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AR Code § 23-10-421 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-421. Notice of arrival of freight — Free time

 (a)  (1) Legal notice as referred to in this section and §§ 23-10-402, 23-10-403, 23-10-405, 23-10-406, 23-10-409 — 23-10-420, and 23-10-422 — 23-10-431 may be either actual or constructive.  (2) Where the consignee or his or her agent is personally served with the notice of the arrival of freight at or before 6:00 p.m. of any day, free time begins at 7:00 a.m. on the day after the notice has been given.    (b)  (1) Constructive notice consists of posting notice by mail to the consignee.  (2) Where this mode of giving notice is adopted, there shall be forty-eight (48) hours' additional free time. However, in any case where notice of arrival is given by mail, the notice shall be by registered letter, and that notice shall date from the receipt of the registered letter.
AR Code § 23-10-422 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-422. Shipment to consignor's order — Notice

 When consignors ship goods consigned to order, but express in their bills of lading or shipping directions the name of the person to notify at the destination, it shall be the duty of the railroad company to give legal notice to that party in the same way and under the same rule as if the shipment had been made directly to him or her. However, when consignors do not comply with this condition, the railroad company shall give notice only to the consignors. At the expiration of free time, the carrier shall give notice thereof to the consignor.
AR Code § 23-10-423 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-423. Package freight unloaded by railroad — Storage charges

 (a) All package freight unloaded by railroad companies in their depots and warehouses and all freight unloaded in the yard space of a railroad company in order to release cars and which has not been removed by the owner thereof from the custody of the railroad company within forty-eight (48) hours, computing from 7:00 a.m. of the day following legal notice of arrival, may be subject to the charge of storage for each day or fraction of a day it may remain in the custody of the railroad company, as follows:  (1) On less than carloads, not more than one cent (1¢) per one hundred pounds (100 lbs.) per day, or fraction of a day; and  (2) In carload quantities, not more than ten cents (10¢) per ton of two thousand pounds (2,000 lbs.) per day or fraction of a day, but not exceeding one dollar ($1.00) per car per day, or fraction of a day.    (b) In no case shall the amount so collected for storage of a less-than-carload shipment exceed the amount authorized to be charged as storage on a carload of similar freight for the same length of time when not unloaded from a car, as provided by § 23-10-424.
AR Code § 23-10-424 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-424. Unloading cars — Free time — Demurrage charges — Extension of free time

 (a)  (1) Loaded cars containing fertilizers, hay, coal, coke, brick, sand, and lumber in covered cars and cars containing, in bulk, meat, potatoes, grain and grain products, or cottonseed and cottonseed hulls, taking track delivery, which are to be unloaded by consignee but, having been placed at an accessible point for unloading, are not unloaded within seventy-two (72) hours, computed from 7:00 a.m. of the day following the day legal notice of arrival is given, may be subject thereafter to a charge of demurrage of five dollars ($5.00) per car for each day or fraction of a day that they may remain loaded in possession of the railroad company.  (2) All other loaded cars taking track delivery to be unloaded by the consignee shall be limited to forty-eight (48) hours of free time.    (b)  (1) When, after placing cars as required in this section and §§ 23-10-402, 23-10-403, 23-10-405, 23-10-406, 23-10-409 — 23-10-423, and 23-10-425 — 23-10-431, the railroad company shall, during or after free time, temporarily remove all or any of them, or in any way obstruct the unloading of the cars, then the consignee shall not be chargeable with the delay caused thereby.  (2) When, on account of delay or irregularity in transportation, cars are bunched in transit and delivered to the consignee in numbers beyond his or her reasonable ascertained ability to unload within the free time prescribed in this section, he or she shall be allowed by the carrier such additional time as may be necessary to unload cars so in excess by the exercise of due and usual diligence on the part of the consignee.
AR Code § 23-10-425 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-425. Loading or unloading — Additional free time when weather inclement

 Whenever the weather, during the period of free time, is so severe, inclement, or rainy that it is impossible or impracticable to secure means of loading or unloading freight, or when, from the nature of the goods, loading or unloading would cause injury or damage, then additional time shall be added to the free period, and no demurrage charges shall be allowed for the additional free time. This applies to the state of the weather during business hours.
AR Code § 23-10-426 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-426. Loading or unloading — Extension of time when consignee or consignor at distance from depot

