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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 3 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEIR EQUIPMENT (§§ 27-32-101 — 27-38-204) › Chapter 37 - EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS (§§ 27-37-101 — 27-37-803) › Subchapter 8 - ERIC'S LAW: THE NITROUS OXIDE PROHIBITION ACT (§§ 27-37-801 — 27-37-803) › Section 27-37-803 - Use prohibited

(a)
(1)
Except as provided under subdivision (a)(2) of this section, a person shall not operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle that is equipped to supply the engine with nitrous oxide on a street or highway.
(2)
This section shall not prohibit:
(A)
A person from operating a motor vehicle or motorcycle that is equipped to supply the engine with nitrous oxide if the system supplying nitrous oxide is made inoperative by:
(i)
Disconnecting the line feeding nitrous oxide to the engine; or
(ii)
Removing the container or containers of nitrous oxide from the motor vehicle or motorcycle; or
(B)
A person from operating a tow vehicle or a recreational vehicle that is equipped to supply the engine with nitrous oxide.
(b)
A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
Acts 2005, No. 1568, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 3 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEIR EQUIPMENT (§§ 27-32-101 — 27-38-204) › Chapter 38 - AUTOMOTIVE FLUIDS REGULATION (§§ 27-38-101 — 27-38-204) › Subchapter 1 - ANTIFREEZE (§§ 27-38-101 — 27-38-105) › Section 27-38-101 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:
(1)
"Methanol" means the products commonly known as methanol and methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood naphtha, methyl hydroxide, and methyl hydrate; and
(2)
"Person" means natural persons, partnerships, associations, and corporations.
Acts 1931, No. 165, § 4; Pope's Dig., § 3456; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1304.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 3 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEIR EQUIPMENT (§§ 27-32-101 — 27-38-204) › Chapter 38 - AUTOMOTIVE FLUIDS REGULATION (§§ 27-38-101 — 27-38-204) › Subchapter 1 - ANTIFREEZE (§§ 27-38-101 — 27-38-105) › Section 27-38-102 - Penalty

Any person violating any of the provisions of this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined any sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200).
Acts 1931, No. 165, § 5; Pope's Dig., § 3457; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1305.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 3 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEIR EQUIPMENT (§§ 27-32-101 — 27-38-204) › Chapter 38 - AUTOMOTIVE FLUIDS REGULATION (§§ 27-38-101 — 27-38-204) › Subchapter 1 - ANTIFREEZE (§§ 27-38-101 — 27-38-105) › Section 27-38-103 - Certain sales exempted

Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed to apply to sales of methanol by or to pharmacists or to sales by the manufacturer or dealer of methanol directly to other manufacturers for manufacturing purposes.
Acts 1931, No. 165, § 3; Pope's Dig., § 3455; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1303.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 3 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEIR EQUIPMENT (§§ 27-32-101 — 27-38-204) › Chapter 38 - AUTOMOTIVE FLUIDS REGULATION (§§ 27-38-101 — 27-38-204) › Subchapter 1 - ANTIFREEZE (§§ 27-38-101 — 27-38-105) › Section 27-38-104 - Regulation of disposition - Markings required

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, give away, or transfer to another person any article commonly known as antifreeze containing in excess of ten percent (10%) methanol, unless the following provisions are complied with:
(1)
It shall be distinctively colored, so that by its appearance it cannot be confused with potable alcohol;
(2)
It shall contain an emetic or such warning substance or substances as the United States Public Health Service may recommend; and
(3)
All containers of quantities less than tank car lots shall be plainly marked on the outside with a stencil or label securely attached, which bears the word "METHANOL" in red ink in letters at least one-half inch (½") in height, and below or adjacent to the word "METHANOL" shall also be in red ink the skull and crossbones symbol and the words "Poison, methanol is a violent poison, it cannot be made nonpoisonous. If taken internally may cause blindness and death."
Acts 1931, No. 165, § 1; Pope's Dig., § 3453; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1301.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 3 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEIR EQUIPMENT (§§ 27-32-101 — 27-38-204) › Chapter 38 - AUTOMOTIVE FLUIDS REGULATION (§§ 27-38-101 — 27-38-204) › Subchapter 1 - ANTIFREEZE (§§ 27-38-101 — 27-38-105) › Section 27-38-105 - Record of deliveries - Exception

