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AR Code § 4-20-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 20 - Model Registered Agents Act|§ 4-20-111. Resignation of registered agent

 (a) A registered agent may resign at any time with respect to a represented entity by filing with the Secretary of State a statement of resignation signed by or on behalf of the agent which states:  (1) the name of the entity;  (2) the name of the agent;  (3) that the agent resigns from serving as agent for service of process for the entity; and  (4) the name and address of the person to which the agent will send the notice required by subsection (c).    (b) A statement of resignation takes effect on the earlier of the 31st day after the day on which it is filed or the appointment of a new registered agent for the represented entity.  (c) The registered agent shall promptly furnish the represented entity with notice in a record of the date on which a statement of resignation was filed.  (d) When a statement of resignation takes effect, the registered agent ceases to have responsibility for any matter tendered to it as agent for the represented entity. A resignation under this section does not affect any contractual rights the entity may have against the agent or that the agent has against the entity.  (e) A registered agent may resign with respect to a represented entity whether or not the entity is in good standing.
AR Code § 4-20-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 20 - Model Registered Agents Act|§ 4-20-112. Appointment of agent by nonfiling or nonqualified foreign entity

 (a) A domestic entity that is not a filing entity or a nonqualified foreign entity may file with the Secretary of State a statement appointing an agent for service of process signed on behalf of the entity which states:  (1) the name, type, and jurisdiction of organization of the entity; and  (2) the information required by § 4-20-105(a).    (b) A statement appointing an agent for service of process takes effect on filing.  (c) The appointment of a registered agent under this section does not qualify a nonqualified foreign entity to do business in this state and is not sufficient alone to create personal jurisdiction over the nonqualified foreign entity in this state.  (d) A statement appointing an agent for service of process may not be rejected for filing because the name of the entity filing the statement is not distinguishable on the records of the Secretary of State from the name of another entity appearing in those records. The filing of a statement appointing an agent for service of process does not make the name of the entity filing the statement unavailable for use by another entity.  (e) An entity that has filed a statement appointing an agent for service of process may cancel the statement by filing a statement of cancellation, which shall take effect upon filing, and must state the name of the entity and that the entity is canceling its appointment of an agent for service of process in this state. A statement appointing an agent for service of process which has not been cancelled earlier is effective for a period of five (5) years after the date of filing.  (f) A statement appointing an agent for service of process for a nonqualified foreign entity terminates automatically on the date the entity becomes a qualified foreign entity.
AR Code § 4-20-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 20 - Model Registered Agents Act|§ 4-20-113. Service of process on entities

 (a) A registered agent is an agent of the represented entity authorized to receive service of any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the entity.  (b) If an entity fails to appoint an agent under this subchapter or if an entity that previously filed a registered agent filing with the Secretary of State no longer has a registered agent, or if its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the entity may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to one or more of the governors of the entity by name at its principal office in accordance with any applicable judicial rules and procedures. The names of the governors and the address of the principal office shall be as shown in the most recent annual report filed with the Secretary of State. If the entity is not required to file an annual report with the Secretary of State, the names of the governors and the address of the principal office shall be as shown in the entity's public organic document. Service is perfected under this subsection at the earliest of:  (1) the date the entity receives the mail;  (2) the date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the entity; or  (3) five (5) days after its deposit with the United States Postal Service, if correctly addressed and with sufficient postage.    (c) If process, notice, or demand cannot be served on an entity pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), service of process may be made by handing a copy to the manager, clerk, or other person in charge of any regular place of business or activity of the entity if the person served is not a plaintiff in the action.  (d) Service of process, notice, or demand on a registered agent must be in the form of a written document, except that service may be made on a commercial registered agent in such other forms of a record, and subject to such requirements, as the agent has stated from time to time in its listing under § 4-20-106 that it will accept.  (e) Service of process, notice, or demand may be perfected by any other means prescribed by law other than this chapter.
AR Code § 4-20-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 20 - Model Registered Agents Act|§ 4-20-114. Duties of registered agent

