Title 27 — Transportation
56 chapters · 1,818 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-301 Penalty generally
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Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned not more than ninety (90) days, or both.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-302 Penalty for failure to report accident
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Failure to report a motor vehicle accident or to furnish additional information as required under §§ 27-19-501, 27-19-507, and 27-19-509, shall be punished by a fine not in excess of one hundred dollars ($100).
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-303 Penalty for erroneous report or forgery
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Any person who gives information required in a report or otherwise required for such purpose knowing or having reason to believe that the information is false or who shall forge, or, without authority, sign any evidence of proof of financial responsibility for the future or who f…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-304 Penalty for operating motor vehicle when license or registration suspended or revoked
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Any person whose license or registration has been suspended or revoked under this chapter and who, during the suspension or revocation, drives any motor vehicle upon any highway or knowingly permits any vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state owned …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-305 Penalty for failure to return license or registration
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Any person willfully failing to return license or registration as required in § 27-19-306 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-306 Surrender of license and registration
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(a) Any person whose license or registration shall have been suspended under any provisions of this chapter, or whose policy of insurance or bond, when required under this chapter shall have been cancelled or terminated, shall immediately return his or her license and registratio…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-307 Transfer of registration to defeat provisions prohibited
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(a) If an owner's registration has been suspended under this chapter, the registration shall not be transferred nor the vehicle in respect to which the registration was issued be registered in any other name until the Office of Driver Services is satisfied that the transfer of re…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-401 Responsibility
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The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-402 Rules
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The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may make rules necessary for the administration of this chapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-403 Forms
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The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall prescribe and provide suitable forms requisite or deemed necessary for the purposes of this chapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-404 Procedure for suspension of license
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(1) No suspension provided for under any of the provisions of this chapter shall be issued by the Office of Driver Services until the following provisions of this section have been complied with:(1) The Office of Driver Services shall incorporate in its notice of security require…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-405 Requests of persons aggrieved
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The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall receive and consider any pertinent information upon request of persons aggrieved by his or her orders or acts under any of the provisions of this chapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-408 Court review
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(a) Any order or act of the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a de novo petition of review in the circuit court of the district in which any party of interest resides. (b) The filing of a petition of…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-501 Report required
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The driver of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the motor vehicle laws of this state that is in any manner involved in an accident within this state which accident has resulted in damage to the property of any one (1) person in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,0…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-502 Form of report
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The form of accident report prescribed by the Office of Driver Services shall contain information sufficient to enable the Office of Driver Services to determine whether the requirements for the deposit of security under this chapter are inapplicable by reason of the existence of…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-503 Presumption of uninsured
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There shall be a presumption created that a motorist and the vehicle the motorist is operating are uninsured if the motorist has failed within ninety (90) days of the date of an accident to file or cause to be filed in his or her behalf a certificate proving that the motorist or …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-504 Proof of insurance
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The existence of insurance must be proved by means of an insurance report, which shall be on an electronic or paper form approved by the Office of Driver Services.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-505 Insurance report
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Unless filed electronically, the insurance report must be signed in ink and forwarded to the Office of Driver Services by the liability insurance carrier or an authorized agent of the insurance carrier within fifty (50) days of the date of the accident.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-506 Failure of insurance carrier to file reports
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When the Office of Driver Services has determined that an insurance carrier has failed to file insurance reports within the required fifty (50) days, the Office of Driver Services shall, in its discretion, determine whether the insurance carrier is negligent in filing the require…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-507 Additional information
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The driver or the owner of the vehicle involved in the accident shall furnish any additional revenue information as the Office of Driver Services may require.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-508 Suspension for failure to report
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The Office of Driver Services is authorized, in its discretion, to suspend the license of any person who fails to report an accident or to give correct information in connection with the report as required by the Office of Driver Services until the report has been filed and for a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-509 Incapacity to report
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(a) An accident report is not required under this subchapter from any person who is physically incapable of making a report during the period of incapacity. (b) If any driver is physically incapable of making a required accident report and is not the owner of the vehicle involved…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-510 Confidentiality of information
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Accident reports and supplemental information in connection therewith required under this subchapter may be examined by any person named in the report or his or her representative designated in writing but shall not be open to general public inspection, nor shall copying of lists…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-601 Applicability generally
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The provisions of this subchapter requiring deposit of security and suspensions for failure to deposit security, subject to certain exemptions, shall apply to the driver and owner of any vehicle of a type subject to registration under the motor vehicle laws of this state which is…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-602 Applicability to nonresidents, unlicensed drivers, unregistered vehicles, and accidents in other states
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(a) In case the driver or the owner of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state involved in an accident within this state has no license or registration in this state, then the driver shall not be allowed a license, nor shall the owner be allowed t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-603 Determination and notice of amount of security required
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(a) (1) Within thirty (30) days after an accident has occurred, and provided the accident has been reported to the Office of Driver Services within thirty (30) days, the Office of Driver Services shall determine the amount of security which shall be deposited to satisfy any judgm…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-604 Exceptions to security requirement
