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AR Code § 14-298-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-104. Contents of petition

 All petitions for laying out, altering, or vacating any county road shall specify the place of beginning, the intermediate points, if any, and the place of termination of the road.
AR Code § 14-298-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-105. Appointment of viewers — Duties

 (a) On presentation of the petition and proof of notice of publication as set out in § 14-298-102 and if the county court is satisfied that proper notice has been given in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the court shall appoint three (3) disinterested citizens of the county as viewers, who shall also:  (1) Be a jury to assess and determine the compensation to be paid in money for the property sought to be appropriated, without deduction for benefits to any property of the owners; and  (2) Assess and determine what damages each owner of the lands over which the road is to run shall suffer by the opening and construction of the road.    (b) The county court shall issue its order directing the viewers to proceed on a day to be named in the order to view, survey, and lay out or alter the road and also determine whether the public convenience requires that the road, or any part thereof, shall be established.
AR Code § 14-298-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-106. Surveyors

 (a) The viewers may call to their assistance a competent surveyor to assist them in laying out and surveying or altering any road they may be ordered by the county court to view, survey, and lay out or alter.  (b) It shall be the duty of every surveyor, when called on by any viewer or reviewers, to survey any road they may be required to view or review, lay out, establish, or alter and to furnish all courses, bearings, distances, plats, and surveys of roads required by them to be laid out, established, or altered, as viewers or reviewers, when demanded by them.
AR Code § 14-298-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-108. Notices to landowners and viewers

 (a) It shall be the duty of one (1) of the petitioners to give at least thirty (30) days' notice in writing to:  (1) The owner or his or her agents, if residing within the county, or if the owner is an incapacitated person as defined by § 28-65-104, then to the guardian of that person, if a resident of the county, through whose land the road is proposed to be laid out and established; and  (2) The viewers named in the order of the county court of the time and place of meeting as specified in the order.    (b)  (1)  (A) It is further made the duty of the principal petitioner, if the road is proposed to be laid out on or through any land owned by nonresidents of the county, to cause notice to the nonresidents of the county to be served as provided by the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure, and if service is not obtained, then the notice shall be published one (1) time per week for two (2) consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the county.  (B) If there is no newspaper published in the county, then notice shall be given to the nonresident by posting a notice of the time and place of meeting of the viewers as specified in the order of the county court.    (2) The substance of the petition for the road shall also be posted upon the door of the office of the clerk of the county court for at least two (2) weeks before the time fixed for the meeting of the viewers.
AR Code § 14-298-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-109. Viewing, surveying, and laying out road

 It shall be the duty of the viewers to meet at the time and place specified in the order. After taking an oath or affirmation to faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of their appointments, respectively, they shall take to their assistance two (2) suitable persons as chain carriers and one (1) person as marker and proceed to view, survey, and lay out or alter the roads as prayed for in the petition, or as near the same as in their opinion a good road can be made with reasonable expense, taking into consideration the ground, convenience, and inconvenience and expense which will result to individuals as well as to the public if the road is established, or any part thereof, or altered as prayed for. In laying out or altering or establishing public highways, the highways shall be located as near as practicable on section and subdivision lines.
AR Code § 14-298-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-110. Determination of road width

 (a)  (1) The viewers shall report what width the road should be to promote public convenience.  (2) However, the county courts shall have power to determine what shall be the width of each road in their respective counties.    (b) The presumed width of a public road shall be fifty feet (50'), providing a minimum of twenty-five feet (25') of right-of-way on either side of the center line.
AR Code § 14-298-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-111. Assessment of damages

 The viewers shall assess and determine the damages sustained by any person through whose premises the road is proposed to be established, mentioning the damages to each tract separately.
AR Code § 14-298-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-112. Report of viewers — Contents

