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AR Code § 27-35-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 27-35-109. Liability for damage to highway or structure

 (a) Any person driving any vehicle, object, or contrivance upon any highway or highway structure shall be liable for all damage which the highway or structure may sustain as a result of any careless, negligent, or illegal operation, driving, or moving of that vehicle, object, or contrivance, or as a result of operation, driving, or moving of any vehicle, object, or contrivance of excessive width or weighing in excess of the maximum weight in this chapter, even though authorized by a special permit issued as provided in § 27-35-210.  (b) Any person driving any vehicle, object, or contrivance upon any highway shall be liable for all damages to structures spanning the highway, or a part of the highway, by reason of load heights in excess of that which the structure will permit, when the clearance height of the structure is posted, and in any event where the height of the vehicle and load is in excess of thirteen feet six inches (13' 6").  (c) Whenever the driver is not the owner of the vehicle, object, or contrivance, but is operating, driving, or moving it with the express or implied permission of the owner, then the owner and driver shall be jointly and severally liable for any damage.  (d) Damage may be recovered in a civil action brought by the authorities in control of the highway or highway structure.
AR Code § 27-35-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 27-35-110. Spilling loads on highways prohibited — Covers required for loads of sand, gravel, and rock — Exceptions

 (a) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom.  (b) Sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway.  (c) For a motor vehicle or a trailer with an open bed manufactured after September 30, 2001, no sand, gravel, or rock shall be transported on the paved public streets and highways of this state in a motor vehicle or trailer with an open bed unless the open bed is securely covered with a material which will prevent the load from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom. The cover shall be securely fastened to prevent the covering from becoming loose, detached, or in any manner a hazard to other users of the highway.  (d) For a motor vehicle or a trailer with an open bed manufactured on or before September 30, 2001, a vehicle with an open bed transporting sand, gravel, or rock is required to be covered as prescribed in subsection (c) of this section unless six inches (6") of freeboard is maintained at the perimeter of the load within the open bed of the vehicle or trailer carrying the load. Measurements are to be taken at the perimeter of the vehicle's or trailer's bed and measured from the top edge of the bed down to the sand, gravel, or rock being transported.
AR Code § 27-35-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 27-35-111. Trailers and towed vehicles

 (a)  (1) When one (1) vehicle is towing another, the drawbar or other connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all weight towed. The drawbar or other connection shall not exceed fifteen feet (15') from one (1) vehicle to the other, except the connection between any two (2) vehicles transporting poles, pipe, machinery, or other objects of structural nature which cannot readily be diminished.  (2) When one (1) vehicle is towing another, there shall be an additional connection between the vehicles sufficient to hold the vehicle being towed in the event the drawbar or other regular connection should break or become disconnected.  (3) When one (1) vehicle is towing another and the connection consists of a chain, rope, or cable, there shall be displayed upon the connection a white flag or cloth not less than twelve inches (12") square.  (4) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the drawbar or other connection between a motor vehicle and a pole or pipe dolly.    (b)  (1) No person shall operate a vehicle towing another when the towed vehicle swerves from side to side dangerously or unreasonably or fails to follow substantially in the path of the towing vehicle.  (2) No person shall occupy any house trailer while it is being moved upon the highway.
AR Code § 27-35-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 27-35-112. Towing vehicles licensed in other states

 (a)  (1) A vehicle licensed in another state for use as a wrecker or similar towing vehicle may be used to tow an automobile or truck in this state only if:  (A) The wrecker or similar towing vehicle licensed in another state is requested by the owner or operator of the vehicle to be towed;  (B) The vehicle is not being towed as a result of a collision that occurred within this state; and  (C) The vehicle is being towed:  (i) In either direction across the border between Arkansas and a neighboring state; or  (ii) Through Arkansas in transit to another state.      (2) Subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall not apply to a vehicle used as a wrecker or similar towing vehicle if the vehicle:  (A) Is licensed in an incorporated city or town in a state adjoining an Arkansas city or incorporated town that is divided by a state line; and  (B) The city or town in the adjoining state is of greater population than the Arkansas city or town.      (b)  (1) The owner or operator of any wrecker or similar towing vehicle licensed in another state that is used to tow any automobile or truck in this state in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined at least one hundred dollars ($100) but not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).  (2) Each violation shall constitute a separate offense.    (c) The Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board may promulgate rules for the enforcement of this section, including the imposition of civil penalties as set forth in § 27-50-1204.
AR Code § 27-35-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 2 - Weights and Dimensions|§ 27-35-201. Operating vehicle exceeding size or weight limitations unlawful

 Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive, operate, or move, or for the owner to cause or permit to be driven or moved upon any road or highway within the state, any vehicle, or combination of vehicles, of a size or weight exceeding the limitations stated in this subchapter, or to transport over any road or highway within this state, whether paved or otherwise, any load or loads exceeding the weights or dimensions prescribed by this subchapter.
AR Code § 27-35-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 2 - Weights and Dimensions|§ 27-35-206. Width of vehicles

 (a)  (1) Except as provided in § 27-35-210(p), a vehicle operated upon the highways of this state shall not have a total outside width, unladen or with load, in excess of one hundred two inches (102"), excluding certain safety devices as designated by the state, unless a greater width is authorized by special permit issued by competent authority as provided in § 27-35-210.  (2)  (A) Provided, vehicles as defined in § 27-14-104 utilized to transport compacted seed cotton from the farm to the first point at which such seed cotton shall first undergo any processing, preparation for processing, or transformation from its compacted state may operate upon all highways of this state, with the exception of federal interstate highways, with widths not exceeding one hundred eight inches (108") without the special permit.  (B) However, the vehicles must be equipped and operated in compliance with the traffic laws of this state as well as all safety rules and regulations of the United States Department of Transportation and the State Highway Commission.  (C) The vehicles utilized to transport compacted seed cotton with widths exceeding one hundred two inches (102"), but not exceeding one hundred eight inches (108"), shall be equipped and operated with both front and rear bumpers if operated individually, or, if operated in combination with other vehicles, shall be equipped with a front bumper on the vehicle furnishing the motive power and with a rear bumper on the rear vehicle operated in that combination.  (D)  (i) The vehicles, when operated individually or in combination with other vehicles on the roads, highways, or streets of this state shall be equipped with a sign or placard on the front and on the rear of the vehicle when operated individually, or on the front of the vehicle furnishing the motive power and on the rear of the vehicle operated in combination with the vehicle furnishing the motive power, when operated in combination, indicating that vehicle or combination of vehicles is slow-moving.  (ii) The signs or placards shall be of such a size, dimension, and color that it is readily apparent to the traveling public that the vehicle or combination is slow-moving and shall be in accordance with rules to be made and promulgated by the commission.        (b) Any person owning such a vehicle or combination of vehicles found operating the vehicle or combination on the highways, roads, or streets of this state without the required bumpers or without the required signs or placards shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined a sum of not less than three hundred dollars ($300) and not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000).
AR Code § 27-35-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 2 - Weights and Dimensions|§ 27-35-207. Height of vehicles

 No vehicle operated upon the highways of this state, unladen or with load, shall exceed a height of thirteen feet, six inches (13' 6"), unless a greater height is authorized by a special permit issued by competent authority as provided in § 27-35-210.
AR Code § 27-35-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 2 - Weights and Dimensions|§ 27-35-209. Forestry machinery exemptions

 (a) Forestry machinery shall be exempt from the width and height limitations imposed by this subchapter, and all other statutes limiting the width and height of vehicles operating upon the state's highways.  (b) This section shall have no application to forest machinery traveling on federal interstate highways.
AR Code § 27-35-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 2 - Weights and Dimensions|§ 27-35-211. Disposition of fees and penalties

 All fees and penalties collected under the provisions of §§ 27-35-202 and 27-35-210 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 section for deposit into the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund.
AR Code § 27-35-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 2 - Weights and Dimensions|§ 27-35-213. Persons permitted to stop and direct traffic

