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AR Code § 16-17-1109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 17 - District Courts|Subchapter 11 - Pilot State District Courts|§ 16-17-1109. Jurisdiction

 (a)  (1) State district courts are courts of limited jurisdiction with criminal jurisdiction as defined by the General Assembly and by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 80, § 7, and civil jurisdiction as defined by the Supreme Court.  (2) State district courts may be given greater criminal and civil jurisdiction than that provided for local district courts, subject to the provisions of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 80, §§ 7 and 10.    (b) Under rules prescribed by the Supreme Court, a state district court judge may hear cases filed in the circuit court that arise within the territorial jurisdiction of the state district court judge.  (c)  (1) Under rules prescribed by the Supreme Court, a state district court judge may be assigned by the Chief Justice to hear cases outside the territorial jurisdiction of the court.  (2) When assigned, the state district court judge is entitled to the reimbursement of travel expenses under § 16-17-1108.
AR Code § 16-17-1114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 17 - District Courts|Subchapter 11 - Pilot State District Courts|§ 16-17-1114. Reorganization of local district courts to state district courts as of January 1, 2025

 (a)  (1) Beginning January 1, 2025, the following cities and counties that are currently served by local district courts under § 16-17-901 et seq. shall be reorganized as state district courts and served by state district court judges as assigned.  (2) The new state district court judgeships created by this section shall become effective January 1, 2025, and shall be placed on the ballot to be elected in the 2024 nonpartisan judicial election from the newly constructed state district court district.  (3) The cities and counties that were previously served by local district courts and will be served by state district courts shall comply with the cost-sharing requirements established in § 16-17-1106, effective January 1, 2025.    (b)  (1) The Thirty-Sixth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties of Little River, Sevier, Pike, and Howard.  (2) The Thirty-Sixth Judicial District shall have seven (7) departments as follows:  (A) One (1) located in Ashdown;  (B) One (1) located in Foreman;  (C) One (1) located in Winthrop;  (D) One (1) located in De Queen;  (E) One (1) located in Nashville;  (F) One (1) located in Murfreesboro; and  (G) One (1) located in Glenwood.    (3) The Thirty-Sixth Judicial District shall be served by two (2) state district court judges.  (4) The Thirty-Sixth Judicial District judges shall be elected districtwide.  (5) The Thirty-Sixth Judicial District court shall have districtwide jurisdiction.
AR Code § 16-17-1115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 17 - District Courts|Subchapter 11 - Pilot State District Courts|§ 16-17-1115. Reorganization of local district courts to state district courts as of January 1, 2025

 (a)  (1) Beginning January 1, 2025, the following cities and counties, currently being served by a local district court under § 16-17-901 et seq. shall be reorganized as a state district court district and served by state district court judges as assigned.  (2) The new state district court judgeship created by this section shall become effective January 1, 2025, and shall be placed on the ballot to be elected in the 2024 nonpartisan judicial election from the newly constructed state district court district.  (3) The cities and counties that were previously served by local district courts and will be served by state district courts shall comply with the cost-sharing requirements established in § 16-17-1106, effective January 1, 2025.    (b)  (1) The Thirteenth District is composed of the counties of Stone and Cleburne.  (2) The Thirteenth District has five (5) departments as follows:  (A) One (1) located in Heber Springs;  (B) One (1) located in Greers Ferry;  (C) One (1) located in Concord;  (D) One (1) located in Quitman; and  (E) One (1) located in Mountain View.    (3) The Thirteenth District is served by one (1) state district court judge.  (4) The Thirteenth District judge is elected districtwide.  (5) The Thirteenth District court has districtwide jurisdiction.    (c)  (1) The Sixteenth Judicial District shall be composed of the counties of Monroe and Arkansas.  (2) The Sixteenth District shall have seven (7) departments as follows:  (A) One (1) located in Stuttgart;  (B) One (1) located in De Witt;  (C) One (1) located in Gillett;  (D) One (1) located in St. Charles;  (E) One (1) located in Brinkley;  (F) One (1) located in Clarendon; and  (G) One (1) located in Holly Grove.    (3) The Sixteenth Judicial District shall be served by one (1) state district court judge.  (4) The Sixteenth Judicial District judge shall be elected districtwide.  (5) The Sixteenth Judicial District court shall have districtwide jurisdiction.
AR Code § 16-17-1116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 17 - District Courts|Subchapter 11 - Pilot State District Courts|§ 16-17-1116. Reorganization of local district courts to state district courts as of January 1, 2025

