§ 16-17-138. Mandatory holding of court for departments of a district court
(a) (1) A district court shall hold court in each department of the district court at least one (1) time a month unless mutually waived by the district court judge and the governing body of the city or town in which the department is located. (2) The agreement under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall […]
§ 16-17-129. Levy to defray cost of incarcerating city and county prisoners
(a) (1) (A) In addition to all fines now or as may hereafter be provided by law, the governing body of each town or city in which a district court is located may by ordinance levy and collect an additional fine not to exceed twenty dollars ($20.00) from each defendant upon each conviction, each plea […]
§ 16-17-130. Single district judge to be elected countywide
The judge of any district court located in a county with only one (1) district court shall hereafter be elected countywide.
§ 16-17-131. Suspension of license for failure to appear
(a) A person required to appear before a district court in this state, having been served with any form of notice to appear for any criminal offense, traffic violation, or misdemeanor charge, shall appear at the time and place designated in the notice. (b) (1) If a person fails to appear as required in subsection […]
§ 16-17-132. District court generally
(a) All fines, penalties, and costs received by the district courts shall be collected and distributed in the manner provided by laws affecting the former municipal courts, unless and until the General Assembly establishes a new method of distribution. (b) All salaries, retirement benefits, programs, and moneys of judges, clerks, and court employees of the […]
§ 16-17-133. Limitation of the incarceration of juvenile defendants in district courts
(a) (1) District courts have jurisdiction of juvenile defendants for violation of local codes or ordinances, game and fish violations, and traffic offenses. (2) Juveniles charged with these offenses are subject to the same penalties as adults unless otherwise provided in this section. (b) A juvenile subject to the jurisdiction of a district court shall […]
§ 16-17-106. Deputy district court clerks generally
(a) (1) The judge of the district court of any city in this state may, with the approval of the governing body of the city, appoint one (1) or more deputy district court clerks to serve under the judge’s supervision. (2) The deputy district court clerk employed by a city or county is governed by […]
§ 16-17-134. Change of venue from lower courts in certain counties to municipal court
Notwithstanding § 16-19-409 or any other law to the contrary: (1) (A) In any criminal case brought before any city court in a county with a population between eighty-nine thousand (89,000) persons and one hundred fifty-three thousand (153,000) persons according to the 2000 Federal Decennial Census and in which a district court exists, the judge […]
§ 16-17-108. Salaries of personnel and other requirements of various district courts
(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, the salaries of the judges and other personnel of the various district courts shall be established as follows: (1) (A) The Arkansas County District Court — Northern District Judge shall receive an annual salary of not less than thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), […]
§ 16-17-135. Counties authorized to employ and compensate district court judges as criminal magistrates
(a) (1) A county may employ one (1) or more district court judges to act as criminal magistrates in accordance with the provisions of Rule 1.8(a) of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure or in accordance with per curiam orders issued by the Arkansas Supreme Court. (2) A district court judge acting as a criminal […]