(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person conducting a store, garage, filling station, or other place selling antifreeze mixtures or compounds at retail, or any of the employees of the persons, to sell, offer for sale, give away, or transfer to another person any antifreeze mixture or compound containing in excess of ten percent (10%) methanol or any ethyl alcohol, in quantities less than fifty-gallon drum lots, unless before delivery is made there is recorded in a book kept for that purpose:
(1)
Date of sale;
(2)
Name and address of person to whom sold;
(3)
Article and quantity delivered;
(4)
Purpose for which it is to be used; and
(5)
Name of person making sale.
(b)
The record is to be kept for inspection by the State Board of Health and its duly authorized representatives for a period of three (3) years from the date of the last record made of a sale.
(c)
(1)
No record shall be necessary when the antifreeze mixture or compound shall be placed in an automobile radiator by the vendor at the time and place of sale and when it is apparent that the mixture or compound is intended for antifreeze purposes.
(2)
An automobile radiator shall not be construed to mean a container under the provisions of this subchapter.
Acts 1931, No. 165, § 2; Pope's Dig., § 3454; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1302.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 3 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEIR EQUIPMENT (§§ 27-32-101 — 27-38-204) › Chapter 38 - AUTOMOTIVE FLUIDS REGULATION (§§ 27-38-101 — 27-38-204) › Subchapter 2 - BRAKE FLUID (§§ 27-38-201 — 27-38-204) › Section 27-38-201 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 36, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1957, No. 116, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1308.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 3 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEIR EQUIPMENT (§§ 27-32-101 — 27-38-204) › Chapter 38 - AUTOMOTIVE FLUIDS REGULATION (§§ 27-38-101 — 27-38-204) › Subchapter 2 - BRAKE FLUID (§§ 27-38-201 — 27-38-204) › Section 27-38-202 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 36, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1957, No. 116, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1306.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 3 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEIR EQUIPMENT (§§ 27-32-101 — 27-38-204) › Chapter 38 - AUTOMOTIVE FLUIDS REGULATION (§§ 27-38-101 — 27-38-204) › Subchapter 2 - BRAKE FLUID (§§ 27-38-201 — 27-38-204) › Section 27-38-203 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 36, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1957, No. 116, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1307.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 3 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEIR EQUIPMENT (§§ 27-32-101 — 27-38-204) › Chapter 38 - AUTOMOTIVE FLUIDS REGULATION (§§ 27-38-101 — 27-38-204) › Subchapter 2 - BRAKE FLUID (§§ 27-38-201 — 27-38-204) › Section 27-38-204 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 36, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1957, No. 116, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1307.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 1 - TITLE, APPLICABILITY, AND CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-114) › Section 27-49-101 - Title

This act may be cited as the "Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways of Arkansas".
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 162; Pope's Dig., § 6822; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1015.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 1 - TITLE, APPLICABILITY, AND CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-114) › Section 27-49-102 - Applicability to operation on highways - Exceptions

The provisions of this subtitle relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon highways except:
(1)
Where a different place is specifically referred to in a given section;
(2)
The provisions of §§
27-50-307
,
27-50-308
,
27-53-101
-
27-53-105
, and
27-53-201
-
27-53-208
shall apply upon highways and elsewhere throughout the state; and
(3)
Where the owner of a private roadway within a planned community in Arkansas grants express permission for the state and local law enforcement authorities to enter on and to enforce the provisions of this subtitle and other traffic laws of the state or local authorities on those private roadways in the planned community.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 20; Pope's Dig., § 6678; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-420; Acts 1994 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 32, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 1 - TITLE, APPLICABILITY, AND CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-114) › Section 27-49-103 - Construction

This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 161; Pope's Dig., § 6821; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1014.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 1 - TITLE, APPLICABILITY, AND CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-114) › Section 27-49-104 - Penalty