 (a)  (1) Beginning January 1, 2025, the following cities and counties under this section that are currently being served by a local district court under § 16-17-901 et seq. shall be reorganized as a state district court and served by state district court judges as assigned.  (2) The new state district court judgeship created by this section shall become effective January 1, 2025, and shall be placed on the ballot to be elected in the 2024 nonpartisan judicial election from the newly constructed state district court district.  (3) The cities and counties that were previously served by local district courts and will be served by state district courts shall comply with the cost-sharing requirements established in § 16-17-1106, effective January 1, 2025.    (b)  (1) The Fourteenth District is composed of the counties of Independence, Fulton, and Izard.  (2) The Fourteenth District has six (6) departments as follows:  (A) One (1) located in Batesville;  (B) One (1) located in Melbourne;  (C) One (1) located in Calico Rock;  (D) One (1) located in Horseshoe Bend;  (E) One (1) located in Salem; and  (F) One (1) located in Mammoth Spring.    (3) The Fourteenth District is served by one (1) state district court judge.  (4) The Fourteenth District judge is elected districtwide.  (5) The Fourteenth District court has districtwide jurisdiction.
AR Code § 16-17-1201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 17 - District Courts|Subchapter 12 - City Court Consolidation|§ 16-17-1201. Findings and intent. [Effective January 1, 2012.]

 (a) The General Assembly finds that:  (1) The intent of Amendment 80 to the Arkansas Constitution was to create a unified court system to provide judicial economy and a fair administration of justice;  (2) The judicial system in this state should be composed of three (3) tiers to accomplish the intent of Amendment 80 to the Arkansas Constitution:  (A) Appellate courts to be composed of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals;  (B) General jurisdiction trial courts to be composed of the circuit courts; and  (C) Limited jurisdiction courts to be composed of the district courts;    (3) The city courts of this state should be consolidated with district courts in order to provide judicial and administrative functions in limited jurisdiction courts that are both necessary and cost-effective; and  (4) City courts provide a valuable service for the citizens of towns and cities that operate city courts and also revenue for those towns and cities and for this state. However, many towns and cities provide law enforcement officers for the safety of citizens but do not operate a city court.    (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that a town or city that has operated a city court is to continue to receive revenue from cases that originate in its town or city limits and to establish a procedure to allow a town or city that has never operated a city court but that now or in the future may have law enforcement officers to be able to receive a portion of the revenue from cases that originate in its town or city limits.  (c) It is also the intent of the General Assembly that this subchapter will consolidate all limited jurisdiction courts in the state as of January 1, 2012.  (d)  (1) On January 1, 2012 , the district courts shall be regarded as a continuation of the city courts now existing.  (2)  (A) All papers and records pertaining to the city courts shall be transferred to the appropriate district courts and no suit or prosecution of any kind or nature shall abate because of any change made by this subchapter.  (B) Except as modified in accordance with this subchapter, any of the following existing on January 1, 2012 , shall continue unaffected:  (i) A writ;  (ii) An action;  (iii) A suit;  (iv) A proceeding;  (v) Civil liability;  (vi) Criminal liability;  (vii) A prosecution;  (viii) A judgment;  (ix) A decree;  (x) An order;  (xi) A sentence;  (xii) A regulation;  (xiii) A cause of action; and  (xiv) An appeal.
AR Code § 16-17-1202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 17 - District Courts|Subchapter 12 - City Court Consolidation|§ 16-17-1202. Consolidation of city courts with district courts

