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AR Code § 14-14-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-14-114. Allocation of revenue

 Revenues received by a county that contains within its boundary a circuit court composed of more than one (1) judicial district that was created by an uncodified act shall be allocated as determined by the quorum court and shall not be divided by the judicial district in which the revenues were collected.
AR Code § 14-14-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 2 - Boundaries|§ 14-14-201. Power to change

 (a) The power to change county boundaries is inherent in the General Assembly, subject to express constitutional restrictions.  (b)  (1) No county now established shall be reduced to an area of less than six hundred square miles (600 sq. mi.) nor to less than five thousand (5,000) inhabitants; nor shall any new county be established with less than six hundred square miles (600 sq. mi.) and five thousand (5,000) inhabitants.  (2) This section shall not apply to the counties of Lafayette, Pope, and Johnson nor be so construed as to prevent the General Assembly from changing the line between the counties of Pope and Johnson.    (c) No part of a county shall be taken off to form a new county, or a part thereof, without the consent of a majority of voters in the part to be taken off.  (d) In the formation of new counties, no line thereof shall run within ten (10) miles of the county seat of the county proposed to be divided, except the county seat of Lafayette County.  (e)  (1) Sebastian County may have two (2) districts and two (2) county seats, at which county and circuit courts shall be held as may be provided by law, each district paying its own expenses.  (2) However, nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring Sebastian County to maintain two (2) districts or two (2) county seats, nor construed as authorizing the establishment of two (2) county quorum courts and two (2) county courts.
AR Code § 14-14-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 2 - Boundaries|§ 14-14-202. Initiation of alteration

 Alteration of county boundaries may be initiated by the General Assembly or by a petition to the General Assembly by persons whose rights and interests would be affected by the boundary change.
AR Code § 14-14-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 2 - Boundaries|§ 14-14-203. Petition to General Assembly

 (a)  (1)  (A) A petition signed by not less than fifteen percent (15%) of the legal voters residing in the areas to be affected by a proposed county boundary change may be submitted to the General Assembly for consideration.  (B) A petition to form a new county shall be preceded by an election on the issue and consent by the majority of the voters in the part proposed to be taken off.    (2) The number of signatures required upon any petition shall be computed pursuant to subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section as a percentage of the total vote cast for the Office of Governor at the preceding general election in the various townships affected by the petition.    (b) All petitions under the provisions of this section shall be published as provided by law.
AR Code § 14-14-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 2 - Boundaries|§ 14-14-204. Accompanying documentation

 Petitions for the alteration of county boundaries shall be accompanied by the following documentation:   (1)  (A) A survey of the proposed boundary alterations, except where common boundaries are being dissolved.  (B) The survey shall be performed by a professional surveyor as defined in § 17-48-101; and    (2) A map drawn to scale of the area affected by the petition.
AR Code § 14-14-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 2 - Boundaries|§ 14-14-205. Costs

 All costs of petitions, surveys, and mapping shall be borne by the petitioners.
AR Code § 14-14-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 2 - Boundaries|§ 14-14-206. Apportionment of property and indebtedness

 All property, bonded indebtedness, and outstanding indebtedness of counties affected by a change in boundaries shall be apportioned by the General Assembly.
AR Code § 14-14-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 3 - County Seats|§ 14-14-301. Definition

 (a) A “county seat” shall be defined as the principal site for the conducting of county affairs and maintaining records of the various courts.  (b) Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed as a limitation on a county to maintain several sites throughout the county for the conducting of county affairs.
AR Code § 14-14-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 3 - County Seats|§ 14-14-302. Establishment or change

 (a) Unless for the purpose of the temporary location of county seats in the formation of new counties, it shall be unlawful to establish or change any county seat in this state without the consent of a majority of the qualified voters of the county to be affected by the change; nor will a county seat be located until the place at which it is proposed to establish or change any county seat shall be fully designated, with the designation embracing a complete and intelligible description of the proposed locations, together with an abstract of the title thereto, and the terms and conditions upon which it can be purchased or donated by or to the county.  (b) The county court shall not order the election provided in this subchapter unless it shall be satisfied that a good and valid title can and will be made to the proposed new locations or one (1) of them.
AR Code § 14-14-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 3 - County Seats|§ 14-14-303. Petition for change

