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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 20 - CLERKS OF COURT (§§ 16-20-101 — 16-20-408) › Subchapter 4 - COUNTY AND PROBATE CLERKS (§§ 16-20-401 — 16-20-408) › Section 16-20-401 - Duties of clerk generally

(a)
The county clerk shall be clerk of the county court for his or her county, by virtue of his or her office.
(b)
It shall be his or her duty to attend each regular or special session of the county court, either in person or by deputy, and to keep and preserve in his or her office a complete and correct record of the proceedings of the county court.
(c)
(1)
When a report filed under §
14-86-103
or an affidavit of a district resident containing substantially the same information required under §
14-86-103(b)
or §
14-86-103(c)
and filed with the county clerk indicates a vacancy in a district board or district commission, the county clerk shall provide a written notice of the vacancy to:
(A)
The members of the district board or the district commission; and
(B)
The county court.
(2)
A copy of the notice shall be published:
(A)
In a newspaper of general circulation in the county; and
(B)
On a county-owned or county-affiliated website, if any.
(d)
(1)
When a report filed under §
14-86-103
or an affidavit of a district resident containing substantially the same information required under §
14-86-103(b)
or §
14-86-103(c)
and filed with the county clerk indicates a vacancy in a district board or a district commission has not been filled in the interval after the county clerk gave the notices required under subsection (c) of this section, the county clerk shall provide a written notice of the continuing vacancy to:
(A)
The members of the district board or the district commission; and
(B)
The county court.
(2)
A copy of the notice shall be published on a county-owned or county-affiliated website, if any, and in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and shall contain:
(A)
The time, date, and location of a hearing on the vacancy before the county court;
(B)
The purpose of the hearing before the county court that requires the landowners in the district to appear; and
(C)
Notice that the landowners in attendance by majority vote may fill the continuing vacancies in the district board or district commission.
Amended by Act 2016EX3, No. 7,§ 2, eff. 5/23/2016.
Amended by Act 2016EX3, No. 6,§ 2, eff. 5/23/2016.
Acts 1873, No. 31, § 5, p. 53; C. & M. Dig., § 1392; Pope's Dig., § 1653; A.S.A. 1947, § 23-405; Acts 2009, No. 386, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 20 - CLERKS OF COURT (§§ 16-20-101 — 16-20-408) › Subchapter 4 - COUNTY AND PROBATE CLERKS (§§ 16-20-401 — 16-20-408) › Section 16-20-402 - Duties as to accounts

It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county court of each county:
(1)
To keep a regular account between the treasurer and the county, charging him with all moneys paid into the treasury, and crediting him with the amount he may have disbursed, between the period of his respective settlements with the court;
(2)
To keep just accounts between the county and all persons, bodies politic or corporate, chargeable with moneys payable into the county treasury;
(3)
(A)
To file and preserve in his office all documents, vouchers, and other papers pertaining to the settlement of any account to which the county shall be a party;
(B)
Copies of such documents, vouchers, and papers certified under the hand and seal of such clerk shall be admitted to be read in evidence in any of the courts of this state;
(4)
To issue warrants on the treasury for all moneys ordered to be paid by the court, keep an abstract thereof, and present the abstract to the county court at every regular term;
(5)
To balance and exhibit the accounts kept by him as often as required by the court; and
(6)
To keep his books and papers at all times ready for the inspection of the county court or the presiding judge thereof.
Rev. Stat., ch. 41, § 15; C. & M. Dig., §§ 1394-1398; Pope's Dig., §§ 1657-1661; A.S.A. 1947, § 23-406.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 20 - CLERKS OF COURT (§§ 16-20-101 — 16-20-408) › Subchapter 4 - COUNTY AND PROBATE CLERKS (§§ 16-20-401 — 16-20-408) › Section 16-20-404 - Fee for making settlement with collector

