Title 27 — Transportation

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Bus” means a motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten (10) passengers and used for the transportation of persons, or a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation;(2) “Dealer” …

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall provide for and issue special personalized prestige license plates for passenger automobiles and motorcycles. (b) The special personalized prestige license plates shall be issued in addition to the regular li…

(a) Any automobile owner or motorcycle owner desiring to obtain a special personalized prestige license plate for his or her automobile or motorcycle must make a new application each year and pay the additional fee prescribed in § 27-14-1101. (b) Once an automobile owner or motor…

The color of the background and the color of the numbers or letters on the special personalized prestige license plates shall be identical to the colors on the regular license plates issued for the same year.

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to promulgate rules regarding the maximum and minimum number of letters, numbers, or symbols on special personalized prestige license plates issued under this subchapter. (b) The secretary may also pr…

This subchapter may be cited as the “Permanent Trailer Licensing Act of 1979”.

(a) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Decal” means an attachable material of such form and substance as the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may prescribe by rule;(2) “Proper application” means a completed application form which meets all of the requirement…

All trailers having a gross load not in excess of six thousand pounds (6,000 lbs.) shall be subject to the provisions of this subchapter.

(a) Any owner of a trailer failing to comply with the provisions of this subchapter shall be subject to the penalties provided for in § 27-14-304. (b) The failure of the trailer owner to affix and display the permanent license plates, the tab or decal, or the registration card, i…

A.C.A. § 27-14-1205Current 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) An applicant may apply, in person or by mail, for the issuance of permanent license plates to the revenue collector in the county where he or she resides or to the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration. (b) Thirty (30) days before the expiration of a licen…

The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may require such other information of applicants as he or she deems necessary for the proper licensing of trailers and the proper maintenance of a trailer register.

A.C.A. § 27-14-1208Current 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 Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall issue to each owner of a trailer subject to this subchapter a registration certificate, which must be kept in the place prescribed by the secretary. (b) The willful failure or neglect to comply with the provi…

(a) Upon registration, the owner of every trailer of a type subject to the provisions of this subchapter shall receive a permanent license plate issued by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration upon the payment of the fee set forth in § 27-14-601. (b) For t…

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to issue to the owner of a trailer subject to this subchapter a permanent license plate, subject to replacement, upon payment of the fee set forth in § 27-14-601. (b) Nothing in this section shall be …

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to issue permanent reflectorized license plates in such form as he or she shall prescribe. (b) These license plates shall be attached to the trailer in such manner as he or she shall prescribe. (c) No…

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall mail application forms for all renewals of registration under this subchapter issued prior to January 1, 2002, to the last address of the owner of the trailer as the owner's name and address appear on the rec…

(a) The owner of any permanent license plate issued by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration prior to January 1, 2002, may renew his or her registration, in person or by mail, at a county revenue office or with the secretary during any day from thirty (30)…

(a) In conjunction with the permanent license plate, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may issue a tab or decal as evidence of the payment of license fees. (b) The trailer owner shall affix and display the tab or decal in such place as the secretary sh…

(a) Whenever the owner of a registered trailer transfers or assigns his or her title, or interest thereto, the registration of the trailer shall expire. (b) The owner shall remove the license plate and any plate sticker, metal tab, or decal therefrom and forward them to the Offic…

(a) Every owner of a trailer subject to this subchapter shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration any change of address from that listed when the trailer was registered. (b) The willful failure or neglect of an owner to report a change of addre…

The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall promulgate such reasonable rules and prescribe such forms as are necessary for the proper enforcement of this subchapter.

(a) Every person who violates or who procures, aids, or abets violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter and any person who refuses or fails to obey any order, decision, or rule made under or pursuant to this subchapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Upon…

Nothing in this subchapter shall repeal the right of the State Highway Commission to vary the load limit on any particular road at any particular time as conditions may warrant.

The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized and directed to supply license plates to properly designate or identify the various classes of vehicles covered in this subchapter and to enforce this subchapter.

(a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall promulgate rules and prescribe forms for the proper enforcement of this subchapter.(2) The rules and forms shall be dated and issued under a systematic method of numbering. (1) The Secretary of the Depart…

(a) Annually, on or before December 31 of each year, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall make a report of his or her administration of this subchapter to the Governor. (b) The annual report shall include, among other things, facts and statistics re…

(a) (1) The Chief Fiscal Officer of the State is authorized to design and issue commercial vehicle temporary license plates for use in cases where commercial operators desire to operate temporarily in this state for a period not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours.(2) These license …

(a) The provisions of § 27-14-601 shall govern the fees for the registration and licensing of interstate motor buses. (b) For the purpose of determining the registration and licensing fees, an interstate motor bus shall be considered a motor truck.

