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AR Code § 14-23-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 23 - Claims Against Counties|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-23-105. Supporting documentation

 (a)  (1)  (A) Before any account, claim, demand, or fee bill shall be allowed by any county court, the court shall require the person, or his or her legal representative, claiming it to be due, to attach to the county claim for payment an itemized listing or numbered invoice which may be designated as supporting documentation.  (B) The itemized listing or numbered invoice shall be made a part of the county claim for payment and shall be approved for payment by the appropriate county elected official, or his or her designated representative, prior to the claim’s being filed and docketed with the county clerk.    (2)  (A) The allowed claim, demand, or fee bill, together with the itemized listing or numbered invoice for payment, shall be filed with the county clerk and kept in his or her office for the term of three (3) years, and these documents shall be subject to the inspection of any member of the grand jury of the county at each term of the grand jury or by the prosecuting attorney of the circuit court.  (B) Any claim which is a matter of record or any claim in the circuit court when it is duly certified down to the county court by the clerk of the circuit court shall be sufficient justification for the claim for the payment to be allowed.      (b) The county clerk shall preserve all claims and supporting documents for a period of seven (7) years after they have been audited by the Division of Legislative Audit and the audit report in regard thereto has been accepted and filed by the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, at which time he or she may obtain a county court order to destroy them by shredding or other appropriate means.
AR Code § 14-23-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 23 - Claims Against Counties|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-23-106. Allowance of more than amount due unlawful

 (a)  (1) It shall be unlawful for any county court in this state to allow any greater sums for any account, claim, demand, or fee bill against the county than the amount actually due, estimating one dollar ($1.00) in county warrants as at par with one dollar ($1.00) in lawful money of the United States, dollar for dollar, according to the legal or ordinary and customary compensation for services rendered, materials furnished, and salaries or fees of officers, when they are paid in such lawful money.  (2) No county court shall direct the issue of any warrants, nor, if directed in violation of this act, shall any clerk issue any such warrant upon such accounts, claims, demands, or fee bills for more than the actual amount so allowed, which is one dollar ($1.00) in lawful money of the United States for one dollar ($1.00) in county warrants, and no more.    (b) Any county court, or any judge of the county court, or clerk of the court who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this act, or neglect or refuse to perform any duty imposed in this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and shall be removed from office.
AR Code § 14-23-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 23 - Claims Against Counties|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-23-107. Enforcing provisions against allowances in excess of revenues

 (a)  (1) It shall be the express duty of the prosecuting attorney in each respective judicial district in this state to enforce, without requiring affidavits of information, the terms and conditions of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 10, wherein it is provided, among other things, that no county judge, county clerk, or other county officer shall sign or issue any scrip or warrant, or make any allowance for any purpose whatsoever, or authorize the issuance of any contracts or other scrip or other evidence of indebtedness in excess of the revenue received from all sources.  (2) Included within the terms and conditions of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 10, are county turnback funds of every kind and character for any current fiscal year.    (b)  (1) If any prosecuting attorney or deputy prosecuting attorney in any judicial district of this state fails to enforce the provisions of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 10, and the application of its terms and conditions to all turnback funds flowing to any county of the state, he or she shall be liable to impeachment in office.  (2) In order that the prosecuting attorney and deputy prosecuting attorney can carry out their duties as prescribed in this section, the county treasurer of each county shall provide upon request to the prosecuting attorney or deputy prosecuting attorney of the judicial district in which the county is located a copy of the financial report which the county treasurer is required by § 14-20-105 to file with the quorum court of the county.
AR Code § 14-23-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 23 - Claims Against Counties|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-23-108. Unauthorized or constructive fees prohibited

 (a) The county courts of the counties in this state are prohibited from auditing an officer and from allowing to any officer any fee or allowance not specifically allowed the officer by law, and in no case shall constructive fees be allowed to or paid officers by any county of this state.  (b) Any person violating any of the provisions of this section or § 14-23-102, or corruptly charging or receiving from any county a greater sum than that allowed by law, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500), with the conviction working a forfeiture of the office.
AR Code § 14-23-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 23 - Claims Against Counties|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-23-109. Time limit on payment of allowed claims

