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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 45 - ARTISAN'S AND REPAIRMEN'S LIENS (§§ 18-45-101 — 18-45-405) › Subchapter 3 - ELECTRICAL REPAIRMEN (§§ 18-45-301 — 18-45-305) › Section 18-45-301 - Right of lien

Any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of repairing, rewinding, or rebuilding of electric motors, transformers, generators, and other electrical equipment who shall perform any work or labor on any object, thing, material, or property in connection with the businesses mentioned in this section shall have an absolute lien on the object, thing, material, or property for the full amount of the work or labor done or performed and material furnished.
Acts 1939, No. 61, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-413.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 45 - ARTISAN'S AND REPAIRMEN'S LIENS (§§ 18-45-101 — 18-45-405) › Subchapter 3 - ELECTRICAL REPAIRMEN (§§ 18-45-301 — 18-45-305) › Section 18-45-302 - Lien priority

If any person, firm, or corporation entitled to a lien under the provisions of this subchapter shall notify, by registered mail at the last known place of address, any person, firm, or corporation holding a mortgage or a lien against the property before the work or labor is done, and within ten (10) days after mailing the notice receives no response or objection to the performance of the work or labor, then, in that event, the lien provided for in this subchapter shall take precedence over, and be superior to, any mortgage or lien held by any person so notified who makes no objection to the performance of the work or labor.
Acts 1939, No. 61, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-416.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 45 - ARTISAN'S AND REPAIRMEN'S LIENS (§§ 18-45-101 — 18-45-405) › Subchapter 3 - ELECTRICAL REPAIRMEN (§§ 18-45-301 — 18-45-305) › Section 18-45-303 - Right of sale

Any person, firm, or corporation having a lien under the provisions of §
18-45-301
and retaining possession of the object, thing, or property serviced or repaired shall have the right to sell it for the satisfaction of the lien.
Acts 1939, No. 61, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-414.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 45 - ARTISAN'S AND REPAIRMEN'S LIENS (§§ 18-45-101 — 18-45-405) › Subchapter 3 - ELECTRICAL REPAIRMEN (§§ 18-45-301 — 18-45-305) › Section 18-45-304 - Selling of property kept by lienholder

(a)
(1)
The sale shall not take place until the expiration of ninety (90) days from the time the work is completed.
(2)
If the debt is not paid at the end of that time, it shall be the duty of the lienholder, not less than ten (10) days before making the sale, to address a letter by registered mail to the last known place of address of the owner of the property or the person who ordered the property repaired.
(3)
In addition, the lienholder shall give notice of the time and place and terms of sale in the same manner as now provided by law for the giving of notice for sale of property under labor liens.
(b)
(1)
The property may then be sold at public auction for cash to the highest and best bidder. The lienholder shall have the right to bid not less than the amount of his or her debt.
(2)
If the property sells for more than the amount of the debt, the lienholder shall be liable for, and shall pay, any surplus to the person entitled thereto, after deducting the amount of his or her debt and the actual costs of the sale.
Acts 1939, No. 61, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-414.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 45 - ARTISAN'S AND REPAIRMEN'S LIENS (§§ 18-45-101 — 18-45-405) › Subchapter 3 - ELECTRICAL REPAIRMEN (§§ 18-45-301 — 18-45-305) › Section 18-45-305 - Enforcement of lien if possession not retained

(a)
If the lienholder has voluntarily parted with possession of any property upon which he or she has a lien under the provisions of this subchapter, he or she may still avail himself or herself of a lien by filing a just and true itemized account within ninety (90) days after the work or labor is performed or material furnished with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the property is located.
(b)
The clerk of the circuit court shall file the account and make an abstract of it in the proper lien record book, and the clerk may charge a fee of twenty-five cents (25¢) for the service.
(c)
(1)
The lien provided for in this subchapter may be enforced at any time within ninety (90) days after the filing of the lien.
(2)
The enforcement of such liens shall be by suits in the circuit court of the county in which the property is located.
Acts 1939, No. 61, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-415.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 45 - ARTISAN'S AND REPAIRMEN'S LIENS (§§ 18-45-101 — 18-45-405) › Subchapter 4 - CLEANERS, LAUNDERERS, ETC (§§ 18-45-401 — 18-45-405) › Section 18-45-401 - Absolute lien

Cleaners, launderers, dyers, tailors, hat renovators, and shoe repairers, whether individuals, firms, or corporations, who perform work and labor on any object, thing, material, or property shall have an absolute lien on the object, thing, material, or property for the labor done and performed for the sum of money due for the work and labor.
Acts 1939, No. 98, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-417.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 45 - ARTISAN'S AND REPAIRMEN'S LIENS (§§ 18-45-101 — 18-45-405) › Subchapter 4 - CLEANERS, LAUNDERERS, ETC (§§ 18-45-401 — 18-45-405) › Section 18-45-402 - Priority

