§ 16-68-604. Affidavit of inability to pay
(a) Any court of the State of Arkansas may authorize the commencement, prosecution, or defense of any suit, action, or proceeding, without payment of fees and costs, by an incarcerated person who makes an affidavit that he or she is unable to pay such costs or give security therefor. (b) (1) (A) This affidavit shall […]
§ 16-68-605. Merit of claims
A court in which an affidavit of inability to pay has been filed may dismiss the action in whole or in part on a finding that: (1) The allegation of poverty is false; or (2) The action or a portion of the action lacks a justiciable issue as defined by § 16-22-309.
§ 16-68-606. Fees upon commencement or dismissal
(a) If the court authorizes the commencement of the action and the court concludes, based on information contained in the affidavit or other information available to the court, that such person is able to pay part of the fees, costs, or security otherwise required, then the court shall order a partial payment to be made […]
§ 16-68-607. Multiple lawsuits — Definition
(a) (1) As used in this section, “civil action or proceeding” includes without limitation a legal action filed in federal or state court. (2) “Civil action or proceeding” does not include: (A) A petition for writ of habeas corpus; (B) A petition for writ of error coram nobis; or (C) A petition for relief under […]
§ 16-68-410. Execution for costs
(a) In all cases where costs are given by this act, the party to whom the costs are adjudged may have execution therefor. (b) In all cases where either party is adjudged to pay costs before final judgment, the party in whose favor the costs are adjudged may have execution therefor immediately, as upon final […]
§ 16-68-501. Advance payment of fees — Recovery as costs — Unpaid fees — Endorsement on execution
If any party to a suit pays any fees allowed by this act before final judgment and the judgment is thereafter rendered in his or her favor and costs adjudged to him or her, the amount so paid shall be taxed and endorsed on the execution and levied and collected by virtue thereof for the […]
§ 16-68-502. Fees of officers endorsed on execution — Fee book
(a) The clerks of the several courts shall endorse on every execution which they shall issue the fees due to each officer and any other person. (b) The clerks, at the time of issuing an execution or fee bill or of recovering any fees due to them by any party or other person, shall enter […]
§ 16-68-503. Fee bills of officers and witnesses
(a) All officers and witnesses entitled to fees by the law for services rendered in any suit, matter, or controversy pending in any court of record may make out fee bills for the services at the end of each term of the court wherein the suit, matter, or controversy is pending, charging the party at […]
§ 16-68-504. Collection of fee bill
When any fee bill shall come to the hands of any sheriff or other officer to be collected, and the person against whom the fee bill is issued refuses or fails to pay the amount of the fee bill within twenty (20) days after the fee bill shall be presented, the sheriff or other officer […]
§ 16-68-505. Failure of sheriff to collect — Judgment against sheriff
If any sheriff neglects or refuses to levy and collect the fees and pay over the money, when collected, to the person entitled thereto, the court shall upon motion enter up judgment for the amount of the fee bill against him or her and cause execution to issue thereon.