Title 16 — Practice, Procedure, And Courts

The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall issue and attest all process and affix the seals of the courts thereto.

The Clerk of the Supreme Court and the Clerk of the Supreme Court's deputies shall have authority to take acknowledgments to deeds, mortgages, and other instruments and to administer oaths.

The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall furnish to the Reporter of the Supreme Court the names of counsel signing briefs and a true copy of the opinions of the courts in all cases.

The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall keep a true and accurate account of all fees earned in the office in accordance with the guidelines as required by law, and such records shall be subject to inspection by the Auditor of State.

(a) Each circuit clerk shall preserve the seal and other property belonging to his or her office and shall provide suitable books, stationery, furniture, and other things necessary for his or her office. (b) A circuit clerk's seal shall be clear and legible and capable of photogr…

Every clerk shall seasonably issue and attest all processes when required by law.

(a) (1) The several clerks of the circuit courts shall, within twenty (20) days before the commencement of each term of the court, make out a docket of all causes, both civil and criminal, in which an issue of fact is to be tried, an inquiry of damages to be made, a special verdi…

(a) A clerk shall seasonably record the judgments, rules, orders, and other proceedings of the courts of which he or she is the clerk and shall make a complete alphabetical index of the judgments, rules, orders, and other proceedings of the court. (b) A clerk may make only an ele…

In case of danger from an invading enemy, the clerk may remove the records, papers, and other things belonging to his office to some secure place until the danger ceases.

A.C.A. § 16-20-306Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

Every clerk shall keep a perfect account of all arrearages coming into his hands and accruing to the county or state on account of taxes, fines, or otherwise. He shall then make settlement with the proper court at each stated term and pay over all balances.

If any clerk of the circuit court resigns, is removed from office, or dies, he or his executors or administrators shall deliver all records, papers, books, files, seals, and other things belonging to his office to his successor, as soon as he is qualified, who shall take charge o…

(a) Any clerk who resigns or is removed from office, or the executor or administrator of any clerk who dies, shall render a perfect account to the proper court, at the next term after the death, resignation, or removal. This account, on oath, shall be made of all arrearages of mo…

(a) (1) When any prosecuting attorney is required to prosecute charges against any clerk, if the offense is indictable, the prosecuting attorney shall submit the charges to the grand jury, in order that an indictment may be found.(2) (A) If the charges are for an offense not indi…

(a) The county clerk shall be clerk of the county court for his or her county, by virtue of his or her office. (b) It shall be his or her duty to attend each regular or special session of the county court, either in person or by deputy, and to keep and preserve in his or her offi…

(1) It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county court of each county:(1) To keep a regular account between the treasurer and the county, charging him with all moneys paid into the treasury, and crediting him with the amount he may have disbursed, between the period of his res…

A.C.A. § 16-20-403Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

The clerks of the county courts and of the probate division of the circuit courts are authorized to charge a fee of not more than ten dollars ($10.00) per day for making settlement with the collector for each day employed, including quarterly apportionments, but not exceeding thi…

A.C.A. § 16-20-405Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

Whenever the clerk of the county and probate court shall deliver to the clerk of the circuit court any original papers, he shall take a receipt therefor and file the receipt in place of the papers.

(a) Each county clerk in this state shall charge an additional fee of thirteen dollars ($13.00) for each marriage license issued. (b) (1) The clerk shall deposit two dollars ($2.00) of the moneys collected under this section into the county treasury to the credit of the county cl…

The fee for filing a report or an affidavit under § 14-86-103 shall be the same as the fee for initiating a cause of action under § 21-6-415.

(a) The Prosecuting Attorney of the Fifth Judicial District shall be entitled to an operating expense of not less than seventeen thousand five hundred dollars ($17,500) to cover the cost of printing, supplies, equipment, janitorial services, cleaning supplies, food, service contr…

Each prosecuting attorney shall reside in the judicial district for which he may be elected, under the provisions of the Constitution of this state.

The prosecuting attorney, without fee or reward, shall give his opinion to any county or township office in his judicial district, on matters of criminal law in which the state or county is concerned, pending before the official.

Each prosecuting attorney shall commence and prosecute all criminal actions in which the state or any county in his district may be concerned.

