Title 16 — Practice, Procedure, And Courts

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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-1003 Administrative Office of the Courts — Duties — Director of Security and Emergency Preparedness
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(a) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall:(1) Assist the Supreme Court with the creation and management of a state security and emergency preparedness plan for the judicial branch of government; and(2) Provide assistance and support to city and county governments of this …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-1004 Court security officers — Definition
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(a) (1) There is established a training and certification program for court security officers.(2) As used in this section, “court security officer” means an individual who is assigned the duty of providing security or security-related services at the request of an appellate court…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-1005 Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training — Duties
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(1) The Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training shall:(1) Establish the standards and requirements for the training and certification program for court security officers;(2) Work with the Administrative Office of the Courts to develop curriculum specific to …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-1006 Court security grant program
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(a) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall administer a court security grant program for the purpose of providing financial assistance from funds specifically appropriated for that purpose to city and county governments to assist in the implementation of local security and…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-101 Administrative responsibilities of the Supreme Court
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(a) The Supreme Court shall have general superintending control over the administration of justice in all courts in the State of Arkansas. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be directly responsible for the efficient operation of the judicial branch and of its constituen…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-102 Administrative Office of the Courts — Director — Cooperation of court officers
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(a) (1) There shall be an office for the administration of the nonjudicial business of the judicial branch which shall be known as the “Administrative Office of the Courts”.(2) There shall be a Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts who shall be nominated by the Chie…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-103 Training and education of court personnel
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(a) The state's responsibility for training and providing additional judicial education to circuit judges, district judges, circuit clerks, district court clerks, case coordinators, court reporters, and all other personnel directly associated with the state's courts shall be admi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-104 Courts of record
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The Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and all circuit and county courts shall be courts of record and shall keep just and faithful records of their proceedings.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-105 Sittings of courts to be public
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The sittings of every court shall be public, and every person may freely attend the sittings of every court.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-106 Power to issue writs and process
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All courts shall have power to issue all writs and process which may be necessary in the exercise of their respective jurisdiction, according to the principles and usages of law.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-107 Process and proceedings to be in English language
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All writs, process, proceedings, and records in any court shall be in the English language, except that the proper and known name of process and technical words may be expressed in the language commonly used. They shall be made out on paper or parchment, in a fair and legible cha…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-108 Contempt
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(a) Every court of record shall have power to punish, as for criminal contempt, persons guilty of the following acts and no others:(1) Disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent behavior committed during the court's sitting, in its immediate view and presence, and directly tending to …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-109 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-10-109Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-110 Seals
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(a) The Supreme Court and each of the circuit, district, city, and county courts shall preserve and keep a seal, with such emblems and devices as the court shall think proper. (b) The impression of the seal of any court by stamp shall be sufficient sealing in all cases where seal…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-1101 Purpose
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(a) The State of Arkansas requires that court proceedings be conducted in the English language under § 16-10-107. (b) Recognizing that a person with limited English proficiency cannot fully participate in the legal process and exercise the rights afforded to him or her, a court s…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-1102 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Interpret” means to convey spoken English in a manner understood by a person who has limited English proficiency by using American Sign Language and transliteration, Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) services or similar procedure…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-1103 Court interpreter for persons with limited English proficiency
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(a) A person with limited English proficiency who is a party to or a witness in a court proceeding is entitled to a qualified interpreter to interpret for the person throughout the court proceeding. (b) (1) The Supreme Court shall administer an interpreter program to appoint and …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-1104 Appointment of interpreter
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(a) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall compile, maintain, and disseminate a certified registry of qualified interpreters for the courts. (b) When an interpreter is requested or when the court determines that a party to or a witness in a court proceeding has limited Eng…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-1105 Interpreter oath
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Before commencing his or her duties, an interpreter appointed under this subchapter shall take an oath in substantially the following form: “Do you [swear] [affirm] that you will make a true and impartial interpretation using your best skills and judgment in accordance with the s…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-1106 Replacement of interpreter
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(a) A court that appoints an interpreter shall dismiss the interpreter and obtain the services of a qualified interpreter under procedures adopted by the Supreme Court:(1) If the interpreter fails to follow the standards prescribed by law or by the Arkansas Code of Professional R…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-1107 Confidential communications in presence of interpreter
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An interpreter appointed under this subchapter shall not be compelled to testify in a court proceeding as to any statements made by the person with limited English proficiency and interpreted by the interpreter when the person with limited English proficiency is engaged in a priv…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-1108 Compensation of interpreter
