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AR Code § 16-58-120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-120. Method of service — Resident and nonresident defendants out of state — Secretary of State agent

 (a) Any cause of action arising out of acts done in this state by an individual in this state or by an agent or servant in this state of a foreign corporation may be sued upon in this state, although the defendant has left this state, by process served upon or mailed to the individual or corporation outside the state.  (b)  (1) Any resident or nonresident person who commits acts in this state sufficient to give an individual in this state a cause of action against the person committing the acts shall have deemed to have appointed the Secretary of State as his or her agent for service of process on him or her in any suit arising out of the acts committed by said resident or nonresident.  (2)  (A) Service of the process shall be made by:  (i) Serving three (3) copies of the process on the Secretary of State;  (ii) Notifying the Secretary of State that service is being effected pursuant to this subsection; and  (iii) Paying the Secretary of State the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).    (B) Such service shall be sufficient service upon the nonresident person or any resident person who has subsequently absented himself or herself physically from the state or upon the executor, administrator, or other legal representative of his or her estate, in case he or she has since died, if notice of the service and a copy of the process are forthwith sent by certified mail by the plaintiff or his or her attorney to the defendant at his or her last known address or to the administrator, executor, or other legal representative of the estate in case the person has died, and the defendant's return receipt or the return receipt of the administrator, executor, or other legal representative of the estate of the deceased person is attached to the writ of process and entered and filed in the office of the clerk of the court in which such cases are brought.    (3) The court in which the action is pending may order some continuance as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to defend the act.  (4) The Secretary of State, upon receiving a copy of the service of summons, shall also forthwith mail a copy of the summons, together with a copy of the complaint, by first-class mail to the last and best known address of the named defendant in the suit, notifying him or her of the filing of the suit.    (c) A defendant so summoned shall have thirty (30) days in which to answer after service upon him or her.  (d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a corporation that has an agent for service of process registered with the Secretary of State.
AR Code § 16-58-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-122. Method of service — Owner or operator of motor buses or trucks

 (a) When the defendant is the owner or operator of any motor bus or buses, motor coach or coaches, or motor truck or trucks engaged in the business of carrying and transporting either passengers, freight, goods, wares, or merchandise over any of the highways of this state, the service of summons may be had upon an owner or operator by serving the summons upon:  (1) Any clerk or agent of the owner or operator selling tickets or transacting any business for the owner or operator; or  (2) Any driver or chauffeur of any bus, coach, or truck being operated or driven by the driver or chauffeur as a servant, agent, or employee of the owner or operator.    (b) Service had upon the agent or agents of an owner or operator or had upon a chauffeur or driver of any bus, coach, or truck being operated or driven by the driver or chauffeur as a servant, agent, or employee of the owner or operator shall be deemed and considered as good and valid service upon the owner or operator whether the owner or operator is a person, firm, or corporation.  (c) Nothing contained in this section shall be so construed as to repeal any provision of the law of this state as to venue or service of summons in effect on February 26, 1935, except where the law may be in direct conflict with the provisions of this section. It is the intention of this section to provide further and additional methods of obtaining service of summons as against the owners and operators of motor buses, coaches, and trucks, as set out in this section.
AR Code § 16-58-123 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-123. Method of service — Owner or officer of steamboat or watercraft

 When any action to recover judgment against the owners or officers of any steamboat, vessel, or other watercraft for any debt or liability created by them, or either of them, is commenced in any county in which the steamboat, vessel, or watercraft was found and, from any cause the summons or other process cannot be served in the action in the county where that action was commenced, a service in any other county in this state has the same effect as if made in the county where the action was brought.
AR Code § 16-58-124 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-124. Method of service — Corporations

