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AR Code § 16-31-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 3 - Juries And Jurors|Chapter 31 - Juror Qualifications and Exemptions|§ 16-31-108. Interpreters for visually or hearing impaired jurors

 (a)  (1)  (A) The state, through the Administrative Office of the Courts, shall provide and pay the cost of reasonable accommodations for the hearing and visually impaired when necessary to enable a person with those disabilities to act as a venireperson or juror.  (B) Such accommodations may include a qualified sign language interpreter, real-time captioning, or other reasonable auxiliary aid for the hearing impaired or a reader for the visually impaired.  (C) In the event the juror indicates that he or she can be accommodated by several means, the Administrative Office of the Courts may consider the cost and availability of each accommodation when deciding which to provide.    (2) The interpreter, the person writing real-time captioning, and the reader, when necessary, shall be present throughout jury service, the trial, and when the jury assembles for deliberation.    (b)  (1) Whenever a sign language interpreter, real-time captioning, or a reader is utilized in judicial proceedings or in jury deliberations, the court will administer an oath to the interpreter, the person writing the real-time captioning, and the reader, to ensure objective and unbiased translation and complete confidentiality of the proceedings.  (2) The court shall also instruct the interpreter, the person writing the real-time captioning, and the reader to make a true and complete translation of all testimony and other relevant colloquy to the best of his ability.  (3) The court shall further instruct the interpreter, the person writing the real-time captioning, and the reader to refrain from participating in any manner in the deliberations of the jury, except for the complete translations of jurors' remarks made during deliberations.    (c) The verdict of the jury shall be valid notwithstanding the presence of the interpreter during deliberations.
AR Code § 16-34-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 3 - Juries And Jurors|Chapter 34 - Fees and Expenses|§ 16-34-103. Per diem compensation for jurors and prospective jurors

 (a) Any person who receives official notice that he or she has been selected as a prospective juror or who is chosen as a juror is eligible to receive per diem compensation for service if:  (1) The person actually appears at the location to which the juror or prospective juror was summoned; and  (2) The person's appearance is duly noted by the circuit clerk.    (b)  (1) The per diem compensation payable to any person who is eligible for payment under subsection (a) of this section and who is selected and seated to serve as a member of a grand jury or petit jury is fifty dollars ($50.00) per day.  (2) Any person who is eligible for payment under subsection (a) of this section and who is excused or otherwise not selected and seated as a member of a grand jury or petit jury shall be provided per diem compensation of not less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) as established by ordinance of the county quorum court.
AR Code § 16-34-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 3 - Juries And Jurors|Chapter 34 - Fees and Expenses|§ 16-34-104. Mileage reimbursement for jurors

 In the event and to the extent that a county quorum court adopts by ordinance a policy for reimbursement of mileage costs for jurors, any person who is eligible to receive per diem compensation under § 16-34-103 and whose primary place of residence is outside the city limits of the city where the court that summoned the juror or prospective juror is located may receive, in addition to the per diem compensation, a mileage reimbursement payment for mileage from and to his or her home by the most direct and practicable route at the rate prescribed by the county.
AR Code § 16-34-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 3 - Juries And Jurors|Chapter 34 - Fees and Expenses|§ 16-34-106. Payment by county — Reimbursement by state

 (a) The per diem compensation under § 16-34-103 shall be paid promptly to each juror or prospective juror by a county from funds appropriated for that purpose by the quorum court.  (b)  (1)  (A) The state shall reimburse a county for a portion of the costs incurred for a payment under § 16-34-103(b)(1) if the county makes a request under subdivision (b)(3) of this section.  (B)  (i) If funds are available, the state shall reimburse a county for the cost of a prospective juror orientation for a juror eligible for payment under § 16-34-103(b)(2) up to fifteen dollars ($15.00) if the county makes a request under subdivision (b)(3) of this section.  (ii) The reimbursement under this subdivision (b)(1)(B) shall not exceed the minimum per diem compensation under § 16-34-103(b)(2).      (2) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall administer the state reimbursement to a county under subdivision (b)(1) of this section.  (3) A county may request reimbursement for costs incurred for a payment under § 16-34-103(b)(1) or § 16-34-103(b)(2) on a quarterly basis as follows:  (A) On or before May 1 of each year for costs incurred between January 1 and March 31 of that year;  (B) On or before August 1 of each year for costs incurred between April 1 and June 30 of that year;  (C) On or before December 1 of each year for costs incurred between July 1 and September 30 of that year; and  (D) On or before February 1 of each year for costs incurred between October 1 and December 31 of the prior year.    (4) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall consult with Arkansas Legislative Audit and shall prescribe the information that shall be documented and certified by a county in order to receive reimbursement under subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
AR Code § 16-40-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 40 - General Provisions|§ 16-40-101. Burden of proof