 The only duties under this chapter of a registered agent who has complied with this chapter are:   (1) to forward to the represented entity at the address most recently supplied to the agent by the entity any process, notice, or demand that is served on the agent;  (2) to provide the notices required by this chapter to the entity at the address most recently supplied to the agent by the entity;  (3) if the agent is a noncommercial registered agent, to keep current the information required by § 4-20-105(a) in the most recent registered agent filing for the entity; and  (4) if the agent is a commercial registered agent, to keep current the information listed for it under § 4-20-106(a).
AR Code § 4-20-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 20 - Model Registered Agents Act|§ 4-20-115. Jurisdiction and venue

 The appointment or maintenance in this state of a registered agent does not by itself create the basis for personal jurisdiction over the represented entity in this state. The address of the agent does not determine venue in an action or proceeding involving the entity.
AR Code § 4-20-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 20 - Model Registered Agents Act|§ 4-20-116. Consistency of application

 In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote consistency of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
AR Code § 4-20-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 20 - Model Registered Agents Act|§ 4-20-117. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

 This chapter modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001, et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act, (15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c)), or authorize delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b).
AR Code § 4-20-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 2 - Miscellaneous Commercial Law Provisions|Chapter 20 - Model Registered Agents Act|§ 4-20-118. Savings clause

 This chapter does not affect an action or proceeding commenced or right accrued before the effective date of this chapter.
AR Code § 4-25-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 25 - General Provisions|§ 4-25-101. Resignation of agent

 (a)  (1) Any person who has been designated by any corporation, either foreign or domestic, as its authorized agent for service of process, may file with the Secretary of State a signed statement that he or she is unwilling to continue to act as the agent of the corporation.  (2) Upon the expiration of sixty (60) days after the filing of the statement with the Secretary of State, the capacity of the person as agent shall terminate.    (b) Upon the filing of the statement, the Secretary of State forthwith shall give written notice, by mail, to the corporation of the filing of the statement and the effect thereof. The notice shall be addressed to the corporation at its principal office, as shown by the records of the Secretary of State's office, and the corporation shall immediately designate another agent for service of process.
AR Code § 4-25-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 25 - General Provisions|§ 4-25-102. Corporate security or surety bonds

 (a) Except as provided in § 23-37-314, § 23-37-511 [repealed], § 23-37-603, § 23-39-505, § 23-42-305, or § 23-55-204, if the laws of this state provide for the furnishing of a corporate security or surety bond to assure financial responsibility, the person, firm, or corporation required to provide the bond, in lieu of providing the corporate security or surety bond, may furnish the principal amount of at least the amount of the bond to be provided in the form of:  (1) Certificates of deposit issued by Arkansas banks and savings and loan associations; or  (2) Direct general obligation securities issued by:  (A) The State of Arkansas;  (B) An agency or instrumentality of the State of Arkansas;  (C) A political subdivision of this state;  (D) The United States; or  (E) An agency of the United States.      (b) It is not the intention of this section to prohibit the furnishing of personal bond or the furnishing of a property or other bond in any other such manner as is now provided by law.  (c) This section shall not apply to banks, savings and loan associations, any case where federal law requires a corporate surety bond, or in any case where performance of contractual obligations is required on the part of the person required to provide bond.  (d) Every governmental agency affected by this section is authorized and directed to issue such rules as are necessary and appropriate for the carrying out of this section.
AR Code § 4-25-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 25 - General Provisions|§ 4-25-103. Contributions authorized

 All business corporations, railroad corporations, banking corporations, insurance corporations, building and loan corporations, benevolent corporations, and cooperative associations shall have the power to make donations for the public welfare or for charitable, scientific, or educational purposes, subject to such limitations, if any, as may be contained in its articles of incorporation or any amendment thereto.
AR Code § 4-25-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 25 - General Provisions|§ 4-25-105. Joint tenancy in stock certificate