 (a) When the defendant is a corporation created by the laws of this state, the service of the summons may be upon the president, mayor, or chairman of the board of trustees. In case of the absence of the above officers, then it may be served upon the cashier, treasurer, secretary, clerk, or agent of the corporation. In case of railroad corporations, it may be served upon any station agent or upon any person who has control of any of the business of that corporation, either as clerk, agent, or otherwise, who as agent or clerk has to report to the corporation who employs him or her. In cases of railroad corporations, a service of a copy of the summons upon the clerk or agent of any station in the county where the summons is issued shall be deemed and considered as a good and valid service.  (b) In the case of a foreign railroad corporation which files its articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State, process shall be served on the agent or agents of the corporation, or upon the agent or agents of the receiver or receivers of the corporation, in the same manner that process is authorized by law to be served on railroad corporations existing under laws of this state. Service upon the agent or agents of any receiver or receivers of any such foreign railroad corporation shall be deemed and considered as good and valid service upon the corporation and upon the receivers thereof.
AR Code § 16-58-125 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-125. Method of service — Corporate agent at branch office

 (a)  (1) Any and all foreign and domestic corporations which keep or maintain in any of the counties of this state a branch office or other place of business shall be subject to suits in any of the courts in any of the counties where the corporation keeps or maintains the office or place of business.  (2) Service of summons or other process of law from any of the courts held in the counties upon the agent, servant, or employee in charge of the office or place of business shall be deemed good and sufficient service upon the corporation and shall be sufficient to give jurisdiction to any of the courts of this state held in the counties where the service of summons or other process of law is had upon the agent, servant, or employee of the corporation.    (b) This section shall not be taken and held by the courts of this state as repealing any of the laws of this state in force on April 1, 1909, and governing and regulating the service of process or summons upon corporations of this state, but shall be by the courts of this state construed and held as cumulative and in aid of the laws of this state in force on April 1, 1909.
AR Code § 16-58-126 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-126. Method of service — Corporations — Secretary of State

 Whenever process in any suit against a domestic corporation cannot be served in the county of the corporation's domicile upon any officer authorized to be served with process by the laws of the state and this fact is made to appear by the return of the sheriff of the county upon summons directed to the officer, the process may be served on the Secretary of State. He or she shall immediately send the process served on him or her to the corporation at its place of domicile by mail. The service shall be as valid as if served on an officer of the corporation authorized to be served with process. The service shall date from the time of service upon the Secretary of State.
AR Code § 16-58-127 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-127. Method of service — Foreign corporations

 Where the defendant is a foreign corporation having an agent in this state, the service may be upon the agent.
AR Code § 16-58-129 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-129. Method of service — Insurance company

 Where the defendant is an incorporated insurance company and the action is in a county in which there is an agency of the company, the service may be upon the chief officer of the agency.
AR Code § 16-58-132 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-132. Refusal to accept process served by mail

 Where service of summons, process, or notice is provided for or permitted by registered or certified mail, under the laws of Arkansas, and the addressee refuses to accept delivery, and it is so stated in the return receipt of the United States Postal Service, the written return receipt, if returned and filed in the action, shall be deemed an actual and valid service of the summons, process, or notice.
AR Code § 16-59-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 59 - Lis Pendens|§ 16-59-101. Filing of notice required to constitute constructive notice of pending action

 To render the filing of any suit at law or in equity in either a state court or United States district court affecting the title or any lien on real estate or personal property constructive notice to a bona fide purchaser or mortgagee of any such real estate or personal property, it shall be necessary for the plaintiff or any one (1) of the plaintiffs, if there is more than one (1) plaintiff, or his or her attorney or agent to file a notice of the pendency of the suit, for record with the recorder of deeds of the county in which the property to be affected by the constructive notice is situated.
AR Code § 16-59-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 59 - Lis Pendens|§ 16-59-102. Contents of notice

 The notice of the pendency of the suit shall set forth the title of the cause and the general object thereof, together with a correct and full description of the property to be affected thereby, the names of the parties to the suit, and the style of the court where the suit is pending.
AR Code § 16-59-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 59 - Lis Pendens|§ 16-59-103. Duty of recorder of deeds