 (a) The party holding the affirmative of an issue must produce the evidence to prove it.  (b) The burden of proof in the whole action lies on the party who would be defeated if no evidence were given on either side.
AR Code § 16-40-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 40 - General Provisions|§ 16-40-102. Order of proof

 The order of proof shall be regulated by the court so as to expedite the trial and enable the tribunal to obtain a clear view of the whole evidence. However, the party who begins the case must ordinarily exhaust his evidence before the other begins.
AR Code § 16-40-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 40 - General Provisions|§ 16-40-103. Modes of taking testimony of witnesses

 (a) The testimony of witnesses is taken in three (3) modes:  (1) By affidavit;  (2) By deposition;  (3) By oral examination.    (b) An affidavit is a written declaration under oath, made without notice to the adverse party.  (c) A deposition is a written declaration under oath, made upon notice to the adverse party, for the purpose of enabling that party to attend and cross-examine; or upon written interrogatories.  (d) An oral examination is an examination in the presence of the tribunal which is to decide the fact or to act upon it, the testimony being heard by the tribunal from the lips of the witness.
AR Code § 16-40-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 40 - General Provisions|§ 16-40-104. Judicial knowledge of laws of other states

 The courts of this state shall take judicial knowledge of the laws of other states.
AR Code § 16-40-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 40 - General Provisions|§ 16-40-105. Death presumed after five years' absence

 Any person absenting himself beyond the limits of this state for five (5) years successively shall be presumed to be dead in any case in which his death may come into question, unless proof is made that he was alive within that time.
AR Code § 16-40-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 40 - General Provisions|§ 16-40-107. Evidence of sermons by a religious leader — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Religious leader or member of the clergy” includes without limitation a:  (A) Minister;  (B) Pastor;  (C) Preacher;  (D) Priest;  (E) Nun;  (F) Rabbi;  (G) Imam; or  (H) Layperson who is engaged in the ministering in, instruction of, or teaching of a religion; and    (2) “Religious organization” means an organization that qualifies as a religious organization under state or federal tax law.    (b) In a civil action or other civil administrative proceeding to which the state or a local government is a party, the state or the local government may not compel the:  (1) Production or disclosure of a written copy or an audio or video recording of a sermon, religious instruction, or religious teaching delivered by a religious leader or member of the clergy during religious services of a religious organization; or  (2) Religious leader or member of the clergy to testify regarding the sermon, religious instruction, or religious teaching described in subdivision (b)(1) of this section.    (c) This section does not apply to a civil action or other civil administrative proceeding to which the state or a local government is a party and that concerns a legitimate investigation into terrorism-related activities.
AR Code § 16-42-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 42 - Sexual Offenses|§ 16-42-102. Presence of parent or custodian at proceedings involving minor sexual assault victims

 In any prosecution for a sexual offense or inchoate offense to a sexual offense, upon motion of the prosecuting attorney and after notice to opposing counsel, the court may, for good cause shown, allow the presence of the parent, stepparent, guardian, custodian, or other person with custody of an alleged minor victim of a sexual offense or inchoate offense to a sexual offense during the examination and cross-examination of the minor at any hearing, deposition, or trial.
AR Code § 16-42-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 42 - Sexual Offenses|§ 16-42-103. Admissibility of evidence of similar crimes in sexual assault cases

