arresting the witnesses, officers shall be allowed the same fees as are allowed to clerks and sheriffs for similar services.

A.C.A. § 21-6-503Current 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) In criminal cases where the costs are paid by the county, no sheriff, coroner, constable, or other person serving subpoenas for witnesses shall be allowed to receive from the county pay for making more than two (2) returns on subpoenas in any given case.(2) In no case sha…

The sheriff, constable, or other officer shall safely keep all property taken or seized under legal process and shall be allowed by the court the necessary expenses of doing so, to be paid by the plaintiff, and taxed in the cost.

(a) (1) Any officer who shall refuse or neglect to keep a record complying in all particulars with the requirements of this subchapter or who shall refuse access to the record, within reasonable hours, to any officer by law entitled to inspect the same, or who shall neglect or re…

The Treasurer of State shall be responsible for all moneys and evidences of value in his or her hands from fees and emoluments of office, in the same manner as for the other public moneys, and shall disburse the same only in such manner as may be prescribed by law.

(a) (1) The Secretary of State, Auditor of State, and Commissioner of State Lands shall each render to the Treasurer of State, on the first day of each month, a statement of the amounts received by him or her from fees and emoluments of office during the month preceding.(2) The o…

(a) In case any officer shall die or resign, or his or her office become otherwise vacated before the expiration of the full term, the report of the officer's receipts and expenditures as required pursuant to this subchapter shall immediately, upon such vacation, be rendered for …

(a) (1) Any officer coming within the purview of this subchapter may submit to the officer to whom he or she is required to make a report, as provided in this subchapter, an estimate of the amount of expenditures proposed.(2) The officer making the expenditures shall, with his or…

(a) (1) Except as stated in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, no officer coming within the purview of this subchapter shall give credit to any person for fees or other emoluments or perquisites of his or her office unless in cases where parties are permitted by law to give…

(a) (1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State, the Auditor of State, the Treasurer of State, and the Commissioner of State Lands, and of each officer of any county, city, town, or village receiving fees or emoluments of office to keep a record book in which shall be ente…

If any collector, sheriff, clerk, or other officer shall willfully neglect or refuse to render his or her accounts and settle with the county court for moneys received by him or her, or which he or she ought to have received, to the use of the county, in the manner and at the tim…

(1) On the first day of January, March, July, and October, it shall be the duty of the Treasurer of State, the Secretary of State, and the Commissioner of State Lands to file with the Governor a sworn statement, in tabulated form, showing:(1) The balances that the officers were c…

(1) It shall be the duty of the Auditor of State, on the first day of January, March, July, and October to file with the Governor a report and statement showing:(1) The different amounts of money which, during the preceding quarter, have been charged upon his or her books to the …

(a) The statements provided for in this subchapter, when so filed with the Governor, shall remain in his or her hands as public records, subject to inspection upon proper application. (b) Copies of the statements shall be embraced in or accompany the Governor's message to the Gen…

(a) (1) The only biennial reports which shall be printed and distributed shall be the biennial reports of the Treasurer of State and the Department of Finance and Administration.(2) These reports shall be distributed to the constitutional officers of the state, and upon request, …

(a) Whenever the laws of this state require any state agency, department, board, or commission to prepare and publish an annual or biennial report, the report shall be prepared in the least expensive manner possible. (b) Fifty (50) copies shall be filed with the Arkansas State Li…

(a) (1) No member of a state board or commission or board member of an entity receiving state funds shall participate in, vote on, influence, or attempt to influence an official decision if the member has a pecuniary interest in the matter under consideration by the board, commis…

No member of a state board or commission or board member of an entity receiving state funds shall use or attempt to use his or her official position to secure unwarranted privileges or exemptions for himself or herself or others.

No member of a state board or commission or board member of an entity receiving state funds shall disclose confidential information acquired by him or her in the course of the member's official duties or use such information to further his or her personal interests.

(a) In addition to any penalty contained in any other provision of law, any member of a state board or commission or board member of an entity receiving state funds who knowingly and intentionally violates any of the provisions of this subchapter may be removed from office by the…

This subchapter shall be supplemental to all other laws concerning ethics or conflicts of interest.

(a) A person who is related within the second degree, by consanguinity or affinity, to a member or employee of a state board or commission shall not be eligible for appointment as a member of the board. (b) A person who is related within the second degree, by consanguinity or aff…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “State employee” means an individual employed in the office of:(A) The Governor;(B) The Lieutenant Governor;(C) The Attorney General;(D) The Secretary of State;(E) The Auditor of State;(F) The Treasurer of State;(G) The Commissioner of State Lands;…

(a) A person serving as an elected state official in any jurisdiction is prohibited from registering as a lobbyist in Arkansas under § 21-8-601 et seq. or similarly in any other jurisdiction while the person is serving as an elected state official. (b) As used in this section, “e…

An advertising or advertisement targeting the prevention or reduction of tobacco use shall not include the name, voice, or likeness of any elected official or his or her immediate family.

(1) The General Assembly finds that:(1) The voters, citizens, and policymakers of this state are entitled to transparency in the political and propaganda activities of organizations that may be controlled by or under the influence of foreign countries hostile to the interests of …

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Foreign-supported political organization” means a political party or a domestic partnership, association, corporation, organization, or any other combination of persons that has, within the past five (5) calendar years, received money or other …

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a person shall not act as a representative of a hostile foreign principal unless the person has filed a true and complete registration statement with the Secretary of State as required by this subchapter.(2) Except as other…

(a) No later than January 31, 2026, and each following year, each foreign-supported political organization shall register with the Secretary of State and provide the following information:(1) The name of the foreign-supported political organization, its business address, and upon…

(a) Upon receipt of a complaint that a representative of a hostile foreign principal or a foreign-supported political organization has failed to comply with the registration and reporting requirements of this subchapter, or upon his or her own determination, the Secretary of Stat…

(1) The Secretary of State shall promulgate rules to:(1) Create and maintain registration statement forms as described under this subchapter; and(2) Implement this subchapter. (1) Create and maintain registration statement forms as described under this subchapter; and (2) Impleme…

(1) For the purposes of this subchapter:(1) “Public agency” shall include:(A) The agency with which a state employee is employed, a state board, commission, institution, office, or agency;(B) Any city, county, or school district, or any agency, division, or instrumentality thereo…

(a) Any employee of the State of Arkansas, including employees of the state-supported institutions of higher education, who fails to file or who shall falsely file any statement as required under the provisions of this subchapter shall be guilty of a violation. (b) Upon convictio…

The General Assembly determines that it is essential to the efficient operation of government, and to minimize the opportunities for conflicts of interest, that all state employees who are employed on a regular salary basis shall be required to disclose each source of income in e…

(a) On or before January 31 following the close of each calendar year, all state employees who are employed by a state office, agency, department, board, commission, or institution of higher education in this state on a regular salary basis shall file a statement under oath refle…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Constitutional office” means the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, Secretary of State, Commissioner of State Lands, the Attorney General, the General Assembly, Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of…