Unless otherwise declared in this act with respect to particular offenses, it is a misdemeanor for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this act.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 21; Pope's Dig., § 6679; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-421.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 1 - TITLE, APPLICABILITY, AND CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-114) › Section 27-49-105 - Provisions to be uniform

The provisions of this act shall be applicable and uniform throughout this state and in all political subdivisions and municipalities therein.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 25; Pope's Dig., § 6683; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-425.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 1 - TITLE, APPLICABILITY, AND CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-114) › Section 27-49-106 - Powers of local authorities

(a)
(1)
No local authority shall enact or enforce any rule or regulation in conflict with the provisions of this subtitle unless expressly authorized in this subtitle.
(2)
Local authorities may, however, adopt additional traffic regulations which are not in conflict with the provisions of this subtitle.
(3)
Local authorities may enact and enforce traffic rules and regulations which are not in conflict with the provisions of this subtitle for private roadways but only after being granted express permission by the owner of the private roadway within the planned community.
(b)
The provisions of this subtitle shall not be deemed to prevent local authorities with respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police power from:
(1)
Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles, including the ability to establish districts for the purpose of limiting the time, place, and manner of public parking in designated areas;
(2)
Regulating traffic by means of police officers or traffic control signals;
(3)
Regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the highways;
(4)
Designating particular highways as one-way highways and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved in one specific direction;
(5)
Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks;
(6)
Designating any highway as a through highway and requiring that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing it or designating any intersection as a stop intersection and requiring all vehicles to stop at one (1) or more entrances to the intersection;
(7)
Restricting the use of highways as authorized in §§
27-35-101
-
27-35-111
; and
(8)
Regulating or prohibiting the traffic from and use of mopeds, three-wheeled vehicles, and other similar vehicles.
(c)
No ordinance or regulation enacted under subdivision (b)(1), subdivision (b)(4), subdivision (b)(5), subdivision (b)(6), or subdivision (b)(7) of this section shall be effective until signs giving notice of local traffic regulations are posted upon or at the entrances to the highways or parts affected, as may be most appropriate.
(d)
No provision of this subtitle, of other state traffic laws, or of any local traffic ordinance or regulation enacted under authority of subdivision (a)(3) of this section shall be effective on a private roadway of a planned community until signs giving notice of the owner's grant of permission to enforce those state and local traffic regulations are posted upon or at the entrances to the planned community's private roadways or affected parts thereof.
Acts 1937, No. 300, §§ 25, 26; Pope's Dig., §§ 6683, 6684; Acts 1983, No. 405, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 75-425, 75-426; Acts 1994 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 32, § 2; 1999, No. 1199, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 1 - TITLE, APPLICABILITY, AND CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-114) › Section 27-49-107 - Obedience to police officers required

No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer invested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 22; Pope's Dig., § 6680; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-422.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 1 - TITLE, APPLICABILITY, AND CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-114) › Section 27-49-108 - Governmental personnel subject generally

The provisions of this act applicable to the drivers of vehicles upon the highways shall apply to the drivers of all vehicles owned or operated by the United States Government, this state, or any county, city, town, district, or any other political subdivision of this state, subject to such specific exceptions as are set forth in this act with reference to authorized emergency vehicles.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 23; Pope's Dig., § 6681; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-423.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 1 - TITLE, APPLICABILITY, AND CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-114) › Section 27-49-109 - Drivers of authorized emergency vehicles

(a)
(1)
The driver of any authorized emergency vehicle when responding to an emergency call upon approaching a red or stop signal or any stop sign shall slow down as necessary for safety but may proceed cautiously past the red or stop sign or signal.
(2)
At other times, drivers of authorized emergency vehicles shall stop in obedience to a stop sign or signal.
(b)
A driver of any authorized emergency vehicle shall not assume any special privilege under this act except when:
(1)
The authorized emergency vehicle is operated in response to an emergency call or in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law; and
(2)
The driver of the authorized emergency vehicle is operating the vehicle's emergency lights and operating an audible warning device.
(c)
The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle operated as a police vehicle is not required to operate a siren or flashing lights when operating the emergency vehicle as authorized under §
27-51-906
.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 793,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 23; Pope's Dig., § 6681; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-423.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 1 - TITLE, APPLICABILITY, AND CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-114) › Section 27-49-110 - Persons working on highway surfaces