 It shall be the duty of the recorder of deeds to record the notice of the pending suit in either a state court or United States district court in a book kept for that purpose, upon the payment of the same fees as are provided by law for recording mortgages.
AR Code § 16-59-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 59 - Lis Pendens|§ 16-59-104. Index of notices

 The recorder of deeds shall immediately upon the filing of the notice of the pendency of the action enter in an index to be kept in his or her office such reference to these notices as will enable all persons interested to search his or her office to obtain a description of the property to be affected thereby and the names of the parties to the suit.
AR Code § 16-59-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 59 - Lis Pendens|§ 16-59-105. Fees of recorder — Taxing as costs

 For the indexing and recording of the notice of the pendency of the suit, the recorder of deeds shall be entitled to the same fees as are provided by law for recording and indexing deeds. The sum thus paid to the recorder shall be taxed as part of the costs of executing the process by the sheriff or other officer.
AR Code § 16-59-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 59 - Lis Pendens|§ 16-59-106. Accounts due state lien from commencement of action

 The amount of any account audited, adjusted, and found due the state, with the penalties and interest thereon, shall be a lien on all the real estate of the person charged with the amount of any such account from the time the suit shall be brought for the recovery thereof.
AR Code § 16-59-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 59 - Lis Pendens|§ 16-59-107. Copy of notice as evidence

 A copy of the record, authenticated by the recorder of deeds, shall be evidence of the notice of the pendency of the suit and of the filing of the notice in all courts and places.
AR Code § 16-62-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 62 - Survival And Abatement Of Actions|§ 16-62-101. Survival of actions — Wrongs to person or property

 (a)  (1) For wrongs done to the person or property of another, an action may be maintained against a wrongdoer, and the action may be brought by the person injured or, after his or her death, by his or her executor or administrator against the wrongdoer or, after the death of the wrongdoer, against the executor or administrator of the wrongdoer, in the same manner and with like effect in all respects as actions founded on contracts.  (2) Nothing in subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be so construed as to extend its provisions to actions of slander or libel.    (b) In addition to all other elements of damages provided by law, a decedent's estate may recover for the decedent's loss of life as an independent element of damages.
AR Code § 16-62-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 62 - Survival And Abatement Of Actions|§ 16-62-103. Suits involving public officers

 No suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced by or against any public officer in this state in his or her official capacity or in relation to the discharge of his or her official duties shall abate by reason of his or her death or the expiration of his term of office or his or her retirement, resignation, or removal from office. In such event the court, on motion or supplemental petition filed at any time within twelve (12) months thereafter, showing the necessity for the survival thereof, to obtain a settlement of the question involved, may allow the action or other proceeding to be maintained by or against his or her successor in office. The court may make such order as shall be equitable for the payment of costs.
AR Code § 16-62-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 62 - Survival And Abatement Of Actions|§ 16-62-107. Revivor of actions against personal representative of defendant

 (a) An order to revive an action against the personal representative of a defendant, or against him or her and the heirs or devisees of the defendant, may be made at any time after the appointment of the personal representative. Upon application, the court shall grant such reasonable continuance as may be necessary to enable the personal representative properly to prepare for trial.  (b)  (1) An order to revive an action against the personal representative of a decedent for the purpose of proving a claim against the estate of the decedent shall not be made after the time fixed by law for filing claims against the said estate.  (2) An order of revivor may, however, be made against the personal representative of a deceased defendant after the expiration of the time for filing claims against the estate in any case where the personal representative may be a necessary or proper party for the determination of rights of the estate in the subject matter of the action.  (3) No order of revivor against either the personal representative or the heirs or devisees of the decedent shall be made except with the consent of such personal representative, heirs, or devisees unless made within one (1) year from the time when it could first have been made, except as provided in § 16-62-108.
AR Code § 16-62-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 62 - Survival And Abatement Of Actions|§ 16-62-108. Revivor of actions against plaintiff's representative or successor — Exception