Where motor buses are operated on designated streets according to regular schedules, under franchise from any municipality in this state, the owners or operators of the motor buses shall pay to the state an annual motor vehicle and license fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each …

(a) As used in this section, “community or farm-to-market bus” means any bus operating under and by authority of the Arkansas Department of Transportation which is privileged to operate as a common carrier for hire within the State of Arkansas and which has a home office that is …

(a) School buses owned by facilities licensed by the Department of Human Services shall not be subject to the registration and licensing fees prescribed by law. (b) The only fee for their licenses shall be a one dollar ($1.00) annual renewal fee. (c) The original license applicat…

(a) (1) A license shall not be issued for any taxicab, automobile, or similar vehicle used for hire, nor shall these vehicles be operated or used in and upon the streets, roads, and highways of the State of Arkansas, within or without the corporate limits of any city or village, …

(a) Where any person, firm, or corporation is engaged in a general taxicab business of transporting persons for hire in adjoining cities and incorporated towns which are separated by a state line, where the motor vehicles or taxicabs are operated in this state under a franchise c…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Affiliated person” means:(A) Any officer, director, or partner of an applicant; and(B) Any person owning or controlling more than five percent (5%) of the applicant's debt or equity;(2) (A) “Applicant” means an entity engaged in the business of op…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Manufactured home” means a factory-built structure:(A) Produced in accordance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq.; and(B) Designed to be used as a dwelling unit; and(2) …

(a) (1) An owner of a manufactured home or a mobile home shall register the manufactured home or mobile home with the Office of Motor Vehicle for the purpose of receiving a certificate of title to the manufactured home or the mobile home or for any other purpose.(2) Subdivision (…

(a) If a manufactured home or a mobile home is to be affixed to real estate, the manufacturer's certificate of origin or the original document of title may be surrendered to the Department of Finance and Administration for cancellation. (b) The department shall cancel a certifica…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Lender applicant” means an individual or entity that intends to sever a manufactured home or mobile home from the real estate to which it is affixed and is a lender that holds a lien, security interest, or encumbrance against the manufactured home…

(a) A manufacturer or dealer owning any vehicle of a type otherwise required to be registered under this chapter may operate or move it upon the highways solely for purposes of transporting it without registering each vehicle, upon condition that any such vehicle display a specia…

(a) (1) A manufacturer or dealer may make application to the Office of Motor Vehicle, upon the appropriate form, for a certificate containing a general distinguishing number and for one (1) or more pairs of special plates, single special plates, or special temporary preprinted pa…

(a) (1) Every special plate, excluding temporary preprinted paper tags, issued under this subchapter shall expire at 12:00 midnight on December 31 of each year unless the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration provides by rule a staggered method of annual expir…

(a) Each dealer as defined in § 27-14-601(a)(6) shall furnish the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration with a list of each user authorized under this section to operate one (1) or more new or used motor vehicles to which a dealer's extra license plate issued …

(a) (1) (A) A person who buys a motor vehicle from a licensed dealer shall be required to obtain one (1) temporary preprinted paper buyer's tag for the vehicle and any correlating sticker that is to be placed on the tag.(B) The preprinted paper buyer's tag may be issued by an app…

(a) A dealer may allow a prospective buyer or customer to drive an unregistered vehicle:(1) To demonstrate or to allow a prospective buyer to test drive the vehicle for sale purposes for a period not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours; or(2) As a loaner vehicle for a customer while…

In addition to the authority provided in § 27-14-403, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may promulgate, adopt, and enforce such rules as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter.

(a) There is created a vehicle temporary tag database within the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration to develop, establish, and maintain a database of information to verify compliance with the unregistered motor vehicle preprinted paper buyer's tag la…

(1) As used in this subchapter, “dealer” means a new motor vehicle dealer licensed under § 23-112-301 or a used motor vehicle dealer licensed under § 23-112-607 who is engaged in the sale of:(1) New motor vehicles;(2) Used motor vehicles;(3) Motorcycles or motor-driven cycles as …

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to display a placard except as provided in this subchapter. (b) A person who violates any of the provisions of this subchapter or any of the rules promulgated in this subchapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined:(1) Five hundred…