The provisions of this act shall not apply to persons, teams, motor vehicles, and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a highway but shall apply to such persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 23; Pope's Dig., § 6681; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-423.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 1 - TITLE, APPLICABILITY, AND CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-114) › Section 27-49-111 - Use of animals

A person riding an animal or driving any animal drawing a vehicle upon a highway has the rights and duties applicable to a driver of a vehicle.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 650,§ 2, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 956,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 24; Pope's Dig., § 6682; Acts 1981, No. 699, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-424.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 1 - TITLE, APPLICABILITY, AND CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-114) › Section 27-49-112 - No interference with rights of real property owners

(a)
Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to prevent the owner of real property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel, by permission of the owner and not as matter of right, from prohibiting such use, or from requiring other or different or additional conditions than those specified in this subtitle, or otherwise regulating such use as may seem best to such owner.
(b)
Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to prevent the owner of a private roadway in a planned community, having granted express permission for the state and local law enforcement authorities to enter on and to enforce the state and local traffic laws, from revoking the permission and notifying the state and local authorities of the revocation of the permission.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 27; Pope's Dig., § 6685; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-427; Acts 1994 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 32, § 3.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 1 - TITLE, APPLICABILITY, AND CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-114) › Section 27-49-113 - Funeral processions - Right-of-way - Definitions

(a)
As used in this section:
(1)
"Funeral escort vehicle" means a motor vehicle that leads or facilitates the movement of a funeral procession and is equipped as required by §
27-36-306(a)(1)
, including without limitation:
(A)
A hearse;
(B)
A motor vehicle owned by a funeral home or private funeral escort company; or
(C)
A motorcycle owned by a funeral home or private funeral escort company;
(2)
"Funeral procession" means a funeral escort vehicle and one (1) or more motor vehicles accompanying the body or cremated remains of a deceased person from a funeral home, church, or other location to the burial site or cemetery;
(3)
"Immediate hazard" means any motor vehicle approaching so near or so quickly that a reasonably careful person would realize that there is a danger of collision or accident; and
(4)
"Motor vehicle" means a vehicle that is self-propelled and used to transport a person or property upon a street or highway, including without limitation a motorcycle.
(b)
Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a funeral procession may proceed through an intersection without stopping after a funeral escort vehicle has proceeded into the intersection in compliance with any official traffic control device governing the traffic in the intersection.
(c)
(1)
A funeral procession has the right-of-way at an intersection as described under subsection (b) of this section, except that a funeral escort vehicle or a motor vehicle that is a part of a funeral procession shall yield the right-of-way:
(A)
To an authorized emergency vehicle if the authorized emergency vehicle is displaying its rotating or flashing emergency lights;
(B)
When directed to yield or stop by a law enforcement officer;
(C)
To an approaching railroad train; or
(D)
To oncoming traffic that constitutes an immediate hazard.
(2)
If a motor vehicle that is a part of a funeral procession becomes separated from the funeral procession so that the funeral procession is no longer continuous, the driver of the motor vehicle shall:
(A)
Proceed to his or her destination; and
(B)
Obey all official traffic control devices and general rules of the road.
(d)
A motor vehicle that is a part of a funeral procession shall:
(1)
Display its lighted:
(A)
Headlamps;
(B)
Tail lamps; and
(C)
Flashing lights as provided in §
27-36-208(c)
; and
(2)
Follow the preceding motor vehicle in the funeral procession as closely as is reasonable and prudent to keep the motor vehicles in the funeral procession together.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 394,§ 7, eff. 7/24/2019.
Added by Act 2017, No. 816,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-201 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 1; Pope's Dig., § 6659; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-401.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-202 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 8; Pope's Dig., § 6666; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-408.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-203 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 16; Pope's Dig., § 6674; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-416.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-204 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 14; Pope's Dig., § 6672; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-414.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-205 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 7; Pope's Dig., § 6665; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-407.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-206 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 13; Pope's Dig., § 6671; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-413.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-207 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 11; Pope's Dig., § 6669; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-411.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-208 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 9; Pope's Dig., § 6667; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-409.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-209 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 10; Pope's Dig., § 6668; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-410.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-210 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 6; Pope's Dig., § 6664; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-406.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-211 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 19; Pope's Dig., § 6677; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-419.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-212 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 12; Pope's Dig., § 6670; Acts 1959, No. 307, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-412; Acts 2011, No. 780, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-213 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 15; Pope's Dig., § 6673; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-415.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-214 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 5; Pope's Dig., § 6663; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-405; Acts 2011, No. 780, § 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-215 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 3; Pope's Dig., § 6661; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-403; Acts 2011, No. 780, § 3.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-216 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 18; Pope's Dig., § 6676; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-418.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-217 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 17; Pope's Dig., § 6675; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-417.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-218 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 4; Pope's Dig., § 6662; Acts 1959, No. 307, §§ 6, 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-404.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 49 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-49-219) › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS (§§ 27-49-201 — 27-49-219) › Section 27-49-219 - [Repealed]