 (a) In any instance in which any corporation or cooperative association organized under the laws of the State of Arkansas may issue any stock certificate or other form of certificate of any character evidencing ownership or equity in the corporation or cooperative association in two (2) or more persons and shall use the word “or” between the names of the persons to whom it is issued so as to cause it to read in the alternative, the persons to whom the certificate is issued in this form shall hold and own the same as joint tenants and not as tenants in common, and full and complete ownership of the certificate so issued shall pass and belong to the last survivor of the persons so named.  (b) Any one (1) of the persons to whom any certificate may be issued in manner and form as provided in subsection (a) of this section may endorse, assign, or transfer the certificate as fully and as effectively as could all persons therein named joining together. The endorsement, assignment, or transfer so made shall be fully binding on all persons named therein.
AR Code § 4-25-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 25 - General Provisions|§ 4-25-106. Authorization for preexisting corporations to do business in state

 (a)  (1) Any corporation organized in this state under the provisions of Acts 1931, No. 255, §§ 77-80 [repealed], for the purpose of transacting business outside this state is authorized to transact business within the state by filing an amendment to its articles of incorporation to that effect if, upon filing the amendment, it pays, in addition to the fees required for filing the amendment, the difference between the amount of fees paid on its original incorporation for the transaction of business outside the state and the fees it would have been required to pay for incorporation under Acts 1931, No. 255 [repealed], as a domestic corporation formed for the purpose of doing intrastate business.  (2) Upon filing the amendment, the corporation shall thereafter be incorporated for all purposes as if it was incorporated under the terms of Acts 1931, No. 255, §§ 1-7, 38, 39, 68, and 69 [repealed], and the corporations are entitled to all the rights and privileges of corporations formed under Acts 1931, No. 255, §§ 1-7, 38, 39, 68, and 69 [repealed].    (b) Articles of original incorporation and the amendment as prescribed in this section shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the principal office of the corporation is to be located.
AR Code § 4-25-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 25 - General Provisions|§ 4-25-107. Effect of certain contract provision upon determination of agency

 A person who requires by contract that another person comply with any state or federal law, regulation, or rule, including but not limited to, one relating to wages, benefits, or safety conditions, shall not be deemed to subject that person to his or her control for purposes of determining agency.
AR Code § 4-25-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 25 - General Provisions|§ 4-25-108. Eligibility to receive county grants

 Before an unincorporated association is eligible to receive a grant administered by the county, the association shall provide the county judge a list of six (6) names and addresses of officers and directors of the association, along with a letter signed by the president and the secretary of the association authorizing a specific officer of the association to receive funds on behalf of the association.
AR Code § 4-34-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 34 - Rehabilitative Services Corporations, Habilitative Services Corporations, and Rural Fire Protection Corporations|§ 4-34-101. Rehabilitative services corporations

 (a) There is authorized the creation of rehabilitative services corporations.  (b) A rehabilitative services corporation shall be a public body and a body corporate and politic.  (c) A rehabilitative services corporation shall be organized to assist the state in carrying out specialized and regular rehabilitative services for Arkansans in need of rehabilitative services.
AR Code § 4-34-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 34 - Rehabilitative Services Corporations, Habilitative Services Corporations, and Rural Fire Protection Corporations|§ 4-34-102. Habilitative services corporations

 (a) There is authorized the creation of habilitative services corporations.  (b) A habilitative services corporation shall be a public body and a body corporate and politic.  (c) A habilitative services corporation shall be organized to provide habilitative services and other services for individuals with special educational or training needs.
AR Code § 4-34-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 34 - Rehabilitative Services Corporations, Habilitative Services Corporations, and Rural Fire Protection Corporations|§ 4-34-103. Rural fire protection corporations

 (a) There is authorized the creation of rural fire protection corporations.  (b) A rural fire protection corporation shall be a public body and a body corporate and politic.  (c) A rural fire protection corporation shall be organized to provide fire protection to rural areas of the state.
AR Code § 4-34-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 34 - Rehabilitative Services Corporations, Habilitative Services Corporations, and Rural Fire Protection Corporations|§ 4-34-104. Filing for incorporation

 One (1) or more persons may act as the incorporator or incorporators of a corporation authorized by this chapter by filing for incorporation in the same manner as for nonprofit corporations under the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993, § 4-33-101 et seq.
AR Code § 4-34-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 34 - Rehabilitative Services Corporations, Habilitative Services Corporations, and Rural Fire Protection Corporations|§ 4-34-105. Conversion of nonprofit corporations

