§ 21-13-110. Department reports or records
Each department shall include in its annual report, or shall maintain in its files, information which may be developed and maintained by volunteers relating to: (1) The total number, location, and duties of all volunteers, including regular-service volunteers, occasional-service volunteers, and material donors; (2) The total number of annual hours of service provided to the […]
§ 21-13-111. State income tax deductions — Definition
(a) In computing net income for the purpose of the Arkansas income tax levied by § 26-51-201, there shall be allowed as deductions, in addition to all other deductions allowed by law: (1) (A) A deduction for mileage for necessary travel in connection with voluntary service to a department, at the rate provided by law […]
§ 21-14-101. Appointment and commission
(a) (1) The Secretary of State may appoint and commission an individual person as a notary public in this state. (2) Effective January 1, 2006, a notary public may perform notarial acts in any part of the state for a term of ten (10) years, beginning on the date of commission or the date of […]
§ 21-14-102. Change of residence
(a) (1) Upon receiving notification of a change of residency, the Secretary of State shall transfer a notary public’s appointment and commission to the new county of residence in instances in which a person appointed and commissioned a notary public under § 21-14-101 changes residence to a county within this state other than the county […]
§ 21-14-103. Change in personal information
(a) If any notary public has a change in his or her mailing address or status in life that alters the information on record with the Secretary of State and the circuit clerk for the county where the notary public resides or if the notary public is a resident of an adjoining state, the circuit […]
§ 21-14-104. Power and authority generally
The power and authority of a notary public shall be coextensive with the state for: (1) Swearing witnesses; (2) Taking affidavits; (3) Taking depositions under Rule 28 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule 28 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; and (4) Taking acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments in writing […]
§ 21-14-105. Administration of oaths
Each notary public shall have power to administer oaths in all matters incident to or belonging to the exercise of his or her notarial office.
§ 21-14-106. Acknowledgments and authentications
(a) A notary public may: (1) Take the proof or the acknowledgment of all instruments of writing relating to commerce and navigation; (2) Receive and authenticate acknowledgments of deeds, letters of attorney, and other instruments of writing; (3) Make declarations and protests; and (4) Certify under his or her official seal the truth of all […]
§ 21-14-107. Signature — Seal
(a) (1) At the time of notarization, the notary public shall sign his or her official signature in blue or black ink on every notary certificate. (2) The official signature is the signature on file with the Secretary of State at the time of signing. (3) A notary public may refuse to perform a notarial […]
§ 21-14-108. Expiration date of commission
(a) (1) Every notary public shall attach to any certificate of acknowledgment or jurat to an affidavit that he or she may make a statement of the date on which his or her commission will expire. (2) No acknowledgment or other act of a notary public shall be held invalid on account of the failure […]