(a)
The lien provided for in this subchapter shall take precedence over, or be superior to, any mortgage or other obligation attaching against the property in all cases in which the holder of the mortgage or other obligation shall permit the property to remain in the possession and be used by the person owing and bound for the amount thereof.
(b)
The lien shall not take precedence over a bona fide purchaser for value of any such property without either actual or constructive notice.
Acts 1939, No. 98, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-422.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 45 - ARTISAN'S AND REPAIRMEN'S LIENS (§§ 18-45-101 — 18-45-405) › Subchapter 4 - CLEANERS, LAUNDERERS, ETC (§§ 18-45-401 — 18-45-405) › Section 18-45-403 - Right to sell

Any person, firm, or corporation having a lien under the provisions of this subchapter and retaining possession of the object, thing, material, or property serviced or repaired by them shall have the right to sell it for the satisfaction of the lien subject to the provisions of this subchapter.
Acts 1939, No. 98, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-418.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 45 - ARTISAN'S AND REPAIRMEN'S LIENS (§§ 18-45-101 — 18-45-405) › Subchapter 4 - CLEANERS, LAUNDERERS, ETC (§§ 18-45-401 — 18-45-405) › Section 18-45-404 - Proceedings to sell property retained by lienholder

(a)
(1)
The sale shall not take place until the expiration of ninety (90) days from the time the work is completed.
(2)
(A)
If the debt is not paid at the end of that time, it shall be the duty of the lienholder, not less than ten (10) days before making the sale, to post up written notice of the proposed sale at or near the front door of his or her place of business.
(B)
This written notice of the proposed sale shall specify the property to be sold, the name of the debtor, and the time and place of sale. The sale shall be at public auction for cash to the highest and best bidder.
(b)
The lienholder shall have the right to bid not less than the amount of his or her debt. In case the property sells for more than the amount of the debt, the lienholder shall pay over any surplus on demand to the person entitled thereto, after deducting the amount of his or her debt and the actual cost of the sale.
(c)
It shall be the duty of the lienholder, besides giving notice as required in subsection (a) of this section, to make demand for the debt before making the sale by registered letter addressed to the last known residence or post office of the debtor.
(d)
In the lienholder's dealings with the property held by him or her, the lienholder shall act in good faith to the debtor.
Acts 1939, No. 98, §§ 3, 4; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 51-419, 51-420.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 45 - ARTISAN'S AND REPAIRMEN'S LIENS (§§ 18-45-101 — 18-45-405) › Subchapter 4 - CLEANERS, LAUNDERERS, ETC (§§ 18-45-401 — 18-45-405) › Section 18-45-405 - Filing and enforcing when lienholder not in possession

(a)
(1)
If the lienholder has voluntarily parted with possession of any property upon which he or she has a lien under the provisions of this subchapter, he or she may still avail himself or herself of the lien within ninety (90) days after the work or labor is done or performed, or materials furnished.
(2)
This may be done by filing, with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the debtor resides, a just and true itemized account for the demand due after allowing all credits and containing a description of the property to be charged with the lien, verified by the affidavit of the lienholder.
(b)
(1)
The clerk of the circuit court shall file the account and make an abstract of it in the book of minutes or mortgages and deeds of trust of personal property.
(2)
For this the clerk shall charge a fee of twenty-five cents (25¢) to be paid by the person filing the account and the fee shall be a part of the costs of the enforcement of the lien.
(c)
Liens as provided by this section may be enforced at any time within four (4) months after the accounts are filed, by suits in the circuit courts of the county. The cause shall proceed to judgment and final disposition as other matters of equitable cognizance and jurisdiction.
Acts 1939, No. 98, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-421.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 46 - MEDICAL, NURSING, HOSPITAL, AND AMBULANCE SERVICE LIEN ACT (§§ 18-46-101 — 18-46-117) › Section 18-46-101 - Title

This chapter may be cited as the Medical, Nursing, Hospital, and Ambulance Service Lien Act.
Acts 1933, No. 130, § 16; Pope's Dig., § 10833; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-815; Acts 1993, No. 271, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 46 - MEDICAL, NURSING, HOSPITAL, AND AMBULANCE SERVICE LIEN ACT (§§ 18-46-101 — 18-46-117) › Section 18-46-102 - Definitions

