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AR Code § 16-21-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-116. Indictment and punishment for misdemeanor in office or neglect of duty — Prosecution

 (a) Prosecuting attorneys may be indicted for any misdemeanor in office or neglect of duty and punished by fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).  (b)  (1) When a bill of indictment has been found against any prosecuting attorney, for any offense whatever, it shall be the duty of the court in which the indictment is found to appoint some person, being an attorney at law, to conduct the prosecution against the prosecuting attorney.  (2) If the prosecuting attorney is convicted, the attorney conducting the prosecution shall be entitled to receive the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) out of the salary of the prosecuting attorney. The Auditor of State, on receiving a certificate of the conviction of the prosecuting attorney, shall draw his warrant on the Treasurer of State for such sum, if so much of the attorney's salary is due.
AR Code § 16-21-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-117. Salaries of prosecuting attorneys — Classification of judicial districts

 For the purposes of fixing just and equitable salaries for the several prosecuting attorneys of the State of Arkansas, the judicial districts of the State of Arkansas are divided as follows:   (1)  (A) All judicial districts having a population in excess of one hundred fifteen thousand (115,000), with at least one (1) county having a population in excess of eighty-five thousand (85,000), or any judicial district with two (2) county seats, in which one of the county seats has a population in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) by the most recent federal census, or any other judicial district in which the prosecuting attorney executes and files with the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives an affidavit stating that:  (i) The workload of the district, in his opinion, justifies the designation of the district as a Division A Judicial District; and  (ii) Adequate funds for the efficient operation of the office have been appropriated by the quorum court of the counties which comprise the district    (B) No district shall be changed from Division B to Division A except by legislative enactment of the General Assembly.    (2) All judicial districts not designated as Division A Judicial Districts shall be Division B Judicial Districts for the purposes of this section.    shall be designated Division A Judicial Districts for the purposes of this section.
AR Code § 16-21-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-118. Division A Districts

 The prosecuting attorneys in the Division A Judicial Districts shall not engage in the private practice of law during their terms in office.
AR Code § 16-21-120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-120. Fees from persons issuing bad checks — Special fund — Expenditures — Reports

 (a) Fees collected under this act shall be deposited in a special fund to be administered by the prosecuting attorney.  (b) Expenditures from this fund shall be at the sole discretion of the prosecuting attorney and may be used only to defray the salaries and expenses of the prosecuting attorney's office, but in no event may the prosecuting attorney or any deputy prosecutor who is paid on the fee system supplement his or her own salary, nor may the prosecuting attorney increase any employee's salary, without approval of the quorum court of the county where employed from this fund.  (c) The prosecuting attorney shall annually prepare and present to the quorum courts of each county within his or her district a report showing all receipts and disbursements from the special fund created by this section.  (d) Nothing in this act shall be construed to decrease the total salaries, expenses, and allowances which a prosecuting attorney's office is receiving as of June 26, 1985.  (e) This act is cumulative to all other acts and shall not repeal any other act.
AR Code § 16-21-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-121. First Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney

 The First Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-122. The Second Judicial District

 The Second Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-123 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-123. The Third Judicial District

 The Third Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-124 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-124. The Fourth Judicial District

 The Fourth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-125 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-125. The Fifth Judicial District

 The Fifth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-126 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-126. The Sixth Judicial District

 The Sixth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-127 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-127. The Seventh Judicial District — The Twenty-second Judicial District

 (a) The Seventh Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.  (b) The Twenty-second Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-128 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-128. The Eighth Judicial District

 (a) The Eighth Judicial District-North shall be a Division A Judicial District.  (b) Effective January 1, 1999, the Eighth Judicial District-South shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-129 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-129. The Ninth Judicial District-East

 The Ninth Judicial District-East shall be a Division B Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-130 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-130. The Ninth Judicial District-West

 The Ninth Judicial District-West shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-131 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-131. The Tenth Judicial District

 The Tenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-132 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-132. The Eleventh Judicial District-East

 The Eleventh Judicial District-East shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-133 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-133. The Eleventh Judicial District-West

 The Eleventh Judicial District-West shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-134 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-134. The Twelfth Judicial District

 The Twelfth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-135 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-135. The Thirteenth Judicial District