 (a) In a criminal case where the defendant is accused of a sexual assault, evidence of the defendant's commission of another sexual assault is admissible and may be considered for its bearing on any matter to which it is relevant, subject to the circuit court's consideration of the admissibility of any such evidence under Rule 403 of the Arkansas Rules of Evidence.  (b) In a case where the prosecuting attorney intends to offer evidence under this section, the prosecuting attorney shall disclose the evidence to the defendant or the defendant's attorney if an attorney is representing the defendant, including statements of witnesses or a summary of the substance of any testimony at least forty-five (45) days before the scheduled date of trial or at such later time as the court may allow for good cause.  (c) This section shall not be construed to limit the admission or consideration of evidence under any rule of the Arkansas Rules of Evidence, the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure, or any law.  (d) For purposes of this section, the term “sexual assault” includes the following offenses:  (1) Rape, § 5-14-103;  (2) Sexual assault in the first degree, § 5-14-124; and  (3) Sexual assault in the second degree, § 5-14-125.
AR Code § 16-45-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 45 - Affidavits|§ 16-45-101. Use of affidavits

 An affidavit may be read to verify a pleading; to prove the service of a summons, notice, or other process in an action; to obtain a provisional remedy, a stay of proceedings, or a warning order, upon a motion; and in any other case permitted by law.
AR Code § 16-45-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 45 - Affidavits|§ 16-45-102. Officials before whom affidavits may be made

 (a) An affidavit may be made in this state before a judge of the court, justice of the peace, notary public, clerk of a court, or mayor of a city or incorporated town.  (b) An affidavit may be made out of this state before a commissioner appointed by the Governor of this state to take depositions, or before a judge of a court, mayor of a city, notary public, or justice of the peace, whose certificate shall be proof of the time and manner of its being made.
AR Code § 16-45-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 45 - Affidavits|§ 16-45-103. Signature of affiant — Certificate of officer

 Every affidavit shall be subscribed by the affiant. The certificate of the officer before whom the affidavit is made shall be written separately following the signature of the affiant.
AR Code § 16-45-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 45 - Affidavits|§ 16-45-104. Affidavit as to correctness of account

 (a)  (1) In a suit on an account, including without limitation a credit card account or other revolving credit account, in a court of this state, the affidavit of the plaintiff that the account is just and correct, taken and certified according to law, is sufficient to establish the account.  (2) However, if the defendant denies under oath the correctness of the account, the plaintiff is held to prove by other evidence the part of the account in dispute.    (b) An affidavit of account under subsection (a) of this section shall be attached to the complaint and shall contain:  (1) The name of:  (A) The creditor to whom the account is owed;  (B) The creditor pursuing collection of the account; and  (C) The debtor obligated to pay the account;    (2)  (A) A statement or disclosure of whether or not the debtor's account has been assigned or is held by the original creditor.  (B) If the account has been assigned, the affidavit shall state the name of the original creditor;    (3) A statement of the affiant's authority to execute the affidavit on behalf of the creditor, including the affiant's job title or relationship to the creditor;  (4) A statement that the affiant is familiar with the books and records of the creditor and the account;  (5) A statement that the information and amount stated in the affidavit is true and correct to the best of affiant's knowledge, information, and belief;  (6) The interest rate and the source of the interest rate; and  (7) The total amount due, including interest, at the time the affidavit is executed.
AR Code § 16-45-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 45 - Affidavits|§ 16-45-105. Production of affiant for cross-examination upon motion to discharge provisional remedy

 Where a provisional remedy is granted upon an affidavit and a motion is made to discharge or vacate the remedy, either before or after pleading to the cause, the party against whom the remedy is granted may, by written notice to the party by whom it was obtained or by an order or rule of the court, require the production of the person who made the affidavit for cross-examination. Thereupon, the party notified shall produce the affiant within ten (10) days before an officer authorized to take depositions, at a time and place of which he shall give the adverse party three (3) days' notice. If the affiant is not produced, his affidavit shall be suppressed. If the affiant is produced, he may be examined by either party. If on cross-examination the affidavit shall be shown to be false, then the provisional remedy shall be discharged.
AR Code § 16-58-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-101. Payment of fees prerequisite to entry of action or issuance of writ

