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AR Code § 16-4-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 4 - Uniform Interstate And International Procedure Act|§ 16-4-108. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Interstate and International Procedure Act”.
AR Code § 16-5-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 5 - Nonliability Of Volunteer Fire Fighters, Etc.|§ 16-5-101. Volunteer firefighters, etc. — Nonliability

 (a) No volunteer firefighter or board member of a volunteer fire department nor administrative personnel of a volunteer fire department shall be civilly liable for personal injury or property damage resulting from any act or omission of a volunteer firefighter in carrying out his or her official duties as a firefighter if the act or omission was in good faith and did not constitute gross negligence.  (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to volunteer fire departments of incorporated cities or towns.
AR Code § 16-5-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 5 - Nonliability Of Volunteer Fire Fighters, Etc.|§ 16-5-102. Damage resulting from installation of free smoke alarms — Liability

 (a) No volunteer firefighter shall be civilly liable for personal injury or property damage resulting from any act or omission in the installation of a smoke alarm provided free of charge if the act or omission did not constitute intentional wrongdoing.  (b) No board member of any fire department nor administrative personnel of any fire department shall be civilly liable for personal injury or property damage resulting from any act or omission of a volunteer firefighter in installation of a smoke alarm provided free of charge.
AR Code § 16-15-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 15 - County Courts|§ 16-15-101. Terms of court

 (a) The regular terms of the county courts of the several counties of this state shall commence on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October of each year.  (b)  (1) The county court shall be open, by operation of law, at the beginning of each regular term of the court, as set forth in subsection (a) of this section, and shall remain open until the beginning of the next term of the court.  (2) No term of the court shall lapse by reason of the fact that the court was not formally opened at the beginning of the term.
AR Code § 16-15-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 15 - County Courts|§ 16-15-102. Special terms

 (a) The county judge of any county may hold a special term of the county court when the public good of the county demands it.  (b) Before any special term of a county court shall be held, the county judge shall give a notice ten (10) days before the special term is held by posting ten (10) written or printed notices in ten (10) of the most public places in the county, including one (1) notice on the door of the office of the clerk of the county.
AR Code § 16-15-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 15 - County Courts|§ 16-15-103. Change of term upon conflict with circuit court — Exception

 (a)  (1) Whenever it shall happen that the time for holding the county court and circuit court in any county shall be on the same day, the county judge shall not commence his or her court until two (2) weeks thereafter.  (2) This section shall not apply to counties having separate county clerks, as provided for in Arkansas Constitution, Article 7, § 19.    (b) All process of whatever description shall be returnable and have day and trial in the same manner as if the county court had been held at the regular time prescribed by law.
AR Code § 16-15-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 15 - County Courts|§ 16-15-104. Adjournment — Recess

 There shall be no adjournments of county courts, but the county courts shall be deemed in recess when not engaged in the transaction of business.
AR Code § 16-15-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 15 - County Courts|§ 16-15-105. Sessions

 (a) Each county court may, by rule or order, fix times and places when the court will be in session for the transaction of business; but such scheduled sittings of the court shall not preclude the transaction of business by the court at other times or places.  (b) In counties having more than one (1) judicial district, the county court shall be concurrently in session in each district.
AR Code § 16-15-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 15 - County Courts|§ 16-15-106. Punishment for contempt

 The county court of each county, for an interruption of its proceedings or any contempt offered it while in session, shall have the power to impose a Class C misdemeanor.
AR Code § 16-15-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 15 - County Courts|§ 16-15-107. Approval of bonds in vacation

 The judge of the county court shall have power, in vacation, to approve any bond requiring the approval of the court by law. The bond, so approved by the judge, shall be submitted to the court, at its next regular meeting, for their approval or rejection, and, if rejected, a new bond and surety shall be given.
AR Code § 16-15-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 15 - County Courts|§ 16-15-108. Special judges