The clerks of the county courts and of the probate division of the circuit courts are authorized to charge a fee of not more than ten dollars ($10.00) per day for making settlement with the collector for each day employed, including quarterly apportionments, but not exceeding thirty (30) days during any calendar year.
Acts 1963, No. 491, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 23-420; Acts 2003, No. 1185, § 178.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 20 - CLERKS OF COURT (§§ 16-20-101 — 16-20-408) › Subchapter 4 - COUNTY AND PROBATE CLERKS (§§ 16-20-401 — 16-20-408) › Section 16-20-406 - Receipts for papers filed with clerk of circuit court

Whenever the clerk of the county and probate court shall deliver to the clerk of the circuit court any original papers, he shall take a receipt therefor and file the receipt in place of the papers.
Civil Code, § 22; C. & M. Dig., § 2235; Pope's Dig., § 2863; A.S.A. 1947, § 23-411.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 20 - CLERKS OF COURT (§§ 16-20-101 — 16-20-408) › Subchapter 4 - COUNTY AND PROBATE CLERKS (§§ 16-20-401 — 16-20-408) › Section 16-20-407 - Additional marriage license fee

(a)
Each county clerk in this state shall charge an additional fee of thirteen dollars ($13.00) for each marriage license issued.
(b)
(1)
The clerk shall deposit two dollars ($2.00) of the moneys collected under this section into the county treasury to the credit of the county clerk's cost fund as special revenue as provided under §
21-6-413(e)(2)
and shall be appropriated and expended exclusively for the operation of the office of county clerk.
(2)
The clerk shall transmit eleven dollars ($11.00) of the moneys collected under this section to the Treasurer of State who shall deposit it in the Domestic Peace Fund as special revenue.
Acts 2003, No. 1029, § 1; 2007, No. 745, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 20 - CLERKS OF COURT (§§ 16-20-101 — 16-20-408) › Subchapter 4 - COUNTY AND PROBATE CLERKS (§§ 16-20-401 — 16-20-408) › Section 16-20-408 - Fee for filing a district report or affidavit

The fee for filing a report or an affidavit under §
14-86-103
shall be the same as the fee for initiating a cause of action under §
21-6-415
.
Acts 2009, No. 386, § 3.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-101 - Residence

Each prosecuting attorney shall reside in the judicial district for which he may be elected, under the provisions of the Constitution of this state.
Acts 1981, No. 888, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 24-135.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-102 - Opinion on criminal law matters to be given to public officers

The prosecuting attorney, without fee or reward, shall give his opinion to any county or township office in his judicial district, on matters of criminal law in which the state or county is concerned, pending before the official.
Acts 1981, No. 888, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 24-136.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-103 - Duty to commence and prosecute criminal actions

Each prosecuting attorney shall commence and prosecute all criminal actions in which the state or any county in his district may be concerned.
Acts 1981, No. 888, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 24-135.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-104 - Summoning witnesses before grand jury

It shall be the duty of each prosecuting attorney, whenever he has information of the commission of any offense against the criminal and penal laws of this state or has reason to believe that any offense has been committed, to cause to be summoned all persons that he may think necessary to testify before the grand jury in relation to the offense.
Rev. Stat., ch. 16, § 11; C. & M. Dig., § 8318; Pope's Dig., § 10895; A.S.A. 1947, § 24-102.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-105 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2021, No. 475,§ 17, eff. 7/28/2021.
Acts 1895, No. 80, § 4, p. 106; C. & M. Dig., § 8310; A.S.A. 1947, § 24-123.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-107 - Victim/Witness Coordinator

(a)
This section shall be known as the "Victim/Witness Coordinator Act".
(b)
There is created a Victim/Witness Coordinator to provide technical assistance and support to all victims of crimes and their families and to witnesses to crimes who are involved in the criminal justice system, to establish programs intended to result in such support, and to provide a communication network for victim/witness programs.
(c)
The Victim/Witness Coordinator shall be located in the Office of the Prosecutor Coordinator.
Acts 1985, No. 408, §§ 1-3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 24-143 -- 24-145.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-108 - Child support enforcement - Participation in federal programs - Collection and assessment of costs

