§ 27-102-102. Owner’s right to recover
When any person shall set up a claim to salvaged property and shall prove his or her title to it by competent testimony before any justice of the peace of the proper county, the taker up shall restore the property to the owner if he or she pays the taker up a premium for salvage, […]
§ 27-102-103. Right to salvage payment
The taker up of a boat, vessel, raft, or other property shall be entitled to retain it against the rightful owner until salvage be paid, or he or she may have and maintain a civil action against the owner for the amount of salvage due in accordance with this chapter.
§ 27-102-104. Affidavit by taker up
When any salvaged property shall be taken up and secured, if it exceeds ten dollars ($10.00) in value, the taker up shall immediately go before a justice of the peace of the county and make an affidavit that the property was wrecked or lost and was in a perishable condition, as he or she believed, […]
§ 27-101-803. Minimum electrical standards
The owner and operator of a boat dock or marina in the state shall install and maintain electrical wiring in accordance with NFPA 303, the National Fire Protection Association Standard for Marinas and Boatyards, and NFPA 70, the National Fire Protection Association National Electrical Code(R), to prevent shock, electrocution, or injury to users of the […]
§ 27-102-106. Salvage of rafts
When rafts are taken up, consisting of logs, firewood, rails, or other timber, the person taking up and securing them and complying with the requisitions of this subchapter shall, on the owner’s claiming them, be entitled to salvage not exceeding twenty percent (20%) of the value thereof, to be adjudged by a justice of the […]
§ 27-101-805. Admissibility in civil matters
The violation of this subchapter is admissible in a civil action against the owner or operator of a boat dock or marina if the violation results in bodily injury to or the death of a person.
§ 27-102-108. Property found afloat
When boats are wrecked or staved and property is found afloat on any watercourse in this state, and the value thereof does not exceed one hundred dollars ($100), the taker up of the property shall be entitled to salvage not exceeding one-fourth (¼) part thereof for taking up and securing the property, to be adjudged […]
§ 27-101-901. Title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Paddlesport Activities Act”.
§ 27-102-109. Vesting of ownership in taker up
If no demand shall be made within one (1) year from the taking up of any property under this chapter and the taker up has complied with the provisions of this chapter in all respects, then the property so taken up or the proceeds when sold shall vest in the taker up.
§ 27-101-902. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: (1) “Canoe” means a watercraft that has an open top and is designed to hold one (1) or more participants; (2) “Canoeing, rafting, kayaking, or tubing” means riding, training, using, paddling, or being a passenger in or on a canoe, kayak, raft, or tube, including a person assisting a participant; […]