Title 16 — Practice, Procedure, And Courts

(a) The official court reporters of the circuit courts in this state are employees of the State of Arkansas. (b) The Administrative Office of the Courts may employ or contract with a court reporter previously employed by the state for services provided at any time after his or he…

A.C.A. § 16-13-502Current 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) Each judge of each circuit court may appoint one (1) or more court reporters as may be authorized by law. (b) (1) The salaries of the court reporters shall:(A) Be exempt from the provisions of the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, § 21-5-201 et seq.;(B) Not exceed …

(a) If a court reporter was an official court reporter in the state on June 30, 1981, the increase eligibility date for purposes of salary implementation shall be July 1, 1982. (b) If an official court reporter was appointed after June 30, 1981, the increase eligibility date for …

(a) (1) A court reporter for a circuit court is entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred for meals, lodging, and transportation costs for attending court away from the court reporter's official station.(2) Notwithstanding the exemption from state travel rules provid…

(a) (1) When required to make a transcript of court proceedings, each court reporter of the circuit courts shall be entitled to compensation at the rate of four dollars and ten cents ($4.10) per page for the original and two (2) copies and at the rate of fifty cents (50¢) per pag…

Court reporters shall not be liable, criminally or civilly, for the unintentional loss, damage, or destruction of their official records which are more than five (5) years old.

A.C.A. § 16-13-508Current 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 the absence or unavailability of the official court reporter, the circuit judge or circuit judge on assignment as authorized by § 16-10-101 may temporarily employ the services of a substitute court reporter if the temporary employment is essential to prevent a disrupti…

(a) In all cases before a circuit court of this state, a complete record of the proceedings shall be made by the official court reporter, or other reporter designated by the court. Upon the request of either party or the circuit judge, said record shall be transcribed, certified …

A.C.A. § 16-13-511Current 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 state, rather than individual counties, shall bear the responsibility of funding the salaries and expenses of official state court reporters. (b) Each county or counties within a judicial district shall continue to bear the responsibility of providing, at the county's exp…

A.C.A. § 16-13-603Current 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. § 16-13-608Current 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 procedures established by this subchapter shall apply to the assessment and collection of all fines, however designated, imposed by circuit courts and district courts for criminal convictions, traffic convictions, civil violations, and juvenile delinquency adjudications a…

(a) (1) When a court has imposed a fine, as described in § 16-13-701, the imposition of such a fine constitutes an order to pay the full amount of the fine in accordance with this subchapter.(2) Following imposition of the fine, the court shall inform the defendant that full paym…

(a) When a defendant sentenced to pay a fine defaults in the payment thereof, or of any installment, the court, upon its own motion or that of the prosecuting attorney, may require him or her to show cause why he or she should not be imprisoned for nonpayment. (b) The court may i…

(a) (1) If the court concludes that the defendant has the ability to pay the fine, but that requiring the defendant to make immediate payment in full would cause a severe and undue hardship for the defendant and the defendant's dependents, the court may authorize payment of the f…

(a) A district court shall and a circuit court may accept personal checks drawn in the favor of a designated official, as provided in § 16-13-709, in payment of any fine or associated charge assessed by the district court or circuit court if the person issuing the check furnishes…

(a) The court or the agency designated under § 16-13-709 or § 16-92-118 may accept payment of fines and associated costs by an approved credit card or debit card. (b) (1) The court or designated agency may enter into contracts with credit card companies and pay those companies fe…

(a) When a defendant sentenced to pay a fine defaults in the payment thereof or of any installment, the fine may be collected by any means authorized for the enforcement of money judgments in civil actions. (b) A judgment that the defendant pay a fine shall constitute a lien on t…

(a) (1) A court may request in writing and under certification that the Department of Finance and Administration revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew the motor vehicle registration or driver's license of a person who has failed to make satisfactory arrangements for the payment of …

(a) (1) (A) (i) The quorum court of each county of the state shall designate a county official, agency, or department which shall be primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in the circuit courts of this state.(ii) All fines collected each month in circuit court…

The Administrative Office of the Courts shall have the responsibility to assist circuit courts and district courts in the assessment and collection of fines and the management and reporting of fine revenue.

