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AR Code § 27-14-314 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 3 - Penalties and Administrative Sanctions|§ 27-14-314. Additional penalties — Disposition of fines

 (a)  (1) A person who while driving a motor vehicle is arrested for failure to register the motor vehicle upon conviction shall be subject to a penalty in addition to any other penalty provided by law.  (2) The additional penalty shall be:  (A) Not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) for the first offense, and the minimum fine shall be mandatory; or  (B) Not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the second and subsequent offenses, and the minimum fine shall be mandatory.      (b)  (1) If a person is convicted of two (2) offenses under subsection (a) of this section within one (1) year, the court may order that the unregistered vehicle be impounded until proof of motor vehicle registration is submitted to the court.  (2) The owner of the vehicle impounded shall be responsible for all costs of impoundment.    (c)  (1) If the arresting officer is an officer of the Department of Arkansas State Police, the fine collected shall be remitted by the tenth day of each month to the Administration of Justice Funds Section of the Office of Administrative Services of the Department of Finance and Administration, on a form provided by that office, for deposit into the Department of Arkansas State Police Fund to be used for the purchase and maintenance of state police vehicles.  (2) If the arresting officer is a county law enforcement officer, the fine collected shall be deposited into that county fund used for the purchase and maintenance of:  (A) The following:  (i) Rescue, emergency medical, and law enforcement vehicles;  (ii) Communications equipment;  (iii) Animals owned or used by law enforcement agencies; and  (iv) Life-saving medical apparatus; and    (B) Law enforcement apparatus to be used for the purposes set out in subdivision (c)(2)(A) of this section.    (3) If the arresting officer is a municipal law enforcement officer, the fine collected shall be deposited into that municipal fund used for the purchase and maintenance of:  (A) The following:  (i) Rescue, emergency medical, and law enforcement vehicles;  (ii) Communications equipment;  (iii) Animals owned or used by law enforcement agencies; and  (iv) Life-saving medical apparatus; and    (B) Law enforcement apparatus to be used for the purposes set out in subdivision (c)(3)(A) of this section.
AR Code § 27-14-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 4 - Office of Motor Vehicle|§ 27-14-401. Creation

 An office of the government of this state to be known as the “Office of Motor Vehicle” is created.
AR Code § 27-14-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 4 - Office of Motor Vehicle|§ 27-14-402. Head of Office of Motor Vehicle

 The Office of Motor Vehicle shall be under the control of the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration.
AR Code § 27-14-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 4 - Office of Motor Vehicle|§ 27-14-403. Powers and duties

 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is vested with the power and is charged with the duty of observing, administering, and enforcing the provisions of this chapter and of all laws regulating the operation of vehicles or the use of the highways, the enforcement or administration of which is vested in the Office of Motor Vehicle.  (b) The secretary may adopt and enforce such rules as necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and any other laws, the enforcement and administration of which are vested in the office.  (c) The secretary may adopt an official seal for the use of the office.
AR Code § 27-14-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 4 - Office of Motor Vehicle|§ 27-14-404. Organization

 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall organize the Office of Motor Vehicle in the manner as he or she may deem necessary and proper to segregate and conduct the work of the Office of Motor Vehicle.  (b) The secretary shall appoint such deputies, subordinate officers, clerks, investigators, and other employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.  (c) The secretary shall maintain an office in Little Rock, Arkansas, and in such other places in the state as he or she may deem necessary and proper to carry out the powers and duties vested in the Office of Motor Vehicle.
AR Code § 27-14-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 4 - Office of Motor Vehicle|§ 27-14-405. Police authority generally

 The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration and the officers and inspectors of the Office of Motor Vehicle designated by the secretary shall have the power:   (1) To inspect any vehicle of a type required to be registered under this chapter in any public garage or repair shop or in any place where such vehicles are held for sale or wrecking, for the purpose of locating stolen vehicles and investigating the title and registration of these stolen vehicles;  (2) To serve warrants relating to the enforcement of the laws regulating the operation of vehicles or the use of the highways; and  (3) To investigate reported thefts of motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers.
AR Code § 27-14-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 4 - Office of Motor Vehicle|§ 27-14-406. Authority to take possession

