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AR Code § 16-111-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 111 - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|§ 16-111-101. Scope

 Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions shall have power to declare rights, status, and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed for. The declaration may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect; and such declarations shall have the force and effect of a final judgment or decree.
AR Code § 16-111-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 111 - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|§ 16-111-102. Power to construe, etc

 Any person interested under a deed, will, written contract or other writings constituting a contract, or whose rights, status or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract or franchise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, contract, or franchise and obtain a declaration of rights, status or other legal relations thereunder.
AR Code § 16-111-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 111 - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|§ 16-111-104. Executor, etc

 Any person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next of kin, or cestui que trust, in the administration of a trust, or of the estate of a decedent, an infant, lunatic, or insolvent, may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect thereto:   (a) To ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin or others;  (b) To direct the executors, administrators, or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or  (c) To determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.
AR Code § 16-111-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 111 - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|§ 16-111-105. Enumeration not exclusive

 The enumeration in §§ 16-111-102 and 16-111-104 does not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers conferred in § 16-111-101, in any proceeding where declaratory relief is sought, in which a judgment or decree will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.
AR Code § 16-111-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 111 - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|§ 16-111-106. Discretionary

 The court may refuse to render or enter a declaratory judgment or decree where such judgment or decree, if rendered or entered, would not terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the proceeding.
AR Code § 16-111-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 111 - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|§ 16-111-107. Review

 All orders, judgments and decrees under this chapter may be reviewed as other orders, judgments and decrees.
AR Code § 16-111-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 111 - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|§ 16-111-108. Supplementary relief

 Further relief based on a declaratory judgment or decree may be granted whenever necessary or proper. The application therefor shall be by petition to a court having jurisdiction to grant the relief. If the application be deemed sufficient, the court shall, on reasonable notice, require any adverse party whose rights have been adjudicated by the declaratory judgment or decree, to show cause why further relief should not be granted forthwith.
AR Code § 16-111-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 111 - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|§ 16-111-109. Jury trial

 When a proceeding under this chapter involves the determination of an issue of fact, such issue may be tried and determined in the same manner as issues of fact are tried and determined in other civil actions in the court in which the proceeding is pending.
AR Code § 16-111-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 111 - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|§ 16-111-110. Costs

 In any proceeding under this chapter the court may make such award of costs as may seem equitable and just.
AR Code § 16-111-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 111 - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|§ 16-111-111. Parties

 (a) When declaratory relief is sought, all persons shall be made parties who have or claim any interest which would be affected by the declaration, and no declaration shall prejudice the rights of persons not parties to the proceeding. In any proceeding which involves the validity of a municipal ordinance or franchise, such municipality shall be made a party, and shall be entitled to be heard, and if the statute, ordinance or franchise is alleged to be unconstitutional, the Attorney General of the State shall also be served with a copy of the proceeding and be entitled to be heard.  (b)  (1) When declaratory relief is sought with respect to a tax, a person or group of persons challenging the tax shall provide a governmental entity and a school district whose direct revenue could be affected by the declaration with notice of the action by providing a copy of the complaint to the governmental entity or school district.  (2) A governmental entity or school district provided with notice under subdivision (b)(1) of this section has the right to intervene in the action but is not required to be named as a party to the action nor is the governmental entity or school district considered an indispensable or necessary party to the action.
AR Code § 16-111-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 111 - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|§ 16-111-112. Construction

 This chapter is declared to be remedial; its purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status and other legal relations; and is to be liberally construed and administered.
AR Code § 16-111-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 111 - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|§ 16-111-113. Words construed

 The word “person” wherever used in this chapter, shall be construed to mean any person, partnership, joint stock company, unincorporated association, or society, or municipal or other corporation of any character whatsoever.
AR Code § 16-111-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 111 - Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|§ 16-111-114. Provisions severable

 The several sections and provisions of this chapter except §§ 16-111-101 and 16-111-102, are hereby declared independent and severable, and the invalidity, if any, of any part or feature thereof shall not affect or render the remainder of the chapter invalid or inoperative.
AR Code § 16-115-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 115 - Mandamus and Prohibition|§ 16-115-101. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Writ of mandamus” means an order of the circuit court granted upon the petition of an aggrieved party or the state when the public interest is affected, commanding an executive, judicial, or ministerial officer to perform an act or omit to do an act, the performance or omission of which is enjoined by law; and  (2) “Writ of prohibition” means an order of the circuit court to an inferior court or tribunal, prohibiting it from proceeding in a cause or matter over which it has no jurisdiction.
AR Code § 16-115-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 115 - Mandamus and Prohibition|§ 16-115-102. Jurisdiction

 The circuit court shall have power to hear and determine petitions for the writ of mandamus and writ of prohibition and to issue such writ of mandamus and writ of prohibition to all inferior courts, tribunals, and officers in its respective jurisdiction.
AR Code § 16-115-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 115 - Mandamus and Prohibition|§ 16-115-103. Precedence of petitions over other actions