(a)
The prosecuting attorneys of the several judicial districts in the State of Arkansas shall be designated as local units of government for the express purpose of permitting contracting with the Department of Finance and Administration for the provision of legal services under Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act of 1935, as delegated to the states in 1975.
(b)
All collections resulting from such a program shall be placed in a special account for each county, namely a child support enforcement account, and distributed in keeping with the requirements of Pub. L. No. 93-647 and rules and regulations promulgated by the department.
(c)
(1)
In all cases when any circuit court shall levy a fine or forfeiture as a result of an appearance by the prosecutor or his or her deputy, the fine or forfeiture shall be deposited directly with the county treasurer, who shall enter the exact amount into a separate account and deposit the funds into the prosecuting attorney's fund.
(2)
The county treasurer of those counties composing the Sixth Judicial District shall account for the prosecuting attorney's fund on a separate ledger sheet and shall provide a monthly statement to the prosecuting attorney of the district, itemizing the total by amount of fines, fees, forfeitures, and costs assessed for the month.
(d)
(1)
In each case in which the prosecuting attorney shall make an appearance and the defendant is judged guilty, the court shall assess the defendant costs, which shall be paid directly to the prosecuting attorney's fund.
(2)
The prosecuting attorney shall enforce the provisions of this section by action to compel assessment of costs, where necessary.
(e)
(1)
The Prosecuting Attorney of the Sixth Judicial District shall submit a proposed budget to the quorum courts of the counties composing the Sixth Judicial District for their advice and counsel.
(2)
The quorum court shall then make advisory recommendations to both houses of the General Assembly concerning the prosecuting attorney's proposed budget.
Acts 1977, No. 565, §§ 1-5; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 24-130 -- 24-134; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 262.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-109 - Fees in felony cases paid to general revenue fund of county

The prosecuting attorney's fees provided by law shall be charged against the defendants in felony cases, and when they are collected shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
Acts 1937, No. 214, § 7; Pope's Dig., § 10908; A.S.A. 1947, § 24-116.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-110 - Report of, and payment over of, moneys received - Penalty for noncompliance

(a)
Each prosecuting attorney shall, on or before January 1 in each year, file in the office of the Auditor of State, and in the offices of the several county treasurers in his district, an account in writing, verified by the affidavit of such attorney, of all the moneys received by him by virtue of his office, during the preceding year, for the use of the state or any county and, at the same time, shall pay over all such moneys to the Treasurer of State or to any county treasurer entitled to receive the moneys.
(b)
If any prosecuting attorney neglects to perform the duties required of him in subsection (a) of this section, he shall be deemed guilty of negligence in his office and shall be proceeded against accordingly.
Rev. Stat., ch. 16, §§ 13, 14; C. & M. Dig., §§ 8321, 8322; Pope's Dig., §§ 10898, 10899; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 24-105, 24-106.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-111 - Law library

(a)
In all judicial districts in this state in which there is a county with more than one hundred twenty thousand (120,000) inhabitants according to the most recent federal census and where there are more than two (2) divisions of the circuit court and more than one (1) municipal court with countywide jurisdiction, and in which county the office of the prosecuting attorney is maintained permanently in the county courthouse, the prosecuting attorney may expend from the contingent fund provided by the county such sums as are necessary for the purchase and maintenance of an adequate law library.
(b)
The law library, when purchased, shall become the property of the county.
Acts 1949, No. 245, §§ 1, 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 24-124, 24-125.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-112 - Prosecuting attorney pro tempore