 (a) Whenever fifteen percent (15%) of the legal voters of any county in this state shall join in a petition to the county court of the county for the change or removal of the county seat, the county court shall order an election to be held at the voting places in the county directing that the proposition of the petitioners for the change or removal shall be submitted to the qualified electors.  (b) The number of signatures required upon a petition for change of a county seat shall be computed upon the total vote cast for the Office of Governor at the preceding general election in the county affected by the petition.
AR Code § 14-14-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 3 - County Seats|§ 14-14-304. Form of ballots

 The ballots of the voters shall have written or printed upon them the words “FOR CHANGE”, or “AGAINST CHANGE”, meaning for or against change from the existing county seat location, and the words “FOR ….” (one of the localities allowed by the act to be voted for, naming and describing the place to which the change or removal is proposed).
AR Code § 14-14-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 3 - County Seats|§ 14-14-305. Designation of new site

 (a) Where a majority of the qualified voters of the county have voted in favor of the change from the existing location and are in a majority agreement as to the location in cases where more than one (1) location is proposed, the county court shall proceed to carry into effect the will of the majority.  (b) Where a majority agreement is rendered in favor of a change but is not rendered on a specific location, where more than one (1) location is proposed, the court shall immediately order an election to decide which of the two (2) locations receiving the highest number of votes in the initial election on the issue shall be designated as the new site for the county seat.
AR Code § 14-14-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 3 - County Seats|§ 14-14-306. Deed to county required

 Before proceeding to carry into effect the will of a majority voting on the issue of changing a county seat, the county court shall require the vendor or donor of the new location to deliver a good and sufficient deed, conveying to the county the land or location so sold or donated in fee simple, without reservation or condition, and also an abstract of the title, papers, deeds, and conveyances, and assurances by or through which the title thereof is derived, who shall file the deed for record in the recorder's office of the county, to be recorded as other title deeds and papers. The place so deeded shall then be the permanent county seat, and the title shall be vested in the county.
AR Code § 14-14-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 3 - County Seats|§ 14-14-307. Temporary location of county seat for new county

 (a) The temporary location for the county seat of any new county shall be fixed by the act of the General Assembly authorizing the formation and organization of the new county.  (b) The temporary location shall be considered the permanent and established location unless changed as provided in this subchapter for the change of county seats.
AR Code § 14-14-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 3 - County Seats|§ 14-14-308. Emergency temporary location for political subdivision — Definition

 (a)  (1)  (A) Whenever, due to an emergency, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient, or impossible to conduct the affairs of local government at the regular or usual place, the governing body of each political subdivision of this state may meet at any place in the county whether within or without the territorial limits of the political subdivisions on the call of the presiding officer or any two (2) members of the governing body.  (B) The governing body shall proceed to establish and designate by ordinance, resolution, or other manner alternate or substitute sites or places as the emergency temporary location of government where all or any part of the public business may be transacted and conducted during the emergency situation.    (2) The sites or places may be in the county whether within or without the territorial limits of the political subdivisions.    (b)  (1) During the period when the public business is being conducted at an emergency temporary location, the governing body and other officers of a political subdivision of this state shall have and possess and shall exercise at the location all of the executive, legislative, and judicial powers and functions conferred upon the governing body and officers by or under the laws of this state.  (2) All acts of the governing body and officers shall be as valid and binding as if performed within the territorial limits of their political subdivision.    (c) As used in this section, “political subdivisions” means all duly formed and constituted governing bodies created and established under authority of the Arkansas Constitution and laws of this state.
AR Code § 14-14-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 4 - Quorum Court Districts|§ 14-14-401. Establishment — Townships continued