 Petitions for a writ of mandamus or writ of prohibition shall have precedence over all other actions and proceedings and shall be heard and determined summarily.
AR Code § 16-115-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 115 - Mandamus and Prohibition|§ 16-115-104. Hearings — Necessity — Time

 (a) It shall be within the discretion of the judge having jurisdiction, within forty-five (45) days from the date of application, to determine from the petition, and the records and files of the case, whether an evidentiary hearing is warranted.  (b) In the event a hearing is deemed necessary, the judge shall fix and announce a day of court to be held within forty-five (45) days from the date of application.
AR Code § 16-115-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 115 - Mandamus and Prohibition|§ 16-115-105. Notice of hearing

 (a) Notice of hearing upon any petition for a writ of mandamus or writ of prohibition shall be served in writing upon the officer or persons against whom the relief is sought, for such time and in such manner as may be prescribed by the court having jurisdiction.  (b) The notice shall state the style of the court, the docket number of the action or proceeding, the date and place of hearing, and the relief sought.  (c) The sufficiency of the notice shall be a question for the court.
AR Code § 16-115-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 115 - Mandamus and Prohibition|§ 16-115-106. Answer

 The party against whom the writ of mandamus or writ of prohibition is sought, when properly served with notice, shall file an answer before the hearing and show cause why the writ of mandamus or writ of prohibition should not be granted; otherwise, upon a proper showing, suitable relief shall be speedily granted.
AR Code § 16-115-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 115 - Mandamus and Prohibition|§ 16-115-107. Determination of petition

 The court shall hear and determine all questions of law and fact arising on the petition for a writ of mandamus or writ of prohibition. The granting or denying of the writ of mandamus or writ of prohibition shall be deemed a final order from which an appeal may be taken.
AR Code § 16-115-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 115 - Mandamus and Prohibition|§ 16-115-108. Interlocutory orders

 During the pendency of any proceeding upon a petition for a writ of mandamus or writ of prohibition, the court having jurisdiction, or the judge in vacation, may make such temporary orders as appear expedient and proper to prevent injury, waste, or damage of whatsoever kind.
AR Code § 16-115-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 115 - Mandamus and Prohibition|§ 16-115-109. Appeals by state

 Where the interest or rights of the state or the public is affected by a writ of mandamus or writ of prohibition, the prosecuting attorney or Attorney General may appeal without giving security for costs.
AR Code § 16-118-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 118 - Miscellaneous Actions|§ 16-118-101. Agreed cases

 (a) Parties to a question which might be the subject of a civil action may, without action, agree upon a case containing the facts upon which the controversy depends and present a submission of the case to any court which would have jurisdiction if an action had been brought.  (b) It must appear by affidavit that the controversy is real and the proceedings are in good faith to determine the rights of the parties.  (c) The court shall, upon submission of the case, hear and determine the case and render judgment as if an action were pending.  (d) The case, the submission, and the judgment shall constitute the record.  (e) The judgment shall be with costs, may be enforced, and shall be subject to reversal in the same manner as if it had been rendered in an action unless otherwise provided in the submission.
AR Code § 16-118-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 118 - Miscellaneous Actions|§ 16-118-102. Obtaining discovery

 (a) No action to obtain a discovery shall be brought except in aid of some other action pending where any person or corporation is liable, either jointly or severally with others, by the same contract. In such a case, an action may be brought against any of the parties who are liable to obtain discovery of the names and residences of the others who are also liable.  (b)  (1) In such actions, the plaintiff shall state in his or her complaint, in effect, that he or she has used due diligence, without success, to obtain the information asked to be discovered and that he or she does not believe the parties to the contract, who are known to him or her, have property sufficient to satisfy his or her claims.  (2) The complaint and the cost of the action shall be paid by the plaintiff unless the discovery is resisted.
AR Code § 16-118-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 118 - Miscellaneous Actions|§ 16-118-103. Gambling debts and losses

 (a)  (1)  (A)  (i) Any person who loses any money or property at any game or gambling device, or any bet or wager whatever, may recover the money or property by obtaining a judgment ordering the return of the money or property following an action against the person winning the money or property.  (ii) The suit shall be instituted within ninety (90) days after the paying over of the money or property so lost.    (B) The replevin suit provided for in subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section does not excuse a person from liability for or create a defense under § 5-2-601 et seq. to any crime of violence with which he or she may be charged as a result of conduct to recover money or property so lost.    (2) The heirs, executors, administrators, or creditors of the person losing any money or property at any game or gambling device, or on any bet or wager whatever, may have the same remedy as is provided in subdivision (a)(1) of this section for the person losing.  (3) Nothing in this subsection shall be so construed as to enable any person to recover any money or property lost on any turf race.    (b)  (1) All judgments, conveyances, bonds, bills, notes, securities, and contracts, where the consideration or any part thereof is money or property won at any game or gambling device, or any bet or wager whatever, or for money or property lent to be bet at any gaming or gambling device, or at any sport or pastime whatever, shall be void.  (2) The assignment of any bond, bill, note, judgment, conveyance, contract, or other security shall not affect the defense of the person executing the assignment.    (c) Any matter of defense under this section may be specially pleaded or may be given in evidence under the general issue.  (d)  (1) In all suits under this section, the plaintiff may call on the defendant to answer on oath any interrogatory touching the case, and if the defendant refuses to answer, the same shall be taken as confessed.  (2) The answer shall not be admitted as evidence against the person in any proceedings by indictment.    (e) It is the strong public policy of the State of Arkansas that gambling, whether regulated or unregulated, on credit is an unenforceable contract and the courts of this state shall not enforce gambling debts, regardless of whether the contract was entered into within this state or without this state.
AR Code § 16-118-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 118 - Miscellaneous Actions|§ 16-118-104. Vendor's action for recovery of property

