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AR Code § 16-106-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 106 - Actions by or Against State|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-106-104. Actions against county sheriff, clerk, collector of the revenue, etc., for recovery of money

 When the debt is due by a county sheriff, clerk, or the Director of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration, or any other receiver of public moneys, for money collected or received, and the officer, collector, or receiver has failed to pay the money in the manner and at the time prescribed by law, the action for the recovery of the debt may be commenced at any time after the failure.
AR Code § 16-106-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 106 - Actions by or Against State|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-106-105. Actions against state regarding federal land grants

 (a) All actions and suits for the recovery of the purchase money of lands which were granted to this state by the United States by Acts of Congress, March 2, 1827, June 23, 1836, and September 4, 1841, and any and all lands which have at any time, and from time to time, been granted to this state by the United States for any and all purposes, except grants made for railroad purposes, and all actions to enforce the vendor's lien upon the lands, and all actions to recover the possession of, or for trespasses upon, the lands, shall be brought and prosecuted in the name of the State of Arkansas.  (b) The fact that any and all of the lands may have been set apart, allotted, or granted by the state to any county, township, or school district shall not be a defense to any action brought under this section and shall not affect the jurisdiction of the court in which the action may be pending, but all questions as to the rights of the counties, townships, or school districts shall be reserved.
AR Code § 16-106-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 106 - Actions by or Against State|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-106-106. Setoff against state

 In suits brought in behalf of the state, no debt or claim shall be allowed as a setoff other than those which have been exhibited to the Auditor of State and by him or her allowed, except only in cases when it shall be proven to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant at the time is in possession of vouchers which he or she could not produce to the Auditor of State or that he or she was prevented from exhibiting the claims to the Auditor of State in consequence of sickness or absence.
AR Code § 16-106-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 106 - Actions by or Against State|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-106-107. Enforcement of execution

 (a) Whenever an execution against a public debtor shall not be satisfied in the regular course of proceeding and the Attorney General or prosecuting attorney is of the opinion that the lack of satisfaction is caused by fraudulent concealment of the debtor's property, or by any other obstruction thereto, he or she may cause actions to be brought, either in the court in which the judgment was obtained or in any other circuit court within whose jurisdiction the property may be, or the debtor may be found, to set aside the fraudulent conveyances, to remove any obstructions to the execution, or to obtain satisfaction of the judgment.  (b) For the purpose of bringing an action, the Attorney General or the prosecuting attorney may employ an attorney to bring the action, or an agent to prepare the suit and attend to the collection of the judgment, and may agree as to a compensation to be paid for their services, either certain or contingent on success. However, the amount of the contingent compensation shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) on the first three hundred dollars ($300) and ten percent (10%) on any excess over that amount. When the compensation is due, the Auditor of State, upon the certificate of the Attorney General or prosecuting attorney, shall issue a warrant on the Treasurer of State.
AR Code § 16-106-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 106 - Actions by or Against State|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-106-108. Disposition of state money

 (a) The county sheriff or other officer collecting any money due to the state shall pay the money into the State Treasury and obtain a final discharge therefor. No money due the state shall be paid to the Attorney General or any other attorney or agent employed in the collection of the money, or to any other person, unless otherwise directed by law.  (b) The court rendering a judgment in favor of the state shall certify the amount thereof, together with the costs, to the Auditor of State and shall also certify the fees due to officers and to witnesses for attendance on behalf of the state, for which the Auditor of State shall issue his or her warrant on the Treasurer of State to the person entitled.
AR Code § 16-106-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 106 - Actions by or Against State|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-106-109. Appeal and error by state

 (a) Appeals and writs of error may be brought by any of the prosecuting attorneys, in the name and on behalf of the state, in like manner as by individuals, except when it may be otherwise provided by law.  (b) All appeals or writs of error taken or prosecuted by the state shall, ipso facto, operate as a supersedeas and suspension of all further proceedings in the cause in which the appeal may be taken or writ of error sued out, until the final disposition thereof, without bond, recognizance, or security.  (c) In no case in which the state applies for an injunction shall security be required. However, if the state is entitled thereto in other respects, the injunction may be granted according to the justice and equity of the case.
AR Code § 16-106-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 106 - Actions by or Against State|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-106-110. Repayment of Attorney General or prosecuting attorney for postage used

 The Attorney General or prosecuting attorney may make out and certify to the Auditor of State an account of the postage he or she may have paid in sending out notices and process, and upon letters sent or received by him or her, relating to actions or proceedings in which the state is interested, who shall thereupon issue his or her warrant on the Treasurer of State for the amount thereof.
AR Code § 16-106-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 106 - Actions by or Against State|Subchapter 2 - Prisoners — Court Actions|§ 16-106-201. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Frivolous” means having no reasonable basis in law or fact, or lacking any good faith legal argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law;  (2) “Inmate” or “inmate in a penal institution” includes, but is not limited to, a person in the custody or under the supervision of the Division of Correction, the Division of Community Correction, or the United States Bureau of Prisons; and  (3) “Malicious” means filing numerous actions, or actions brought in bad faith on de minimis issues.
AR Code § 16-106-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 106 - Actions by or Against State|Subchapter 2 - Prisoners — Court Actions|§ 16-106-202. Premature, frivolous, or malicious lawsuits

 (a) A civil action or claim initiated against the state, the Board of Corrections, the Division of Correction, the Division of Community Correction, another state agency, or a political subdivision, or an original action in an appellate court, or an appeal of an action, whether or not the plaintiff was represented in court, by an inmate in a penal institution or an incarcerated person appearing pro se may be:  (1) Dismissed without prejudice by the court on its own motion or on a motion of the defendant, if all administrative remedies available to the inmate have not been exhausted; or  (2) Dismissed with prejudice by the court on a motion of the defendant if the court is satisfied that the action is frivolous or malicious.    (b) As used in this section, “civil action” does not include a petition for a writ of habeas corpus or other petition for post-conviction release in which the court is jurisdictionally empowered to grant release from incarceration or a reduction in sentence.
AR Code § 16-106-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 106 - Actions by or Against State|Subchapter 2 - Prisoners — Court Actions|§ 16-106-203. Sanctions

 If the court determines before or at trial that one (1) or more of the causes of action are frivolous or malicious, any one (1) or more of the following sanctions may be imposed:   (1) Award attorney's fees and actual costs incurred by the state, the Division of Correction, or the Division of Community Correction, another state agency, a political subdivision, the Attorney General's office, or the defendant, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per frivolous cause of action;  (2) Court costs not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per cause of action;  (3) Order the Division of Correction to revoke up to thirty (30) days' earned good-time credits accrued, under § 12-29-201 et seq.;  (4) Order the Division of Correction to revoke permission to have nonessential personal property of the inmate, including, but not limited to, televisions, radios, stereos, or tape recorders. If permission is revoked, the Division of Correction shall take appropriate precautions to protect the property during the period of the revocation; or  (5) Impose a civil sanction in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
AR Code § 16-106-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 106 - Actions by or Against State|Subchapter 2 - Prisoners — Court Actions|§ 16-106-204. Fees and costs

 (a) Any award of attorney's fees or costs, or the imposition of a sanction shall serve as a judgment against the inmate, and the Division of Correction is authorized to take up to fifty percent (50%) of the inmate's account per month until paid.  (b) The judgment shall be subject to execution without further order of any court for a period of ten (10) years from the date of an award or imposition of a sanction.
AR Code § 16-106-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 106 - Actions by or Against State|Subchapter 3 - Prisoners — Administrative Remedies|§ 16-106-301. Exhaustion of administrative remedies required — Definition