As used in this chapter:
(1)
"Ambulance service provider" means a provider that renders services as defined in §
14-266-103(1) and (2)
;
(2)
"Claim" means the claim of a patient:
(A)
For damages from a tortfeasor; or
(B)
For benefits from an insurer;
(3)
"Hospital" means a person that maintains an establishment in which sick and injured persons are given medical and surgical care;
(4)
"Injury" means impairment of bodily, nervous, or mental integrity or health;
(5)
"Insurer" means a person that by a contract of insurance has undertaken to indemnify a patient against loss through injury resulting from accident or accidental means;
(6)
"Patient" means a person injured through the fault or neglect of another person, for the relief or cure of whose injury a practitioner, nurse, or hospital renders service;
(7)
"Person" means a natural person, a partnership, an association, or a corporation;
(8)
"Practitioner" means a person licensed to:
(A)
Treat human ailments under the provisions of §
17-95-202
et seq.;
(B)
Practice dentistry as defined in §
17-82-102
;
(C)
Practice chiropractic under the provisions of the Arkansas Chiropractic Practices Act, §
17-81-101
et seq.;
(D)
Practice massage therapy under the Massage Therapy Act, §
17-86-101
et seq.; and
(E)
Practice physical therapy under the Arkansas Physical Therapy Act, §
17-93-101
et seq.;
(9)
"Service" means personal service, food, lodging, ambulance service, medical supplies and appliances, and whatever else is reasonably necessary for the care, treatment, and maintenance of a patient; and
(10)
"Tortfeasor" means a person through whose fault or neglect a person is injured.
Acts 1933, No. 130, § 1; Pope's Dig., §§ 7989, 10818; Acts 1971, No. 194, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-801; Acts 1991, No. 1156, § 1; 1993, No. 271, § 2; 2001, No. 363, § 1; 2005, No. 1671, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 46 - MEDICAL, NURSING, HOSPITAL, AND AMBULANCE SERVICE LIEN ACT (§§ 18-46-101 — 18-46-117) › Section 18-46-103 - Attorney's liens not affected

The liens given in this chapter shall in no way repeal or affect the statutory liens now provided in favor of attorneys.
Acts 1933, No. 130, § 18; Pope's Dig., § 10834; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-816.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 46 - MEDICAL, NURSING, HOSPITAL, AND AMBULANCE SERVICE LIEN ACT (§§ 18-46-101 — 18-46-117) › Section 18-46-104 - Extent of lien

On compliance with the requirements of this chapter, a practitioner, a nurse, an orthotist, a prosthetist, a pedorthist, a hospital, and an ambulance service provider shall each have a lien:
(1)
For the value of the service rendered and to be rendered by the practitioner, nurse, orthotist, prosthetist, pedorthist, hospital, or ambulance service provider to a patient, at the express or implied request of the patient or of someone acting on his or her behalf, for the relief and cure of an injury suffered through the fault or neglect of someone other than the patient;
(2)
On any claim, right of action, and money to which the patient is entitled because of that injury, and to costs and attorney's fees incurred in enforcing that lien; and
(3)
For the cost of a prosthesis, orthotic, pedorthic device, or medical appliance provided to the patient.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 477,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 890,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1933, No. 130, § 2; Pope's Dig., §§ 7990, 10819; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-802; Acts 1993, No. 271, § 3.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 46 - MEDICAL, NURSING, HOSPITAL, AND AMBULANCE SERVICE LIEN ACT (§§ 18-46-101 — 18-46-117) › Section 18-46-106 - Liens void after certain day unless action commenced

(a)
If at the expiration of one hundred eighty (180) days immediately following the day on which the most recent notice, amendatory notice, or supplementary notice of a claim of lien was filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court, as authorized by this chapter, and if, in any event, immediately on the expiration of the period during which the practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider can enter action to enforce his or her or its claim against the patient for compensation for service rendered, the lien remains unsatisfied and unreleased, and no suit by the practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider by which notice of the lien was filed to enforce that lien is pending in any court, then the lien shall be void and of no effect.
(b)
(1)
Any patient against whose claim or right of action any void lien exists may enforce that claim or right of action discharged from that lien, on delivering to the tortfeasor or insurer an affidavit showing that no action is pending against the affiant to enforce the lien claimed by the practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider.
(2)
On filing a copy of that affidavit with the clerk of the circuit court in whose office notice of the lien was originally filed, the clerk shall enter on his or her docket and file a notation to show that the lien has lapsed and is void.
(c)
If the amount claimed under any lien has been paid into court, as authorized by this chapter, remains in the custody of the court after the lien has become void, on application by the tortfeasor or the insurer by which the money was so paid, supported by a copy of the record of the circuit court showing that the lien has lapsed, then the court may return the money to the person by whom it was deposited and give him or her judgment against the lienor for interest on the money during the time it was on deposit and for costs and a reasonable counsel fee.
(d)
Any person who, in order to obtain the release of an alleged lapsed lien, makes a false affidavit and delivers a copy of it to any tortfeasor or insurer or files a copy of any such affidavit in the office of the clerk of the circuit court shall be guilty of perjury and subject to the penalties prescribed for that offense.
(e)
If at the expiration of the one hundred eighty (180) days stated in subsection (a) of this section an action is pending by the practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider to enforce a claim of lien filed by him or her, the lien shall continue in full force and effect during the pendency of that suit, unless released by the practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider by whom the claim was filed.
Acts 1933, No. 130, § 7; Pope's Dig., §§ 7995, 10824; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-807; Acts 1993, No. 271, § 5; 1995, No. 790, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 46 - MEDICAL, NURSING, HOSPITAL, AND AMBULANCE SERVICE LIEN ACT (§§ 18-46-101 — 18-46-117) › Section 18-46-107 - Enforcement of perfected liens - Parties