Amended without reference to the repeal by Act No. 448, by Act 2017, No. 689,§ 6, eff. 8/1/2017.
Repealed by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 38, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 2; Pope's Dig., § 6660; Acts 1973, No. 155, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-402; Acts 1993, No. 1010, § 2; 1995, No. 123, § 2; 1995, No. 753, § 1; 2007, No. 999, § 5; 2007, No. 1412, § 3; 2009, No. 689, § 20; 2011, No. 780, § 4.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 50 - PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-50-1224) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-50-102) › Section 27-50-101 - Operation of vehicles contrary to law prohibited

It is unlawful for the owner or any other person employing or otherwise directing the driver of any vehicle to require or knowingly to permit the operation of the vehicle upon a highway in any manner contrary to law.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 153; Pope's Dig., § 6813; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1006.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 50 - PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-50-1224) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-50-102) › Section 27-50-102 - Parties guilty of acts declared to be crimes

(a)
Every person who commits, attempts to commit, conspires to commit, or aids or abets in the commission of any act declared in this act to be a crime, whether individually or in connection with one (1) or more other persons or as principal, agent, or accessory, shall be guilty of the offense.
(b)
Every person who falsely, fraudulently, forcibly, or willfully induces, causes, coerces, requires, permits, or directs another to violate any provision of this act is likewise guilty of the offense.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 152; Pope's Dig., § 6812; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1005.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 50 - PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-50-1224) › Subchapter 2 - ENFORCEMENT GENERALLY (§§ 27-50-201 — 27-50-205) › Section 27-50-201 - Provisions deemed cumulative

This subchapter shall be cumulative to the laws in force relating to the functions and duties imposed upon the Department of Arkansas State Police and its successor entities under the provisions of Acts 1953, No. 122, and acts amendatory thereto. It shall also be cumulative to laws in effect that were in effect prior to the enactment of Acts 1953, No. 122, which imposed duties upon the Arkansas Department of Transportation and the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration, as well as their successor entities and officials, which were transferred to the Department of Arkansas State Police under the provisions of Acts 1953, No. 122, as amended.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 4808, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 339, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1963, No. 125, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1022.7.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 50 - PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-50-1224) › Subchapter 2 - ENFORCEMENT GENERALLY (§§ 27-50-201 — 27-50-205) › Section 27-50-202 - Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation - Creation

The Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation is created.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 340, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1963, No. 125, § 1; 1979, No. 720, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 75-1022.6, 75-1022.10; Acts 2007, No. 827, § 237.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 50 - PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-50-1224) › Subchapter 2 - ENFORCEMENT GENERALLY (§§ 27-50-201 — 27-50-205) › Section 27-50-203 - Appointment of chief

The Director of State Highways and Transportation shall appoint a Chief of the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation who shall serve at the pleasure of the director.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 341, eff. 8/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 446,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1963, No. 125, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1022.9.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 50 - PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-50-1224) › Subchapter 2 - ENFORCEMENT GENERALLY (§§ 27-50-201 — 27-50-205) › Section 27-50-204 - Division employees

