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AR Code § 16-47-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 47 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Acknowledgment Act|§ 16-47-206. Acknowledgment by a married woman

 An acknowledgment by a married woman may be made in the same form as though she were unmarried.
AR Code § 16-47-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 47 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Acknowledgment Act|§ 16-47-208. Execution of certificate by officer

 The certificate of the acknowledging officer shall be completed by his signature, his official seal if he has one, the title of his office, and if he is a notary public, the date his commission expires.
AR Code § 16-47-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 47 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Acknowledgment Act|§ 16-47-209. Authentication of acknowledgments

 (a) If the acknowledgment is taken within this state or is made without this state but in the United States by one (1) of the officers designated in § 16-47-203, or without the United States by an officer of the United States, no authentication shall be necessary.  (b) If the acknowledgment is made without the United States and by a notary public or a judge or clerk of a court of record of the country where the acknowledgment is made, the certificate shall be authenticated by a certificate under the great seal of state of the country, affixed by the custodian of such seal, or by a certificate of a diplomatic, consular, or commercial officer of the United States accredited to that country, certifying as to the official character of such officer.
AR Code § 16-47-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 47 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Acknowledgment Act|§ 16-47-210. Acknowledgments under laws of other states

 Notwithstanding any provision in this act contained, the acknowledgment of any instrument without this state in compliance with the manner and form prescribed by the laws of the place of its execution, if in a state, a territory or insular possession of the United States, or in the District of Columbia, or in the Philippine Islands, verified by the official seal of the officer before whom it is acknowledged, shall have the same effect as an acknowledgment in the manner and form prescribed by the laws of this state for instruments executed within the state.
AR Code § 16-47-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 47 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Acknowledgment Act|§ 16-47-211. Validation of unauthenticated writings affecting title to property

 All deeds, conveyances, deeds of trust, mortgages, mineral leases, marriage contracts, and other instruments in writing, affecting or purporting to affect title to any real estate or personal property situated in this state, which have been recorded or executed prior to July 19, 1971, and which may be defective or ineffectual because of the failure to have the authentication formerly required by Acts 1943, No. 169, §§ 9 and 10, prior to these amendments, shall be binding and effectual as though such instruments contained the required authentication.
AR Code § 16-47-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 47 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Acknowledgment Act|§ 16-47-212. Act cumulative

 This act shall be cumulative to other acts of the General Assembly relating to acknowledgments.
AR Code § 16-47-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 47 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Acknowledgment Act|§ 16-47-213. Acknowledgments by persons serving in or with the armed forces of the United States within or without the United States

 In addition to the acknowledgment of instruments in the manner and form and as otherwise authorized by this act, persons serving in or with the armed forces of the United States or their dependents may acknowledge the same wherever located before any commissioned officer in active service of the armed forces of the United States with the rank of second lieutenant or higher in the Army, Air Force or Marine Corps, or ensign or higher in the Navy or United States Coast Guard. The instrument shall not be rendered invalid by the failure to state therein the place of execution or acknowledgment. No authentication of the officer's certificate of acknowledgment shall be required but the officer taking the acknowledgment shall endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate substantially in the following form:   “On this day of , 19 , before me, , the undersigned officer, personally appeared (Serial No. ) known to me or satisfactorily proven to be (serving in or with the armed forces of the United States) (a dependent of , (Serial No. ) a person serving in or with the armed forces of the United States) and to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes therein contained. And the undersigned does further certify that he is at the date of this certificate a commissioned officer of the rank stated below and is in the active service of the armed forces of the United States. Signature of the Officer Rank and Serial No. of Officer and Command to which attached.”   Click to view form.
AR Code § 16-47-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 47 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Acknowledgment Act|§ 16-47-214. Acknowledgments previously taken unaffected

 No acknowledgment heretofore taken shall be affected by anything contained in this act.
AR Code § 16-47-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 47 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Acknowledgment Act|§ 16-47-215. Uniformity of interpretation

 This act shall be so interpreted as to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it.
AR Code § 16-47-216 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 47 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Acknowledgment Act|§ 16-47-216. Title of act

 This act may be cited as the “Uniform Acknowledgment Act”.
AR Code § 16-47-217 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 47 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Acknowledgment Act|§ 16-47-217. Validation of prior acknowledgments — Construction of uniform act