 (a) When any county judge of the state shall be physically unable to attend to the business of his or her court to the extent that the business of the county court shall suffer on account of the physical disability, the circuit judge of the district in which the county is located shall have authority to certify to the Governor the physical disability of the county judge. The Governor shall appoint someone to hold the county court until such time as the regular county judge shall be physically able to resume his or her official duties.  (b) Every person appointed to serve as special judge of a county court shall be entitled to receive compensation at the rate of forty dollars ($40.00) per day for each day he or she shall sit, to be paid out of the county treasury.
AR Code § 16-15-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 15 - County Courts|§ 16-15-109. Interest in county contracts or transactions prohibited

 (a)  (1) It shall be unlawful for any county judge to be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract or transaction made or entered into in his or her county or on behalf of his or her county or to accept or receive any property, money, or other valuable thing for his or her use or benefit on account of, connected with, or growing out of any contract or transaction had or made for his or her county.  (2) If, in the purchase of any materials, supplies, equipment, or machinery for the county, any discounts, credits, or allowances are given or allowed, they shall be for the benefit of the county. It shall be unlawful for the county judge to accept or retain the discounts, credits, or allowances for his or her own use or benefit. All such discounts, credits, or allowances must be given to the county.    (b) A violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor, and upon conviction the county judge shall be punished by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). In addition, the county judge shall be removed from office, and his or her successor shall be appointed as is provided by law.
AR Code § 16-15-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 15 - County Courts|§ 16-15-110. Judge not to be interested party in county contracts, projects, buildings, etc

 It shall be unlawful for any county judge in this state to be either directly or indirectly interested, in his or her own county, in:   (1) The building or repairing of any public building or the building or repairing of any public bridge;  (2) Any toll bridge or causeway;  (3) Any public ferry;  (4) The keeping, feeding, or clothing of any pauper or poor or insane person;  (5) Any real or personal property, stationery, furniture, wood, or other materials purchased for the use of the county; or  (6) Any internal improvement to be paid for, in whole or in part, by the county.
AR Code § 16-15-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 15 - County Courts|§ 16-15-111. Disqualification of judges

 No judge of the county court shall sit on the determination of any case in which he or she is interested in the outcome, is related to any party within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity, has been of counsel, or is otherwise disqualified under the Arkansas Code of Judicial Conduct, unless the parties waive the disqualification as provided therein.
AR Code § 16-15-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 15 - County Courts|§ 16-15-112. Sheriff's attendance at court sessions

 It shall be the duty of the sheriff to attend each regular or special session of the county court for his or her county, either in person or by deputy, and to execute all orders and precepts made by the court. For his or her attendance, the sheriff shall be entitled to receive such fees as are allowed by law to sheriffs for executing the orders and precepts made by the county courts.
AR Code § 16-15-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 15 - County Courts|§ 16-15-113. Court expenses — Payment

 The expenses accruing in the county courts shall be paid out of the county treasury in which the court is held in the same manner as other demands.
AR Code § 16-23-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 23 - Law Libraries|§ 16-23-101. Authorization

 (a) Any county of this state is authorized to own, operate, and maintain a county law library and, in connection therewith, to own, buy, sell, lend, borrow, receive bequests and donations of, and otherwise deal in and contract concerning books, volumes, treatises, pamphlets, and other educational materials useful for the purpose of legal education and to use therefor any available funds, including proceeds of the court costs levied and collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.  (b) The funds derived from the levy of costs in criminal and civil cases as provided by this chapter may be used for any purpose relating to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a county law library, including, but not limited to:  (1) Construction, renovation, and maintenance of facilities to house such libraries;  (2) The purchase of books, supplies, furnishings, and appointments;  (3) The payment of salaries and expenses of librarians and assistants; and  (4) Such other expenditures necessary to carry out the purpose and intent of this chapter.    (c)  (1) Each county which has two (2) judicial districts, an organized bar association organized in each district prior to March 1, 1991, and a county law library established prior to March 1, 1991, shall create a county law library to be located within each judicial district.  (2) The court costs levied under this chapter and collected by the courts within the judicial districts shall be used only for the county law library located within that judicial district.
AR Code § 16-23-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 23 - Law Libraries|§ 16-23-104. Conditions precedent to levy and collection

 (a) The costs levied pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall not be levied and collected unless there has been filed with the county court of a county a resolution of the county bar association or, in counties where there is no county bar association, a resolution of the regional bar association which includes that county, signed by the president and attested to by the secretary of such bar association, requesting the levying and collecting of the costs levied pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.  (b) After receipt of the resolution, the county court may enter an order levying the costs levied pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and directing their collection.
AR Code § 16-23-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 23 - Law Libraries|§ 16-23-105. County law library book fund