(a)
The State Highway Commission shall establish rules governing employees of the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
(b)
Employees of the division may be required to wear some type of regalia or uniform identifying the employees as members of the division.
(c)
All moneys coming into the hands of the employees in the enforcement of revenue laws shall be subject to rules and procedures as the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall direct.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 3147, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 3146, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 4809, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 342, eff. 8/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 40, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1963, No. 125, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1022.9.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 50 - PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-50-1224) › Subchapter 2 - ENFORCEMENT GENERALLY (§§ 27-50-201 — 27-50-205) › Section 27-50-205 - Power and authority of division

(a)
The Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall have the power and authority to enforce all laws pertaining to the unlawful operation of motor vehicles over the highways of this state.
(b)
This responsibility shall include, but not be limited to, a full responsibility along with the Division of Arkansas State Police and the Arkansas Department of Transportation for enforcement of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act of 1977, §
27-2-101
et seq., and the rules promulgated thereunder.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 343, eff. 8/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 41, eff. 8/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 446,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1979, No. 720, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1022.11.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 50 - PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-50-1224) › Subchapter 3 - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES GENERALLY (§§ 27-50-301 — 27-50-311) › Section 27-50-301 - Applicability of criminal code

Any moving traffic law violation not enumerated in §
27-50-302
shall be known as a violation as defined in §§
5-1-105
and
5-1-108
, and shall be punishable as provided under §
5-4-201
.
Acts 1977, No. 417, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1053; Acts 1993, No. 403, § 25.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 50 - PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-50-1224) › Subchapter 3 - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES GENERALLY (§§ 27-50-301 — 27-50-311) › Section 27-50-302 - Classification of traffic violations

The following traffic law violations shall be known as offenses and classified as indicated:
(1)
Except as provided in §
27-50-309(b)(2)
, the first offense of racing on a public highway - Class A misdemeanor;
(2)
Reckless driving - Class B misdemeanor;
(3)
Driving with lights off to avoid detection, identification, or apprehension - Class B misdemeanor;
(4)
Hazardous driving - Class C misdemeanor;
(5)
Leaving the scene of an accident involving property damage only - Class C misdemeanor;
(6)
Driving the wrong way on a one-way street - Class C misdemeanor;
(7)
Speeding in excess of fifteen miles per hour (15 m.p.h.) over the posted speed limit - Class C misdemeanor;
(8)
Using nitrous oxide in a motor vehicle or motorcycle on a street or highway as prohibited under §
27-37-803
- Class C misdemeanor;
(9)
Observing a drag race as a spectator on a public highway - Class B misdemeanor; and
(10)
More than three (3) violations in a twelve-month period - Class C misdemeanor.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 1061,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.
Acts 1977, No. 417, § 3; 1981, No. 918, § 2; 1983, No. 549, § 18; 1985, No. 1078, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1055; Acts 2005, No. 1568, § 2; 2009, No. 826, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 50 - PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-50-1224) › Subchapter 3 - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES GENERALLY (§§ 27-50-301 — 27-50-311) › Section 27-50-303 - Violations involving drivers' licenses

The following nonmoving traffic law violations shall be classified as follows:
(1)
Possession of a counterfeit driver's license or a deliberately altered driver's license - Class A misdemeanor; and
(2)
Making a false statement to the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration to obtain a driver's license - Class A misdemeanor as defined under §
5-53-103
of the Arkansas Criminal Code.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 4810, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1977, No. 417, §§ 2, 4; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 75-1054, 75-1056.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 50 - PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-50-1224) › Subchapter 3 - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES GENERALLY (§§ 27-50-301 — 27-50-311) › Section 27-50-304 - Penalties for misdemeanors

(a)
It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the provisions of this act unless the violation is by this act or other law of this state declared to be a felony.
(b)
Every person convicted of a misdemeanor for a violation of any of the provisions of this act for which another penalty is not provided shall:
(1)
For a first conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) days;
(2)
For a second conviction within one (1) year thereafter, the person shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200) or by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) days, or by both fine and imprisonment; and
(3)
Upon a third or subsequent conviction within one (1) year after the first conviction, the person shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 151; Pope's Dig., § 6810; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1004.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 50 - PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-50-1224) › Subchapter 3 - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES GENERALLY (§§ 27-50-301 — 27-50-311) › Section 27-50-305 - Penalty for violation of 1959 amendatory act

