Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 21 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (§§ 21-1-101 — 21-15-113) › Chapter 6 - FEES (§§ 21-6-101 — 21-6-505) › Subchapter 4 - OFFICERS OF THE COURT (§§ 21-6-401 — 21-6-416) › Section 21-6-406 - Clerks of county courts - Miscellaneous fees

(a)
A clerk of a county court may charge the following maximum fees:
(1)
For each order to erect or repair bridge ............... $ .50
(2)
For making out and issuing an order for the appointment of a commissioner to erect or repair any bridge ............... .50
(3)
For filing a bond of any contractor ............... .10
(4)
For reading and filing every petition and recording the order to be made thereon, for every one hundred (100) words ............... .20
(5)
For making copy of petition, order, and other papers pertaining thereto, for every one hundred (100) words ............... .20
(6)
For reading and filing a remonstrance against any road or bridge ............... .25
(7)
For each certificate of appointment of road reviewers ............... .25
(8)
For issuing a precept of inquiry of damages in the case of roads ............... .50
(9)
For entering order for the appointment of a justice of the peace to apportion hands to work on roads, and copy of same, for every one hundred (100) words ............... .20
(10)
For entering the appointment of each overseer of a road ............... .25
(11)
For each notice to overseers and justices of the peace ............... .25
(12)
For entering each order concerning the erection or repairing of any county building, for every one hundred (100) words ............... .20
(13)
For entering the appointment of any commissioner to superintend the erection or repairing of any county building, for every one hundred (100) words ............... .20
(14)
For issuing the certificate of appointment to commissioner .............................. .50
(15)
For entering every order for ascertaining any county line, for every one hundred (100) words ............... .20
(16)
For recording a return of any survey of a county line, for every one hundred (100) words ............... .20
(17)
For entering every order fixing the place of holding elections, for every one hundred (100) words ............... .20
(18)
For entering every order for the support of a poor person, for every one hundred (100) words ............... .20
(19)
For all services required to be performed relating to the laying out of a township, or altering township lines ............... 1.00
(20)
For trying and sealing any weight or measure, to be paid by the applicant ............... .50
(21)
For taking, filing, and safekeeping of any bond required by law to be filed in his or her office, not otherwise provided for ............... .25
(22)
For making settlements of each account with the county, to be paid to the county clerks for the official account record of the various accounts of the county treasurers and collectors, for each receipt entered on each account ............... .10
(23)
For filing each county treasurer's and collector's receipt ............... .10
(24)
For all services rendered in the filing of a claim against the county general and road accounts, and the issuing of the first warrant thereon ............... .75
(25)
For each additional warrant issued on the same claim ............... .50
(26)
For issuing each writ, receiving, filing, and docketing return .............................. .50
(27)
For recording marks or brands ............... 1.00
(28)
For filing each paper not specified in this section, except county claims ............... .10
(29)
For administering each oath ............... .25
(30)
For swearing each jury ............... .50
(31)
For copies of records and papers not provided for in this section, for each one hundred (100) words or figures ............... .20
(32)
For taking and entering verdict of jury ............... .25
(33)
For entering judgments, except allowances against the county, for each one hundred (100) words ............... .20
(34)
For commission to take depositions ............... 1.00
(35)
For indexing each case on record ............... .10
(36)
For entering all appeals except on assessments records ............... .25
(37)
For every certificate and seal not provided for in this section .............................. .50
(38)
For every subpoena or summons to witnesses ............... .50
(39)
For recording every paper not provided for in this section, for each one hundred (100) words ............... .20
(40)
For entering on record the appraised value of estray, and filing bond and appraisement ............... .75
(41)
For filing and approving bond for marriage license ............... .50
(42)
For filing, recording, and certifying copy of marriage license after its return ............... .50
(43)
For each coupon of marriage license furnished registrar of vital statistics, to be retained by clerk in addition to salary ............... .10
(44)
For all services in issuing general licenses, licenses to hawkers, ferries, taverns, peddlers, auctioneers, circuses, menageries, or other public exhibitions for which a license is by law required. Shows or public exhibitions may only be licensed for twelve (12) days or less for one (1) license fee ............... 2.00
(45)
For filing abstracts of witnesses before grand jury ............... .10
(46)
For entering the judgment of the court on an abstract ............... 1.00
(47)
For issuing each certificate of land redemption ............... 1.00
(48)
For each additional tract on certificate of land redemption ............... .25
(49)
For cancelling each warrant, to be paid by funds upon which warrants are drawn ............... .10
(50)
The county clerk shall receive for services under the revenue laws for each settlement he or she makes with a clerk, sheriff, constable, or inferior collecting officer for fines, penalties, licenses, forfeitures, and seal tax by them, for which they are required to settle in full one (1) time each quarter ............... .75
(51)
For auditing each account in collector's and treasurer's record quarterly ............... .75
(52)
For each abstract forwarded to the Auditor of State and to the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education ............... 1.00
(53)
For making out the original tax books, for every one hundred (100) words, counting one (1) figure as a word, but excluding calculations not carried into the tax records ............... .20
(54)
For each copy thereof, for every one hundred (100) words, counting each figure as a word, as aforesaid ............... .20
(55)
For furnishing copy of delinquent lands to printer for each tract ............... .10
(56)
For attending sales of delinquent lands and making records thereof, for each tract for sale ............... .10
(57)
For each additional tract ............... .10
(58)
For transferring land to name of purchaser when sold to an individual ............... .10
(59)
For furnishing for publication copy of the delinquent list of delinquent and insolvent personal taxpayers, for each name ............... .10
(60)
For recording delinquent list of personal property, for every one hundred (100) words ............... .20
(61)
For making each certificate of lands sold to the state and not redeemed to Commissioner of State Lands ............... 5.00
(62)
For making settlement with collector for each day employed including quarterly apportionments, not exceeding thirty (30) days during entire calendar year, per day ............... 5.00
(63)
For furnishing Auditor of State with an abstract of tax records ............... 3.00
(64)
For making a deed to the purchaser of lands sold at delinquent sale, one (1) tract per deed ............... 1.00
(65)
For waiting on county courts and the probate and juvenile divisions of circuit court, per day ............... 10.00.
(b)
A clerk of a county court shall not charge a fee for filing an appeal from a county equalization board.
(c)
A clerk of a county court shall not charge a fee for filing a petition with the county court requesting a refund under §
26-35-901
.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2346, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 729,§ 1, eff. 3/28/2017.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 544,§ 2, eff. 8/16/2013.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 544,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1959, No. 309, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-1717.1; Acts 2003, No. 1185, § 261.