 All collections from costs levied pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall forthwith be paid over by the collecting officer to the county treasurer and by him credited on his records to a fund to be designated and known as the county law library book fund. The book fund shall be used for no other purposes than those provided in this chapter, and expenditures therefrom shall not require appropriation by the quorum court.
AR Code § 16-30-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 3 - Juries And Jurors|Chapter 30 - General Provisions|§ 16-30-101. Multijudge and divided circuits

 (a) In multijudge circuits, the circuit judges may select one (1) of their number to perform any of the duties imposed upon a judge by this act.  (b) Divisions of any circuit court may either have separate jurors, or the circuit judges by concurrence may share a single jury wheel or box or a single list of jurors.
AR Code § 16-30-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 3 - Juries And Jurors|Chapter 30 - General Provisions|§ 16-30-102. Alternate jurors

 (a) When in the discretion of the court it shall be deemed advisable in the interests of the furtherance of justice, the court may direct that not more than three (3) jurors in addition to the regular jury be called and impaneled to sit as alternate jurors. Alternate jurors, in the order in which they are called, shall replace jurors who, prior to the time the jury retires to consider its verdict, become unable or disqualified to perform their duties.  (b) Alternate jurors shall be drawn in the same manner, shall have the same qualifications, shall be subject to the same examinations and challenges, shall take the same oath, and shall have the same functions, powers, facilities, and privileges as the regular jurors. An alternate juror who does not replace a regular juror shall be discharged after the jury retires to consider its verdict.  (c) Each opposing side shall be entitled to one (1) peremptory challenge in addition to those otherwise allowed by law. The additional peremptory challenges may be used against an alternate juror only, and the other peremptory challenges allowed by these rules by this section may not be used against an alternate juror.
AR Code § 16-30-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 3 - Juries And Jurors|Chapter 30 - General Provisions|§ 16-30-103. Oaths

 (a) The following oath, in substance, shall be administered to the grand jurors:  (b) Petit jurors upon being impaneled pursuant to this act shall take the following oath:    “Saving yourselves and fellow jurors, you do swear that you will diligently inquire of, and present all treasons, felonies, misdemeanors, and breaches of the penal laws over which you have jurisdiction, of which you have knowledge or may receive information.”   “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will well and truly try each and all of the issues submitted to me as a juror and a true verdict render according to the law and the evidence.”
AR Code § 16-30-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 3 - Juries And Jurors|Chapter 30 - General Provisions|§ 16-30-104. Contractual waiver of jury trial

 A written provision in a contract to borrow money or to lend money in which the parties agree to waive their respective rights to a trial by jury under Arkansas Constitution, Article 2, § 7, is valid and enforceable except upon those grounds that exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract.
AR Code § 16-31-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 3 - Juries And Jurors|Chapter 31 - Juror Qualifications and Exemptions|§ 16-31-101. Qualifications

 Every registered voter or, in counties where an enhanced prospective jury list is utilized, every registered voter, licensed driver, or person issued an identification card under § 27-16-805 who is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of Arkansas and of the county in which he or she may be summoned for jury service is legally qualified to act as a grand or petit juror if not otherwise disqualified under the express provisions of this act.
AR Code § 16-31-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 3 - Juries And Jurors|Chapter 31 - Juror Qualifications and Exemptions|§ 16-31-102. Disqualifications