 (a) An incarcerated person may not bring an action with respect to prison conditions under the Arkansas Civil Rights Act of 1993, § 16-123-101 et seq., any other state law, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, or any other federal law until the incarcerated person has exhausted all available administrative remedies.  (b) As used in this section, “incarcerated person” means a person who:  (1) Has been convicted of an offense and is incarcerated for that offense; or  (2) Is being held in custody for trial or sentencing.    (c) This section does not apply to an action challenging the validity of a conviction or sentence, including without limitation the following actions:  (1) Direct appeal;  (2) A petition under Rule 37 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure;  (3) A petition for writ of error coram nobis; or  (4) A petition for writ of habeas corpus.    (d) When determining the issue of exhaustion of administrative remedies, including if a dismissal of an action is without prejudice, the court may look to state and federal court decisions that interpret the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1997e.
AR Code § 16-106-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 106 - Actions by or Against State|Subchapter 3 - Prisoners — Administrative Remedies|§ 16-106-302. Sanctions for frivolous, malicious, or wasteful claim

 (a) The court shall, on its own motion or on the motion of a party, dismiss any action brought with respect to prison conditions under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 or any other federal law, by any incarcerated person if the court is satisfied that the action is frivolous, malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief.  (b) In the event that a claim is, on its face, frivolous, malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief, the court may dismiss the underlying claim without first requiring the exhaustion of administrative remedies.
AR Code § 16-106-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 106 - Actions by or Against State|Subchapter 4 - Waiver of Sovereign Immunity|§ 16-106-401. Settlement negotiations

 The State of Arkansas does not waive its sovereign immunity when, through its counsel or otherwise, it enters into negotiations concerning the possible settlement of pending or threatened claims or litigation, whether the pending or threatened claims or litigation are governed by Rule 23 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or otherwise.
AR Code § 16-106-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 106 - Actions by or Against State|Subchapter 4 - Waiver of Sovereign Immunity|§ 16-106-402. Communications regarding claims or litigation

 The State of Arkansas does not waive its sovereign immunity when, through its counsel or otherwise, it communicates to a court, counsel, or citizens, or otherwise, with respect to the possibility of settling, on any terms or conditions, any pending or threatened claims or litigation, whether the pending or threatened claims or litigation are governed by Rule 23 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or otherwise.
AR Code § 16-107-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 107 - Actions Involving Bonds, Notes, Etc.|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-107-101. Liability of surety upon forgery, erasure, or withdrawal of cosurety's name

 If it appears that the name of any person has been signed to any bond or other obligation as surety thereon without his or her consent, or that the name of any person which has been at any time properly signed as surety to any bond or obligation has been erased or withdrawn therefrom before delivery thereof, without the consent of other persons signing the bond or other obligation as sureties prior or subsequently to the erasure or withdrawal, the signing without authority or erasure or withdrawal shall not have the effect of rendering the bond or other obligation void as to all of the other obligors thereon. The sole effect thereof shall be to diminish the extent of the liability of the sureties thereon, other than those whose names may have been so signed without authority or erased as aforesaid, by an amount equal to that which would have been contributed to discharge the common liability by the persons whose names were so signed without authority, or erased as aforesaid, had the want of authority, or erasure not existed.
AR Code § 16-107-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 107 - Actions Involving Bonds, Notes, Etc.|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-107-102. Signature of surety conditional upon signature of cosurety no defense — Liability

 (a) It shall not be a defense in favor of any surety on any bond or obligation that he or she became surety thereon on the condition that the principal obligor should procure the cosuretyship of other persons before the instrument should be delivered. This shall be the case whether the names of the contemplated cosureties appear upon the face of the instrument at the time the condition is stated or are specified in an independent agreement or understanding.  (b) In case of every failure to procure the joinder of the contemplated cosureties, the liability of the sureties who actually sign the bond or other obligation shall be as complete and valid as if no condition had been mentioned. The instrument to which their names are signed shall be deemed and taken to all intents and purposes as their obligation.
AR Code § 16-107-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 107 - Actions Involving Bonds, Notes, Etc.|Subchapter 2 - Actions on Bonds|§ 16-107-201. Applicability

 (a) The provisions of this subchapter in relation to suits on official bonds shall apply as well to suits on bonds of administrators, executors, guardians, and others required by law to give bond, with condition for the performance of any duty or trust, as to suits on bonds of officers.  (b) The persons aggrieved may prosecute suits in the same manner, with like effect, and subject in all respects to the provisions contained in this subchapter, in respect to suits on official bonds.  (c) The court shall possess the same power in relation to the suits.
AR Code § 16-107-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 107 - Actions Involving Bonds, Notes, Etc.|Subchapter 2 - Actions on Bonds|§ 16-107-202. Breach of condition to pay money