When an order assessing a fine or penalty is entered, information on the order shall include, but is not limited to, the defendant's name, current address, social security number, driver's license number, name and address of employment, amount of fine, and the agreed upon payment…

(a) There is hereby created on the books of the Treasurer of State the “Judicial Fine Collection Enhancement Fund”, into which the time-payment fees established by § 16-13-704 shall be deposited. (b) (1) From the revenues deposited into the fund, the Administrative Office of the …

The First Judicial Circuit shall be composed of the counties of Cross, Lee, Monroe, Phillips, St. Francis, and Woodruff.

(a) (1) The terms of court of the Circuit Court of Cross County in the First Judicial District shall commence on the fourth Monday in January.(2) The term of court shall be for one (1) year.(3) Grand and petit juries will serve for a period in accordance with Arkansas law. (1) Th…

(a) The qualified electors of the First 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 regular terms of the county courts of the several counties of this state shall commence on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October of each year. (b) (1) The county court shall be open, by operation of law, at the beginning of each regular term of the court,…

(a) The county judge of any county may hold a special term of the county court when the public good of the county demands it. (b) Before any special term of a county court shall be held, the county judge shall give a notice ten (10) days before the special term is held by posting…

(a) (1) Whenever it shall happen that the time for holding the county court and circuit court in any county shall be on the same day, the county judge shall not commence his or her court until two (2) weeks thereafter.(2) This section shall not apply to counties having separate c…

There shall be no adjournments of county courts, but the county courts shall be deemed in recess when not engaged in the transaction of business.

(a) Each county court may, by rule or order, fix times and places when the court will be in session for the transaction of business; but such scheduled sittings of the court shall not preclude the transaction of business by the court at other times or places. (b) In counties havi…

The county court of each county, for an interruption of its proceedings or any contempt offered it while in session, shall have the power to impose a Class C misdemeanor.

The judge of the county court shall have power, in vacation, to approve any bond requiring the approval of the court by law. The bond, so approved by the judge, shall be submitted to the court, at its next regular meeting, for their approval or rejection, and, if rejected, a new …

(a) When any county judge of the state shall be physically unable to attend to the business of his or her court to the extent that the business of the county court shall suffer on account of the physical disability, the circuit judge of the district in which the county is located…

(a) (1) It shall be unlawful for any county judge to be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract or transaction made or entered into in his or her county or on behalf of his or her county or to accept or receive any property, money, or other valuable thing for h…

(1) It shall be unlawful for any county judge in this state to be either directly or indirectly interested, in his or her own county, in:(1) The building or repairing of any public building or the building or repairing of any public bridge;(2) Any toll bridge or causeway;(3) Any …

No judge of the county 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, or is otherwise disqualified under the Arkansas Code of Judi…

It shall be the duty of the sheriff to attend each regular or special session of the county court for his or her county, either in person or by deputy, and to execute all orders and precepts made by the court. For his or her attendance, the sheriff shall be entitled to receive su…

The expenses accruing in the county courts shall be paid out of the county treasury in which the court is held in the same manner as other demands.

(1) The General Assembly finds that:(1) The goal expressed by Arkansas citizens with the adoption of Amendment 80 to the Arkansas Constitution was the creation of a three-tiered, unified court system;(2) The current structure of limited jurisdiction courts consists of a combinati…

(a) There is created the District Court Resource Assessment Board. (b) (1) The board shall consist of eleven (11) members appointed as follows:(A) Two (2) members of the Senate appointed by the Chair of the Senate Committee on Judiciary;(B) Two (2) members of the House of Represe…

(1) The District Court Resource Assessment Board shall recommend to the General Assembly at each regular session:(1) Criteria for the creation and placement of full-time, state-funded district court judgeships;(2) Revisions of current district court judgeships or the redistrictin…

A.C.A. § 16-17-101Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) District judges may temporarily exchange districts by joint order entered of record in their respective courts. They may hold court for each other for such length of time as may seem practicable and for the best interest of their respective courts. (b) District judges exchang…

The judge of a district court shall be a qualified elector within the geographical area from which he or she is chosen.

District judges shall have been licensed attorneys of this state for at least four (4) years immediately preceding the date of assuming office.

A.C.A. § 16-17-105Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved