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Home » US Law » 2020 Arkansas Code » Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts » Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses » Chapter 43 - Witnesses Generally » Subchapter 6 - Immunity — Criminal Proceedings » § 16-43-605. Court order approving grant of immunity — Granting of immunity only after refusal to testify

No prosecuting attorney shall grant immunity until he has applied for and obtained in each case a written order from the judge of the circuit court approving the grant of immunity. No such immunity shall be granted by a prosecuting attorney until after the individual has declined to answer questions or has requested immunity before answering questions.