 The Office of Motor Vehicle is authorized to take possession of any certificate of title, registration certificate, permit, license, or registration plate issued by the office upon expiration, revocation, cancellation, or suspension, or which is fictitious or has been unlawfully or erroneously issued.
AR Code § 27-14-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 4 - Office of Motor Vehicle|§ 27-14-407. Summons of witnesses

 (a)  (1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration and officers of the Office of Motor Vehicle designated by the secretary shall have authority to summon witnesses to give testimony under oath or to give written deposition upon any matter under the jurisdiction of the office.  (2) The summons may require the production of relevant books, papers, or records.    (b)  (1) Every summons shall be served at least five (5) days before the return date, either by personal service made by any person over eighteen (18) years of age or by registered mail, but return acknowledgment is required to prove the latter service.  (2) Failure to obey a summons constitutes a misdemeanor.    (c) Any court of competent jurisdiction shall have jurisdiction, upon application by the secretary, to enforce all lawful orders of the secretary under this section.
AR Code § 27-14-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 4 - Office of Motor Vehicle|§ 27-14-408. Manner of giving notice

 (a) Whenever the Office of Motor Vehicle is authorized or required to give any notice under this chapter or other law regulating the operation of vehicles, unless a different method of giving the notice is otherwise expressly prescribed, the notice shall be given either by personal delivery thereof to the person to be so notified or by deposit in the United States mail of the notice in an envelope with postage prepaid, addressed to the person at his or her address as shown by the records of the office.  (b) The giving of notice by mail is complete upon the expiration of four (4) days after the deposit of the notice.  (c) Proof of the giving of notice in either manner may be made by the certificate of any officer or employee of the office or affidavit of any person over eighteen (18) years of age, naming the person to whom the notice was given and specifying the time, place, and manner of giving.
AR Code § 27-14-409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 4 - Office of Motor Vehicle|§ 27-14-409. Processing of applications

 (a) The Office of Motor Vehicle shall examine and determine the genuineness, regularity, and legality of every application for registration of a vehicle, for a certificate of title therefor, and of any other application lawfully made to the office.  (b) The office may, in all cases, make investigation as may be deemed necessary or require additional information and shall reject any such application if not satisfied of the genuineness, regularity, or legality thereof, or of the truth of any statement contained therein, when authorized by law.  (c)  (1) If the office is not satisfied as to the ownership of a vehicle or that there are no undisclosed security interests in it, the office may accept the application, but shall, as a condition of issuing a certificate of title, require the applicant to file with the office a bond in the form prescribed by the office.  (2) The bond shall be in an amount equal to one and one-half (1 1/2) times the value of the vehicle, as determined by the office.  (3)  (A) The bond shall be conditioned to indemnify any prior owner and lienholder and any subsequent purchaser of the vehicle, or person acquiring any security interest in it, and their respective successors in interest, heirs, or assigns against any expense, loss, or damage, including reasonable attorney's fees, by reason of the issuance of the certificate of title of the vehicle.  (B) Any such interested person has a right of action to recover on the bond for any breach of its conditions, but the aggregate liability of the surety to all persons shall not exceed the amount of the bond.    (4) The bond, and any deposit accompanying it, shall be returned at the end of three (3) years, unless the office has been notified of the pendency of an action to recover on the bond.
AR Code § 27-14-410 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 4 - Office of Motor Vehicle|§ 27-14-410. Forms

 The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, registration certificates, and all other forms requisite or necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and any other laws, the enforcement and administration of which are vested in the Office of Motor Vehicle.
AR Code § 27-14-411 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 4 - Office of Motor Vehicle|§ 27-14-411. Oaths and signatures