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(1) The requirements as to security and suspension in this subchapter shall not apply to:(1) The driver or owner if the owner had in effect at the time of the accident an automobile liability policy or bond with respect to the vehicle and the driver's operation of the vehicle inv…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-605 Requirements as to policy or bond
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(a) A policy or bond shall not be effective under § 27-19-604 unless issued by an insurance company or surety company authorized or eligible to do business in this state except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, nor unless the policy or bond is subject, if the acciden…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-606 Designation of persons covered
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Every depositor of security shall designate in writing every person in whose name the deposit is made and may at any time change the designation, but any single deposit of security shall be applicable only on behalf of persons required to furnish security because of the same acci…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-607 Form and amount of security
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The security required under this subchapter shall be in such form as the Office of Driver Services may require and shall be in such amount equal to the minimum amounts specified in § 27-19-605 based on the determination of whether the accident resulted in bodily injury or death t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-608 Reduction in premium for certain persons completing accident prevention course
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(a) (1) Any schedule of rates or rating plan for automobile liability and physical damage insurance submitted to or filed with the Insurance Commissioner shall provide for an appropriate reduction in premium charges for those insured who are fifty-five (55) years of age and older…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-609 Authority to adjust amount limited
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(a) The Office of Driver Services may adjust the amount of security ordered in any case within six (6) months after the date of the accident, but only if and limited to the extent it determines a mistake was made in determining whether the accident resulted in bodily injury or de…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-610 Suspension for failure to deposit security
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(a) In the event that any person required to deposit security under this subchapter fails to deposit the security within twenty (20) days after the Office of Driver Services has sent the notice as provided in § 27-19-603, the Office of Driver Services shall thereupon suspend:(1) …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-611 Duration of suspension
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(1) Unless a suspension is terminated under other provisions of this subchapter, any order of suspension by the Office of Driver Services under this subchapter shall remain in effect and no license shall be renewed for or issued to any person whose license is so suspended and no …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-612 Agreements for payment of damages
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(a) Any two (2) or more of the persons involved in, or affected by, an accident as described in § 27-19-601 may, at any time, enter into a written agreement for the payment of an agreed amount with respect to all claims of any of such persons because of bodily injury or death or …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-613 Release from liability
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(a) A person shall be relieved from the requirement for deposit of security for the benefit or protection of another person injured or damaged in the accident in the event he or she is released from liability by the other person. (b) A covenant not to sue shall relieve the partie…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-614 Adjudication of nonliability
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A person shall be relieved from the requirement for deposit of security in respect to a claim for injury or damage arising out of the accident in the event the person has been finally adjudicated not to be liable in respect to such claim.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-615 Payment upon judgment
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The payment of a judgment arising out of an accident or the payment upon the judgment of an amount equal to the maximum amount which could be required for deposit under this subchapter shall, for the purposes of this subchapter, release the judgment debtor from the liability evid…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-616 Termination of security requirements
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(a) The Office of Driver Services, if satisfied as to the existence of any fact which under §§ 27-19-612 — 27-19-615 would entitle a person to be relieved from the security requirements of this subchapter, shall not require the deposit of security by the person so relieved from t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-617 Disposition of security
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(a) Security provided under this subchapter shall be applicable and available only for:(1) The payment of any settlement agreement covering any claim arising out of the accident upon instruction of the person who made the deposit; or(2) The payment of a judgment rendered against …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-618 Return of deposit
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(a) Upon the expiration of one (1) year from the date of any deposit of security, any security remaining on deposit shall be returned to the person who made the deposit, or to his or her personal representative, if an affidavit or other evidence satisfactory to the Office of Driv…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-619 Forfeiture when not claimed within certain period
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(a) (1) Whenever any person shall be required to deposit security for the payment of damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident as described in this chapter and the requirement for the depositing of the security is terminated, the Office of Driver Services shall, by ordinary…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-620 Corrective administrative action
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(a) Whenever the Office of Driver Services has taken any action or has failed to take any action under this subchapter by reason of having received erroneous information or by reason of having received insufficient information, then correcting information may be submitted within …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-621 Matters not to be evidence in civil actions
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The report required following an accident, the action taken by the Office of Driver Services pursuant to this chapter, the findings, if any, of the Office of Driver Services upon which the action is based, and the security filed as provided in this chapter shall not be referred t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-701 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Judgment” means any judgment which shall have become final by expiration without appeal of the time within which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction of any state …
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-702 Applicability
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The provisions of this subchapter requiring the deposit of proof of financial responsibility for the future, subject to certain exemptions, shall apply with respect to persons who have been convicted of or forfeited bail for certain offenses under motor vehicle laws or who have f…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-703 Suspension or revocation of license for conviction or bail forfeiture — Exceptions
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(a) Whenever, under any law of this state, the license of any person is suspended or revoked by reason of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail, the Office of Driver Services shall suspend the registration of all vehicles registered in the name of the person as owner, except that:…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-704 Action as to unlicensed person
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If a person has no license, but by final order or judgment is convicted of or forfeits any bail or collateral deposited to secure an appearance for trial for any offense requiring the suspension or revocation of license or for driving a motor vehicle upon the highways without bei…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-705 Action as to nonresidents
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(a) Whenever the Office of Driver Services suspends or revokes a nonresident's operating privilege by reason of a conviction or forfeiture of bail, the privilege shall remain so suspended or revoked unless the person shall have previously given or shall immediately give and there…
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-706 Courts to report nonpayment of judgments
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(a) Whenever any person fails within thirty (30) days to satisfy any judgment in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), then, upon the written request of the judgment creditor or his or her attorney, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court, or of the judge of a court whi…