 (a) In addition to the requirements on persons and payloads issued overweight or oversize permits to move on Arkansas highways under § 27-35-210, a person issued an overweight or oversize permit under this subchapter shall be authorized to temporarily stop or halt traffic and safely direct, control, and regulate traffic around the overweight or oversize payload while maneuvering his or her overweight or oversize payloads on or off the public streets or highways.  (b) Provided, however, that no overweight or oversize permitted payload shall ever halt or stop traffic on a public street or highway while maneuvering on or off the street or highway for more than three (3) minutes or stop or halt traffic within five hundred feet (500') from the crest of a hill.
AR Code § 27-35-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Manufactured Homes and Houses|§ 27-35-301. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) [Repealed.]  (2) “Insurance” means a policy of liability insurance, the limits of which are one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for the first bodily injury or death, three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for bodily injury or death for each accident, and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for property damage resulting from the accident;  (3) “Manufactured home unit” means a structure constructed for use as a dwelling, office, or classroom which is more than eight feet (8') in width or sixty feet (60') in length and is capable of being moved upon the highways when combined with a pulling vehicle;  (4) “Overlength” means any manufactured home unit in excess of sixty feet (60') in length;  (5) “Overwidth” means any manufactured home unit in excess of eight feet (8') in width;  (6) “Special permit” means a written permission to move manufactured home units interstate and intrastate on the highways of this state;  (7) “Structures” means a building, either portable or permanent, other than a manufactured home unit, which cannot be disassembled or reduced in size without substantial damage to the structure, and:  (A) Where any person lives or carries on a business or other calling;  (B) Where people assemble for purposes of business, government, education, religion, entertainment, or public transportation; or  (C) Which is customarily used for overnight accommodation of persons, whether or not a person is actually present. Each unit of a structure divided into separately occupied units is itself a structure;    (8) “Traveled way” means the portion of the roadway for the movement of vehicles, exclusive of shoulders and auxiliary lanes; and  (9) “Width” means the largest overall width of a manufactured home in the traveling mode, including bay windows, roof projections, overhangs, or eaves under which there is no interior space.
AR Code § 27-35-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Manufactured Homes and Houses|§ 27-35-302. Limitations on movement

 Manufactured home units eight feet (8') or less in width and sixty feet (60') or less in length may be moved on the highways of this state without the procurement of the special permit under this subchapter.
AR Code § 27-35-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Manufactured Homes and Houses|§ 27-35-303. Rules

 The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall promulgate rules covering the application for, and issuance of, special permits for the safe movement of manufactured home units in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 27-35-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Manufactured Homes and Houses|§ 27-35-304. Special permit to move — Fee

 (a)  (1) Manufactured home units may be lawfully moved interstate and intrastate on the highways, roads, and streets of this state by procuring a special permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation.  (2) A permit shall be required for each single continuous movement of each manufactured home unit.  (3) Manufactured home units in excess of sixteen feet six inches (16' 6") in width may be moved upon the public highways of this state by obtaining an emergency permit approved by the department. Factors to be considered in approval of the emergency permit shall include, but not be limited to:  (A) Maximum overall width;  (B) Distance to travel;  (C) Condition of the highway; and  (D) The volume and type of traffic.    (4) No special permit shall be issued for any manufactured home unit exceeding eighteen feet (18') in width.    (b)  (1) The rules of the State Highway Commission, with respect to the movement of manufactured homes upon the highways of this state shall be equally applicable to the movement of manufactured homes upon city streets and county roads in this state.  (2) No municipality or county shall require local permits, bonds, fees, or licenses for the interstate or intrastate movement of manufactured homes permitted by the department.    (c)  (1) Special permits required under this subchapter may be obtained from any department weigh station or from the central offices of the department, and the department shall charge a fee of seventeen dollars ($17.00) for the permit, provided that the manufactured home unit to be moved does not exceed sixteen feet six inches (16' 6") in width.  (2) The department shall charge a fee of no more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150) if the manufactured home to be moved is greater than sixteen feet six inches (16' 6") in width but does not exceed eighteen feet (18') in width.
AR Code § 27-35-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Manufactured Homes and Houses|§ 27-35-305. Issuance of permits

