§ 16-10-130. Precedence given to criminal trials when victim under age of fourteen
Notwithstanding any rule of court to the contrary and in furtherance of the purposes of Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 27.1, all courts of this state having jurisdiction of criminal offenses, except for extraordinary circumstances, shall give precedence to the trials of criminal offenses over other matters before the court, civil or criminal, when the […]
§ 16-10-131. Exemption from overtime parking penalties
(a) No judge or his or her court reporter of any court of this state shall be subject to a fine or other penalty for the offense of overtime parking incurred while the person was on duty as a judge or court reporter. (b) Any person attempting to enforce any fine or other penalty notwithstanding […]
§ 16-10-132. Addresses of parties
The records of all judgments rendered in any circuit, county, district, or city court shall contain the addresses of all parties when reasonably ascertainable.
§ 16-10-135. Aids for the hearing or visually impaired
(a) The Administrative Office of the Courts shall employ the most cost-efficient method of procuring auxiliary aids for persons with hearing and visual impairments. (b) These methods may include entering into a contractual arrangement with another state agency or with a private entity that is capable of providing these services.
§ 16-10-136. Extrajudicial activities of justices and judges
Restrictions on extrajudicial activities found in Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 80, shall not preclude a justice or judge from: (1) Being a member of a reserve unit of any branch of the United States armed forces; (2) Being a member of the National Guard; (3) Teaching; (4) Serving on any state or United States boards or […]
§ 16-10-113. Change of term not to affect proceedings
When any change is made by law in the times of holding any court in this state, the change shall in no way operate to affect or impair, avoid, annul, or discontinue any suit, action, appeal, recognizance, bail bond, notice, or process, original, mesne, or final, taken, instituted, or pending in that court, or returnable […]
§ 16-10-114. Courts not to open on Sunday — Exceptions
(a) No court shall be opened or transact business on Sunday unless it is for the purpose of receiving a verdict or discharging a jury. (b) Every adjournment of a court on Saturday shall always be to some other day than Sunday, except such adjournment as may be made after a cause has been committed […]
§ 16-10-115. Trial by temporary judge
(a) On stipulation of the litigant parties, any court of this state, except in criminal causes, may order a cause to be tried by a temporary judge who is licensed in Arkansas to practice law. The temporary judge shall be sworn and empowered to act until final determination of the cause. (b) The stipulation of […]
§ 16-10-117. Judge temporarily assigned in district — Jury list
A judge assigned pursuant to § 16-10-101 on a temporary basis to a judicial district other than his or her own may share by concurrence with the judge of any division of the circuit court within that district the division’s set of commissioners, jury wheel or box, list of jurors, and panel of jurors.
§ 16-10-118. Judicial officeholder as candidate for nonjudicial office — Resignation — Warrants void
(a) Whenever the holder of a judicial office in the State of Arkansas becomes a candidate at any primary or general election for a nonjudicial office, he or she shall immediately resign his or her judicial office and thereafter shall be ineligible to hold that judicial office for the balance of the term for which […]