(a)
(1)
A practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider that has perfected a lien under the provisions of this chapter to secure the payment of a debt for service rendered may enforce that lien by any proper action against the patient, the tortfeasor, and the insurer, jointly or severally, in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(2)
However, no such action shall be begun after action on the debt itself is barred by the statute of limitations.
(b)
(1)
The plaintiff in any such case shall make any and all persons having interests in the subject matter of the action, of whose interest he or she has knowledge, parties defendant. Any person having an interest in the subject matter of the action who is not made a party to it may, with the consent of the court, become a party in order to protect his or her interest.
(2)
Persons having an interest in the subject matter of the action include, within the meaning of this section, all persons authorized by this chapter to establish liens to secure their interests, those whose claims against the patients are not, as well as those whose claims against the patients are, due at the time of the commencement of the action.
(c)
Any two (2) or more persons having liens on the same claim or right of action of any patient may join in bringing action setting forth their respective rights in their pleading.
(d)
An action to which any practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider having a lien on the subject matter is a party shall not be dismissed without his or her consent.
Acts 1933, No. 130, § 10; Pope's Dig., §§ 7998, 10827; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-810; Acts 1993, No. 271, § 6.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 46 - MEDICAL, NURSING, HOSPITAL, AND AMBULANCE SERVICE LIEN ACT (§§ 18-46-101 — 18-46-117) › Section 18-46-108 - Liens assignable - Enforcement

(a)
All liens or claims of liens that accrue to any practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service providers under this chapter are assignable.
(b)
Proceedings to enforce assigned liens or claims of liens may be maintained by, and in the name of, the assignee. The assignee shall have as full and complete power to enforce the lien or claim of lien assigned to him or her as if proceedings to that end were taken under this chapter by and in the name of the assignor.
Acts 1933, No. 130, § 11; Pope's Dig., §§ 7999, 10828; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-811; Acts 1993, No. 271, § 7.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 46 - MEDICAL, NURSING, HOSPITAL, AND AMBULANCE SERVICE LIEN ACT (§§ 18-46-101 — 18-46-117) › Section 18-46-109 - Subrogation of rights

Any person who, with the consent of a patient injured through the fault or neglect of another person, pays to a practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider the amount due for service to that patient shall be subrogated to the rights of the payee with respect to the establishment and enforcement of a lien under this chapter.
Acts 1933, No. 130, § 12; Pope's Dig., §§ 8000, 10829; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-812; Acts 1993, No. 271, § 8.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 46 - MEDICAL, NURSING, HOSPITAL, AND AMBULANCE SERVICE LIEN ACT (§§ 18-46-101 — 18-46-117) › Section 18-46-110 - Persons under legal disability

If any person, because of minority, mental defect, death, or other legal disability, cannot exercise any right conferred on him or her by this chapter or discharge any duty imposed on him or her by it, that right may be exercised and that duty shall be discharged, by his or her father, mother, guardian, executor, or administrator, as the circumstances of the case require.
Acts 1933, No. 130, § 13; Pope's Dig., §§ 8001, 10830; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-813.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 46 - MEDICAL, NURSING, HOSPITAL, AND AMBULANCE SERVICE LIEN ACT (§§ 18-46-101 — 18-46-117) › Section 18-46-111 - Incorporation of lien in action by patient

If a patient has instituted an action in any court in Arkansas to enforce his or her claim against the tortfeasor through whose fault or neglect he or she was injured, or against any insurer by which he or she was insured against loss through accident or accidental means, and a practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider has filed in the court in which the action is pending a notice of his or her claim of lien, as authorized by this chapter, the court before which the action is pending shall have jurisdiction with respect to that claim of lien and shall embody in its judgment such an award with respect thereto as the evidence warrants.
Acts 1933, No. 130, § 4; Pope's Dig., §§ 7992, 10821; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-804; Acts 1993, No. 271, § 9.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 46 - MEDICAL, NURSING, HOSPITAL, AND AMBULANCE SERVICE LIEN ACT (§§ 18-46-101 — 18-46-117) › Section 18-46-112 - Settlement of patient's claim without satisfaction of lien prohibited