 A consignee or a consignor five (5) miles or more from the depot whose freight is destined to or from his or her place of business or residence so located shall not be subject to storage or demurrage charges allowed in this section, §§ 23-10-412 — 23-10-425, and 23-10-427 — 23-10-431 until a sufficient time has elapsed after notice for the consignee or consignor to remove or load the goods by the exercise of ordinary diligence. However, the time limit for loading or unloading shall not exceed five (5) days.
AR Code § 23-10-427 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-427. Storage of freight after failure to unload — Charges

 Incoming carload freight coming under the provisions of §§ 23-10-425 and 23-10-426 may be stored by railroad companies in depots or warehouses at the expense of the owner if the freight is not removed before demurrage charges attach. However, the daily storage charge on the freight shall not exceed one dollar ($1.00) per day.
AR Code § 23-10-428 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-428. Refusal of freight — Notice to consignor — Liability for demurrage

 (a) If a consignee refuses to accept freight tendered in pursuance of the bill of lading, the carrier charged with the duty of delivery shall give legal notice to the consignor of the refusal. If the consignor does not, within three (3) days thereafter, give directions for reshipment, unloading, or other disposition of the goods, he or she shall become liable to the carrier for storage on the goods, or demurrage upon the cars in which they are stored, to the same extent and at the same rates as such charges are, under like circumstances, imposed upon consignees who neglect or refuse, after notice of arrival, to remove freight of like character from the depots or cars of the carrier by this section and §§ 23-10-402, 23-10-403, 23-10-405, 23-10-406, 23-10-409 — 23-10-427, and 23-10-429 — 23-10-431.  (b) A consignee who has once refused to accept a consignment of goods shall not thereafter be entitled to receive the consignment of goods, except upon payment of all charges for storage or demurrage which have accrued.  (c) If the consignee of freight in carloads or less than carloads fails or neglects to remove the freight within three (3) days after the expiration of free time, then the carrier shall, through the agent at point of shipment, so notify the shipper unless the consignee has signified his or her acceptance of the property. The notice may either be served personally or given by mail.
AR Code § 23-10-429 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-429. Employee demanding or receiving extra pay for furnishing car to shipper — Penalty

 (a) Any railroad employee who demands or receives from any shipper extra pay over and above the legal freight rate for placing or furnishing cars for the shipment of freight shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200). Each car so placed or furnished shall be deemed a separate offense.  (b) Any shipper or other person who gives or offers to give any such extra pay to any such employee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200).
AR Code § 23-10-430 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-430. Recovery of demurrage, forfeitures, and charges

 All forfeitures, charges, and demurrage that accrue to either shipper or railroad company under this section and §§ 23-10-402, 23-10-403, 23-10-405, 23-10-406, 23-10-409 — 23-10-429 and 23-10-431 may be recovered in any court having jurisdiction.
AR Code § 23-10-431 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-431. Actions for damages for violations of §§ 23-10-402, 23-10-403, 23-10-405, 23-10-406, and 23-10-409 — 23-10-431 — Limitation

 (a) In all actions at law against any railroad company, its assignees, lessees, or other persons owning or operating any railroad in this state or partly in this state, for the violation of the provisions of this section and §§ 23-10-402, 23-10-403, 23-10-405, 23-10-406, and 23-10-409 — 23-10-430 regulating the transportation of freight, or in case any person or corporation, as defined in § 23-10-402, engaged as aforesaid shall not do or permit to be done any act, matter, or thing required to be done in this section and §§ 23-10-402, 23-10-403, 23-10-405, 23-10-406, and 23-10-409 — 23-10-430, the person or corporation shall be held to pay to the person, firm, or corporation injured thereby the actual amount of damages so sustained, to be recovered by the person, firm, or corporation so damaged, in any court having jurisdiction of the amount where the person or corporation causing the damage can be found or has an agent or place of business.  (b)  (1) No such action shall be sustained unless brought within one (1) year after the cause of action accrued, or within one (1) year after the party complaining shall have come to the knowledge of his or her right of action. However, no railroad company, its assignees, lessees, or other persons owning or operating any railroad in this state or partly in this state shall have a right of action against any person, firm, or corporation when the person, firm, or corporation shall violate the provisions of any part of this section and §§ 23-10-402, 23-10-403, 23-10-405, 23-10-406, and 23-10-409 — 23-10-430 unless the suit is instituted within one (1) year of the violation.  (2) No action shall be brought after two (2) years from the time the right of action accrues.    (c) As many causes of action as may have accrued within the year to any one (1) person, firm, or corporation, including damages, forfeitures, demurrage, etc., may be joined in the suit or complaint.
AR Code § 23-10-432 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-432. Duty to furnish cars — Reasonable time for requesting cars