 Viewers shall make and sign a report in writing, stating:   (1) Their opinion in favor of or against the establishment, alteration, or vacation of a road, or any part thereof, and set forth the reason for their opinion;  (2) The commencement and termination, courses, and distances of the road, so that the road can be readily formed and located;  (3) The value of the property sought to be appropriated for the establishment of the road; and  (4) The amount of damages, if any, and to whom, which by them have been assessed and which would accrue by the establishing and opening of the road.
AR Code § 14-298-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-113. Proceedings on report — Compensation and damages

 (a) The county court, on receiving the reports of the viewers as set out in § 14-298-112, shall cause the report to be available to all parties and shall cause a hearing to be held in which the report is read publicly.  (b) If no legal objection is made to the reports by the parties and the court is satisfied that the road, or any part thereof, will be of sufficient importance to the public to cause the damages and the compensation that have been assessed as set out in § 14-298-111 to be paid by the county, and that the amount so assessed is reasonable and just, and the report of the viewers being favorable thereto, the court shall order the damages to be paid to the persons entitled thereto from the county treasury, and thenceforth the road shall be considered a public road.  (c) If the court is of the opinion that the road is not of sufficient public utility for the county to pay the compensation and damages assessed as set out in § 14-298-111 and the petitioners refuse to pay the compensation and damages, then the road shall not be declared a public highway or road and the costs accruing by reason of the application shall be paid by the petitioners, as provided in § 14-298-103. If the report of the viewers is against the proposed road or alteration, or if the road is not of sufficient public utility, in the opinion of the court, then no further proceedings shall be had thereon and the obligors in the bond securing costs and expenses shall be liable for the full amount of the costs and expenses.
AR Code § 14-298-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-114. Order opening road

 After any road has been established and declared a public road, the county court shall issue an order declaring the road to be opened and the order shall be filed of record with the county clerk.
AR Code § 14-298-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-115. Review

 (a) After the viewers of any county road shall have made return in favor of the road and before the road has been established, any citizen of the county whose lands are affected by the road may apply by petition to the county court for a review of the road, as provided in § 14-298-103.  (b) The court, on being satisfied from the petition that a review should be granted, shall appoint three (3) disinterested freeholders of the county to review the road and issue their order to the reviewers directing them to meet at a time and place therein specified. After taking the oath required of viewers, they shall proceed to examine the route surveyed for the road by the former viewers and make a report in writing to the court stating their opinion in favor of or against the establishment of the road, or any part thereof, and their reasons therefor.  (c) The petitioners for review shall give at least thirty (30) days' notice to the principal petitioner for the road of the time and place of meeting of the reviewers.  (d) If a review is granted, then no further proceedings shall be had until the reviewers have reported their action to the court.  (e)  (1) If the report of the reviewers is in favor of the road, the road shall be established, recorded, and opened, and the persons bound for the review shall pay into the county treasury the amount of the costs of the review.  (2) If the report is against the establishment of the road, no further proceedings shall be had about the road before the court, and the persons executing the first bond shall pay into the county treasury the costs and expenses of the views, survey, and review of the road.
AR Code § 14-298-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-116. Appeal to circuit court

 (a)  (1) An appeal from the final decision of the county court for a new county road or for vacating, altering, or reviewing any county road shall be allowed to the circuit court.  (2) Notice of the appeal shall be given within thirty (30) days from the date the order of the county court is filed of record with the county clerk.    (b) The appellant, within thirty (30) days following the decision, shall enter into bond, with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the clerk of the county court, for the payment of all costs and expenses arising from the appeal.  (c) Incapacitated persons, as defined by § 28-65-104, or their guardians may appeal without giving bond.  (d) The circuit court may order another view or review of the road or make other orders as justice of the case demands.  (e) The county court, after notice of appeal has been given, shall not issue any order in the premises until after thirty (30) days have expired from the time of making the decision appealed from.  (f) If the appeal has not been perfected agreeably to the provisions of this chapter, the clerk shall issue the order for the opening of the road.  (g) The decisions of the circuit court on petitions for roads taken into the county by appeal shall be recorded in the record of the county court from which the appeal is taken.
AR Code § 14-298-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-117. Vacation of road