 (a) Officers and employees of the Office of Motor Vehicle designated by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration are, for the purpose of administering the motor vehicle laws, authorized to administer oaths and acknowledge signatures.  (b) Administration of oaths and acknowledgement of signatures under subsection (a) of this section shall be performed without fee.
AR Code § 27-14-412 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 4 - Office of Motor Vehicle|§ 27-14-412. Records

 (a)  (1) All records of the Office of Motor Vehicle, other than those declared by law to be confidential for the use of the office, shall be open to public inspection during office hours.  (2) The use of lists or other aggregations of compilations of motor vehicle registration information is restricted to safety recall notification programs involving motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, other federal and state agency programs, research and statistics involving motor vehicles in which individual identities are not published, disclosed, or for any other purpose authorized by the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994, 18 U.S.C. § 2721 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2015.  (3) Motor vehicle registration information shall not be sold, furnished, or used for solicitation purposes.    (b)  (1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration and such officers of the office as the secretary may designate are authorized to prepare under the seal of the office and deliver upon request a certified copy of any record of the office or a noncertified electronic copy of any record of the office.  (2) A fee of one dollar ($1.00) shall be charged for each certified record authenticated.  (3) Every certified copy shall be admissible in any proceeding in any court in like manner as the original.  (4)  (A) A party requesting a noncertified electronic record shall execute a written agreement with the Department of Finance and Administration that includes the following provisions:  (i) An acknowledgment that the party requesting a record shall comply with all state and federal limits on the use of those records; and  (ii) An agreement that the party seeking to obtain records shall hold harmless and indemnify the department for any money damages, punitive damages, criminal fines, civil penalties, court costs, and attorney's fees awarded to any person or entity by any state or federal court or by the Arkansas State Claims Commission resulting from any disclosure by the party of motor vehicle information that is contrary to state or federal law.    (B) A fee of not less than twenty dollars and fifty cents ($20.50) nor more than thirty dollars ($30.00) per one thousand (1,000) records shall be charged for electronic records.      (c) The secretary may destroy any records of the office that have been maintained on file for five (5) years that the secretary considers obsolete and of no further service in carrying out the powers and duties of the office.  (d) All fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration.
AR Code § 27-14-413 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 4 - Office of Motor Vehicle|§ 27-14-413. Distribution of laws

 The Office of Motor Vehicle may publish a synopsis or summary of the laws of this state regulating the operation of vehicles and may deliver a copy without charge with each original vehicle registration.
AR Code § 27-14-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 5 - Commission for Reciprocal Agreements|§ 27-14-501. Creation

 An ex officio commission, composed of the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration, who shall serve as chair, the Chair of the State Highway Commission, and the Director of State Highways and Transportation, is established for the purpose of representing the State of Arkansas in the matter of making reciprocal agreements relating to the operation of motor vehicles.
AR Code § 27-14-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 5 - Commission for Reciprocal Agreements|§ 27-14-502. Agreements generally

 (a) The commission is authorized to negotiate and consummate reciprocal agreements with the duly authorized officials or representatives of any states of the United States, whereby residents of other states who operate commercial motor vehicles may allocate and apportion the registration of commercial motor vehicles in accordance with any formula mutually agreed upon between the commission and the representatives or officials of the state if residents of this state are granted the same allocation and apportionment privileges for commercial motor vehicles' registration in the other state.  (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving any motor vehicle owner or operator from complying with all laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to the safety of operation of motor vehicles, the highway maximum weight standards, and the preservation of the highways of this state.  (c)  (1) In the making of any reciprocal agreement, the commission shall exercise due regard for the advantage and convenience of resident motor vehicle owners and the citizens of this state.  (2) No agreement shall be entered into with any state extending privileges and exemptions to motor vehicle operators of the state unless that state accords equal or greater privileges and exemptions to Arkansas motor vehicle operators.
AR Code § 27-14-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 5 - Commission for Reciprocal Agreements|§ 27-14-504. Proportionate refund of registration fees authorized