 It shall be deemed, prima facie, a reasonable time within which to order cars that any shipper shall give notice thereof to the station agent at the place of shipment, or in his or her absence to the nearest station agent of the railroad company to which the application is made, three (3) days before a shipment of five (5) cars or fewer, and five (5) days for fewer than ten (10) but more than five (5) cars, and eight (8) days for ten (10) cars or more. It shall be the duty of the railroad companies to furnish their station agents with printed blanks upon which shippers may make application for their cars. However, nothing in this section and §§ 23-10-401, 23-10-433 — 23-10-437, and 23-12-605 shall be construed to exempt any railroad company from the obligation to furnish cars for shipment without the written notice, but it shall only be subject to the penalties of §§ 23-10-434 — 23-10-437 for failure to furnish cars to shippers where notice thereof shall be given in writing or, in case of shipment of freight wholly between points in this state, then in accordance with the rules of the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
AR Code § 23-10-433 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-433. Exceptions to duty to furnish or exchange cars

 (a) In no event shall any railroad company be required to furnish any cars to a connecting line except to exchange for other cars reasonably suitable for the transportation of freight.  (b) No railroad company shall be compelled to furnish its own cars to any other railroad company except upon reasonable security furnished to it to protect it from loss or destruction of, or damage to, such cars, and compensation for the use thereof.
AR Code § 23-10-434 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-434. Liability for failure to furnish or exchange cars — Exceptions

 (a) Every railroad company that, in violation of any of the provisions of this section and §§ 23-10-401, 23-10-432, 23-10-433, 23-10-435 — 23-10-437, and 23-12-605, fails to furnish any cars for the shipment of any freight within a reasonable time or, in case of the shipment of freight between points within this state, within the time prescribed by the Arkansas Department of Transportation if the department shall prescribe the time by rules as provided in this section and §§ 23-10-401, 23-10-432, 23-10-433, 23-10-435 — 23-10-437, and 23-12-605, and the company fails to do so within a reasonable time, or fails to receive and forward any loaded cars or to exchange cars as provided for in this section and §§ 23-10-401, 23-10-432, 23-10-433, 23-10-435 — 23-10-437, and 23-12-605, that company shall be liable to the shipper or other person injured or damaged thereby for all such injury and damages as may result to the shipper. The railroad company is also liable for all special damages of which it had notice at the time of the shipment or which occurs after written notice thereof, and shall be liable, in addition thereto, for an amount equal to a reasonable attorney's fee, in case suit is brought for recovery of such damages.  (b) In case of the failure or refusal to so furnish, within a reasonable time, any cars for the shipment of livestock, green fruit, vegetables, or other perishable freight, the railroad company shall be liable to the shipper for the damage caused thereby and a reasonable attorney's fee in case suit is brought to recover the damages.  (c) Every railroad company that fails to furnish cars or to exchange cars as required by the provisions of this section and §§ 23-10-401, 23-10-432, 23-10-433, 23-10-435 — 23-10-437, and 23-12-605 or by the rules of the department as provided in this section and §§ 23-10-401, 23-10-432, 23-10-433, 23-10-435 — 23-10-437, and 23-12-605 shall be liable to the railroad company injured thereby for all such damages as may result to it and, in addition thereto, an amount equal to a reasonable attorney's fee in case of suit brought for the recovery of any damages.
AR Code § 23-10-435 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-435. Liability for cars of another railroad

