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AR Code § 16-107-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 107 - Actions Involving Bonds, Notes, Etc.|Subchapter 2 - Actions on Bonds|§ 16-107-205. Official bonds generally

 (a) In all cases where by the laws of this state, any person is authorized to prosecute a suit to his or her own use on any official bond, he or she shall sue in the name of the state or other obligee named in the bond, stating in the process, pleadings, proceedings, and record in the action, that the suit is brought for the use of the person suing.  (b) In the actions, the same pleadings and proceedings shall be had as before provided in cases of suits upon bonds with conditions other than for the payment of money, except as otherwise provided in this subchapter.  (c) A judgment for the defendant in the action shall be a bar to any other suit that may be brought on the same official bond for the use of the same person for any delinquency or default which was assigned as a breach of the condition of the bond in the action in which the judgment was rendered.  (d) Any other party aggrieved may in like manner prosecute an action on an official bond, and the pendency of any suit for the use of any other person on the same bond, or a judgment recovered by or against any other person on the bond, shall not abate or in any manner affect the suit or the proceedings therein, except as otherwise provided in this subchapter.  (e) Every suit brought on an official bond to the use of the party aggrieved and every judgment thereon shall be deemed the private suit and judgment of the relator, in the same manner as if he or she were the nominal plaintiff, and the relator shall be liable for costs as other plaintiffs.
AR Code § 16-107-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 107 - Actions Involving Bonds, Notes, Etc.|Subchapter 2 - Actions on Bonds|§ 16-107-206. Official bonds — Subsequent breaches

 (a) Any person who may have recovered any judgment upon an official bond may, in like manner, again prosecute an action on the bond whenever he or she may be aggrieved by any default or delinquency, other than such as shall have been the subject of a former suit, and shall proceed as provided in this subchapter.  (b) No scire facias shall be brought upon any judgment rendered upon an official bond, by the same or any other relator, for any breach of the condition of the bond.
AR Code § 16-107-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 107 - Actions Involving Bonds, Notes, Etc.|Subchapter 2 - Actions on Bonds|§ 16-107-207. Official bonds — Plea and liability of surety

 (a) No suit shall be barred nor shall the amount which the plaintiff shall be entitled to recover be affected by any plea made by any surety in the bond of a former judgment recovered thereon unless it is accompanied by an allegation that the sureties, or some of them, have been obliged to pay the damages on the judgment, or some part thereof, for the want of sufficient property of the principal whereon to levy the damages, or that they will be obliged to pay the damages, or a part thereof, for the same reason; nor unless the plea is verified by oath.  (b) If it shall appear that the amount of damages so recovered which a security has been or will be obliged to pay, as specified in subsection (a) of this section, is equal to the amount for which the defendant shall be liable by virtue of the bond, he or she shall be acquitted and discharged from all further liability, and judgment rendered in his or her favor.  (c) If it shall appear that the amount of damages so recovered and which the surety has paid or will be obliged to pay is not equal to the amount of his or her liability, the amount thereof shall be allowed to him or her in estimating the extent of his or her liability in the action.
AR Code § 16-107-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 107 - Actions Involving Bonds, Notes, Etc.|Subchapter 2 - Actions on Bonds|§ 16-107-208. Official bonds — Judgment

 (a) Whenever a judgment shall be obtained on any official bond, against principal and sureties, a direction shall be endorsed on the execution, by the plaintiff or his or her attorney, to levy the amount, in the first place, on the property of the principal and, if sufficient property of the principal cannot be found to satisfy the execution, then to levy the deficiency on the property of the sureties.  (b) If several judgments are obtained at the same time upon any official bond for damages amounting in the whole to more than the sum for which the sureties are liable, the court shall order the moneys levied from the property of the sureties on the judgments to be divided and distributed among the persons to whose use the judgments were rendered respectively, in proportion to the amount of their respective recoveries.
AR Code § 16-107-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 107 - Actions Involving Bonds, Notes, Etc.|Subchapter 3 - Sureties' Remedies|§ 16-107-301. Action against principal to discharge debt