 (a)  (1) When any county road or any part of any county road is considered useless, any ten (10) citizens residing in that portion of the county may make application by petition agreeable to § 14-298-124 to the county court to vacate the road, setting forth in the petition the reason why the road ought to be vacated.  (2) The petition shall be publicly read by the county court at the hearing on the petition, with the proof of notice and publication required by this chapter.    (b) If no objections are made and filed, the county court may declare the road vacated, or any part thereof that it may deem necessary.  (c) If objection is made in writing, the county court shall appoint three (3) viewers to view the road who shall proceed, after taking the oath or affirmation required by this chapter, to view the road as aforesaid and make a written report of their opinion thereon, and their reason for the opinion, to the county court. If the viewers shall report in favor of vacating the road, or any part thereof, the court, if it deems the report reasonable and just, may declare the road, or any part thereof, vacated, agreeable to the report of the viewers.  (d) The costs thereof and expenses incident thereto shall be paid by the petitioners unless the county court shall order the costs and expenses paid out of the county treasury.
AR Code § 14-298-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-118. Compensation

 (a) All persons required to render services under the provisions of this chapter as viewers or reviewers, chain carriers, markers, or surveyors shall be paid reasonable costs and expenses based upon the current market rate out of the registry of the court for each day necessarily employed, and payments are to be charged as costs and expenses against a petitioner.  (b) The amount due to each person and the number of days employed shall be certified under oath by the viewers or reviewers, as the case may be.  (c) The county shall be reimbursed for the payment so made and for all other necessary expenses incident to the proceedings, by a petitioner, as hereinbefore provided.  (d) The county clerk shall receive fees he or she may be entitled to by law, to be taxed as costs and paid as provided in this section.
AR Code § 14-298-119 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-119. Limitation on damages for land taken

 No part of this chapter shall be so construed as to entitle any person whose lands, or any part thereof, may be appropriated under this chapter to a public highway to any further compensation and damages than the value of property appropriated and damages sustained by the owner thereof by reason of a road being established on and over the property, over and above such value.
AR Code § 14-298-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-122. Opening or altering roads in counties voting for road tax — Notice by actions

 (a) The purpose of this section is to establish a rule defining what actions have supplied the requisite notice to affected landowners of the condemnation of their property by county court orders effected pursuant to § 14-298-121.  (b) Entry and notice shall mean:  (1) Any construction work performed on a road, street, or highway where the right-of-way thereof condemned by the county court is on a new location was entry and was notice of the existence of the condemnation order, from the date of performance of the work, to the person owning, prior to the court order, the property entered upon;  (2) Where the right-of-way condemned by a county court order included an existing road, street, or highway, construction work on the right-of-way which was more than the mere resurfacing or reconditioning of the existing road, street, or highway, was entry and was notice of the existence of the condemnation order to the person owning, prior to the court order, the property entered upon.
AR Code § 14-298-123 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-123. Replacement of washed-out road

 (a) When any county road may be injured or destroyed by the washing of any lake, river, or creek, the judge of the county court shall be notified by any witness in writing of the nature and extent of the injury.  (b) If the judge shall be satisfied that the road has been injured or destroyed to such extent as to inconvenience the traveling public, the judge shall appoint three (3) viewers. They may, if in their judgment it is necessary, take with them a competent surveyor and proceed to view and survey a new road upon such ground as will accommodate the traveling public.  (c) The viewers shall determine the compensation to be allowed the owners of the property sought to be appropriated, at its true value, and the damages occasioned by the new road and shall make a report of their doings in the manner pointed out in this chapter as the duties of viewers of new roads.  (d) Appeals may be taken from the appointment and orders of the judge and from the assessment allowed by the viewers as a jury to the owners of the property, in the manner provided by this chapter, within the time allowed by law, after the first regular term of the court thereafter held.  (e) The appointment of viewers and order of the judge provided in this chapter shall be recorded in the records of the court.  (f) The county court shall be governed in the reception, approving, and recording of the report of viewers, in all respects, as is prescribed in the case of new roads, except no notice of the destruction or injury to the road shall be required except as required by this section.  (g) All costs, damages, and expenses arising under the provisions of this section shall be paid out of the county treasury on the warrant of the county clerk.
AR Code § 14-298-124 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-124. Altering public roads on private land

