Title 27 — Transportation

(1) The Office of Driver Services shall forthwith revoke the license of any driver upon receiving a record of the driver's conviction of any of the following offenses, when the conviction has become final:(1) Manslaughter or negligent homicide resulting from the operation of a mo…

A.C.A. § 27-16-906Current 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 Office of Driver Services may suspend the license of a driver for up to one (1) year upon a showing by its records or other sufficient evidence that the licensee is a habitual violator of the traffic laws. (b) The Office of Driver Services may suspend the license of a dri…

The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state given to a nonresident under this chapter shall be subject to suspension or revocation by the Office of Driver Services in like manner and for like cause as a driver's license issued under this chapter may be …

(a) (1) The Office of Driver Services, having good cause to believe that a licensed driver is incompetent or otherwise not qualified to be licensed, may, upon written notice of at least five (5) days to the licensee, require the licensee to submit to an initial evaluation by a he…

Any resident or nonresident whose driver's license or right or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been suspended or revoked as provided in this subchapter shall not operate a motor vehicle in this state under a license, permit, or registration certificate issu…

(a) The Office of Driver Services, upon suspending or revoking a license, shall require that the license be surrendered to the Office of Driver Services. (b) (1) At the end of the period of suspension, the Office of Driver Services shall issue a duplicate driver's license upon:(A…

Except as provided in § 27-16-907(c)(2)(C), the Office of Driver Services shall not grant a person's application for a new license until the expiration of one (1) year after the revocation of the person's license.

(a) (1) A person denied a license or whose license has been suspended, disqualified, or revoked by the Office of Driver Services, within thirty (30) days of receipt of the decision by the Office of Driver Services to deny, suspend, disqualify, or revoke the license, may file a de…

(1) Upon receipt of an order of denial of driving privileges under § 5-65-116 [repealed] or § 5-64-710, the Department of Finance and Administration shall:(1) Suspend the motor vehicle operator's license of the minor for twelve (12) months, or until the minor reaches eighteen (18…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Drug offense” has the meaning as provided in § 5-64-710; and(2) “Specialty court” means one (1) of the following:(A) A pre-adjudication program under § 5-4-901 et seq.;(B) An approved drug court program under the Arkansas Drug Court Act, § 16-98-3…

(a) Unless a person is eligible for a restricted driver's license as provided under this title, a district court may authorize a restricted driving permit upon the suspension of a person's driver's license under § 16-13-708 or § 16-17-131 and may permit a person whose driving pri…

The Driver License Compact is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: DRIVER LICENSE COMPACT DRIVER LICENSE COMPACT ARTICLE I Findings and Declaration of Policy (a) The party states find that:(1)…

(a) As used in the compact, the term “licensing authority,” with reference to this state, shall mean the Office of Driver Services. (b) The Office of Driver Services shall furnish to the appropriate authorities of any other party state any information or documents reasonably nece…

As used in the compact, with reference to this state, the term “executive head” shall mean the Governor.

The compact administrator provided for in Article VII of the compact shall not be entitled to any additional compensation on account of his or her service as such administrator but shall be entitled to expenses incurred in connection with his or her duties and responsibilities as…

Any court or other agency of this state, or a subdivision thereof, which has jurisdiction to take any action suspending, revoking, or otherwise limiting a license to drive, shall report any such action and the adjudication upon which it is based to the Office of Driver Services w…

Subdivisions (1)-(3) and (5) of § 27-16-905 are substantially similar to the offenses described under Article IV, paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 4, of this compact. In addition, subdivision (4) of § 27-16-905, regarding perjury or the making of a false affidavit or statement under oath …

(a) (1) The Arkansas State Police Commission is authorized to establish a program of driver education for training, retraining, and testing of motor vehicle drivers and applicants for motor vehicle driver's licenses.(2) In connection therewith, the commission shall promulgate rea…

All agencies, boards, commissions, and schools supported from public or private funds are directed to cooperate and lend whatever assistance as may be required for establishing a driver education program under the auspices of the Arkansas State Police Commission.