 (a) Every railroad company using cars of another railroad company, or cars which have been delivered to it by the other railroad company, shall be liable to the party entitled thereto to pay for the reasonable use and hire thereof and for injury or damages to or destruction of the cars, while in its possession or under its control, for the amount of such injury. In the case of cars in the shipment of freight between points wholly within this state, the amount for the use or hire of the cars may be prescribed by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, except where the owners of the cars and the railway companies agree upon the compensation, in which case the amount so fixed shall govern.  (b) When any railroad company or owner of any car is dissatisfied with the amount fixed by the department for the use, hire, loss, or destruction of, or damage to, the cars, or when the railroad company which is liable therefor fails to pay for the use, hire, loss, or destruction of the cars, the department or person entitled thereto, or which is liable for the use, hire, loss, injury, or destruction of the cars, shall be entitled to establish the reasonable value thereof in a suit brought in any court of this state having jurisdiction of the parties and of the amount in controversy, and the court shall render such judgment as to it shall deem just and reasonable.
AR Code § 23-10-436 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-436. Penalty for gross negligence in not furnishing or exchanging cars — Fee of prosecuting attorney

 (a)  (1) Every railroad company which willfully, by its own gross negligence or by the gross negligence of its agents having charge and management of the matter of furnishing cars, fails or refuses to furnish or exchange cars as provided for in this section and §§ 23-10-401, 23-10-432 — 23-10-435, 23-10-437, and 23-12-605 or to transport or deliver the cars within the time prescribed by the Arkansas Department of Transportation as to freight carried between points wholly within this state, or if not so prescribed, then within a reasonable time, shall, in addition to other liabilities provided for in this section and §§ 23-10-401, 23-10-432 — 23-10-435, 23-10-437, and 23-12-605 forfeit to the State of Arkansas, for each of the violations, not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).  (2) Each day of failure or neglect as to each car which the railroad company by willful or gross negligence fails or refuses to furnish or exchange shall be treated as a separate offense.    (b)  (1) Penalties are to be recovered in an action instituted by the department through the prosecuting attorney of the proper district.  (2) No such suit shall be dismissed or compromised without the consent of the court and the department.  (3)  (A) The prosecuting attorney shall be allowed a fee by the court not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount collected.  (B) If any prosecuting attorney neglects for fifteen (15) days after notice to bring suit, the department may employ some other attorney at law to bring the suit, who shall be allowed a fee therefor to be fixed by the court, not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount collected, and in such case the prosecuting attorney shall not interfere.
AR Code § 23-10-438 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 10 - Transportation Of Passengers And Freight Generally|Subchapter 4 - Freight — Railroads|§ 23-10-438. Perishable freight — Duty to furnish cars — Exceptions — Penalty

 (a)  (1) When a shipper makes a written application to a station agent of a railroad company doing business in this state for cars, to be loaded with any kind of perishable freight such as fruit and vegetables, embraced in the tariff of the company, stating the character of the freight, the kind of cars wanted, and the final destination of the freight, the railroad company shall furnish cars, in the kind and quantity ordered, at the place of shipment, within twenty-four (24) hours from 7:00 p.m. on the day following the application.  (2) If refrigerator cars are ordered, they shall be furnished with bunkers well filled with ice, if so ordered by the shipper.  (3) When a future date is designated by the shipper on which he or she desires to make a shipment, giving not less than twenty-four (24) hours' notice, computing from 7:00 a.m. on the day following the application, the railroad company shall furnish cars on the day specified in the application. The station agent shall then give the party making the application a receipt showing the date of requisition, the number of cars, and the date the cars are to be furnished.    (b) For failure to comply with this section, the railroad companies so offending shall forfeit and pay to the shipper making the application, upon a claim being made in writing, duly verified as to amount of loss, double the damages he or she may have sustained by reason of the failure of the railroad companies to comply with this section and §§ 23-10-404, 23-10-439, and 23-10-440.  (c)  (1) This section shall not apply to railroads which are not public carriers.  (2) This section shall not apply in cases of strikes, wrecks that would hinder delivery of cars at the times and in the manner specified in this section, sudden congestion in traffic, washouts, and other sudden public calamities over which the railroad companies can exercise no control, but the burden shall be on the railroad company to prove the existence of any of these facts in justification of their failure to comply with this section.