 (a)  (1) If any person through whose land a public road is or may be established shall be desirous of turning the road through any other part of his or her land, that person shall apply by petition to the county court to permit him or her to turn the road through any other part of his or her land on as good ground and without increasing the distance to the injury of the public.  (2) Upon presentation of the petition, the person shall present a supporting affidavit to the effect that the proposed change will not materially increase the distance to the injury of the public, together with opinions by supporting affidavits in writing as to the utility or practicability of the alteration.    (b) The court shall declare the new road a public highway if:  (1) The court finds that the prayer of the petition is reasonable and the alteration will not place the road on worse ground or increase the distance to the injury of the public;  (2) The court is satisfied that the new road will be opened by the petitioner, a legal width and, in all respects made as good as the old road was for the convenience of travelers; and  (3) In the opinion of the court, the petition shall be just and reasonable.    (c) A person desiring the alteration provided in this section shall pay all the cost incident to the proceedings, and no damages shall be allowed to any petitioner under the provisions of this section by reason of any such change to any petitioner.
AR Code § 14-298-125 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 298 - Establishment, Alteration, And Vacation Of County Roads|§ 14-298-125. Federal authority

 (a) The county court of each county in the State of Arkansas is authorized to grant the United States of America the right to close, inundate, destroy, relocate, alter, or appropriate any county highway in the county in connection with the construction, development, operation, or maintenance of any flood control or other public project being constructed, operated, developed, or maintained by the United States of America, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as the county court may determine to be just and proper.  (b) The county court of each county of the State of Arkansas shall have power to execute any and all contracts, deeds, easements, and other instruments of conveyance as may be required in or convenient to the exercise of the powers granted in this section.
AR Code § 14-302-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 302 - Municipal Street And Parking Revenue Bond Act|§ 14-302-101. Title

 This chapter may be referred to and cited as the “Municipal Street and Parking Revenue Bond Act.”
AR Code § 14-302-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 302 - Municipal Street And Parking Revenue Bond Act|§ 14-302-102. Purpose and construction

 (a) This chapter shall be construed liberally.  (b) All acts and activities of the municipality performed pursuant to the authority of this chapter are legislatively determined and declared to be essential governmental functions.  (c) In this regard it is determined and declared that this chapter is the sole authority necessary for the performance of the acts authorized by this chapter including, without limitation, the issuance of bonds.  (d) There is conferred upon the municipalities of this state the authority to take such action and to do or cause to be done such things as shall be necessary or desirable to accomplish and implement the purposes and intent of this chapter according to the import hereof.
AR Code § 14-302-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 302 - Municipal Street And Parking Revenue Bond Act|§ 14-302-103. Chapter cumulative

 The provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative, insofar as the authority conferred and the subject matter dealt with is concerned, to all other laws dealing with the accomplishing of similar work to that embodied in street and parking projects dealt with in this chapter and to the financing and operation thereof by municipalities or agencies or authorities of municipalities.
AR Code § 14-302-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 18 - Roadways, Bridges, And Parking Generally|Chapter 302 - Municipal Street And Parking Revenue Bond Act|§ 14-302-104. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Bonds” means bonds issued under the authority of this chapter;  (2) “Municipalities” means first-class cities, second-class cities, and incorporated towns;  (3) “Street and parking revenues” means special revenues specified in § 14-302-110.