(a) The Division of Arkansas State Police or any other agency of the state charged with the responsibility of administering a driver training and testing program shall include in any printed driver education materials prepared and distributed by the division a section on fuel con…

The costs of operating and maintaining the driver education course as authorized in this chapter shall be payable from the current appropriations and funds available to the Arkansas State Police Commission for its operation and maintenance, including such special revenues as coll…

(a) No contracts may be awarded or obligations otherwise incurred in relation to the program described in this chapter in excess of the State Treasury funds actually available as provided by law. (b) The Arkansas State Police Commission shall have the power to accept and use gran…

(a) (1) For the purposes set out in § 27-18-101, the Arkansas State Police Commission is authorized to charge a fee for the driver education course in the following amounts:(A) Five dollars ($5.00) for a student of:(i) An accredited high school;(ii) A state or privately supported…

The Division of Arkansas State Police shall include instruction within the driver's instruction manual of the division concerning the times when a driver involved in an accident must remove his or her vehicle from the roadway. The division shall include the subject on the examina…

(1) The driver's instruction manual of the Division of Arkansas State Police issued to persons who are preparing to take a driver's license examination shall include information on driver and highway safety matters, including:(1) The effects of the consumption of beverage alcohol…

(a) The driver's instruction manual issued by the Division of Arkansas State Police shall include information related to organ and tissue donation education. (b) The division may coordinate with the Department of Health and the Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency, Inc. in dev…

(a) The driver's instruction manual issued by the Division of Arkansas State Police shall include information related to accessible parking for a person with a disability, including without limitation:(1) The importance of accessible parking for a person with a disability; and(2)…

(a) The driver's instruction manual issued by the Division of Arkansas State Police and the examination for a driver's license shall include information related to traffic stop safety guidelines for drivers and passengers developed by the division. (b) The division may determine …

This chapter may be cited as the “Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act”.

(a) This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it. (b) Subchapter and section headings contained in this chapter shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify, or in any manner affect…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the plaintiff in any civil action from relying for relief upon the other processes provided by law.

This chapter shall in no respect be considered as a repeal of the state motor vehicle laws but shall be construed as supplemental thereto.

Except for §§ 27-19-501, 27-19-503, and 27-19-718, this chapter shall not apply with respect to any vehicle which is subject to the requirements of laws of this state requiring insurance or other security on motor vehicles.

(a) (1) After consultation with the insurance companies authorized to issue automobile liability policies or automobile physical damage policies in this state, the Insurance Commissioner shall approve a reasonable plan, fair to the insurers and equitable to their policyholders, f…

(a) (1) Except as described in subsection (d) of this section, a person or religious denomination may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of self-insurance issued by the Office of Motor Vehicle as described in subsection (b) of this section if:(A) The person is s…

As used in this chapter, the words and phrases defined in this subchapter shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them, unless the context otherwise requires.

“Commissioner” means the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration acting in his or her capacity as Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of this state.

“Chauffeur” means every person who is employed for the principal purpose of operating a motor vehicle and every person who drives a motor vehicle while in use as a public or common carrier of persons or property except a person who operates a motor vehicle as a public or common c…

“Driver” means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.

(1) “License” means any operator's or chauffeur's license or any other license or permit to operate a motor vehicle issued under the laws of this state, including:(1) Any temporary license or instruction permit;(2) The privilege of any person to drive a motor vehicle whether or n…

“Motor vehicle” means every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires but not operated upon rails.

“Nonresident” means every person who is not a resident of this state.

“Nonresident's operating privilege” means the privilege conferred upon a nonresident by the laws of this state pertaining to the operation by the person of a motor vehicle or the use of a vehicle owned by the person, in this state.

“Office” means the Office of Driver Services of this state.

“Operator” means every person other than a chauffeur, who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle.

“Owner” means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of p…

“Person” means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, or any political subdivision of the State of Arkansas, individually or collectively, which shall include all counties, municipal corporations, public transit authorities, school districts, special…

“Registration” means the registration certificate or certificates and registration plates issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the registration of vehicles.

“Vehicle” means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.