(a)
A tortfeasor and an insurer, and each of them, who have been notified, as authorized by this chapter, of a claim of lien against any claim or right of action that a patient has against the tortfeasor or insurer by reason of an injury caused by the fault or neglect of a tortfeasor shall not, within sixty (60) days after the service of the notice, nor at any time after a copy of that notice has been recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the professional, nursing, hospital, or ambulance service was rendered, pay to the patient, either directly or indirectly, any money or deliver to him or her, either directly or indirectly, anything of value, in settlement or part settlement of the patient's claim or right of action, without having previously:
(1)
Paid to the practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider that gave notice of the claim of lien the amount claimed under it; or
(2)
Received a written release of the claim of lien from the practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider that gave notice of it, except as otherwise authorized by this chapter.
(b)
A tortfeasor and an insurer, and either of them, that have been notified by a practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider of claim of lien under this chapter and who, directly or indirectly, otherwise than as is authorized by this chapter, pays to the patient any money or delivers to him or her anything of value as a settlement or compromise of the patient's claim arising out of the injury done to him or her shall be liable to the practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider for the money value of the service rendered by the practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider, in an amount not in excess of the amount to which the patient was entitled from the tortfeasor or insurer because of the injury.
Acts 1933, No. 130, § 5; Pope's Dig., §§ 7993, 10822; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-805; Acts 1993, No. 271, § 10.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 46 - MEDICAL, NURSING, HOSPITAL, AND AMBULANCE SERVICE LIEN ACT (§§ 18-46-101 — 18-46-117) › Section 18-46-113 - Waiver or release of claim by patient

(a)
A patient who has been notified by a practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider of a claim of lien on any claim or right of action that the patient has because of the injury for which service was rendered shall not waive or release that claim, or any part of it, unless:
(1)
The amount claimed by the practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider, under the lien, has been paid; or
(2)
The practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider has in writing released his or her lien.
(b)
Any waiver or release given contrary to the provisions of this chapter shall be void and of no effect.
Acts 1933, No. 130, § 8; Pope's Dig., §§ 7996, 10825; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-808; Acts 1993, No. 271, § 11.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 46 - MEDICAL, NURSING, HOSPITAL, AND AMBULANCE SERVICE LIEN ACT (§§ 18-46-101 — 18-46-117) › Section 18-46-114 - Release on satisfaction or waiver of lien required

(a)
If a lien has been satisfied or waived, the practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider that established or waived it shall, on written demand and at the expense of the patient, or the person by whom the patient was injured, or by the insurer obligated by reason of the injury, give a written release acknowledged before a notary public.
(b)
(1)
Any practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider that refuses or fails under the circumstances stated, for a period of five (5) days or more after a written demand is made for a release, to execute and deliver the release is liable to the demandant for injury or damage that results from refusal or failure.
(2)
He or she shall forfeit to the demandant the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), which may be recovered in an action for damages because of the failure, or in a civil action before a court having jurisdiction, as the circumstances of the case require.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 757,§ 8, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1933, No. 130, § 9; Pope's Dig., §§ 7997, 10826; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-809; Acts 1993, No. 271, § 12.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 46 - MEDICAL, NURSING, HOSPITAL, AND AMBULANCE SERVICE LIEN ACT (§§ 18-46-101 — 18-46-117) › Section 18-46-115 - Records of liens and releases

(a)
(1)
At the expense of the county, the clerk of the circuit court in each county shall maintain a book record that is both designated and labeled "Medical, Nursing, Hospital, and Ambulance Service Provider Liens" and includes an index of properly labeled liens.
(2)
A clerk shall make a record in the book record of liens filed in the order in which they are filed, noting the names and addresses of patients of practitioners, nurses, hospitals, ambulance service providers, other persons on whose behalf a notice of lien has been filed, tortfeasors, and insurers.
(3)
If a clerk is authorized to electronically maintain records under §
13-4-301
, he or she may maintain an electronic file only of the book record required under this subsection.
(b)
(1)
On the presentation of a release of a lien, the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the lien is filed and recorded shall:
(A)
Note on the file and in the book record the date when the release was filed; and
(B)
Note on the release the fact that it has been so recorded.
(2)
A release so noted or recorded in the book record in the office of the clerk of the circuit court shall be prima facie evidence of the release of the lien.
(c)
The clerk of the circuit court shall collect the fee as prescribed in §
21-6-306
, §
21-6-402
, or §
21-6-403
, whichever is applicable, for the filing of the release of any lien and noting on the record and on the release the fact that the release has been so filed.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 258,§ 3, eff. 7/28/2021.
Acts 1933, No. 130, § 14; Pope's Dig., §§ 8002, 10831; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-814; Acts 1993, No. 271, § 13.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 46 - MEDICAL, NURSING, HOSPITAL, AND AMBULANCE SERVICE LIEN ACT (§§ 18-46-101 — 18-46-117) › Section 18-46-116 - Receipt and payment of money by court

