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§ 16-66-216. Assignment or transfer of debt — Penalty for evasion

Whoever, either directly or indirectly, assigns or transfers any claims for debts against a citizen of this state for the purpose of having the claims for debts collected by proceedings in attachment, garnishment, or other process out of the wages or personal earnings of the debtor in courts outside of this state when the creditor, […]

§ 16-66-217. Election of bankruptcy exemptions

Residents of this state having the right to claim exemptions in a bankruptcy proceeding pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 522 shall have the right to elect either: (i) The property exemptions provided by the Constitution and the laws of the State of Arkansas; or (ii) The property exemptions provided by 11 U.S.C. § 522(d).

§ 16-66-218. Exemptions from execution under federal bankruptcy proceedings

(a) The following property shall be exempt from execution under bankruptcy proceedings pursuant to Pub. L. No. 95-598: (1) The unmarried debtor’s aggregate interest, not exceeding eight hundred dollars ($800) in value, and the married debtor’s aggregate interest, not exceeding one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($1,250) in value, in real or personal property that […]

§ 16-66-220. Pension and profit-sharing plans

(a) (1) A person’s right to the assets held in or to receive payments, whether vested or not, under a pension, profit-sharing, or similar plan or contract, including a retirement plan for self-employed individuals, or under an individual retirement account or an individual retirement annuity, including a simplified employee pension plan, is exempt from attachment, […]

§ 16-66-205. Exemption — Property of state

No property, whether real, personal, or mixed, or effects, credits, choses in action, assets of any description, securities or moneys belonging to the state, either legally or equitably, or the title of which may be in the state, shall be subject to judgment, decree, execution, or sequestration, or be seized on or sold by virtue […]

§ 16-66-221. Schedule of property — Filing

(a) Whenever any resident of this state has any final judgment order of a court of record entered against him or her, he or she shall prepare a schedule, verified by affidavit, of all his or her property, both real and personal, including moneys, bank accounts, rights, credits, and choses in action held by himself […]

§ 16-66-201. Property subject to execution

The following described property shall be liable to be seized and sold under any execution upon any judgment, order, or decree of a court of record: (1) All goods and chattels not exempted in this subchapter; (2) All improvements on the public lands of the United States; (3) The rights and shares in the stock […]

§ 16-66-203. Encumbered property

(a) Any property, real, personal, or mixed, may be subjected to seizure under execution, garnishment, attachment, or other process, even though the property is subject to mortgage, deed of trust, vendor’s lien, conditional sales contract, chattel mortgage, or other lien. Any officer authorized by law to execute process, may seize, levy upon, or otherwise take […]