 (a) A corporation organized under the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993, § 4-33-101 et seq., or the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act, § 4-28-201 et seq., may convert to a corporation authorized by this chapter by filing with the circuit court of the county in which the main office or principal place of business of the corporation is located signed and verified articles of incorporation and a statement that the nonprofit corporation desires to convert to a corporation authorized by this chapter.  (b) If the circuit court finds that the articles of incorporation conform to law and that the incorporation is for a lawful purpose and is in the best interests of the public, the court may issue an order approving conversion to a corporation authorized by this chapter.  (c) If the court approves the conversion, the articles of incorporation in duplicate, signed and verified, and a copy of the order of the court approving the conversion shall be transmitted to the Secretary of State, who shall, when a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) has been paid:  (1) File the original of the articles in his or her office; and  (2) Issue a certificate of incorporation to which he or she shall affix the other copy of the articles endorsed with the word “filed” and the month, day, and year of the filing and return the certificate of incorporation to the incorporators or their representative.    (d) The new corporation shall obtain all the assets, liabilities, and obligations of the nonprofit corporation, and the obligations of the nonprofit corporation shall cease to exist on the date that the Secretary of State issues the certificate of incorporation.
AR Code § 4-34-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 34 - Rehabilitative Services Corporations, Habilitative Services Corporations, and Rural Fire Protection Corporations|§ 4-34-106. Applicability of laws

 (a) A corporation authorized by this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993, § 4-33-101 et seq., except to the extent that the provisions of the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993, § 4-33-101 et seq., are in conflict with this chapter.  (b) A corporation authorized by this chapter shall have the right to perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate.
AR Code § 4-34-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 34 - Rehabilitative Services Corporations, Habilitative Services Corporations, and Rural Fire Protection Corporations|§ 4-34-107. Property taxes

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the corporation's obligation to pay property taxes.
AR Code § 4-56-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 5 - Contracts, Notes, and Other Commercial Instruments|Chapter 56 - General Provisions|§ 4-56-101. Attorney's fees

 (a) A provision in a promissory note for the payment of reasonable attorney's fees, not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the amount of principal due, plus accrued interest, for services actually rendered in accordance with its terms is enforceable as a contract of indemnity.  (b) This section shall apply only to notes executed from and after June 7, 1951.
AR Code § 4-56-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 5 - Contracts, Notes, and Other Commercial Instruments|Chapter 56 - General Provisions|§ 4-56-102. Unlawful acts relating to secured interests on certain farm products

 (a) It shall be unlawful for any person who buys soybeans, corn, wheat, rice, or milo from a person engaged in farming operations, or for any commission merchant or selling agent who sells soybeans, corn, wheat, rice, or milo for a person engaged in farming operations for a fee or commission, to knowingly fail to include as joint payee on the check or other instrument issued in payment for the farm products the name of any person disclosed by the seller as having a security interest in the farm products.  (b) It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in farming operations who sells soybeans, corn, wheat, rice, or milo to knowingly fail to disclose the names of any parties having a security interest in the farm products before accepting payment of the proceeds of the sale.  (c)  (1) It shall be unlawful for a person who owes payment or other performance of an obligation under a security agreement to sell or otherwise dispose of soybeans, corn, wheat, rice, or milo used as collateral or any part thereof and to knowingly fail to pay to the secured party the amount of the proceeds from such sale or other disposition if the person:  (A) Has no right to sell or otherwise dispose of the farm products used as collateral; or  (B) Has the right to sell or otherwise dispose of the farm products used as collateral, provided that the secured party receives the proceeds from such sale or other disposition.    (2) Failure to pay the proceeds to the secured party within ten (10) days after the sale or other disposition of the collateral shall be prima facie evidence of a knowing failure to pay under this section.    (d) A violation of this section shall be a Class C felony.  (e) The terms used in this section shall have the same meaning as used in the Uniform Commercial Code, Acts 1961, No. 185, as amended.