(a)
Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless the violation is by this act or other law of this state declared to be a felony.
(b)
Upon conviction, an offender shall be punished:
(1)
For a first conviction, by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) days;
(2)
For a second conviction within one (1) year thereafter, by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200) or by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) days, or by both fine and imprisonment; and
(3)
For a third or subsequent conviction within one (1) year after the first conviction, by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
Acts 1959, No. 307, § 54; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1037.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 50 - PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-50-1224) › Subchapter 3 - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES GENERALLY (§§ 27-50-301 — 27-50-311) › Section 27-50-306 - Additional penalties on conviction of moving traffic violations

(a)
In addition to the penalties provided by law, after the conviction of any person for any moving traffic violation, the sentencing court may in disposition and assessing penalty consider the previous traffic conviction record and impose the following penalties, or combination of penalties:
(1)
Suspend the driver's license for any period not to exceed one (1) year;
(2)
Suspend the driver's license for any period, not to exceed one (1) year, but grant a conditional permit to drive during the suspension, by imposing conditions and restrictions not to exceed one (1) year defining circumstances under which the violator will be allowed to drive while under suspension;
(3)
Require the attendance of the violator at a driver's training school;
(4)
Require the violator to retake the driver's test, or furnish proof of adequate sight or hearing necessary for driving, or produce proof of physical or mental capacity and ability to drive;
(5)
Require minors to write themes or essays on safe driving; or
(6)
Place a minor under probationary conditions, as determined by the court in its reasonable discretion, designed as a reasonable and suitable preventative and educational safeguard to prevent future traffic violations by the minor.
(b)
(1)
Unless the offense is otherwise addressed under §
5-4-703
, in addition to any other sentence, the sentencing court shall assess an additional fine of five dollars ($5.00) for reckless driving, §
27-50-308
, or for speeding in excess of twenty miles per hour (20 m.p.h.) over the posted speed limit if the finder of fact determines that the traffic violation was committed while a person under eighteen (18) years of age was a passenger in the motor vehicle.
(2)
A fine assessed and collected under this subsection shall be remitted on or before the fifteenth day of the following month to the Arkansas Children's Advocacy Center Fund.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 714,§ 6, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1961, No. 143, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1038a.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 50 - PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-50-1224) › Subchapter 3 - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES GENERALLY (§§ 27-50-301 — 27-50-311) › Section 27-50-307 - Negligent homicide

(a)
When the death of any person ensues within one (1) year as a proximate result of injury received by the driving of any vehicle in reckless or wanton disregard of the safety of others, the person operating the vehicle shall be guilty of negligent homicide.
(b)
The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall revoke the operator's or chauffeur's license of any person convicted of negligent homicide under the provisions of this section.
(c)
The offense of negligent homicide shall be included in and be a lesser degree of the offense of involuntary manslaughter.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 4811, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 448,§ 42, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 48; Pope's Dig., § 6706; Acts 1955, No. 174, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1001.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 4 - MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC (§§ 27-49-101 — 27-54-101) › Chapter 50 - PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-50-1224) › Subchapter 3 - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES GENERALLY (§§ 27-50-301 — 27-50-311) › Section 27-50-308 - Reckless driving

(a)
Any person who drives any vehicle in such a manner as to indicate a wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving.
(b)
(1)
(A)
If physical injury to a person results, every person convicted of reckless driving shall be punished upon a first conviction by imprisonment for a period of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(B)
Otherwise, every person convicted of reckless driving shall be punished upon a first conviction by imprisonment for a period of not less than five (5) days nor more than ninety (90) days or a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)
(A)
For a second or subsequent offense occurring within three (3) years of the first offense, every person convicted of reckless driving shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(B)
However, if the second or subsequent offense involves physical injury to a person, the person convicted shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than sixty (60) days nor more than one (1) year or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Acts 1937, No. 300, § 50; Pope's Dig., § 6708; Acts 1955, No. 186, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1003; Acts 1987, No. 258, § 1.