 A surety may maintain an action against his or her principal to compel the principal to discharge the debt or liability for which the surety is bound after the debt or liability has become due.
AR Code § 16-107-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 107 - Actions Involving Bonds, Notes, Etc.|Subchapter 3 - Sureties' Remedies|§ 16-107-302. Action against principal before debt due

 (a) A surety may maintain an action against his or her principal to obtain indemnity against the debt or liability for which the surety is bound, before it is due, whenever any of the grounds exist upon which, by the provisions of §§ 16-109-102 [repealed], 16-110-101, 16-110-104, 16-110-202, or 16-110-203, an order may be made for arrest and bail, or for attachment.  (b) In the action the surety may obtain any of the provisional remedies in Title VIII of the Code of Practice in Civil Cases upon the ground and in the manner prescribed therein.
AR Code § 16-107-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 107 - Actions Involving Bonds, Notes, Etc.|Subchapter 3 - Sureties' Remedies|§ 16-107-303. Recovery of money and property from principal debtor

 (a) When any bond, bill, or note for the payment of money or delivery of property shall not be paid by the principal debtor, according to the tenor thereof, and the bond, bill, or note, or any part thereof shall be paid by the security, the principal debtor shall refund to the security the amount or value, with interest thereon at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum, from the time of payment.  (b)  (1) When the payment by a security shall be made in money, the security may recover the money with interest, in an action for so much money, paid to the use of the defendant.  (2) When payment is made in property, he or she may recover the value, with the interest, in an action for so much property sold to the defendant.
AR Code § 16-107-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 107 - Actions Involving Bonds, Notes, Etc.|Subchapter 3 - Sureties' Remedies|§ 16-107-304. Action against cosurety

 (a) When there are two (2) or more securities in the bond, bill, or note and any of them shall pay in money or property, more than his or her due proportion of the original demand, the security may recover the excess in the same form of action as provided in this subchapter for a security against the principal debtor.  (b) No security shall be compelled in any action, as specified in subsection (a) of this section, to pay more than his or her due proportion of the original demand. When the security shall have previously paid any part thereof, he or she shall be liable in the action to pay only so much as the amount already paid by him or her falls short of his or her due proportion of the original demand.
AR Code § 16-107-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 107 - Actions Involving Bonds, Notes, Etc.|Subchapter 3 - Sureties' Remedies|§ 16-107-305. Judgment against principal on motion

 (a) In all cases where judgment is given in any circuit court upon any bond, bill, or note for the payment of money or the delivery of property, against the principal debtor and securities therein, and the security shall pay the judgment or any part thereof, he or she shall be entitled, upon motion, to judgment in the same court against the principal debtor for the amount he or she is entitled to recover, together with costs.  (b) No judgment shall be rendered as provided in subsection (a) of this section unless the party applying therefor shall have given the adverse party at least ten (10) days' notice in writing of the motion, nor unless the motion shall be made within one (1) year from the rendition of the original judgment.
AR Code § 16-107-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 107 - Actions Involving Bonds, Notes, Etc.|Subchapter 3 - Sureties' Remedies|§ 16-107-306. Action against executors and administrators

 Actions for the remedies given by this section and §§ 16-107-303 — 16-107-305, 21-2-111, and 21-2-112, may be maintained by and against executors and administrators in all cases where they could be maintained by or against their testators or intestates.
AR Code § 16-108-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 108 - Arbitration and Award|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-108-101. Proceedings

 The proceedings upon arbitration and award made under an order or rule of court, or by consent of parties in vacation, shall be as follows in this subchapter.
AR Code § 16-108-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 108 - Arbitration and Award|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-108-102. Submission of controversy

 (a) All controversies which might be the subject of a suit or action may be submitted to the decision of one (1) or more arbitrators, or to two (2) and their umpire, in the manner provided in this subchapter.  (b) Parties may make submission by rule of any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter or by consent, in vacation. The parties making the submission shall, where there is no suit or action pending, by written agreement filed and noted on the record or by an entry on the record, state what matter is submitted.  (c) The rule of the court shall state the time in which the award is to be made and returned. The court may enlarge the time for making and returning an award.
AR Code § 16-108-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 108 - Arbitration and Award|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-108-103. Oath and powers of arbitrators and umpires