 (a)  (1) Whenever any claim of any person for services rendered any county in this state or material furnished shall have been adjusted and allowed by the county court and ordered paid, it shall be the duty of the person for whom the allowance shall have been made to call on the county clerk of the county in which the allowance is made within three (3) years from the date of the allowance and procure a warrant on the treasurer of the county in which the allowance shall have been made.  (2) All allowances shall be barred if not demanded within three (3) years from the date of their allowance.  (3) All warrants issued by any county clerk and remaining unclaimed in his or her possession shall be cancelled by the county court whenever the allowances on which they are based shall be barred under this section.    (b) At the expiration of three (3) years from the date of the allowances, if the claimant has not demanded his or her warrant from the clerk, it shall be the duty of the clerk to enter a marginal note on the county court record to the effect that the claim is barred by limitation, and it shall be unlawful for any clerk to issue any warrant based upon the claim thereafter, and the claimants shall not thereafter be allowed anything for that particular service or material furnished, by revival or otherwise.
AR Code § 14-23-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 23 - Claims Against Counties|Subchapter 2 - Presentment to County Court|§ 14-23-201. Applicability

 The provisions of this subchapter shall not be applicable to any county in this state having a county comptroller established pursuant to legislative act.
AR Code § 14-23-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 23 - Claims Against Counties|Subchapter 2 - Presentment to County Court|§ 14-23-202. Penalty

 Any person violating the provisions of this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition, any county official violating this subchapter shall be guilty of malfeasance in office and, upon conviction, shall be removed from office.
AR Code § 14-23-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 23 - Claims Against Counties|Subchapter 2 - Presentment to County Court|§ 14-23-203. Claims filed with county clerk

 (a) Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association having a claim against any county of this state for commodities, services, labor, goods and supplies, except sundry supplies used in the administration of the county offices, and materials, equipment, machinery, or any other item of tangible personal property payable from any county fund shall present a claim for payment to the county clerk of the county in the manner and form as is required by law.  (b) The clerk shall keep and maintain journals in which the claims and transfers shall be recorded, as provided in § 14-23-204, to include a county court claims journal for each fund in which all claims payable from the appropriate fund shall be recorded.
AR Code § 14-23-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 23 - Claims Against Counties|Subchapter 2 - Presentment to County Court|§ 14-23-204. Information recorded on dockets

 The journals required under § 14-23-203 shall include the following information with respect to each claim filed:   (1) The claim number, to be listed consecutively;  (2) The date the claim is filed;  (3) The name and address of the person or firm presenting the claim;  (4) The amount of the claim;  (5) The date presented to the county court;  (6) The action of the county court regarding the claim and the date thereof; and  (7) The warrant or check number, and the date of issuance thereof, for payment of the claim, if any.
AR Code § 14-23-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 23 - Claims Against Counties|Subchapter 2 - Presentment to County Court|§ 14-23-205. Recording in proper journal

 (a)  (1) Upon receipt of any claim against the county, the county clerk shall examine the claim and determine the appropriate fund from which it would be payable and if the claim is supported by an appropriation.  (2) The clerk shall record the claim in the appropriate journal as provided under § 14-23-203.    (b) All claims shall be recorded on the date of receipt, and at the time of recording them the clerk shall stamp or write on the statement or bill representing the claim the date of receipt and the number of the claim.
AR Code § 14-23-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 23 - Claims Against Counties|Subchapter 2 - Presentment to County Court|§ 14-23-206. Approval or disapproval by county court

 (a)  (1) The county clerk shall not present a claim later than fifteen (15) days, holidays excepted, from the date on which the claim is received and recorded. Within thirty (30) days from the date on which the claim is presented to the court, the court shall enter an order approving or disapproving the claim.  (2) The action of the court and the date thereof shall be entered in the appropriate journal in which the claim is recorded.    (b) The court shall consider each claim covered by this subchapter in the order in which it appears in the journal being considered. The county court shall not proceed to consider any claim bearing a subsequent number in the journal until an order of approval or disapproval of all preceding numbered claims has been entered.  (c) Any person aggrieved by the order of the court concerning any claim may appeal from the order in the manner provided by law for appeals from orders of the county court.
AR Code § 14-23-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 23 - Claims Against Counties|Subchapter 2 - Presentment to County Court|§ 14-23-207. Payment of claims generally