 The Thirteenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-136 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-136. The Fourteenth Judicial District

 The Fourteenth Judicial District shall be a Division B Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-137 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-137. The Fifteenth Judicial District

 The Fifteenth Judicial District shall be a Division B Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-138 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-138. The Sixteenth Judicial District

 The Sixteenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-139 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-139. The Seventeenth Judicial District

 The Seventeenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-140 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-140. The Twenty-third Judicial District

 The Twenty-third Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-141 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-141. The Eighteenth Judicial District-East

 The Eighteenth Judicial District-East shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-142 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-142. The Eighteenth Judicial District-West

 The Eighteenth Judicial District-West shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-143 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-143. The Nineteenth Judicial District

 The Nineteenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-144 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-144. The Twentieth Judicial District

 The Twentieth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-145 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-145. Authority to appoint deputies and employees

 Prosecuting attorneys shall have the power to appoint all deputies and employees without confirmation of any court or tribunal.
AR Code § 16-21-146 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-146. Appropriation of funds for salaries and expenses

 (a) The quorum courts of the respective counties of a judicial district shall annually appropriate sufficient amounts to cover the salaries and expenses of the prosecuting attorney's office.  (b) The quorum courts of the respective counties may appropriate any additional funds and create such additional deputy prosecutor positions as they deem necessary for the efficient operation of the office of the prosecuting attorney.
AR Code § 16-21-147 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-147. Powers of deputy prosecuting attorney — Disposition of federal forfeiture funds

 (a) A deputy prosecuting attorney who is duly appointed in any county of a judicial district shall, with the prosecuting attorney's consent, have the authority to perform all official acts as a deputy prosecuting attorney in all counties within the district.  (b)  (1) A prosecuting attorney and those deputy prosecuting attorneys and other staff members he or she designates shall be considered law enforcement officers for the purposes of utilizing emergency, protective, and communication equipment in coordination with interagency cooperative investigations and operations.  (2) However, the prosecuting attorney and all members of his or her office shall have no greater arrest powers than those accorded all citizens under the Arkansas Constitution and the Arkansas Code.  (3) A prosecuting attorney and those deputy prosecuting attorneys designated by the prosecuting attorney may carry firearms.  (4) A prosecuting attorney who elects to carry a firearm or authorize his or her deputy prosecuting attorneys to carry a firearm shall adopt a weapons policy and a use of force policy.    (c) A prosecuting attorney shall have the power to appoint deputy prosecuting attorneys and other employees at such salaries as are authorized in the grant awards from the Department of Finance and Administration's Drug Law Enforcement Program, Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-570, as amended, or its successor.  (d) All federal forfeitures to a prosecuting attorney's office shall be deposited in a separate account pursuant to § 5-64-505(i)(4).
AR Code § 16-21-148 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-148. Deputy prosecutor for civil asset forfeiture actions

 (a) In addition to the deputy prosecuting attorney positions created by § 16-21-113(a)(1) and other Arkansas Code provisions and laws, a prosecuting attorney shall have the power to enter into a contract for personal services with a licensed attorney whose duty it will be to act as a deputy prosecutor to prosecute civil asset forfeiture actions at such hourly amount as is deemed proper by the prosecuting attorney.  (b) This attorney may be paid from funds generated from § 5-64-505(i)(2).
AR Code § 16-21-149 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-149. Appointment of special deputy prosecuting attorneys

 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the prosecuting attorney in every judicial district is authorized to appoint as special deputy prosecuting attorneys:  (1) Persons employed as attorneys in the office of the Prosecutor Coordinator; or  (2)  (A) With the consent of the Attorney General, persons employed as attorneys in the office of the Attorney General.  (B) In cases involving the appointment of a staff attorney from the office of the Attorney General, the authority conferred by the appointment is limited to the matter for which the appointment is sought.      (b) Appointment as a special deputy prosecuting attorney under this section shall not enable an attorney employed in the office of the Attorney General to receive any additional fees or salary from the state or counties for services provided pursuant to the appointment.  (c) The prosecuting attorney may revoke the appointment of a special prosecuting attorney under this section at any time.  (d) Nothing in this section shall obligate the Attorney General to provide an attorney for purposes of assisting the prosecuting attorney in criminal actions designated in subsection (b) of this section, and nothing in this section shall prevent the Attorney General from withdrawing from participation in such cases at any time.
AR Code § 16-21-150 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-150. Prosecution of appeals