 (a)  (1) Arbitrators and the umpire, if there is one, before they proceed to act, shall take an oath to decide the controversy submitted to them according to law and evidence and the equity of the case, to the best of their judgment, without favor or affection.  (2) A certificate of the oath shall be returned to the court with the award.    (b) They shall have power to examine either party, on oath, at the request of his or her adversary.  (c)  (1) Any one (1) of the arbitrators shall have power to issue subpoenas for witnesses to attend their sitting and give evidence touching the matters referred to them, to which all county sheriffs and other like officers shall give obedience.  (2) Witnesses failing to attend before arbitrators at the time and place designated or who refuse to give evidence when they do attend shall be reported to the court by the arbitrators and proceeded against and punished as if the case had been pending in court.
AR Code § 16-108-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 108 - Arbitration and Award|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-108-104. Submission by fiduciaries

 (a) The personal representatives of a decedent, guardian of an infant, guardian of an idiot or lunatic, or any trustee may make a submission as provided for in this subchapter touching the estate of the decedent, infant, insane person, or person in respect to which he or she is trustee.  (b) Any submission so made in good faith, and the award made thereon, shall be binding and shall be entered as the judgment or decree of the court.  (c) No fiduciary shall be responsible for any loss sustained by an award adverse to the interest he or she represents unless the adverse award is caused by his or her fault or neglect.
AR Code § 16-108-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 108 - Arbitration and Award|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-108-105. Refusal of arbitrator to act

 If any arbitrator fails or refuses to act, the court may set aside the order of reference.
AR Code § 16-108-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 108 - Arbitration and Award|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-108-107. Award

 (a)  (1) The arbitrators and umpire, if there is one, shall meet at such convenient times and places as may be necessary, of which the parties shall have reasonable notice. They shall hear such evidence as either party may adduce.  (2) They shall have power to administer oaths.  (3) They shall make their award in writing, stating therein the time when it is made, and shall sign it.  (4) When the award is made out, one (1) copy shall be delivered to each of the contending parties. The original shall be returned to the court, and on it the arbitrators shall note the time of delivering a copy to each party.    (b) If the award is made out and returned, and copies delivered ten (10) days before the term of court next succeeding the delivery, the award shall be entered of record and made the judgment or decree of the court unless, on exceptions filed, the award shall be set aside.  (c) No award shall be set aside for the want of form. However, courts shall have power over awards on equitable principles as heretofore.
AR Code § 16-108-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 108 - Arbitration and Award|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Arbitration Act|§ 16-108-201. Definitions

 In this subchapter:   (1) “Arbitration organization” means an association, agency, board, commission, or other entity that is neutral and initiates, sponsors, or administers an arbitration proceeding or is involved in the appointment of an arbitrator.  (2) “Arbitrator” means an individual appointed to render an award, alone or with others, in a controversy that is subject to an agreement to arbitrate.  (3) “Court” means a court of competent jurisdiction in this State.  (4) “Knowledge” means actual knowledge.  (5) “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation; or any other legal or commercial entity.  (6) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
AR Code § 16-108-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 108 - Arbitration and Award|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Arbitration Act|§ 16-108-202. Notice

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a person gives notice to another person by taking action that is reasonably necessary to inform the other person in ordinary course, whether or not the other person acquires knowledge of the notice.  (b) A person has notice if the person has knowledge of the notice or has received notice.  (c) A person receives notice when it comes to the person's attention or the notice is delivered at the person's place of residence or place of business, or at another location held out by the person as a place of delivery of such communications.
AR Code § 16-108-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 108 - Arbitration and Award|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Arbitration Act|§ 16-108-203. When subchapter applies

 (a) This subchapter governs an agreement to arbitrate made on or after July 27, 2011.  (b) This subchapter governs an agreement to arbitrate made before July 27, 2011, if all the parties to the agreement or to the arbitration proceeding so agree in a record.
AR Code § 16-108-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 108 - Arbitration and Award|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Arbitration Act|§ 16-108-204. Effect of agreement to arbitrate — Nonwaivable provisions