(a)
Any court having jurisdiction in an action by a patient injured through the fault or neglect of another person against the person whose fault or neglect caused the injury or against an insurer obligated by reason of that injury, and if an action has not been begun, then any court having authority to entertain an action under the circumstances stated in this subsection, if and when an action is brought, on petition or other procedure conformable to the rules of practice of the court, by the tortfeasor or by the insurer who has been notified of a claim of lien under the provisions of this chapter, may receive and impound:
(1)
The amount claimed by any practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider under the lien; or
(2)
If no amount is named in the notice of the claim of lien that has been served, then the entire amount claimed by the patient from the tortfeasor or from the insurer or any less amount that the court deems sufficient to pay the amount claimed under the claims of lien or liens as have been served.
(b)
The court may pay or distribute the money in accordance with that petition, motion, or judgment and pay any remaining balance to the person by whom the money was deposited:
(1)
On joint motion or petition of the patient and the practitioner or practitioners, nurse or nurses, hospital or hospitals, and ambulance service provider or providers claiming interest in the money so paid into court; or
(2)
On judgment by any competent court.
Acts 1933, No. 130, § 6; Pope's Dig., §§ 7994, 10823; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-806; Acts 1993, No. 271, § 14.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 46 - MEDICAL, NURSING, HOSPITAL, AND AMBULANCE SERVICE LIEN ACT (§§ 18-46-101 — 18-46-117) › Section 18-46-117 - Pro rata payment of claims

If the amount for which a tortfeasor or an insurer is liable to the patient on account of his or her injury is not sufficient to pay in full the claims of all practitioners, nurses, hospitals, and ambulance service providers that rendered service in the case and who have given notice of liens, then each practitioner, nurse, hospital, and ambulance service provider shall share in the amount payable to the patient in the proportion that his or her claim bears to the total amount claimed by all other practitioners, nurses, hospitals, and ambulance service providers.
Acts 1933, No. 130, § 5; Pope's Dig., §§ 7993, 10822; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-805; Acts 1993, No. 271, § 15.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 47 - FEDERAL LIENS (§§ 18-47-201 — 18-47-208) › Subchapter 2 - UNIFORM FEDERAL LIEN REGISTRATION ACT (§§ 18-47-201 — 18-47-208) › Section 18-47-201 - Scope

This subchapter applies only to federal tax liens and to other federal liens notices of which under any Act of Congress or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto are required or permitted to be filed in the same manner as notices of federal tax liens.
Acts 1989, No. 835, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 47 - FEDERAL LIENS (§§ 18-47-201 — 18-47-208) › Subchapter 2 - UNIFORM FEDERAL LIEN REGISTRATION ACT (§§ 18-47-201 — 18-47-208) › Section 18-47-202 - Place of filing

(a)
Notices of liens, certificates, and other notices affecting federal tax liens or other federal liens must be filed in accordance with this subchapter.
(b)
Notices of liens upon real property for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be filed in the office of the circuit clerk of the county in which the real property subject to the liens is situated.
(c)
Notices of federal liens upon personal property, whether tangible or intangible, for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be filed as follows:
(1)
If the person against whose interest the lien applies is a corporation or a partnership whose principal executive office is in this state, as these entities are defined in the internal revenue laws of the United States, in the office of the Secretary of State;
(2)
If the person against whose interest the lien applies is a trust that is not covered by paragraph (1), in the office of the Secretary of State;
(3)
If the person against whose interest the lien applies is the estate of a decedent, in the office of the Secretary of State;
(4)
In all other cases, in the office of the circuit clerk of the county where the person against whose interest the lien applies resides at the time of filing of the notice of lien.
Acts 1989, No. 835, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 47 - FEDERAL LIENS (§§ 18-47-201 — 18-47-208) › Subchapter 2 - UNIFORM FEDERAL LIEN REGISTRATION ACT (§§ 18-47-201 — 18-47-208) › Section 18-47-203 - Execution of notices and certificates

Certification of notices of liens, certificates, or other notices affecting federal liens by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States or his delegate, or by any official or entity of the United States responsible for filing or certifying of notice of any other lien, entitles them to be filed and no other attestation, certification, or acknowledgement is necessary.
Acts 1989, No. 835, § 3.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 47 - FEDERAL LIENS (§§ 18-47-201 — 18-47-208) › Subchapter 2 - UNIFORM FEDERAL LIEN REGISTRATION ACT (§§ 18-47-201 — 18-47-208) › Section 18-47-204 - Duties of filing officer

