§ 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 […]
§ 16-58-102. Style of process issued by judge, justice, or other officer
All writs and process issued by any judge, justice of the peace, or other officer authorized to issue the writ or process shall run in the name of the State of Arkansas and be signed by the officer issuing the writ or process.
§ 16-58-127. Method of service — Foreign corporations
Where the defendant is a foreign corporation having an agent in this state, the service may be upon the agent.
§ 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.
§ 16-58-129. Method of service — Insurance company
Where the defendant is an incorporated insurance company and the action is in a county in which there is an agency of the company, the service may be upon the chief officer of the agency.
§ 16-58-105. Seal
All writs shall be sealed with the judicial seal of the court.
§ 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, […]
§ 16-58-106. Issuance and execution of process, writ, summons, etc., on Sunday or a holiday
(a) It shall be no objection to any process, writ, summons, affidavit, or order for a provisional remedy that it was issued, made, or is dated on a holiday nor shall it be an objection to any bond given by or for any party to an action or taken by an officer in the course […]
§ 16-58-110. Sheriff to attend clerk’s office to receive process
It shall be the duty of the sheriff or one (1) of his or her deputies to attend at the clerk’s office daily, Sundays excepted, to receive any process that may be issued, and the clerk shall deliver to him or her any process remaining in his or her office.
§ 16-58-111. Endorsement of day and hour of receipt on process
The sheriff shall endorse upon every summons, order of arrest, or order for the delivery of property, or of attachment or injunction in his or her hands the day and hour it was received by him or her.