 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to refund a proportionate part of the registration fees paid to this state under the provisions of the International Registration Plan which became effective July 1, 1976, under the following conditions:  (1) The registrant has discontinued operations in the State of Arkansas;  (2) The vehicle registered has been totally destroyed; or  (3) The registrant has changed his or her operations in Arkansas such that registration under the International Registration Plan would no longer be appropriate in this state.    (b) The refund will be in an amount equal to that proportionate amount of the remaining registration year beginning with the month next following that month in which the secretary is notified that the registrant wishes to cancel his or her registration by surrendering all registration documents and license plates.  (c) The secretary is authorized to promulgate such rules as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this section.
AR Code § 27-14-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 5 - Commission for Reciprocal Agreements|§ 27-14-505. Mileage audits and records reexaminations — Appeal

 (a) As used in this section, “member jurisdiction”, “mileage audit”, “record reexamination”, and “registrant” mean the same as defined in the International Registration Plan, as it existed on January 1, 2017.  (b)  (1)  (A) A registrant who desires a hearing to appeal the findings of a mileage audit or a record reexamination shall notify the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration in writing within thirty (30) calendar days from the date the registrant is notified of the findings of the mileage audit or the record reexamination.  (B) A hearing officer appointed by the secretary shall schedule a hearing in any city in which the Department of Finance and Administration maintains a field audit district office or in any other city that the secretary designates, unless the secretary and the registrant agree to another location for the hearing or agree that the hearing shall be heard by telephone.  (C) A hearing conducted under this section is subject to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.  (D) The hearing officer handling the appeal under this section shall render his or her decision in writing to sustain, modify, or reverse the findings of the mileage audit or the record reexamination based upon the evidence presented at the hearing and shall serve a copy of the decision on the registrant.    (2)  (A) If the decision of the hearing officer under this section sustains, in whole or in part, the findings of the mileage audit or record reexamination, the registrant may file suit within thirty (30) days of receipt of the decision in the Pulaski County Circuit Court or the circuit court of the county of the registrant's principal place of business.  (B) The registrant shall properly serve the secretary with a copy of any appeal to circuit court challenging the decision of the hearing officer under this section.    (3) A registrant may appeal a decision of the circuit court in accordance with the laws governing appeals.  (4)  (A) At the conclusion of the appeals process, the secretary shall notify all affected member jurisdictions of the results of the appeal.  (B) Any further challenge to the findings of a mileage audit or record reexamination shall be made under Section 1400 of the International Registration Plan, as it existed on January 1, 2017.      (c) The secretary may promulgate rules to implement this section.
AR Code § 27-14-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 14 - Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act|Subchapter 6 - Registration and License Fees|§ 27-14-602. Registration fees

 (a) Except as otherwise provided, all fees shall be paid to the Office of Motor Vehicle for the registration of motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers under this chapter.  (b) The following fees shall be charged under this chapter by the Office of Motor Vehicle:  (1) For each certificate of title $2.00  (2) For each duplicate certificate of title 2.00  (3) For noting each lien .50  (4) For transfer of registration 1.00  (5) For duplicate or substitute registration certificate 1.00  (6) For duplicate or substitute license plate 1.00    (c) Beginning January 1, 2018, in addition to any other fees authorized under this chapter, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall charge a fee for commercial motor vehicles registered with the International Registration Plan in the amount of:  (1) Two dollars ($2.00) to access the secretary's portal to register one (1) or more commercial motor vehicles or to conduct one (1) or more online administrative transactions;  (2) Two dollars ($2.00) upon issuance or renewal of the registration of a commercial motor vehicle of a commercial motor carrier that has been authorized under § 27-14-613(b)(1)(C) to display an approved license plate decal bearing the commercial motor vehicle carrier's logo; and  (3) Five dollars ($5.00) for each commercial motor vehicle registered in this state as an annual commercial motor vehicle fee.