 (a) All warrants or checks issued by the county clerk of any county in this state on order of the county court for the payment of any claim in any journal provided under § 14-23-203 shall be issued in the order in which the claim appears in the appropriate journal.  (b) The clerk shall be liable on his or her official bond for any loss suffered by any person due to any violation of the provisions of this subchapter by the clerk.
AR Code § 14-23-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 23 - Claims Against Counties|Subchapter 2 - Presentment to County Court|§ 14-23-208. Payment of rent on equipment and machinery

 (a) It shall be unlawful for the county court to approve any claim for the payment of rent on equipment and machinery used by the county, and it shall be unlawful for the county clerk to issue any warrant for the payment of any such claim which may have been allowed by the court, unless a written contract providing for the payment of the rent shall have been first approved by order of the court. This copy shall be delivered by the county judge to the clerk, who shall record it in the minutes of the court in the office of the clerk, to be kept with the appropriate docket provided for by § 14-23-203.  (b) The provisions of this section shall apply to all rentals of equipment and machinery by the county whether they shall be for temporary use only, or whether they shall be in the form of a rental-purchase or lease-purchase agreement or contract whereby the county rents or leases such equipment or machinery and under the terms of which agreement the county has the option to buy the equipment or machinery and to apply the rental payments on the purchase price.
AR Code § 14-24-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 24 - County Warrants|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-24-101. Issuance of warrant — Payment

 (a) Whenever any allowance has been approved by any county court, in accordance with §§ 14-23-104 and 14-23-105, when requested by the person in whose favor allowance has been approved or any person authorized to receive it, the county clerk shall issue a warrant or check on the treasurer of the county for the amount of the allowance. The treasurer shall pay it out of cash available in the fund on which the warrant or check is drawn.  (b)  (1) If money is not available in the fund on which the warrant or check is drawn, the treasurer, in accordance with § 14-15-805, shall refuse payment of the warrant or check until such time as the funds are available.  (2) In counties using the “batch-redeem” warrant system, the county clerk shall ascertain from the county treasurer's records that cash is available in the fund on which the warrant or check is to be drawn before the warrant or check is issued.
AR Code § 14-24-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 24 - County Warrants|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-24-102. Form of warrant

 A county warrant shall be in the following form: “No Treasurer of the County of pay to , or order dollars, out of any money in the treasury appropriated for county expenditures (or express the particular fund out of which the warrant is to be paid). Given at , this day of , 20 $ A.B., Clerk.”   Click to view form.
AR Code § 14-24-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 24 - County Warrants|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-24-103. Signing — Numbering

 County warrants shall be signed by the clerk of the county court and shall be numbered progressively throughout the year, commencing on January 1 in each year.
AR Code § 14-24-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 24 - County Warrants|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-24-104. Clerk's register of warrants

 (a) Each clerk of the county court shall keep a register of all warrants issued, in which he or she shall set forth the numbers, date, name of person in whose favor drawn, on what account, and the amount thereof.  (b) The register may be in the following form:    NO. DATE IN WHOSE FAVOR DRAWN ON WHAT ACCOUNT AMOUNT Dols. / Cts.   Click to view table.
AR Code § 14-24-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 24 - County Warrants|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-24-105. Cancellation of scrip

 It shall be the duty of the county court of each county, on application of any person holding scrip against the county, to cancel the scrip and cause warrants to be issued therefor in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 14-24-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 24 - County Warrants|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-24-106. Loss of certificates

 When any person shall produce proof, to the satisfaction of the county court, that he or she has lost any one (1) or more county certificates or scrip of any certain amount owned by him or her and that it has not been paid over on settlement with the county treasury, it shall be the duty of the county court to order other certificates to be issued to the owner.
AR Code § 14-24-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 24 - County Warrants|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-24-107. Fraudulent or wrongfully issued warrants