 An order to revive an action in the names of the representatives or successor of a plaintiff may be made forthwith. However, an order to so revive the action shall not be made without the consent of the defendant after the expiration of one (1) year from the time when the order might first have been made. Where the defendant shall also have died, or his or her powers have ceased in the meantime, the order of revivor on both sides may be made within the period provided by this section or the period provided by § 16-62-107(b), whichever shall be longer.
AR Code § 16-62-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 62 - Survival And Abatement Of Actions|§ 16-62-109. Time for revivor — Effect of expiration

 When it appears to the court by affidavit that either party to an action has been dead, or, where he or she sues or is sued as a personal representative, that his or her powers have ceased for a period so long that the action cannot be revived in the names of his or her representatives or successor without the consent of both parties, it shall order the action to be stricken from the docket.
AR Code § 16-62-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 62 - Survival And Abatement Of Actions|§ 16-62-110. Failure of plaintiff's representatives to revive after notice — Motion to strike

 At any term of the court succeeding the death of the plaintiff, while the action remains on the docket, the defendant having given to the plaintiff's proper representatives, in whose names the action might be revived, ten (10) days' notice of the application therefor, may have an order to strike the action from the docket, and for costs against the estate of the plaintiff, unless the action is forthwith revived.
AR Code § 16-62-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 62 - Survival And Abatement Of Actions|§ 16-62-111. Trial not postponed by revivor

 When, by the provisions of § 16-62-110, an action stands revived, the trial thereof shall not be postponed by reason of the revivor, if the action would have stood for trial at the term the revivor is complete, had no death or cessation of powers taken place.
AR Code § 16-64-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 64 - Trial And Verdict|§ 16-64-110. Order of trial

 When the jury has been sworn, the trial shall proceed in the following order unless the court, for special reasons, otherwise directs:   (1) The plaintiff must briefly state his or her claim and the evidence by which he or she expects to sustain it;  (2) The defendant must then briefly state his or her defense and the evidence he or she expects to offer in support of it;  (3)  (A) The party on whom rests the burden of proof in the whole action must first produce his or her evidence;  (B) The adverse party will then produce his or her evidence;    (4) The parties will then be confined to rebutting evidence unless the court, for good reasons, in furtherance of justice, permits them to offer evidence in their original case;  (5) When the evidence is concluded, either party may request instructions to the jury on points of law, which shall be given or refused by the court, and the instructions shall be reduced to writing if either party requires it; and  (6) The parties may then submit or argue the case to the jury. In the argument the party having the burden of proof shall have the opening and conclusion, and if, upon the demand of his or her adversary, he or she refuses to open and fully state the grounds upon which he or she claims a verdict, he or she shall be refused the conclusion.
AR Code § 16-64-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 64 - Trial And Verdict|§ 16-64-113. Jury may view subject of litigation

 Whenever, in the opinion of the court, it is proper for the jury to have a view of real property which is the subject of litigation, or of the place in which any material fact occurred, it may order them to be conducted in a body, under the charge of an officer, to the place, which shall be shown to them by some person appointed by the court for that purpose. While the jury is thus absent, no person other than the person so appointed shall speak to them on any subject connected with the trial.
AR Code § 16-64-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 64 - Trial And Verdict|§ 16-64-114. Jury instructions generally

 In the trial of all cases in courts of record wherein juries are employed, it shall be the duty of the presiding trial judge to deliver to the jury immediately prior to its retirement for deliberation a typewritten copy of the instructions which has been given to the jury orally, when counsel for all parties so request. This copy of instructions shall, at the time of the dismissal of the jury, be returned to the court by the foreman of the jury.
AR Code § 16-64-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 64 - Trial And Verdict|§ 16-64-115. Jury instructions — Further instruction during deliberations

 After the jury has retired for deliberation, if there is a disagreement between them as to any part of the testimony or if they desire to be informed as to any point of law arising in the case, they may request the officer to conduct them into court, where the information required shall be given in the presence of, or after notice to, the parties or their counsel.