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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the payment of the cost of providing an interpreter appointed under this subchapter shall be the responsibility of the local government responsible for funding the court that has jurisdiction over the court proceeding. (b)…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-111 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-10-111Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-112 Proceedings not affected by lapse of term
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No writ, process, plea, or proceeding whatsoever, civil or criminal, shall be deemed discontinued or abated by the failure of any term or session of any court, nor by the failure to enter a continuance of any suit or cause on the record. The suit or cause shall be continued and p…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-113 Change of term not to affect proceedings
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When any change is made by law in the times of holding any court in this state, the change shall in no way operate to affect or impair, avoid, annul, or discontinue any suit, action, appeal, recognizance, bail bond, notice, or process, original, mesne, or final, taken, instituted…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-114 Courts not to open on Sunday — Exceptions
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(a) No court shall be opened or transact business on Sunday unless it is for the purpose of receiving a verdict or discharging a jury. (b) Every adjournment of a court on Saturday shall always be to some other day than Sunday, except such adjournment as may be made after a cause …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-115 Trial by temporary judge
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(a) On stipulation of the litigant parties, any court of this state, except in criminal causes, may order a cause to be tried by a temporary judge who is licensed in Arkansas to practice law. The temporary judge shall be sworn and empowered to act until final determination of the…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-116 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-10-116Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-117 Judge temporarily assigned in district — Jury list
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A judge assigned pursuant to § 16-10-101 on a temporary basis to a judicial district other than his or her own may share by concurrence with the judge of any division of the circuit court within that district the division's set of commissioners, jury wheel or box, list of jurors,…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-118 Judicial officeholder as candidate for nonjudicial office — Resignation — Warrants void
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(a) Whenever the holder of a judicial office in the State of Arkansas becomes a candidate at any primary or general election for a nonjudicial office, he or she shall immediately resign his or her judicial office and thereafter shall be ineligible to hold that judicial office for…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-119 Travel expenses of judges
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(a) From the appropriation provided to the Auditor of State for trial judges' expenses, a circuit court judge or a district court judge is authorized to be reimbursed for travel expenses at the rate authorized for state employees and for mileage at the rate established in the sta…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-122 Sheriffs of courts
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The sheriffs of the several counties shall be sheriffs of the several courts in their respective counties, and the sheriff in the county in which the Supreme Court is held shall be sheriff of that court.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-123 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-10-123Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-124 Enforcement of return of writ or process and payment of moneys
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Each court may enforce by attachment the return of any writ or process issued out of the same court and the payment of moneys had and received by any sheriff, coroner, constable, attorney, or collector in his or her official capacity, and the delivery of papers entrusted to him o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-125 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-10-125Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-126 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-10-126Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-127 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-10-127Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-128 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-10-128Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-129 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-10-129Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-130 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-10-130Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-131 Exemption from overtime parking penalties
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(a) No judge or his or her court reporter of any court of this state shall be subject to a fine or other penalty for the offense of overtime parking incurred while the person was on duty as a judge or court reporter. (b) Any person attempting to enforce any fine or other penalty …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-132 Addresses of parties
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The records of all judgments rendered in any circuit, county, district, or city court shall contain the addresses of all parties when reasonably ascertainable.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-133 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-10-133Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-134 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-10-134Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-135 Aids for the hearing or visually impaired
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(a) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall employ the most cost-efficient method of procuring auxiliary aids for persons with hearing and visual impairments. (b) These methods may include entering into a contractual arrangement with another state agency or with a private e…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-136 Extrajudicial activities of justices and judges
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(1) Restrictions on extrajudicial activities found in Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 80, shall not preclude a justice or judge from:(1) Being a member of a reserve unit of any branch of the United States Armed Forces;(2) Being a member of the National Guard;(3) Teaching;(4) Ser…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-137 Administrative Office of the Courts — Annual report
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(a) On July 31 of each year, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall submit an annual report to the Legislative Council showing the number of persons charged in circuit court for each criminal offense classification, comparing the state and each judicial district. (b) The r…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-138 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 16-10-138Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-139 Specialty court program evaluation and approval — Transfer — Definition
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(a) As used in this section, “specialty court program” means one (1) of the following:(1) A pre-adjudication probation program under § 5-4-901 et seq.;(2) A drug court program under the Arkansas Drug Court Act, § 16-98-301 et seq.;(3) A Swift and Certain Accountability on Probati…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-140 Accumulation of data concerning sex offenses — Definitions
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Family or household member” means the same as defined in § 5-26-302; and(2) “Sex offense” means the same as defined in § 12-12-903. (1) “Family or household member” means the same as defined in § 5-26-302; and (2) “Sex offense” means the same as d…