 (a) Each county of the state shall divide its land area into convenient county quorum court districts in a manner and at times prescribed by the General Assembly.  (b) The county court of each county in this state shall have the authority to divide the county into convenient townships, subdivide those already established, and alter township lines.  (c) It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county court to enter on the minutes of the court a description of each township established by the court containing the name and boundaries of the township and the place appointed for holding elections and shall also note in the minutes every alteration that is made in any township lines.  (d) The clerk of the county court shall within thirty (30) days after establishing any new township or altering any existing township line, provide the Secretary of State a certified copy of the record made.  (e) If any county clerk in this state has not furnished the Secretary of State with a description of the several townships in the county, it shall be the duty of the county court to direct the clerk of that court to provide the Secretary of State with the description.  (f) Whenever the county court of any county in this state orders the formation of one (1) or more new townships or changes the boundary lines of any of the townships in the county, which formation or change shall require additional township officers, the additional township officer or officers shall be filled in accordance with Arkansas Constitution, Article 7, § 50 [repealed].
AR Code § 14-14-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 4 - Quorum Court Districts|§ 14-14-402. Number of districts

 The number of convenient quorum court districts to be established in each county shall be determined according to the following population categories:   Quorum Court Districts Population 9 0 to 19,999 11 20,000 to 49,999 13 50,000 to 199,999 15 200,000 and above   Click to view table.
AR Code § 14-14-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 4 - Quorum Court Districts|§ 14-14-403. Apportionment of districts

 (a) The county board of election commissioners in each county shall be responsible for the apportionment of the county into quorum court districts. Until otherwise changed in the method set forth in this subchapter, the districts of each county shall consist of the territory of the township established by the county board of election commissioners on or before November 3, 1975, pursuant to the provisions of Acts 1975, No. 128 [repealed]. Thereafter, districts shall be apportioned on or before the first Monday after January 1, 1982, and each ten (10) years thereafter.  (b) All apportionments shall be based on the population of the county as of the last federal decennial census, and the number of districts apportioned shall be equal to the number to which the county is entitled by law.  (c) The provisions of this subchapter shall not be construed to affect the composition of the county committees of the political parties, and the county committee of each political party shall designate the geographic area within the county from which county committee members shall be selected.
AR Code § 14-14-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 4 - Quorum Court Districts|§ 14-14-404. Federal decennial census data

 The Board of Apportionment shall provide each of the respective county boards of election commissioners with the appropriate and necessary federal decennial census information, not less than ninety (90) days prior to the date established for apportionment of county quorum court districts.
AR Code § 14-14-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 4 - Quorum Court Districts|§ 14-14-405. Filing and publishing of plan

 (a) Not later than the date set for the apportionment of county quorum court districts, the county board of election commissioners shall file its report with the clerk of the county court, setting forth the district boundaries and the number of inhabitants within them.  (b) Within fifteen (15) days of the filing of an apportionment plan, the clerk of the county court shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county the district boundaries apportioned and the number of inhabitants within them.
AR Code § 14-14-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 4 - Quorum Court Districts|§ 14-14-406. Contest of apportionment

 Original jurisdiction of any suit to contest the apportionment made for county quorum court districts by a county board of election commissioners is vested in the circuit court of the affected county. Any such contest shall be filed with the circuit court within thirty (30) days following the date publication appears in a newspaper of general circulation.
AR Code § 14-14-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 4 - Quorum Court Districts|§ 14-14-407. Certification of plan

 The clerk of the county court, within seven (7) calendar days following the expiration of the time period provided for the filing of contest of an apportionment plan, shall transmit to the Secretary of State a certified copy of the record made of an apportionment plan.
AR Code § 14-14-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 5 - Organization Generally|§ 14-14-501. Body politic and corporate

 A county government is a body politic and corporate created by the General Assembly and subject to its exercise of power. However, county governments shall possess legislative powers not denied by the Arkansas Constitution or by law. As a corporate body, county governments shall have corporate and governmental powers, a corporate name, and perpetual succession subject to limitations imposed by the General Assembly.
AR Code § 14-14-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 5 - Organization Generally|§ 14-14-502. Distribution of powers

