§ 18-44-506. Surety and conditions
The bond required or authorized in this subchapter shall be executed by a solvent corporate surety company authorized to do business in the State of Arkansas. The bond shall be conditioned that the contractor shall faithfully perform his or her contract and shall pay all indebtedness for labor and materials furnished or performed in the […]
§ 18-44-507. Filing
Before any work is performed under the contract, the bond shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the repairs, alterations, or erection of any building, structure, or improvements are made.
§ 18-44-508. Actions — Limitations
(a) All persons, firms, associations, and corporations who have valid claims against the bond may bring an action thereon against the corporate surety. (b) No action shall be brought on the bond after six (6) months from the date final payment is made on the contract, nor outside the State of Arkansas.
§ 18-44-501. Purpose
The bond required or authorized in this subchapter shall in itself be a full compliance with all other statutes of this state in effect relating to bond requirements on contracts for the repair, alteration, or erection of any building, structure, or improvement, public or private, it being the intention of this subchapter to provide a […]
§ 18-44-207. Lien of common laborer superior
(a) As between the various liens provided by §§ 18-44-202 — 18-44-204, that given common laborers shall be superior to all other liens perfected under this section and §§ 18-44-201 — 18-44-206 and 18-44-208 — 18-44-210. (b) The term “common laborer” shall mean not only persons actually performing manual labor in the drilling, operating, completing, […]
§ 18-44-502. Exemption
This subchapter shall not apply to any contract executed by the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
§ 18-44-208. Proceedings for establishment and enforcement
(a) Except as expressly provided in this section and §§ 18-44-201 — 18-44-207 and 18-44-209 — 18-44-210, the lien created under the provisions of these sections shall be construed, established, preserved, and enforced in like manner and in the same time as liens of mechanics are construed, established, preserved, and enforced. (b) (1) When the […]
§ 18-44-503. Public buildings and improvements
(a) A contract in a sum exceeding the amount stated in § 22-9-203 providing for the repair, alteration, or erection of any public building, public structure, or public improvement shall not be entered into by the State of Arkansas or any subdivision of the state, by any county, municipality, school district, or other local taxing […]
§ 18-44-209. Sale or removal of property subject to lien
(a) When the lien provided for in this section and §§ 18-44-201 — 18-44-208 and 18-44-210 shall have attached to the property covered thereby, neither the owner of the land nor the owner of the oil, gas, or mineral leasehold interest therein, the owner of any gas pipeline or oil pipeline, the contractor, the subcontractor, […]
§ 18-44-504. Construction by religious or charitable organizations
(a) No contract in any sum exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) providing for the repair, alteration, or erection of any building, structure, or improvement shall be entered into by any church, religious organization, charitable institution, or by any agency of the foregoing, unless the contractor shall furnish to the party letting the contract a bond […]