 (a) The following persons are disqualified to act as grand or petit jurors:  (1) Persons who do not meet the qualifications of § 16-31-101;  (2) Persons who are unable to speak or understand the English language;  (3) Persons who are unable to read or write the English language, except that the circuit judge, in the exercise of his discretion, may waive these requirements when the persons are otherwise found to be capable of performing the duties of jurors;  (4) Persons who have been convicted of a felony and have not been pardoned;  (5) Persons who are:  (A) Not of good character or approved integrity;  (B) Lacking in sound judgment or reasonable information;  (C) Intemperate; or  (D) Not of good behavior;    (6) Persons who, by reason of a physical or mental disability, are unable to render satisfactory jury service, except that no person shall be disqualified solely on the basis of loss of hearing or sight in any degree; and  (7) Persons who are less than eighteen (18) years of age at the time they are required to appear.    (b) Except by the consent of all the parties, no person shall serve as a petit juror in any case who:  (1) Is related to any party or attorney in the cause within the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity;  (2) Is expected to appear as a witness or has been summoned to appear as a witness in the cause;  (3) Has formed or expressed an opinion concerning the matter in controversy which may influence his judgment;  (4) May have a material interest in the outcome of the case;  (5) Is biased or prejudiced for or against any party to the cause or is prevented by any relationship or circumstance from acting impartially; or  (6) Was a petit juror in a former trial of the cause or of another case involving any of the same questions of fact.    (c) Nothing in this section shall limit a court's discretion and obligation to strike jurors for cause for any reason other than solely because of sight or hearing impairment.
AR Code § 16-31-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 3 - Juries And Jurors|Chapter 31 - Juror Qualifications and Exemptions|§ 16-31-103. Exemptions from service

 Any person may be excused from serving as a grand or petit juror or a jury commissioner for such period as the court deems necessary or may have his service deferred to another specified term of court when the state of his health or that of his family reasonably requires his absence, or when, for any reason, his own interests or those of the public will, in the opinion of the court, be materially injured by his attendance.
AR Code § 16-31-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 3 - Juries And Jurors|Chapter 31 - Juror Qualifications and Exemptions|§ 16-31-104. Limitations on frequency and period of service

 (a) Any person who is sworn as a member of a grand or petit jury shall be ineligible to serve on another grand or petit jury in the same county for a period of two (2) years from the date the person is excused from further jury service by the court or by operation of law.  (b) No petit juror shall be required to report for jury duty on more than ten (10) days or for more than a four-month period during the calendar year for which he or she is selected, except that any juror actually engaged in the trial of a case at the time of the expiration of the period of permitted service shall serve until the trial of the case is concluded.  (c) A summons to serve on jury duty shall include a description of the maximum periods of service under this section.
AR Code § 16-31-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 3 - Juries And Jurors|Chapter 31 - Juror Qualifications and Exemptions|§ 16-31-105. Exemption from overtime parking penalties

 (a) No person shall be subject to a fine or other penalty for the offense of overtime parking incurred while the person is engaged in actual service as a grand or petit juror in any court, federal or state, in this state.  (b) The person may evidence the fact of jury service by exhibiting to the appropriate official of the city or town offended by the violation a certificate of the clerk of the court similar to the form now in use to the effect that the person was engaged in jury service on the date of the violation and the hours of actual service.  (c) Any person attempting to enforce any fine or other penalty notwithstanding the provisions of this section shall be subject to contempt proceedings before the judge of the court being served by the person so charged.  (d) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to give immunity from fine or penalty other than for the offense of overtime parking.
AR Code § 16-31-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 3 - Juries And Jurors|Chapter 31 - Juror Qualifications and Exemptions|§ 16-31-106. Penalty for employees' service prohibited

 (a)  (1) Any person who is summoned to serve on jury duty shall not be subject to discharge from employment, loss of sick leave, loss of vacation time, or any other form of penalty as a result of his or her absence from employment due to jury duty, upon giving reasonable notice to his or her employer of the summons.  (2) No employer shall subject an employee to discharge, loss of sick leave, loss of vacation time, or any other form of penalty on account of his or her absence from employment by reason of jury duty.    (b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 16-31-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 3 - Juries And Jurors|Chapter 31 - Juror Qualifications and Exemptions|§ 16-31-107. Effect of unqualified juror upon verdict or indictment

 No verdict or indictment shall be void or voidable because any juror shall fail to possess any of the qualifications required in this act unless a juror shall knowingly answer falsely any question on voir dire relating to his qualifications propounded by the court or counsel in any cause. A juror who shall knowingly fail to respond audibly or otherwise as is required by the circumstances to make his position known to the court or counsel in response to any question propounded by the court or counsel, the answer to which would reveal a disqualification on the part of the juror, shall be deemed to have answered falsely.