 No prosecuting attorney shall prosecute city misdemeanor cases or appeals to circuit or appellate courts unless the prosecuting attorney consents to do so.
AR Code § 16-21-151 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-151. Prosecutor's victim/witness fund

 (a) In those offices where the prosecuting attorney is desirous of paying for the victim/witness program from more than one (1) county or fund, the prosecuting attorney may establish a cash account.  (b) Notice of such shall be sent by the prosecuting attorney to the applicable county treasurers.  (c) Each month the county treasurers shall pay to the office of the prosecuting attorney those funds collected pursuant to § 16-21-106 in the special revenue account entitled “Prosecutor's victim/witness fund” or the portion of the county administration of justice fund allotted to the prosecuting attorney's victim/witness program fund.  (d)  (1) The prosecuting attorney shall deposit the funds in a bank account entitled “prosecutor's victim/witness fund”.  (2) Moneys deposited into the fund shall be used exclusively to pay the costs of the prosecuting attorney's victim/witness program.    (e) Expenditures and deposits must be made according to the Arkansas Prosecuting Attorneys Financial Management Guidelines as published by the Division of Legislative Audit in conjunction with the Prosecution Coordination Commission.
AR Code § 16-21-152 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-152. The Twenty-first Judicial District

 The Twenty-first Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
AR Code § 16-21-153 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-153. License — Confirmation — Vacancies

 (a) Each person selected as a deputy prosecuting attorney shall be licensed to practice law in the State of Arkansas.  (b) Deputy prosecuting attorneys shall be appointed by elected prosecuting attorneys without confirmation of any court or tribunal and may be removed at any time by the prosecuting attorneys appointing them.  (c) Vacancies in the office of deputy prosecuting attorney shall be filled in the same manner as the initial appointment.
AR Code § 16-21-154 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-154. Entry-level salary

 The entry level salaries of deputy prosecuting attorneys shall be consistent with that established by the state pay plan for the appropriate grade of each position.
AR Code § 16-21-155 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-155. Attendance and leave

 The deputy prosecuting attorneys shall be subject to the Uniform Attendance and Leave Policy Act, § 21-4-201 et seq., as administered by the elected prosecuting attorneys by whom they are employed.
AR Code § 16-21-156 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-156. Funding of expenses and additional employees of the prosecuting attorneys' offices

 Each county or counties within a judicial district shall continue to bear the responsibility and expense of providing, at the county's expense through an annual appropriation, the following, at sufficient levels for operation, but not less than the amounts appropriated by ordinance in effect January 1, 1999:   (1) The cost of facilities, equipment, supplies, salaries and benefits of existing support staff, and other office expenses for elected prosecuting attorneys and deputy prosecuting attorneys, and any and all other line item appropriations as approved in the 1999 county budget except for deputy prosecuting attorneys' salaries and benefits; and  (2) The county shall provide compensation of additional personnel and expenses within the office of prosecuting attorney and deputy prosecuting attorney, when approved by the quorum court.
AR Code § 16-21-157 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-157. State employment and assignment of positions

 (a) On January 1, 2000, all deputy prosecuting attorneys shall become state employees.  (b) The number of positions authorized by this section equal the total number of county and grant-funded deputy prosecuting attorney positions in place as of January 1, 1999, less one (1) position.  (c)  (1) The initial allocation of the state funded deputy prosecuting attorney positions for the 1999-2001 biennium shall be determined by the Prosecution Coordination Commission and shall be consistent with the number of county and grant funded positions in place for each judicial district as of January 1, 1999, less one (1) position.  (2) The final allocations shall be reported to the Legislative Council for its review prior to July 1, 1999.    (d) The Prosecution Coordination Commission shall assist in the maintenance of a system which equitably serves all areas of the state by providing quality deputy prosecuting attorneys.
AR Code § 16-21-158 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 21 - Prosecuting Attorneys|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-21-158. Hour limitations — Part-time deputy prosecuting attorneys

 There are no upper limit restrictions on the number of hours which a part-time deputy prosecuting attorney may work.