(a)
If any prosecuting attorney neglects, or fails from sickness or any other cause, to attend any of the courts of the district for which he was elected and to prosecute as required by law, it shall be the duty of the court to appoint some proper person, being an attorney at law, to prosecute for the state during the term. That person shall, on taking the oath of office, perform all the duties of the regular prosecuting attorney for the term.
(b)
(1)
The person so appointed shall be entitled to receive the same fees on convictions as the prosecuting attorney, and the sum of forty dollars ($40.00) for each term of the court, for prosecuting as provided in subsection (a) of this section, to be paid by the Treasurer of State out of any money appropriated for that purpose.
(2)
It shall be the duty of the Auditor of State, on receiving the certificate of the judge of the circuit court making the appointment of the prosecuting attorney pro tempore, to audit and allow the account and draw his warrant on the Treasurer of State for the payment thereof.
(3)
The amounts allowed in this subsection for prosecuting attorneys pro tempore shall be deducted from the regular prosecuting attorney's salary whenever a failure occurs on his part which is not occasioned by sickness of himself or family.
(c)
Judges of municipal courts shall have the same authority as judges of circuit courts to appoint a special prosecutor under the circumstances as prescribed in this section.
Acts 1875 (Adj. Sess.), No. 5, §§ 1, 2, p. 6; C. & M. Dig., §§ 8323, 8324; Pope's Dig., §§ 10900, 10901; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 24-117, 24-118; Acts 1989, No. 825, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-114 - County attorneys

(a)
A county civil attorney or county attorney may be selected pursuant to ordinance of the quorum court for each county in the state.
(b)
The county attorney shall commence and prosecute or defend all civil actions in which his county is concerned.
(c)
The county attorney shall give his opinion, without fee or reward, to any township or county official on any question of civil law concerning the county which is pending before the official.
(d)
All civil duties provided by the laws of the State of Arkansas or the ordinances of the several counties to be performed by the prosecuting attorney shall be performed by the county attorney in those counties which have established the office of civil attorney.
(e)
The office of county attorney shall be funded pursuant to ordinance of the quorum court of the county.
(f)
(1)
In counties having a full-time office of county civil attorney or a contract county civil attorney, every municipality, school district, and other local taxing unit receiving ad valorem or other tax funds collected by county collectors shall reimburse the county for the taxing unit's pro rata share of the necessary legal costs incurred by the county in assessing property, collecting taxes, and receiving and disbursing revenues for the unit.
(2)
Such legal costs shall include:
(A)
Reasonable expenses incurred by a county civil attorney and his staff while providing tax-related legal services for the unit; and
(B)
A percentage of the salaries and fringe benefits of a full-time county civil attorney and his staff based on the ratio between time spent on tax-related legal services for the taxing unit and time spent on all legal services; and
(C)
A reasonable fee charged by a contract county civil attorney for services rendered regarding the assessment, collection, receipt, or disbursement of taxes.
(3)
The amount to be reimbursed annually by each taxing unit, as its pro rata share of the county's necessary legal costs, shall be based on the proportion that the total of taxes collected for the benefit of each taxing unit bears to the total of taxes collected for the benefit of all taxing units.
(4)
To facilitate reimbursement, there is hereby created a county attorney's fund, which shall be administered in the same manner as the county assessor's fund established in §
14-15-204
.
Acts 1981, No. 888, §§ 3-6; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 24-137 -- 24-140; Acts 1989, No. 633, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-115 - City attorneys

A prosecuting attorney may designate the duly elected or appointed city attorney of any municipality within the prosecutor's district to prosecute in the name of the state in the district and city courts violations of state misdemeanor laws, which violations occurred within the limits of the municipality, if the city attorney agrees to the appointment.
Acts 1979, No. 662, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 24-122.1; Acts 2003, No. 1185, §§ 179, 180.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-116 - Indictment and punishment for misdemeanor in office or neglect of duty - Prosecution

(a)
Prosecuting attorneys may be indicted for any misdemeanor in office or neglect of duty and punished by fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(b)
(1)
When a bill of indictment has been found against any prosecuting attorney, for any offense whatever, it shall be the duty of the court in which the indictment is found to appoint some person, being an attorney at law, to conduct the prosecution against the prosecuting attorney.
(2)
If the prosecuting attorney is convicted, the attorney conducting the prosecution shall be entitled to receive the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) out of the salary of the prosecuting attorney. The Auditor of State, on receiving a certificate of the conviction of the prosecuting attorney, shall draw his warrant on the Treasurer of State for such sum, if so much of the attorney's salary is due.
Rev. Stat., ch. 16, §§ 8-10; C. & M. Dig., §§ 8315-8317; Pope's Dig., §§ 10892-10894; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 24-107 -- 24-109.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-117 - Salaries of prosecuting attorneys - Classification of judicial districts

