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§ 16-58-104. Alias or pluries writs

When any writ or other process issued out of any court of this state is not executed, the clerk of the court shall issue an alias, pluries, or other proper process without an order of the court for that purpose on the application of the party suing out the writ or other process.

§ 16-58-115. Sheriff to note time of service

When a sheriff serves a summons, he or she shall note on the copy of the summons delivered or offered to the defendant or left at the defendant’s residence the time and date the summons was served.

§ 16-58-116. Acknowledgment of service

Service may be acknowledged by the defendant by an endorsement upon the summons, signed and dated by him or her, and attested by a witness. The affidavit of the witness shall be proof of the service.

§ 16-58-117. Return

(a) (1) Each sheriff, coroner, and constable, on the return made by him or her on any writ or other process, shall state at length the time when, the place where, and how the writ or process was served. (2) Otherwise, the officer shall not be entitled to demand or receive any fee for the […]

§ 16-58-122. Method of service — Owner or operator of motor buses or trucks

(a) When the defendant is the owner or operator of any motor bus or buses, motor coach or coaches, or motor truck or trucks engaged in the business of carrying and transporting either passengers, freight, goods, wares, or merchandise over any of the highways of this state, the service of summons may be had upon […]

§ 16-58-123. Method of service — Owner or officer of steamboat or watercraft

When any action to recover judgment against the owners or officers of any steamboat, vessel, or other watercraft for any debt or liability created by them, or either of them, is commenced in any county in which the steamboat, vessel, or watercraft was found and, from any cause the summons or other process cannot be […]

§ 16-58-124. Method of service — Corporations

(a) When the defendant is a corporation created by the laws of this state, the service of the summons may be upon the president, mayor, or chairman of the board of trustees. In case of the absence of the above officers, then it may be served upon the cashier, treasurer, secretary, clerk, or agent of […]

§ 16-58-125. Method of service — Corporate agent at branch office

(a) (1) Any and all foreign and domestic corporations which keep or maintain in any of the counties of this state a branch office or other place of business shall be subject to suits in any of the courts in any of the counties where the corporation keeps or maintains the office or place of […]

§ 16-58-126. Method of service — Corporations — Secretary of State

Whenever process in any suit against a domestic corporation cannot be served in the county of the corporation’s domicile upon any officer authorized to be served with process by the laws of the state and this fact is made to appear by the return of the sheriff of the county upon summons directed to the […]

§ 16-58-132. Refusal to accept process served by mail

Where service of summons, process, or notice is provided for or permitted by registered or certified mail, under the laws of Arkansas, and the addressee refuses to accept delivery, and it is so stated in the return receipt of the United States Postal Service, the written return receipt, if returned and filed in the action, […]