(a)
If a notice of federal lien, a refiling of a notice of federal lien, or a notice of revocation of any certificate described in subsection (b) is presented to a filing officer who is:
(1)
The Secretary of State, he or she shall cause the notice to be marked, held, and indexed in accordance with the provisions of §
4-9-501
et seq. of the Uniform Commercial Code as if the notice were a financing statement within the meaning of that code; or
(2)
Any other officer described in §
18-47-202
, he or she shall endorse thereon his identification and the date and time of receipt and forthwith file it alphabetically or enter it in an alphabetical index showing the name and address of the person named in the notice, the date and time of receipt, the title and address of the official or entity certifying the lien, and the total amount appearing on the notice of lien.
(b)
If a certificate of release, nonattachment, discharge, or subordination of any lien is presented to the Secretary of State for filing, he or she shall:
(1)
Cause a certificate of release or nonattachment to be marked, held, and indexed as if the certificate were a termination statement within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code, but the notice of lien to which the certificate relates may not be removed from the files; and
(2)
Cause a certificate of discharge or subordination to be marked, held, and indexed as if the certificate were a release of collateral within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code.
(c)
If a refiled notice of federal lien referred to in subsection (a) or any of the certificates or notices referred to in subsection (b) is presented for filing to any other filing officer specified in §
18-47-202
, he or she shall permanently attach the refiled notice or the certificate to the original notice of lien and enter the refiled notice or the certificate with the date of filing in any alphabetical lien index on the line where the original notice of lien is entered.
(d)
Upon request of any person, the filing officer shall issue his or her certificate showing whether there is on file, on the date and hour stated therein, any notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting any lien filed under this subchapter, or Act 314 of 1941 as amended [repealed], naming a particular person, and if a notice or certificate is on file, giving the date and hour of filing of each notice or certificate. The fee for a certificate is three dollars ($3.00). Upon request, the filing officer shall furnish a copy of any notice of federal lien, or notice or certificate affecting a federal lien, for a fee of fifty cents (50¢) per page.
Acts 1989, No. 835, § 4.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 47 - FEDERAL LIENS (§§ 18-47-201 — 18-47-208) › Subchapter 2 - UNIFORM FEDERAL LIEN REGISTRATION ACT (§§ 18-47-201 — 18-47-208) › Section 18-47-205 - Fees

The fee for filing and indexing each notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the lien is:
(1)
For a lien on real estate, six dollars ($6.00) for the first page and one dollar ($1.00) for each additional page;
(2)
For a lien on tangible and intangible personal property, six dollars ($6.00);
(3)
For a certificate of discharge or subordination, six dollars ($6.00) for the first page and one dollar ($1.00) for each additional page;
(4)
For all other notices, including a certificate of release or nonattachment, six dollars ($6.00) for the first page and one dollar ($1.00) for each additional page.
The officer shall bill the district directors of the federal Internal Revenue Service or other appropriate federal officials on a monthly basis for fees for documents filed by them.
Acts 1989, No. 835, § 5; 1995, No. 769, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 47 - FEDERAL LIENS (§§ 18-47-201 — 18-47-208) › Subchapter 2 - UNIFORM FEDERAL LIEN REGISTRATION ACT (§§ 18-47-201 — 18-47-208) › Section 18-47-206 - Uniformity of application and construction

This subchapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this subchapter among states enacting it.
Acts 1989, No. 835, § 6.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 47 - FEDERAL LIENS (§§ 18-47-201 — 18-47-208) › Subchapter 2 - UNIFORM FEDERAL LIEN REGISTRATION ACT (§§ 18-47-201 — 18-47-208) › Section 18-47-207 - Short title

This subchapter may be cited as the "Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act".
Acts 1989, No. 835, § 7.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 48 - MISCELLANEOUS LIENS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY (§§ 18-48-101 — 18-48-809) › Subchapter 1 - ANIMALS GENERALLY (§§ 18-48-101 — 18-48-102) › Section 18-48-101 - Lien of livery stable keepers

(a)
All keepers of livery, sale, or feed stables, or wagonyards shall have a lien on all horses, mules, or other stock or property left in their charge to be kept, fed, sold, or otherwise cared for and sheltered for all their reasonable costs and charges for feeding, keeping, and otherwise taking care of them.
(b)
For this lien, stable or wagonyard keepers are authorized to keep possession of any of the property mentioned in subsection (a) of this section until such reasonable charges are paid or tendered to them or their agents by the owner of the property or his or her agents.
(c)
In case any such property shall be left with a stable or wagonyard keeper, and not be called for by the owner thereof, and the charges and costs paid thereon to the keeper before the charges and costs shall amount to the value thereof, and the cost of selling the property as provided in §
18-48-102
, it shall be lawful for the stable or wagonyard keeper to sell the property in the manner prescribed in §
18-48-102
.
Acts 1873, No. 134, § 1, p. 428; C. & M. Dig., §§ 6901-6903; Pope's Dig., §§ 8860-8862; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-903.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 48 - MISCELLANEOUS LIENS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY (§§ 18-48-101 — 18-48-809) › Subchapter 1 - ANIMALS GENERALLY (§§ 18-48-101 — 18-48-102) › Section 18-48-102 - Sale of property on behalf of livery stable keeper