 (a) Special permits shall be issued to any licensed carrier, dealer, or manufacturer who files with the Arkansas Department of Transportation evidence of acceptable insurance coverage.  (b)  (1) Persons moving their personal manufactured home units not over twelve feet (12') wide, exclusive of clearance lights, registered to such persons, and not for the purpose of sale, with a truck of not less than one-ton factory rated capacity, equipped with such devices and safety equipment and in compliance with safety regulations as required by the Interstate Commerce Commission as the pulling vehicle, when the driver of a pulling vehicle is experienced in such driving, shall be entitled to a special permit upon a showing of evidence that they have insurance acceptable to the department for, and title to, the manufactured home unit.  (2) The person applying for the permit will be allowed to move his or her manufactured home unit to the first point where a permit may be secured.
AR Code § 27-35-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Manufactured Homes and Houses|§ 27-35-307. Payment of fees on monthly basis

 (a) Persons posting a surety bond with the Arkansas Department of Transportation in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000), payable on default to the State of Arkansas, shall be allowed to pay the fees accruing for permits on a monthly basis.  (b) Should the person fail to pay any sum owing to the department within thirty (30) days after due, the department may execute on the bond.
AR Code § 27-35-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Manufactured Homes and Houses|§ 27-35-308. Disposition of fees

 (a) All fees collected under the provisions of this subchapter shall forthwith be deposited into the State Treasury as special revenues.  (b) The net amount shall be credited to the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund, there to be used for the operation and maintenance of the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
AR Code § 27-35-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Manufactured Homes and Houses|§ 27-35-309. Transportation of houses and other structures

 (a) Qualified house or structural movers in this state who have met the financial responsibility requirements of the laws of this state and rules of the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall be authorized to move upon the public highways of this state houses and other structures up to and including twenty-eight feet six inches (28' 6") in width, exclusive of roof overhang, upon obtaining a permit as required by law.  (b)  (1) If determined to be in the best interest of the state and where special circumstances are shown to exist, houses and other structures having a width in excess of twenty-eight feet six inches (28' 6"), excluding roof overhang, may be moved upon the public highways of this state by obtaining a permit approved by the Director of State Highways and Transportation.  (2) Factors to be considered in approval of the special permit shall include:  (A) Maximum overall width;  (B) Distance to travel;  (C) Condition of the highway; and  (D) The volume or type of traffic.      (c)  (1) The State Highway Commission may issue such special rules for the movement of houses and other structures on the highways as the commission deems necessary for the protection of the public safety.  (2)  (A) The rules of the commission, with respect to the movement of overwidth, overheight, or overlength loads upon the highways of this state shall be equally applicable to the movement of houses and other structures upon city streets and county roads of this state.  (B) Municipalities and counties, respectively, may make and enforce other rules and regulations regarding the movement of houses and other structures on city streets and on county roads as they deem appropriate.      (d) The provisions of this section are supplemental to the existing laws of this state pertaining to the moving of houses and other structures upon the public highways of this state and shall repeal only laws, or parts of laws, specifically in conflict with this section.
AR Code § 27-35-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 35 - Size and Load Regulations|Subchapter 3 - Manufactured Homes and Houses|§ 27-35-310. Persons permitted to stop and direct traffic

 (a) In addition to the requirements on persons and payloads issued permits to move manufactured homes and houses on Arkansas highways under §§ 27-35-304 and 27-35-309, a person issued a permit to move manufactured homes or houses under this subchapter shall be authorized to temporarily stop or halt traffic and to safely direct, control, and regulate traffic around the manufactured home or house while maneuvering his or her payloads on or off the public streets, highways, or bridges.  (b) Provided, however, that no person moving a permitted manufactured home or house shall ever halt or stop traffic on a public street or highway while maneuvering a manufactured home or house on or off the street or highway for more than three (3) minutes or stop or halt traffic within five hundred feet (500') from the crest of a hill.