For the purposes of fixing just and equitable salaries for the several prosecuting attorneys of the State of Arkansas, the judicial districts of the State of Arkansas are divided as follows:
(1)
(A)
All judicial districts having a population in excess of one hundred fifteen thousand (115,000), with at least one (1) county having a population in excess of eighty-five thousand (85,000), or any judicial district with two (2) county seats, in which one of the county seats has a population in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) by the most recent federal census, or any other judicial district in which the prosecuting attorney executes and files with the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives an affidavit stating that:
(i)
The workload of the district, in his opinion, justifies the designation of the district as a Division A Judicial District; and
(ii)
Adequate funds for the efficient operation of the office have been appropriated by the quorum court of the counties which comprise the district
shall be designated Division A Judicial Districts for the purposes of this section.
(B)
No district shall be changed from Division B to Division A except by legislative enactment of the General Assembly.
(2)
All judicial districts not designated as Division A Judicial Districts shall be Division B Judicial Districts for the purposes of this section.
Acts 1937, No. 214, §§ 1, 2; Pope's Dig., §§ 10902, 10903; Acts 1947, No. 422, § 1; 1949, No. 213, § 1; 1949, No. 466, § 1; 1951, No. 32, § 1; 1951, No. 61, § 1; 1953, No. 57, §§ 1, 2; 1957, No. 420, § 1; 1961, No. 176, § 1; 1963, No. 454, § 1; 1963, No. 486, § 1; 1965, No. 406, § 1; 1967, No. 307, § 1; 1971, No. 384, §§ 1, 2; 1973, No. 779, §§ 1-3; 1975, No. 898, §§ 1, 2; 1977, No. 319, §§ 1, 2; 1979, No. 447, §§ 1, 2; 1979, No. 834, § 2; 1981, No. 193, § 1; 1981 (Ex. Sess.), No. 5, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 24-110, 24-111; Acts 1987, No. 76, § 1; 1988 (3rd Ex. Sess.), No. 12, § 1; 1989, No. 13, § 1; 1989, No. 813, § 1; 1992 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 33, § 2; 1993, No. 1306, § 11.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-118 - Division A Districts

The prosecuting attorneys in the Division A Judicial Districts shall not engage in the private practice of law during their terms in office.
Acts 1937, No. 214, § 3; Pope's Dig., § 10904; Acts 1953, No. 57, § 3; 1959, No. 308, § 1; 1965, No. 557, § 1; 1967, No. 472, § 1; 1971, No. 384, § 3; 1975, No. 898, § 3; 1977, No. 319, § 3; 1979, No. 447, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 24-112; Acts 1999, No. 553, § 29.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-120 - Fees from persons issuing bad checks - Special fund - Expenditures - Reports

(a)
Fees collected under this act shall be deposited in a special fund to be administered by the prosecuting attorney.
(b)
Expenditures from this fund shall be at the sole discretion of the prosecuting attorney and may be used only to defray the salaries and expenses of the prosecuting attorney's office, but in no event may the prosecuting attorney or any deputy prosecutor who is paid on the fee system supplement his or her own salary, nor may the prosecuting attorney increase any employee's salary, without approval of the quorum court of the county where employed from this fund.
(c)
The prosecuting attorney shall annually prepare and present to the quorum courts of each county within his or her district a report showing all receipts and disbursements from the special fund created by this section.
(d)
Nothing in this act shall be construed to decrease the total salaries, expenses, and allowances which a prosecuting attorney's office is receiving as of June 26, 1985.
(e)
This act is cumulative to all other acts and shall not repeal any other act.
Acts 1985 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 33, §§ 3, 4; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 67-728, 67-728n.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-121 - First Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney

The First Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 995, § 1; Acts 2005, No. 1177, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-122 - The Second Judicial District

The Second Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-123 - The Third Judicial District

The Third Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-124 - The Fourth Judicial District

The Fourth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-125 - The Fifth Judicial District

The Fifth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1; 1995, No. 118, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-126 - The Sixth Judicial District

The Sixth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-127 - The Seventh Judicial District - The Twenty-second Judicial District

(a)
The Seventh Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
(b)
The Twenty-second Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1997, No. 827, § 7.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-128 - The Eighth Judicial District

(a)
The Eighth Judicial District-North shall be a Division A Judicial District.
(b)
Effective January 1, 1999, the Eighth Judicial District-South shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1; 1997, No. 1270, § 5; 1999, No. 35, § 1; 2011, No. 220, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-129 - The Ninth Judicial District-East

The Ninth Judicial District-East shall be a Division B Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1; 2005, No. 872, § 1; 2007, No. 494, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-130 - The Ninth Judicial District-West

The Ninth Judicial District-West shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Amended by Act 2018F, No. 198,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2018.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1; 1994 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 17, § 1; 1994 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 18, § 1; 2011, No. 220, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-131 - The Tenth Judicial District

The Tenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-132 - The Eleventh Judicial District-East

The Eleventh Judicial District-East shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1; 2003, No. 765, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-133 - The Eleventh Judicial District-West

The Eleventh Judicial District-West shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-134 - The Twelfth Judicial District

The Twelfth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-135 - The Thirteenth Judicial District

The Thirteenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 614,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 814,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2015, No. 1261,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2015.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1; 2009, No. 85, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-136 - The Fourteenth Judicial District

The Fourteenth Judicial District shall be a Division B Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1; 2003, No. 67, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-137 - The Fifteenth Judicial District

The Fifteenth Judicial District shall be a Division B Judicial District.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 328,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2015, No. 1261,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2015.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1; 1997, No. 322, § 1; 2001, No. 203, § 1; 2009, No. 459, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-138 - The Sixteenth Judicial District

The Sixteenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1; 2001, No. 249, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-139 - The Seventeenth Judicial District

The Seventeenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1; 1999, No. 456, § 5.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-140 - The Twenty-third Judicial District

The Twenty-third Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1; 1999, No. 456, § 6; 2001, No. 199, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-141 - The Eighteenth Judicial District-East

The Eighteenth Judicial District-East shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-142 - The Eighteenth Judicial District-West

The Eighteenth Judicial District-West shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-143 - The Nineteenth Judicial District

The Nineteenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-144 - The Twentieth Judicial District

The Twentieth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-145 - Authority to appoint deputies and employees

Prosecuting attorneys shall have the power to appoint all deputies and employees without confirmation of any court or tribunal.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-146 - Appropriation of funds for salaries and expenses

(a)
The quorum courts of the respective counties of a judicial district shall annually appropriate sufficient amounts to cover the salaries and expenses of the prosecuting attorney's office.
(b)
The quorum courts of the respective counties may appropriate any additional funds and create such additional deputy prosecutor positions as they deem necessary for the efficient operation of the office of the prosecuting attorney.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 3.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-147 - Powers of deputy prosecuting attorney - Disposition of federal forfeiture funds