 It is the intent and purpose of this section that all acknowledgments taken subsequent to Acts 1957, No. 411 either in accordance with the Uniform Acknowledgment Act or in accordance with the laws of this state in effect at the time of adoption of the Uniform Acknowledgment Act be cured and validated for all purposes; and that neither Acts 1957, No. 411 nor the Uniform Acknowledgment Act to which it is amendatory shall be construed to repeal or modify any laws relative to the taking of acknowledgments and the authentication thereof which were in effect in this state at the time of adoption of the Uniform Acknowledgment Act, but that the Uniform Acknowledgment Act shall be deemed to provide an alternative system for taking and authenticating acknowledgments.
AR Code § 16-47-218 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 47 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments|Subchapter 2 - Uniform Acknowledgment Act|§ 16-47-218. Validation of acknowledgments — Construction of acts

 All acknowledgments taken subsequent to Acts 1959, No. 127 either in accordance with the Uniform Acknowledgment Act or in accordance with the laws of this state in effect at the time of adoption of the Uniform Acknowledgment Act are cured and validated for all purposes; and neither Acts 1959, No. 127 nor the Uniform Acknowledgment Act shall be construed to repeal or modify any laws relative to the taking of acknowledgments and the authentication thereof which were in effect in this state at the time of adoption of the Uniform Acknowledgment Act, but that the Uniform Acknowledgment Act shall be deemed to provide an alternative system for taking and authenticating acknowledgments.
AR Code § 16-55-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-101. Title of code

 This code shall be known as the “Code of Practice in Civil Cases” in this state.
AR Code § 16-55-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-103. Applicability of code

 (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, this code shall regulate the procedure in all civil actions and proceedings in the courts of this state.  (b) Except as otherwise provided by law, the provisions of this code shall apply to and regulate the proceedings of all the courts of this state, though not expressly enumerated, and of all that may hereafter be created.
AR Code § 16-55-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-104. Construction of code

 (a) The rule of common law that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed shall not be applied to the code.  (b) The provisions of the code, and all proceedings under it, shall be liberally construed, with a view to promote its object and to assist the parties in obtaining justice.
AR Code § 16-55-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-105. Amendment or repeal of code

 No act shall have the effect to amend or repeal or be construed as amending or repealing any title, chapter, article, section, clause, or provision of this code unless the intention is expressly stated, and the title, chapter, article, or section shall be particularly referred to and recited in the act amending or repealing it.
AR Code § 16-55-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-108. Authority of deputies

 Any duty enjoined by this code upon a ministerial officer and any act permitted to be done by him or her may be performed by his or her lawful deputy.
AR Code § 16-55-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-110. Boards — Authority of majority

 An authority conferred upon three (3) or more persons may be exercised by a majority of them and a majority of three (3) or more persons may do any act directed to be performed by them.
AR Code § 16-55-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-111. Classes of remedies

 Remedies in civil cases are divided into two (2) classes:   (1) Actions;  (2) Special proceedings.
AR Code § 16-55-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-112. Authority to grant provisional remedy

 A provisional remedy as provided in this code may be granted only by the judge of the court in which the action is brought, or by any circuit judge.
AR Code § 16-55-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-113. Writ of ne exeat abolished

 The writ of ne exeat as a remedy in a civil action is abolished.
AR Code § 16-55-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-114. Notices — Form — Service generally

 (a)  (1) The notices mentioned in this code shall be in writing and may be served by a sheriff, constable, coroner, or marshal of a town or city, whose return thereon shall be proof of the service.  (2) Notices may also be served by any person not a party or interested in the action or proceeding, whose affidavit shall be proof of the service, or by acknowledgment thereon in writing by the party upon whom served.    (b) The service of a notice shall be by giving a copy to the person to whom it is directed, or if he or she cannot be found at his or her usual place of abode, by leaving a copy there with a person over the age of sixteen (16) years residing in the same family with him or her, or if no such person is there, then by affixing a copy to the front door of the place of abode. If the person to whom the notice is directed cannot be found and has no known place of abode in this state, the notice may be served by delivering a copy to his or her attorney.  (c) The return of the officer or the affidavit of the person who served the notice shall state the time and manner of the service. If a copy of the notice is not given to the person to whom it is directed, the return or affidavit shall state the facts authorizing the manner of service pursued.
AR Code § 16-55-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-115. Notice — Additional method of service

 (a) Wherever, in connection with the taking of depositions, the filing of motions, or in any other matters either during the pendency of a suit or prior to a litigation, the law requires the service of notice by one (1) person upon another, except in the case of service of a summons, that notice may be served by registered or certified mail, addressed to the person to be served at his or her last known address, or to his or her attorney, if he or she has an attorney employed in connection with the matter in which the notice is to be served, with return receipt requested. The return receipt of the person or his or her attorney or the affidavit of the person making the service shall be evidence of service of the notice.  (b)  (1) This section shall be cumulative of present methods provided by law for service of notice.  (2) Service shall be sufficient by:  (A) The method provided for in this section;  (B) Any method authorized by law prior to June 13, 1957; or  (C) Waiver in writing of service.
AR Code § 16-55-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-116. Notice — Service upon certain persons