 (a) In any action brought in the courts of this state for the recovery of money contracted for property in possession of the vendee, it shall not be lawful to include the property in any schedule intended to protect the property, or exempt it from seizure on attachment or sale on execution or other process issued from any court for the collection of any debt upon the claim of the plaintiff.  (b) In any such action the court or clerk shall issue, on petition of the plaintiff, duly verified, describing the property and stating its value at or after commencement of the action, an order, which may be embodied in the original summons if the order is issued at the same time as the original, stating the name of the court and the style of the action and directing the county sheriff or other officer to take the property described in the petition and hold it subject to the orders of the court.  (c) The defendant may give bond for the retention of the property as in cases of orders of delivery of personal property.  (d) When it appears by affidavit of the plaintiff or by the return of the order of the court, or when it is shown by the plaintiff's petition, that the property has been disposed of or concealed so that the order cannot be executed, the court may compel the attendance of the defendant and examine him or her on oath as to the situation of the property, and the court punish a disobedience of its order as in cases of contempt.
AR Code § 16-118-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 118 - Miscellaneous Actions|§ 16-118-105. Usurpation of office or franchise — Vacation of charters

 (a) In lieu of the writs of scire facias and quo warranto, or of information in the nature of a quo warranto, actions may be brought to vacate or repeal charters and prevent the usurpation of an office or franchise.  (b)  (1) Whenever a person usurps an office or franchise to which he or she is not entitled by law, an action may be instituted against him or her, either by the state or the party entitled to the office or franchise, to prevent the usurper from exercising the office or franchise.  (2) A person who continues to exercise an office after having committed an act, or omitted to do an act, of which the commission or omission, by law, created a forfeiture of his or her office, shall be subject to be proceeded against for a usurpation thereof.  (3)  (A) It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney to institute the actions mentioned in this section against all persons who usurp county offices or franchises where there is no other person entitled thereto or the person entitled fails to institute the action for three (3) months after the usurpation.  (B) For usurpation of other than county offices or franchises, the action by the state shall be instituted and prosecuted by the Attorney General.    (4)  (A)  (i) When a person is adjudged to have usurped an office or franchise, he or she shall be deprived thereof by the judgment of the court, and the person adjudged entitled thereto shall be reinstated in the office or franchise.  (ii) No one shall be adjudged entitled thereto unless the action is instituted by him or her.    (B) The court shall have power to enforce its judgment by causing the books and papers, and all other things pertaining to the office or franchise, to be surrendered by the usurper, and by preventing him or her from further exercising or using the office or franchise, and may enforce its orders by fine and imprisonment until obeyed.    (5) When the usurper has received fees and emoluments arising from the office or franchise, he or she shall be liable therefor to the person entitled thereto, who may claim the fees and emoluments in the action brought to deprive him or her of the office or franchise or in a separate action. If no one is entitled to the office or franchise, the fees and emoluments may be recovered by the state and paid into the State Treasury.    (c) The action to repeal or vacate a charter shall be in the name of the state and brought and presented by the Attorney General or, under his or her sanction and direction, by an attorney for the state.  (d) The pleadings in the actions named in this section are not required to be verified by affidavit unless prosecuted by a private individual.
AR Code § 16-118-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 118 - Miscellaneous Actions|§ 16-118-106. Alienation of affection and criminal conversation

 The actions of alienation of affection and criminal conversation are abolished.
AR Code § 16-118-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 118 - Miscellaneous Actions|§ 16-118-107. Civil action by crime victim

 (a)  (1) Any person injured or damaged by reason of conduct of another person that would constitute a felony under Arkansas law may file a civil action to recover damages based on the conduct.  (2) The burden of proof for showing conduct that constituted a felony shall be a preponderance of the evidence.  (3) If the person who is injured or damaged prevails, he or she shall be entitled to recover costs and attorney's fees.    (b) The action may be maintained by the person who was injured or damaged or, after the person's death, the executor, administrator, or representative of his or her estate.  (c) The remedy provided in this section shall be in addition to any other remedies in law or equity.  (d) This section does not apply to offenses under § 5-28-101 et seq. or the Medicaid Fraud Act, § 5-55-101 et seq.