Title 16 — Practice, Procedure, And Courts
99 chapters · 2,352 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-119 Contingent expense funds generally
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(a) The prosecuting attorney of each judicial district shall be allowed a contingent expense of his office, including telephone, telegraph, postage, printing, office supplies and equipment, office rent, stationery, traveling expense, special service, operation of automobiles, and…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-120 Fees from persons issuing bad checks — Special fund — Expenditures — Reports
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(a) Fees collected under this act shall be deposited in a special fund to be administered by the prosecuting attorney. (b) Expenditures from this fund shall be at the sole discretion of the prosecuting attorney and may be used only to defray the salaries and expenses of the prose…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-1201 Contingent expense allowance
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(a) The Prosecuting Attorney of the Seventh Judicial District shall be entitled to a contingent expense allowance of not less than eleven thousand sixty-three dollars ($11,063) per annum to be paid by the respective counties of the Seventh Judicial District as follows:(1) Saline …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-1202 Operating expenses — Staff
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(a) The office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the Seventh Judicial District shall receive not less than a contingent expense reimbursement for the expenses of the office including, but not limited to, maintenance and operation, capital outlay, office supplies, telephone, postage,…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-1203 Searcy County — Deputy prosecuting attorney
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Pursuant to the direction of the Prosecution Coordination Commission, a part-time deputy prosecuting attorney from any additional personnel provided to the commission by the Eighty-Fourth General Assembly, at such rates and terms as may be determined by the commission and the ele…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-1204 Funding
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(a) Searcy County shall continue to bear the responsibility and expense of providing at the county's expense through an annual appropriation the following at sufficient levels for operation, but not less than the amounts appropriated by ordinance in effect February 1, 2003, the c…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-121 First Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney
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The First Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-122 The Second Judicial District
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The Second Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-123 The Third Judicial District
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The Third Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-124 The Fourth Judicial District
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The Fourth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-125 The Fifth Judicial District
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The Fifth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-126 The Sixth Judicial District
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The Sixth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-127 The Seventh Judicial District — The Twenty-second Judicial District
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(a) The Seventh Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District. (b) The Twenty-second Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-128 The Eighth Judicial District
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(a) The Eighth Judicial District-North shall be a Division A Judicial District. (b) Effective January 1, 1999, the Eighth Judicial District-South shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-129 The Ninth Judicial District-East
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The Ninth Judicial District-East shall be a Division B Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-130 The Ninth Judicial District-West
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The Ninth Judicial District-West shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-1301 Contingent expense allowances
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(a) (1) In lieu of any other contingent expense allowance now provided by law for the Prosecuting Attorney of the Eighth Judicial District-North and the Prosecuting Attorney of the Eighth Judicial District-South, the office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the Eighth Judicial Distr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-131 The Tenth Judicial District
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The Tenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-132 The Eleventh Judicial District-East
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The Eleventh Judicial District-East shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-133 The Eleventh Judicial District-West
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The Eleventh Judicial District-West shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-134 The Twelfth Judicial District
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The Twelfth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-135 The Thirteenth Judicial District
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The Thirteenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-136 The Fourteenth Judicial District
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The Fourteenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-137 The Fifteenth Judicial District
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The Fifteenth Judicial District shall be a Division B Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-138 The Sixteenth Judicial District
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The Sixteenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-139 The Seventeenth Judicial District
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The Seventeenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-140 The Twenty-third Judicial District
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The Twenty-third Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-1401 Election
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(a) The qualified electors of Clark County and Pike County shall elect a prosecuting attorney to serve only the Ninth Judicial District-East. (b) The qualified electors of Howard County, Little River County, and Sevier County shall elect a prosecuting attorney to serve only the N…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-1402 Expense allowances
