§ 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.
§ 18-44-404. Judgment
The lien shall be mentioned in the judgment rendered for claimant in the ordinary suit for the claim, or in any order of court allowing such claim as a just charge against any railroad in the hands of a receiver.
§ 18-44-405. Enforcement
The lien may be enforced by ordinary levy and sale under final or other process at law or equity.
§ 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 […]