 (a) In all actions brought upon bonds to which there is a condition or defeasance annexed by which the bond is to become void on the payment of a less sum, the plaintiff shall set out the condition in his or her complaint and may assign as many breaches as he or she may think proper.  (b) The defendant in the action may plead payment of the principal sum and interest due by the condition of the bond before the commencement of the action in bar thereof, although the payment was not strictly according to the condition.  (c) Whenever any action shall be pending on the bond, the defendant may, at any time before judgment rendered in the action, pay to the plaintiff, or bring into court for the plaintiff's use, the principal sum and interest due on the bond, together with the costs in the action, and thereupon the action shall be discontinued.  (d) If judgment is recovered on any such bond, the judgment shall be rendered for the sum of money really due, according to the condition, with interest and costs, and execution shall issue thereon accordingly.
AR Code § 16-107-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 107 - Actions Involving Bonds, Notes, Etc.|Subchapter 2 - Actions on Bonds|§ 16-107-203. Breach of condition other than to pay money

 (a) When an action shall be prosecuted in any court of law, upon any bond for the breach of any condition other than for payment of money, or shall be prosecuted for any penal sum for the nonperformance of any covenant or written agreement, the plaintiff in his or her complaint shall assign the specific breaches for which the action is brought.  (b) Upon the trial of the action, if the jury finds that any assignment of the breaches is true, they shall assess the damages occasioned by the breach, in addition to their finding.  (c) If, in the action, the plaintiff shall obtain judgment upon demurrer, by confession or default, the court shall make an order therein that the truth of the breaches assigned be inquired into and the damages sustained thereby assessed, at the same or the next term, and the court shall proceed thereon in the same manner as in other cases of inquiry of damages.  (d) In every action, if the plaintiff recovers, the verdict assessing the damages shall be entered on the record, and judgment shall be entered for the penalty of the bond, or for the penal sum forfeited, together with costs of suit, and with a further judgment that the plaintiff have execution for the damages so assessed, which damages shall be specified in the judgment.  (e) The execution on the judgment shall be in the usual form, reciting the recovery, and directing the county sheriff to levy the amount of damages so assessed, which amount shall be stated with interest thereon from the time of the assessment, and the costs of the suit.  (f)  (1) If the amount so directed to be levied shall be collected or otherwise paid or satisfied, the real and personal estate and body of the defendant shall be exonerated from further liability for the damages so assessed.  (2) However, the judgment rendered for the penalty of the bond shall remain as a security for any damages that may be thereafter sustained by the further breach of any condition of the bond or the nonperformance of any other covenant or written agreement by the defendant, the performance of which was secured by the penal sum.
AR Code § 16-107-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies|Chapter 107 - Actions Involving Bonds, Notes, Etc.|Subchapter 2 - Actions on Bonds|§ 16-107-204. Subsequent breaches

 (a) Whenever further breaches shall occur, the plaintiff or his of her personal representative may have a scire facias upon the judgment, suggesting the breaches against the defendant, and all parties bound thereby, and commanding that they be summoned to show cause why an execution should not be had upon the judgment for the amount of damages sustained by the further breaches.  (b) The like proceedings to ascertain damages shall be had upon the writ, as provided in the original suit on the bond. If the plaintiff recovers, judgment shall be rendered that the plaintiff have execution to collect the amount of damages assessed and costs.  (c) The execution issued on the judgment shall have like effect and be proceeded on in all things as in the first instance. However, the judgment shall remain as a security for further breaches, and so on, as often as occasion may require.  (d) Whenever in any action brought according to the provisions of this subchapter the jury finds that any assignment of breaches is not true, this finding shall be a bar to any other or further suit by scire facias or otherwise, for the recovery of any damages alleged to have been sustained by occasion of the same breaches so assigned.