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), a party to an agreement to arbitrate or to an arbitration proceeding may waive or, the parties may vary the effect of, the requirements of this subchapter to the extent permitted by law.  (b) Before a controversy arises that is subject to an agreement to arbitrate, a party to the agreement may not:  (1) waive or agree to vary the effect of the requirements of § 16-108-205(a), § 16-108-206(a), § 16-108-208, § 16-108-217(a), § 16-108-217(b), § 16-108-226, or § 16-108-228;  (2) agree to unreasonably restrict the right under § 16-108-209 to notice of the initiation of an arbitration proceeding;  (3) agree to unreasonably restrict the right under § 16-108-212 to disclosure of any facts by a neutral arbitrator; or  (4) waive the right under § 16-108-216 of a party to an agreement to arbitrate to be represented by a lawyer at any proceeding or hearing under this subchapter, however an employer and a labor organization may waive the right to representation by a lawyer in a labor arbitration.    (c) A party to an agreement to arbitrate or arbitration proceeding may not waive, or the parties may not vary the effect of, the requirements of this section or § 16-108-203(a), § 16-108-207, § 16-108-214, § 16-108-218, § 16-108-220(d), § 16-108-220(e), § 16-108-222, § 16-108-223, § 16-108-224, § 16-108-225(a), § 16-108-225(b), § 16-108-230, or § 16-108-233.
AR Code § 16-108-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 108 - Arbitration and Award|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Arbitration Act|§ 16-108-205. Application for judicial relief

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in § 16-108-228, an application for judicial relief under this subchapter must be made by motion to the court and heard in the manner provided by law or rule of court for making and hearing motions.  (b) Unless a civil action involving the agreement to arbitrate is pending, notice of an initial motion to the court under this subchapter must be served in the manner provided by law for the service of a summons in a civil action. Otherwise, notice of the motion must be given in the manner provided by law or rule of court for serving motions in pending cases.
AR Code § 16-108-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 108 - Arbitration and Award|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Arbitration Act|§ 16-108-206. Validity of agreement to arbitrate

 (a) An agreement contained in a record to submit to arbitration any existing or subsequent controversy arising between the parties to the agreement is valid, enforceable, and irrevocable except upon a ground that exists at law or in equity for the revocation of a contract.  (b) The court shall decide whether an agreement to arbitrate exists or a controversy is subject to an agreement to arbitrate.  (c) An arbitrator shall decide whether a condition precedent to arbitrability has been fulfilled and whether a contract containing a valid agreement to arbitrate is enforceable.  (d) If a party to a judicial proceeding challenges the existence of, or claims that a controversy is not subject to, an agreement to arbitrate, the arbitration proceeding may continue pending final resolution of the issue by the court, unless the court otherwise orders.
AR Code § 16-108-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 108 - Arbitration and Award|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Arbitration Act|§ 16-108-207. Motion to compel or stay arbitration

 (a) On motion of a person showing an agreement to arbitrate and alleging another person's refusal to arbitrate pursuant to the agreement:  (1) if the refusing party does not appear or does not oppose the motion, the court shall order the parties to arbitrate; and  (2) if the refusing party opposes the motion, the court shall proceed summarily to decide the issue and order the parties to arbitrate unless it finds that there is no enforceable agreement to arbitrate.    (b) On motion of a person alleging that an arbitration proceeding has been initiated or threatened but that there is no agreement to arbitrate, the court shall proceed summarily to decide the issue. If the court finds that there is an enforceable agreement to arbitrate, it shall order the parties to arbitrate.  (c) If the court finds that there is no enforceable agreement, it may not under subsection (a) or subsection (b) order the parties to arbitrate.  (d) The court may not refuse to order arbitration because the claim subject to arbitration lacks merit or grounds for the claim have not been established.  (e) If a proceeding involving a claim referable to arbitration under an alleged agreement to arbitrate is pending in court, a motion under this section must be made in that court. Otherwise, a motion under this section may be made in any court as provided in § 16-108-227.  (f) If a party makes a motion to the court to order arbitration, the court on just terms shall stay any judicial proceeding that involves a claim alleged to be subject to the arbitration until the court renders a final decision under this section.  (g) If the court orders arbitration, the court on just terms shall stay any judicial proceeding that involves a claim subject to the arbitration. If a claim subject to the arbitration is severable, the court may limit the stay to that claim.