 (a) If, upon adjudication of any warrant by the county court, the warrant shall be found to have been fraudulently or wrongfully issued, without due authority from the court, the court shall endorse that fact thereon and cause it to be deposited, without renewal, in the office of the clerk of the court.  (b) Any clerk who shall fraudulently or wrongfully, without authority of law, issue any such warrant shall be deemed guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year and not more than three (3) years.
AR Code § 14-24-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 24 - County Warrants|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-24-108. Order of payment

 All county scrip, and every warrant issued in cancellation of any county scrip in any county of this state, according to the provisions of § 14-24-105, shall be redeemed and paid by the county treasurer in the order of their number and date. No scrip or warrants shall be thus discharged in preference to any of older dates, or until all of a prior date are paid, if the county treasurer upon whom the scrip and warrants are drawn shall not be able to meet all demands against him or her.
AR Code § 14-24-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 24 - County Warrants|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-24-109. Receipt for public payments

 All county scrip and warrants drawn on the county treasury in any county in this state shall be received, irrespective of their number and date, in payment of all taxes, duties, fines, penalties, and forfeitures accruing to the county.
AR Code § 14-24-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 24 - County Warrants|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-24-112. Record of redeemed warrants

 It shall be the duty of the county clerk of each county in the State of Arkansas to enter in a book, to be provided by him or her for that purpose, the amount, number, and date of all redeemed scrip or warrants that may have been cancelled, so as to show at all times the full amount of the indebtedness of the county.
AR Code § 14-24-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 24 - County Warrants|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-24-114. Calling in outstanding scrip

 Whenever the county court of any county in this state may deem it expedient to call in the outstanding scrip of the county in order to redeem, cancel, reissue, or classify the scrip under existing laws, or for any other lawful purpose, it shall be the duty of the court to make an order for that purpose, fixing the time for the presentation of the scrip, which shall be at least three (3) months from the date of the order.
AR Code § 14-24-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 24 - County Warrants|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-24-115. Notice of redemption, etc

 It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county court to furnish the sheriff of the county with a true copy of the order of the court within ten (10) days after the adjournment of the court. Then it shall be the duty of the sheriff to notify the holders of the county scrip to present the scrip to the court, at the time and place fixed, for redemption, cancellation, reissuance, or classification of it, or for any other purpose whatever specified in the order of the court, by putting up at the courthouse door and at the election precincts in each township of the county, at least thirty (30) days before the time appointed by the order of the court for the presentation of the scrip, a true copy of the order of the court in the premises, and by publishing it in newspapers printed and published in the State of Arkansas for two (2) weeks in succession, the last insertion to be at least thirty (30) days before the time fixed by the court for the presentation of the scrip.
AR Code § 14-24-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 24 - County Warrants|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-24-116. Failure to present scrip

 All persons who shall hold any scrip of the county and neglect or refuse to present it, as required by the order of the county court of the county and the notice as provided in §§ 14-24-114 and 14-24-115, shall thereafter be forever debarred from deriving any benefits from their claims.
AR Code § 14-24-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 24 - County Warrants|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-24-117. Right to call in annually

 Every year the county court of any county in this state may call in the outstanding scrip or warrants of the county for the purposes of cancelling and reissuing them.
AR Code § 14-24-118 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 24 - County Warrants|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-24-118. Duty on presentation

 When the scrip or warrants so called in shall be presented to the county court, it shall be the duty of the court to examine them thoroughly and to reject all such evidences of indebtedness, as in their judgment, their county is not justly and legally bound to pay, subject to appeal to the circuit court.
AR Code § 14-24-119 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 24 - County Warrants|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 14-24-119. Time scrip must be presented

 (a) Every two (2) years, all scrip outstanding and unredeemed in any county of the state shall be presented for adjudication to the county court of the county, and if found to be genuine and properly issued, warrants shall be issued upon the county treasurer in cancellation thereof.  (b) All persons holding any county scrip in any county in this state who do not present it for inspection to the county court of the county, at the times specified in this section shall be rated with the last class to be paid. However, it shall always be good in the payment of taxes and other dues to the county treasury.