 (a) As used in this subchapter, “district court” shall include a department of a district court.  (b)  (1) Effective January 1, 2012, all city courts shall be consolidated with district courts and continue to exist as departments of district courts unless a city court is abolished by town or city ordinance pursuant to this subchapter.  (2) A city court formerly known as the “________ City Court” shall be redesignated as the “________ District Court, ____________ Department”.    (c)  (1) A district court that has a department or departments shall maintain a docket in each department and set court dates for hearing the docket in the town or city in which the department is located, as required by the Arkansas District Courts Accounting Law, § 16-10-201 et seq.  (2) By common agreement, a district court and the town or city where the department of the district court is located may provide locations and dates for hearing the docket.    (d)  (1)  (A) A town or city that prior to January 1, 2012, operated a city court that becomes a department of a district court may by ordinance of the town or city in which the department is located abolish the department of district court.  (B) A copy of the ordinance abolishing the department of a district court shall be sent to the Administrative Office of the Courts.    (2)  (A) On and after the effective date of the ordinance abolishing the department of a district court, the nearest district court in the county shall be regarded as a continuation of the department of district court that was abolished.  (B) All papers and records pertaining to a department of a district court abolished by ordinance shall be transferred to the appropriate district court, and no suit or prosecution of any kind or nature shall abate because of any change made by this subchapter.  (C) Except as modified in accordance with this subchapter, any of the following existing on the effective date of the ordinance abolishing the department of a district court shall continue unaffected:  (i) A writ;  (ii) An action;  (iii) A suit;  (iv) A proceeding;  (v) Civil liability;  (vi) Criminal liability;  (vii) A prosecution;  (viii) A judgment;  (ix) A decree;  (x) An order;  (xi) A sentence;  (xii) A regulation;  (xiii) A cause of action; and  (xiv) An appeal.        (e) No town or city shall have the authority to reinstate a department of district court abolished by ordinance.
AR Code § 16-17-1203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 17 - District Courts|Subchapter 12 - City Court Consolidation|§ 16-17-1203. Procedure for expense cost sharing

 (a)  (1)  (A) Any town or city that has a police department but does not have a district court may contribute to the operational expenses of the nearest district court in the county where the town or city is located pursuant to a written agreement.  (B) A written agreement is mandatory and is to be entered into between the governing body of the town or city and the governing bodies of the political subdivisions that contribute to the operational expenses of the district court.    (2)  (A) The contribution to the operational expenses of a district court described in subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be a prorated amount based on the number of cases filed in the district court from each of the towns and cities and the county during the preceding calendar year.  (B) The prorated amount of operational expenses shall apply to all fines, fees, and costs not obligated under law that are collected pursuant to § 16-13-701 et seq. in all:  (i) Nontraffic cases that are misdemeanors or violations of a town or city ordinance;  (ii) Cases that are misdemeanors or violations under state law; and  (iii) Traffic offenses that are misdemeanors or violations under state law or town or city ordinance committed within the corporate limits of a town or city that is a party to an agreement described in subdivision (a)(1) of this section.        (b) Apportionment of the costs of a district court shall be by order of the district court upon certification of the cases filed by the clerk of the district court.  (c) On and after the effective date of the agreement described in subdivision (a)(1) of this section, all fines, fees, penalties, and costs received by a town or city that is a party to the agreement shall be collected and distributed in the manner provided by laws affecting district courts.
AR Code § 16-19-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 19 - Justice Of The Peace Courts|Subchapter 3 - Constables|§ 16-19-301. Peacekeeping duties and authority — Neglect of duty

 (a) Each constable shall be a conservator of the peace in his township and shall suppress all riots, affrays, fights, and unlawful assemblies, and shall keep the peace and cause offenders to be arrested and dealt with according to law.  (b) If any offense cognizable before a justice of the peace in his township is committed in his presence, the constable shall immediately arrest the offender and cause him to be dealt with according to law.  (c) Nothing in subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section shall be construed to deprive a constable of authority to serve warrants, summons, writs, and other process as provided by law.  (d) Nothing in this section shall prevent the fresh pursuit by a constable of a person suspected of having committed a supposed felony in his township, though no felony has actually been committed, if there are reasonable grounds for so believing. “Fresh pursuit” as used in this section shall not necessarily imply instant pursuit, but pursuit without unreasonable delay.  (e) If it comes to the knowledge of any constable that an offense mentioned in this section has been committed in his township, it shall be the duty of the constable to present the offender to a justice of the peace of the township in order that the offender may be arrested and brought to trial as prescribed by law.  (f) If a constable fails, refuses, or neglects to perform the duties imposed upon him by this section, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, by indictment in the circuit court, shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
AR Code § 16-19-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 19 - Justice Of The Peace Courts|Subchapter 3 - Constables|§ 16-19-302. Proceedings against constables upon default