 (a) Division. The powers of the county governments of the State of Arkansas shall be divided into three (3) distinct departments, each of them to be confined to a separate body, to wit: Those that are legislative to one, those that are executive to a second, and those that are judicial to a third.  (b)  (1) Legislative. All legislative powers of the county governments are vested in the quorum court. The people reserve to themselves the power to propose county legislative measures and to enact or reject them at the polls independent of the quorum court. The people also reserve to themselves the power, at their option, to approve or reject at the polls any entire ordinance enacted by a quorum court.  (2) Executive.  (A) The executive divisions of a county government shall consist of:  (i) The county judge, who shall perform the duties of the chief executive officer of the county as provided in Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 55, § 3, and as implemented in this chapter and who shall preside over the quorum court without a vote but with the power of veto;  (ii) One (1) sheriff, who shall be ex officio collector of taxes unless otherwise provided by law;  (iii) One (1) assessor;  (iv) One (1) coroner;  (v) One (1) treasurer, who shall be ex officio treasurer of the common school fund of the county;  (vi) One (1) surveyor; and  (vii) One (1) clerk of the circuit court, who shall be clerk of the probate division of circuit court and ex officio clerk of the county court and recorder.    (B) There may be elected a county clerk in like manner as a circuit clerk, and in such cases, the county clerk may be ex officio clerk of the probate division of circuit court, if such division exists, of the county until otherwise provided by the General Assembly.    (3) Judicial. The judicial divisions of a county government are vested in the county court, except with respect to those powers formerly vested in the county court which, by the provisions of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 55, are to be performed by the county judge, and in the respective courts of this state as provided by law.    (c) Limitations. No person or collection of persons being one of these departments, legislative, executive, or judicial, shall exercise any power belonging to either of the others, except in the instances expressly directed or permitted.
AR Code § 14-14-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 6 - Alternative Organizations|§ 14-14-601. Legislative determination — Purpose

 (a) It is determined by the General Assembly that:  (1) The present structure of county government does not meet the needs of every county in the state;  (2) County government can be made more responsive to the wishes of the people through selected structural changes and consolidation; and  (3) Greater economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in providing governmental services can be achieved through modernization of county government.    (b) It is the purpose of this subchapter to:  (1) Establish the basic procedures for the adoption and implementation of alternative county government organization pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 55, § 2(b), which provides: “The Quorum Court may create, consolidate, separate, revise, or abandon any elective county office or offices except during the term thereof; provided, however, that a majority of those voting on the question at a general election have approved said action.”; and  (2) Provide the citizens of each county the opportunity to select the form of county government organization which best serves their needs and desires.
AR Code § 14-14-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 6 - Alternative Organizations|§ 14-14-602. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Abandon” means to desert, surrender, forsake, or to give up absolutely;  (2) “Consolidate” means to unite offices into one (1) office;  (3) “Create” means to bring into being, to cause to exist, to produce;  (4) “Revise” means to review, reexamine for correction or for the purpose of amending, correcting, rearranging, or otherwise improving; and  (5) “Separate” means to disunite, divide, disconnect, or sever.
AR Code § 14-14-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 14 - County Government Code|Subchapter 6 - Alternative Organizations|§ 14-14-603. Offices included

 (a) Within the purposes of this chapter, the term “elective county office” shall mean any office created under the provisions of Arkansas Constitution Article 7, § 19, as amended by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 24, § 3, and Arkansas Constitution, Article 7, § 46.  (b) The elective county offices established by these constitutional provisions are:  (1) One (1) sheriff, who shall be ex officio collector of taxes, unless otherwise provided by law;  (2) One (1) collector of taxes, where established by law;  (3) One (1) assessor;  (4) One (1) coroner;  (5) One (1) treasurer, who shall be ex officio treasurer of the common school fund;  (6) One (1) surveyor;  (7) One (1) clerk of the circuit court, who shall be clerk of the probate division of circuit court and ex officio clerk of the county court and recorder, unless otherwise provided by law; and  (8) One (1) county clerk, where established by law.