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(a) The Prosecuting Attorney of the Ninth Judicial District-East shall receive a contingent expense allowance of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400) per annum to be paid one thousand six hundred dollars ($1,600) by Clark County and eight hundred dollars ($800) by Pike Coun…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-141 The Eighteenth Judicial District-East
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The Eighteenth Judicial District-East shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-142 The Eighteenth Judicial District-West
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The Eighteenth Judicial District-West shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-143 The Nineteenth Judicial District
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The Nineteenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-144 The Twentieth Judicial District
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The Twentieth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-145 Authority to appoint deputies and employees
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Prosecuting attorneys shall have the power to appoint all deputies and employees without confirmation of any court or tribunal.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-146 Appropriation of funds for salaries and expenses
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(a) The quorum courts of the respective counties of a judicial district shall annually appropriate sufficient amounts to cover the salaries and expenses of the prosecuting attorney's office. (b) The quorum courts of the respective counties may appropriate any additional funds and…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-147 Powers of deputy prosecuting attorney — Disposition of federal forfeiture funds
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(a) A deputy prosecuting attorney who is duly appointed in any county of a judicial district shall, with the prosecuting attorney's consent, have the authority to perform all official acts as a deputy prosecuting attorney in all counties within the district. (b) (1) A prosecuting…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-148 Deputy prosecutor for civil asset forfeiture actions
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(a) In addition to the deputy prosecuting attorney positions created by § 16-21-113(a)(1) and other Arkansas Code provisions and laws, a prosecuting attorney shall have the power to enter into a contract for personal services with a licensed attorney whose duty it will be to act …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-149 Appointment of special deputy prosecuting attorneys
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the prosecuting attorney in every judicial district is authorized to appoint as special deputy prosecuting attorneys:(1) Persons employed as attorneys in the office of the Prosecutor Coordinator; or(2) (A) With the consent of the At…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-150 Prosecution of appeals
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No prosecuting attorney shall prosecute city misdemeanor cases or appeals to circuit or appellate courts unless the prosecuting attorney consents to do so.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-1501 Applicability
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This subchapter shall apply to the Tenth Judicial District, which is composed of Ashley County, Bradley County, Chicot County, Desha County, and Drew County.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-1502 Contingent expense allowances
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In lieu of any other contingent expense allowance provided by law for the office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the Tenth Judicial District, the prosecuting attorney shall be authorized an expense allowance of not less than twenty-seven thousand dollars ($27,000) per year nor mor…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-1503 Assessment and collection of prosecuting attorney's fees
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(a) At the end of each calendar month and within ten (10) days thereafter, the officers collecting the fees shall pay them into the treasury of the county, except as otherwise provided in Acts 1985, No. 1097, §§ 2 and 3, and shall receive from the treasurer his receipt in duplica…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-151 Prosecutor's victim/witness fund
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(a) In those offices where the prosecuting attorney is desirous of paying for the victim/witness program from more than one (1) county or fund, the prosecuting attorney may establish a cash account. (b) Notice of such shall be sent by the prosecuting attorney to the applicable co…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-152 The Twenty-first Judicial District
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The Twenty-first Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-153 License — Confirmation — Vacancies
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(a) Each person selected as a deputy prosecuting attorney shall be licensed to practice law in the State of Arkansas. (b) Deputy prosecuting attorneys shall be appointed by elected prosecuting attorneys without confirmation of any court or tribunal and may be removed at any time …
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-154 Entry-level salary
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The entry level salaries of deputy prosecuting attorneys shall be consistent with that established by the state pay plan for the appropriate grade of each position.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-155 Attendance and leave
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The deputy prosecuting attorneys shall be subject to the Uniform Attendance and Leave Policy Act, § 21-4-201 et seq., as administered by the elected prosecuting attorneys by whom they are employed.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-156 Funding of expenses and additional employees of the prosecuting attorneys' offices
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(1) Each county or counties within a judicial district shall continue to bear the responsibility and expense of providing, at the county's expense through an annual appropriation, the following, at sufficient levels for operation, but not less than the amounts appropriated by ord…
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-157 State employment and assignment of positions
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(a) Deputy prosecuting attorneys are state employees. (b) The Prosecution Coordination Commission shall assist in the maintenance of a system which equitably serves all areas of the state by providing quality deputy prosecuting attorneys.
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-21-158 Hour limitations — Part-time deputy prosecuting attorneys
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There are no upper limit restrictions on the number of hours which a part-time deputy prosecuting attorney may work.