 (a)  (1) Where it is not otherwise specially provided, notice to a party in an action of any motion or proceeding to be made or taken in the action in court or before a judge may be served upon the party or his or her attorney.  (2) The service upon the attorney in any such case shall be by delivering to him or her a copy of the notice.    (b) A notice to a person constructively summoned and not appearing shall be served on the attorney appointed to defend for him or her.  (c) A notice to an infant or person of unsound mind shall be served on the guardian or next friend bringing or defending the action for him or her.  (d) A notice to a corporation may be served in the same manner as a summons in an action against it.  (e) Where the party has no known place of abode in this state and no attorney in the county where the action is pending, or where the parties, plaintiffs, or defendants are numerous, the court may direct the mode of serving notices and to which persons they shall be given.
AR Code § 16-55-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-117. Notice — Duty of officer serving

 (a) It shall be the duty of the sheriff and of every constable to whom any notice in an action may be delivered for service within his or her county to serve and return the notice to the party who delivered it to him or her.  (b) A failure to perform this duty may be punished as a disobedience of the process of the court.
AR Code § 16-55-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-118. Laws requiring notice or summons for specified time before term amended to permit action taken on any day court is in session

 Whether specifically mentioned in this act or not, any law or part of a law requiring notice or summons to be served or published a specific length of time before the beginning of a term before the steps authorized in the law may be had at such terms in any civil or special proceeding is hereby amended to permit such steps to be taken on any day that the court meets in regular or adjourned session after the expiration of the time required in the law for service.
AR Code § 16-55-119 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-119. Computation of time

 Where a certain number of days are required to intervene between two (2) acts, the day of one (1) only of the acts may be counted.
AR Code § 16-55-120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-120. Affirmation in lieu of oath

 Whenever an oath is required by this code, the affirmation of a person conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath shall have the same effect.
AR Code § 16-55-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-121. Successive actions on same contract or transaction

 Successive actions may be maintained upon the same contract or transaction whenever, after the former action, a new cause of action has arisen therefrom.
AR Code § 16-55-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-55-122. Contract provisions restricting disclosure of environmental hazards are void

 (a) Any provision of a contract or agreement entered into to settle a lawsuit which purports to restrict any person's right to disclose the existence or harmfulness of an environmental hazard is declared to be against the public policy of the State of Arkansas and therefore void.  (b) For purposes of this section, the term “environmental hazard” means a substance or condition that may affect land, air, or water in a way that may cause harm to the property or person of someone other than the contracting parties to a lawsuit settlement contract referred to in subsection (a) of this section.  (c) This section applies to settlement contracts or agreements entered into after March 12, 1991.
AR Code § 16-55-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Civil Justice Reform Act of 2003|§ 16-55-201. Modification of joint and several liability

 (a) In any action for personal injury, medical injury, property damage, or wrongful death, the liability of each defendant for compensatory or punitive damages shall be several only and shall not be joint.  (b)  (1) Each defendant shall be liable only for the amount of damages allocated to that defendant in direct proportion to that defendant's percentage of fault.  (2) A separate several judgment shall be rendered against that defendant for that amount.    (c)  (1) To determine the amount of judgment to be entered against each defendant, the court shall multiply the total amount of damages recoverable by the plaintiff with regard to each defendant by the percentage of each defendant's fault.  (2) That amount shall be the maximum recoverable against that defendant.
AR Code § 16-55-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 55 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Civil Justice Reform Act of 2003|§ 16-55-202. Assessment of percentages of fault

 (a) In assessing percentages of fault, the fact finder shall consider the fault of all persons or entities who contributed to the alleged injury or death or damage to property, tangible or intangible, regardless of whether the person or entity was or could have been named as a party to the suit.  (b)  (1) Negligence or fault of a nonparty shall be considered if the plaintiff entered into a settlement agreement with the nonparty or if the defending party gives notice that a nonparty was wholly or partially at fault not later than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the date of trial.  (2) The notice shall be given by filing a pleading in the action designating the nonparty and setting forth the nonparty's name and last known address, or the best identification of the nonparty which is possible under the circumstances, together with a brief statement of the basis for believing the nonparty to be at fault.    (c)  (1) Except as expressly stated in this section, nothing in this section shall eliminate or diminish any defenses or immunities which currently exist.  (2) Assessments of percentages of fault of nonparties shall be used only for accurately determining the percentage of fault of named parties.  (3) Where fault is assessed against nonparties, findings of fault shall not subject any nonparty to liability in any action or be introduced as evidence of liability in any action.