It shall be the duty of each prosecuting attorney, whenever he has information of the commission of any offense against the criminal and penal laws of this state or has reason to believe that any offense has been committed, to cause to be summoned all persons that he may think ne…

A.C.A. § 16-21-105Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) (1) The prosecuting attorneys shall, upon request, provide to a victim and the immediate family members of all homicide victims, whether or not they are witnesses in criminal proceedings, notice of critical events in the criminal justice process, which shall include, but not …

(a) This section shall be known as the “Victim/Witness Coordinator Act”. (b) There is created a Victim/Witness Coordinator to provide technical assistance and support to all victims of crimes and their families and to witnesses to crimes who are involved in the criminal justice s…

(a) The prosecuting attorneys of the several judicial districts in the State of Arkansas shall be designated as local units of government for the express purpose of permitting contracting with the Department of Finance and Administration for the provision of legal services under …

The prosecuting attorney's fees provided by law shall be charged against the defendants in felony cases, and when they are collected shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.

(a) Each prosecuting attorney shall, on or before January 1 in each year, file in the office of the Auditor of State, and in the offices of the several county treasurers in his district, an account in writing, verified by the affidavit of such attorney, of all the moneys received…

This subchapter shall apply to the Sixth Judicial District, which is composed of Pulaski County and Perry County.

(a) The Prosecuting Attorney of the Sixth Judicial District shall be entitled to the following assistants and employees:(1) To be paid by the county in which they serve:(A) A minimum of thirty-five (35) deputy prosecuting attorneys, whose salaries shall be as follows:(i) One (1) …

(a) The Prosecuting Attorney of the Sixth Judicial District may designate a part-time deputy prosecuting attorney to represent the office of the Prosecuting Attorney in Perry County. (b) Perry County shall reimburse the deputy prosecuting attorney on a monthly basis for said repr…

Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit the Quorum Court of Pulaski County and the Quorum Court of Perry County from providing additional personnel or funds from whatever source available, whether federal, state, county, or municipal, if deemed necessary for the…

(a) The state may provide for supplemental funding directly to the office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the Sixth Judicial District, including, but not limited to, funds collected under the provisions of §§ 5-64-505, 16-21-120, and 21-6-411. (b) These funds shall be in addition …

The Pulaski County Quorum Court shall appropriate not less than one hundred eighty-two thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($182,250) in funds for the maintenance and operations account of the Pulaski County Division of the office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the Sixth Judicial …

(a) The Prosecuting Attorney of the Sixth Judicial District shall have the power to appoint the following employees without confirmation of any court or tribunal, if the prosecutor receives a federal grant award therefor, at such salaries as are indicated in this subsection or as…

The office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the Sixth Judicial District is authorized to receive funds from the federal government in the name of the office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the Sixth Judicial District and to receive both federal and state asset forfeiture funds and t…

The office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the Sixth Judicial District is hereby authorized to establish a hot check program pursuant to state statute to collect fees for the hot check fund as authorized by the General Assembly and to expend those funds in official uses for the be…

(a) In all judicial districts in this state in which there is a county with more than one hundred twenty thousand (120,000) inhabitants according to the most recent federal census and where there are more than two (2) divisions of the circuit court and more than one (1) municipal…

(a) If any prosecuting attorney neglects, or fails from sickness or any other cause, to attend any of the courts of the district for which he was elected and to prosecute as required by law, it shall be the duty of the court to appoint some proper person, being an attorney at law…

(a) (1) The prosecuting attorneys of the several judicial districts of this state may appoint one (1) deputy in each of the several counties composing their districts. In counties having two (2) judicial districts, a deputy may be appointed for each district.(2) The appointment s…

(a) A county civil attorney or county attorney may be selected pursuant to ordinance of the quorum court for each county in the state. (b) The county attorney shall commence and prosecute or defend all civil actions in which his county is concerned. (c) The county attorney shall …

A prosecuting attorney may designate the duly elected or appointed city attorney of any municipality within the prosecutor's district to prosecute in the name of the state in the district and city courts violations of state misdemeanor laws, which violations occurred within the l…

(a) Prosecuting attorneys may be indicted for any misdemeanor in office or neglect of duty and punished by fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). (b) (1) When a bill of indictment has been found against any prosecuting attorney, …

(1) For the purposes of fixing just and equitable salaries for the several prosecuting attorneys of the State of Arkansas, the judicial districts of the State of Arkansas are divided as follows:(1) (A) All judicial districts having a population in excess of one hundred fifteen th…

The prosecuting attorneys in the Division A Judicial Districts shall not engage in the private practice of law during their terms in office.