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§ 16-110-301. Liability for debts for building, repairing, fitting, etc

(a) Boats and vessels of all descriptions built, repaired, or equipped in this state, or running upon any of the navigable waters of this state, shall be liable for all debts contracted by the owners, masters, or supercargoes, or assignees thereof, on account of all work done, or supplies or materials furnished, by mechanics, tradesmen, […]

§ 16-110-302. Liability for contracts and torts

(a) All boats and vessels of all descriptions built, repaired, or equipped in this state, or running upon any of the navigable waters of this state, shall be liable for all contracts of every kind made by the owners, masters, or supercargoes of the boats or vessels for or on account of the boats or […]

§ 16-110-303. Affidavit for attachment

Any person having a demand, contracted as mentioned in § 16-110-301, against any boat or vessel, upon affidavit being made and filed with the clerk of the circuit court, setting forth the nature and the amount of the demand, and upon bond being given by the plaintiff as in other cases of attachment may have […]

§ 16-110-304. Election of remedy

(a) The plaintiff may make his or her election either to proceed against the owner or owners by their proper names or by the name and style of their partnership, if known, or against the boat or vessel by its name or description only. (b) The writ shall authorize and direct the seizure and detention […]

§ 16-110-305. Bond of plaintiff

In all cases where the proceedings are instituted against the boat or vessel by its name or description only, the bond to be given by the plaintiff shall be made payable to the State of Arkansas, for the use and benefit of the owners of the boat or vessel. The owners may institute a suit […]

§ 16-110-306. Filing complaint on return of attachment

Upon the return of the attachment, the plaintiff shall file a written declaration or statement against the boat or vessel by its name or description or against the owner or owners, as the case may be. The declaration or statement shall briefly recite the nature of the demand, whether for work and labor done or […]

§ 16-110-307. Procedure

The attachment shall proceed in like manner in all other respects, and like judgment and execution shall be had, as in other cases of attachment.

§ 16-110-308. Collection of wages

All engineers, pilots, mariners, boatmen, and others employed in any capacity in or about the boat or vessel who may be entitled to arrearages of wages in consequence of their services may proceed to collect the wages under the provisions of §§ 16-110-301 and 16-110-303 — 16-110-309 and shall be entitled to all the benefits […]

§ 16-110-309. Discharging bond

If the owner, master, supercargo, or consignee of any such boat or vessel seized by attachment shall, at any time before judgment, give bond to the plaintiff with security to be approved by the clerk of the circuit court or by the judge, as the case may be, in double the amount of the demand […]