 (a) A justice of the peace shall, upon the demand of the party injured, or his agent, issue a summons against a constable to whom any execution has been delivered, or who has received any money upon any judgment of the justice, whether with or without execution:  (1) If the constable fails to make return of the execution according to the command thereof;  (2) If he makes a false return;  (3) If he fails to have any money collected by him on execution before the justice on the return day thereof, ready to be paid over to the party entitled thereto, or the receipt of such person therefor; or  (4) If he fails to pay over on demand to the person entitled thereto, or his agent, any money received by him in payment of any judgment.    (b) The summons shall require the constable to appear before the justice at a place and time to be specified therein, not exceeding ten (10) days, and show cause why an execution should not be issued against him for the amount due upon the execution placed in his hands, or for the amount received by him upon the judgment, according to the nature of the case. The summons shall be served at least four (4) days before the return day thereof and may in other respects be executed in the same manner as an original summons.  (c) If the constable fails to appear, or if he appears but fails to show good cause in reply to the matters alleged against him, the justice shall render judgment against him for the amount due on the execution, or for the amount received by him without execution, according to the nature of the case, together with interest thereon, at the rate of one hundred percent (100%) per annum, from the time the execution ought to have been returned, and from the time the money ought to have been had before the justice ready to be paid over to the parties entitled thereto, or from the time the money was received on the judgment without execution, or was demanded by the party or his agent.  (d) Any process issued against any constable shall be served and executed by a special deputy, who shall be appointed by the justice for that purpose and who shall have the same power to execute and return such process as a constable, and whose return shall be sworn to.  (e) Upon a judgment against a constable pursuant to this section, there shall be no stay of execution, but an appeal may be had as in other cases and with like effect.  (f) The party injured may proceed against the constable as provided in this section or may institute a suit against him on his official bond. When proceeding on the constable's official bond, the injured party shall be entitled to the same recovery as upon a summons against the constable.
AR Code § 16-19-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 19 - Justice Of The Peace Courts|Subchapter 3 - Constables|§ 16-19-303. Removal from office

 (a) If any constable fails to pay over any money collected by him after demand is made, or fails to return any execution or other process within the time specified in the process, or fails or neglects to perform any other duty required by law, he shall be removed from office by the county court on motion on charges exhibited against him.  (b) A copy of the charges, together with notice of the time of hearing the charges, shall be served on the constable at least five (5) days before the commencement of the term of the court at which the motion is made, which may be served in the same manner as a summons, and by any person over the age of twenty-one (21) years who would be a competent witness.
AR Code § 16-19-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 19 - Justice Of The Peace Courts|Subchapter 3 - Constables|§ 16-19-304. Failure to pay moneys collected — Responsibility of sureties — Relief from liability

 (a) If any constable receives from any person any bonds, bills, notes, or accounts for collection and gives his receipt therefor in his official capacity, and fails to pay to that person on demand the amount he may have collected, and fails to return the bonds, bills, notes, or accounts, if they have not been collected, the constable and his securities shall be responsible on his official bond for the amount of the bonds, bills, notes, or accounts not paid over or returned.  (b) No constable shall be responsible for any bond, bill, or note for which he may have given his receipts and on which suit may have been brought.
AR Code § 16-19-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 19 - Justice Of The Peace Courts|Subchapter 3 - Constables|§ 16-19-305. Continuance in office upon division of township

 If any township is divided, the constable in office at the time of the division shall continue in office and be constable of the township in which he resides.
AR Code § 16-19-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 19 - Justice Of The Peace Courts|Subchapter 3 - Constables|§ 16-19-306. Restriction on constables' authority to appoint deputies

 Constables in the various townships in this state shall have no authority to appoint deputies.
AR Code § 16-19-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 2 - Courts and Court Officers|Chapter 19 - Justice Of The Peace Courts|Subchapter 4 - Jurisdiction and Venue|§ 16-19-401. Jurisdiction in townships having a municipal court

 (a) Justices of the peace in the townships subject to this act shall have original jurisdiction coextensive with the county.  (b) The jurisdiction of justices of the peace shall be:  (1) Concurrent with the municipal courts and exclusive of the circuit court in all matters of contract where the amount in controversy does not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars ($100), excluding interest;  (2) Concurrent with the municipal courts and with the circuit court in matters of contract where the amount in controversy does not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars ($300), exclusive of interest;  (3) Concurrent with the municipal courts and with the circuit court in suits for the recovery of personal property where the value of the property does not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars ($300);  (4) Concurrent with the municipal courts and with the circuit court in all matters of damage to personal property where the amount in controversy does not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars ($100).    (c) Justices of the peace in townships subject to this act shall also have jurisdiction to sit as examining courts and commit, discharge, or recognize offenders to the court having jurisdiction for further trial, and to bind persons to keep the peace or for good behavior, and for purposes set out in this section they shall have power to issue all necessary process.