(a)
(1)
Whenever any person shall leave or deposit with any keeper of a livery, sale, or feed stable or wagonyard any horses, mules, or other stock or property and shall neglect or refuse to call for them and pay the reasonable charges and costs thereon to the keeper of the stable or yard before the charges and costs shall amount to the value of the property at public sale, the stable or wagonyard keeper may have the property sold at public sale.
(2)
(A)
The keeper must first give the owner thirty (30) days' actual or constructive notice of the sale, specifying the day, the hour thereof, and place of the sale.
(B)
Notice shall be published in any newspaper published in the county in which the stable or yard may be situated in which legal notices are authorized to be published.
(b)
Out of the proceeds of the sale there shall be paid:
(1)
The costs and expenses of the sale;
(2)
The amount due the stable or yard keeper for keeping and feeding the stock; and
(3)
The balance, if any, to be held by the keeper for the use and subject to the order of the owner of the property so sold.
(c)
All sales of property under this subchapter shall be made by a public and licensed auctioneer if there is one in the town or city where the sale is made and, if none, then by a constable of the township in which the stable or yard is situated.
Acts 1873, No. 134, § 2, p. 428; C. & M. Dig., §§ 6904, 6905; Pope's Dig., §§ 8863, 8864; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-904.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 48 - MISCELLANEOUS LIENS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY (§§ 18-48-101 — 18-48-809) › Subchapter 2 - ANIMALS - FEEDING AND CARE OF LIVESTOCK (§§ 18-48-201 — 18-48-212) › Section 18-48-201 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:
(1)
(A)
"Circuit clerk" means the office in the county where records of deeds and mortgages are kept.
(B)
In counties with more than one (1) county seat, it means the office where records of deeds are filed relating to the larger portion of the land where the livestock is kept;
(2)
"Lienholder" means any person who holds a lien upon livestock by virtue of a valid conditional sale contract, chattel mortgage, or other encumbrance;
(3)
"Livestock" means any horses, mules, cattle, sheep, or hogs, and their increase, but shall not be limited solely to those animals specifically named;
(4)
"Owner" means any person who has title to livestock, either legal or equitable;
(5)
"Person" means any individual, firm, or corporation, including copartnerships, trusts, associations, and similar legal entities, and duly authorized agents of the person; and
(6)
(A)
"Written contracts" means any original impression or copies duly signed by the owners and the person tending or agreeing to tend the livestock.
(B)
No acknowledgment is required in order for written contracts or for written notice or written protest to be subject to being filed in the clerk's office under the provisions of this subchapter.
Acts 1957, No. 311, § 13; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-929.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 48 - MISCELLANEOUS LIENS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY (§§ 18-48-101 — 18-48-809) › Subchapter 2 - ANIMALS - FEEDING AND CARE OF LIVESTOCK (§§ 18-48-201 — 18-48-212) › Section 18-48-202 - Stolen livestock exempted

The lien provided under this subchapter shall not apply to any stolen livestock.
Acts 1957, No. 311, § 10; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-926.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 48 - MISCELLANEOUS LIENS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY (§§ 18-48-101 — 18-48-809) › Subchapter 2 - ANIMALS - FEEDING AND CARE OF LIVESTOCK (§§ 18-48-201 — 18-48-212) › Section 18-48-203 - Filing of written contracts for tending of livestock

(a)
(1)
All written contracts or copies of them, duly certified by a notary public as true and correct, shall be filed in the office of the circuit clerk of the county where the owners, or either of them, reside, if they reside in Arkansas, and also in the office of the circuit clerk of the county where the livestock is being fed, herded, pastured, kept, or ranched.
(2)
If none of the owners reside in Arkansas, the written contract of owners, or copy of it as previously described, shall be filed in the office of the circuit clerk or, if there is no circuit clerk, in the office of the registrar of deeds in the county where the owners, or either of them, reside.
(b)
The fee to the clerk for filing shall be fifty cents (50¢).
(c)
The clerk shall list the liens in a separate book kept for "Agistor Liens". It is not necessary for the clerk to record these contracts, but the clerk will retain them in his or her office.
(d)
The lien shall be effective only when these provisions have been complied with and from the date when the last contract is filed.
Acts 1957, No. 311, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-918.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 18 - PROPERTY (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-61-106) › Subtitle 4 - MORTGAGES AND LIENS (§§ 18-40-101 — 18-50-117) › Chapter 48 - MISCELLANEOUS LIENS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY (§§ 18-48-101 — 18-48-809) › Subchapter 2 - ANIMALS - FEEDING AND CARE OF LIVESTOCK (§§ 18-48-201 — 18-48-212) › Section 18-48-204 - Recording, etc., of liens by third parties

(a)
Holders of conditional sale contracts shall not be required to record their contracts.
(b)
Holders of chattel mortgages and other claimants of liens upon livestock must comply with laws relating to recording, filing, and otherwise required as notice to bona fide third parties before they are entitled to receive the notices mentioned in §
18-48-211
relating to lienholders.
Acts 1957, No. 311, § 12; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-928.