(a)
A deputy prosecuting attorney who is duly appointed in any county of a judicial district shall, with the prosecuting attorney's consent, have the authority to perform all official acts as a deputy prosecuting attorney in all counties within the district.
(b)
(1)
A prosecuting attorney and those deputy prosecuting attorneys and other staff members he or she designates shall be considered law enforcement officers for the purposes of utilizing emergency, protective, and communication equipment in coordination with interagency cooperative investigations and operations.
(2)
However, the prosecuting attorney and all members of his or her office shall have no greater arrest powers than those accorded all citizens under the Arkansas Constitution and the Arkansas Code.
(3)
A prosecuting attorney and those deputy prosecuting attorneys designated by the prosecuting attorney may carry firearms.
(4)
A prosecuting attorney who elects to carry a firearm or authorize his or her deputy prosecuting attorneys to carry a firearm shall adopt a weapons policy and a use of force policy.
(c)
A prosecuting attorney shall have the power to appoint deputy prosecuting attorneys and other employees at such salaries as are authorized in the grant awards from the Department of Finance and Administration's Drug Law Enforcement Program, Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-570, as amended, or its successor.
(d)
All federal forfeitures to a prosecuting attorney's office shall be deposited in a separate account pursuant to §
5-64-505(i)(4)
.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 539,§ 4, eff. 3/28/2013.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 4; 1999, No. 1120, § 7.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-148 - Deputy prosecutor for civil asset forfeiture actions

(a)
In addition to the deputy prosecuting attorney positions created by §
16-21-113(a)(1)
and other Arkansas Code provisions and laws, a prosecuting attorney shall have the power to enter into a contract for personal services with a licensed attorney whose duty it will be to act as a deputy prosecutor to prosecute civil asset forfeiture actions at such hourly amount as is deemed proper by the prosecuting attorney.
(b)
This attorney may be paid from funds generated from §
5-64-505(i)(2)
.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 5; 1999, No. 1120, § 5.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-149 - Appointment of special deputy prosecuting attorneys

(a)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the prosecuting attorney in every judicial district is authorized to appoint as special deputy prosecuting attorneys:
(1)
Persons employed as attorneys in the office of the Prosecutor Coordinator; or
(2)
(A)
With the consent of the Attorney General, persons employed as attorneys in the office of the Attorney General.
(B)
In cases involving the appointment of a staff attorney from the office of the Attorney General, the authority conferred by the appointment is limited to the matter for which the appointment is sought.
(b)
Appointment as a special deputy prosecuting attorney under this section shall not enable an attorney employed in the office of the Attorney General to receive any additional fees or salary from the state or counties for services provided pursuant to the appointment.
(c)
The prosecuting attorney may revoke the appointment of a special prosecuting attorney under this section at any time.
(d)
Nothing in this section shall obligate the Attorney General to provide an attorney for purposes of assisting the prosecuting attorney in criminal actions designated in subsection (b) of this section, and nothing in this section shall prevent the Attorney General from withdrawing from participation in such cases at any time.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 6; 1999, No. 1300, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-150 - Prosecution of appeals

No prosecuting attorney shall prosecute city misdemeanor cases or appeals to circuit or appellate courts unless the prosecuting attorney consents to do so.
Acts 1993, No. 1306, § 7.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-151 - Prosecutor's victim/witness fund

(a)
In those offices where the prosecuting attorney is desirous of paying for the victim/witness program from more than one (1) county or fund, the prosecuting attorney may establish a cash account.
(b)
Notice of such shall be sent by the prosecuting attorney to the applicable county treasurers.
(c)
Each month the county treasurers shall pay to the office of the prosecuting attorney those funds collected pursuant to §
16-21-106
in the special revenue account entitled "Prosecutor's victim/witness fund" or the portion of the county administration of justice fund allotted to the prosecuting attorney's victim/witness program fund.
(d)
(1)
The prosecuting attorney shall deposit the funds in a bank account entitled "prosecutor's victim/witness fund".
(2)
Moneys deposited into the fund shall be used exclusively to pay the costs of the prosecuting attorney's victim/witness program.
(e)
Expenditures and deposits must be made according to the Arkansas Prosecuting Attorneys Financial Management Guidelines as published by the Division of Legislative Audit in conjunction with the Prosecution Coordination Commission.
Acts 1995, No. 1221, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206) › Subtitle 2 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICERS (§§ 16-10-101 — 16-24-101) › Chapter 21 - PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-2701) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 16-21-101 — 16-21-159) › Section 16-21-152 - The Twenty-first Judicial District

The Twenty-first Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
Acts 1995, No. 900, § 6; 1997, No. 865, § 1.