 (a) No action shall be entered upon the docket of any court nor any original mesne or final process issued in the action, except in criminal cases and cases where the state is plaintiff, until the fees for entering the case upon the docket and for issuing the writ and the taxes thereon, if any, are paid, or bond and security to the approval of the clerk given therefore.  (b) No clerk shall be liable to an action for refusing to docket a cause or issue any writ unless the fee and tax thereon is first tendered or secured as provided in this section.
AR Code § 16-58-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-102. Style of process issued by judge, justice, or other officer

 All writs and process issued by any judge, justice of the peace, or other officer authorized to issue the writ or process shall run in the name of the State of Arkansas and be signed by the officer issuing the writ or process.
AR Code § 16-58-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-104. Alias or pluries writs

 When any writ or other process issued out of any court of this state is not executed, the clerk of the court shall issue an alias, pluries, or other proper process without an order of the court for that purpose on the application of the party suing out the writ or other process.
AR Code § 16-58-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-105. Seal

 All writs shall be sealed with the judicial seal of the court.
AR Code § 16-58-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-106. Issuance and execution of process, writ, summons, etc., on Sunday or a holiday

 (a) It shall be no objection to any process, writ, summons, affidavit, or order for a provisional remedy that it was issued, made, or is dated on a holiday nor shall it be an objection to any bond given by or for any party to an action or taken by an officer in the course of the action that it was made or is dated on any such day.  (b) A summons or order for a provisional remedy may be issued on any holiday, except Sunday. It may be issued on Sunday if an affidavit of the plaintiff or some other person is made to the effect that, unless it is issued on that day, there is reasonable cause to believe that it cannot be executed.  (c) An order of attachment or for the delivery of property or a writ of execution may be issued or executed on any holiday, including Sunday.  (d)  (1) A summons, subpoena, notice, order of arrest, or order of injunction may be executed on any holiday except Sunday. It may be executed on Sunday if the officer having the process believes, or an affidavit of the plaintiff or some other person is made to the effect that the affiant believes, that the process cannot be executed after such holiday.  (2) The defendant shall have no privilege of exemption from the service of the process mentioned in subdivision (d)(1) of this section, except from an arrest by reason of his or her attendance at any muster, election, or order of survey or as a witness at any court or other place.
AR Code § 16-58-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-110. Sheriff to attend clerk's office to receive process

 It shall be the duty of the sheriff or one (1) of his or her deputies to attend at the clerk's office daily, Sundays excepted, to receive any process that may be issued, and the clerk shall deliver to him or her any process remaining in his or her office.
AR Code § 16-58-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-111. Endorsement of day and hour of receipt on process

 The sheriff shall endorse upon every summons, order of arrest, or order for the delivery of property, or of attachment or injunction in his or her hands the day and hour it was received by him or her.
AR Code § 16-58-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-115. Sheriff to note time of service

 When a sheriff serves a summons, he or she shall note on the copy of the summons delivered or offered to the defendant or left at the defendant's residence the time and date the summons was served.
AR Code § 16-58-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-116. Acknowledgment of service

 Service may be acknowledged by the defendant by an endorsement upon the summons, signed and dated by him or her, and attested by a witness. The affidavit of the witness shall be proof of the service.
AR Code § 16-58-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 5 - Civil Procedure Generally|Chapter 58 - Commencement Of Action — Process|§ 16-58-117. Return

 (a)  (1) Each sheriff, coroner, and constable, on the return made by him or her on any writ or other process, shall state at length the time when, the place where, and how the writ or process was served.  (2) Otherwise, the officer shall not be entitled to demand or receive any fee for the service or execution of the writ or other process.    (b)  (1) In all cases of the return of service upon a summons by an officer, the return must state the time of service and that a copy was delivered to, or offered and refused by, the defendant.  (2)  (A) If a return of service is defective in these respects, the officer may be fined by the court, not exceeding ten dollars ($10.00), and shall be liable to the action of any person aggrieved by the defect.  (B) However, the court may permit an amendment, according to the truth of the case.      (c) It shall not be a sufficient return of any process that the officer was kept off by force from executing it.