(a) District judges shall be qualified electors within the geographical area from which they are chosen and shall have been licensed attorneys of this state for at least four (4) years immediately preceding the date of assuming office. (b) Pursuant to Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 80, § 16(C), district judges shall serve four-year terms.
(a) If a district judge is disqualified or temporarily unable to serve, or if the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall determine that there is other need for a special judge to be temporarily appointed, a special judge may be assigned by the Chief Justice or elected by the bar of the district court, […]
(a) (1) The judge of any district court may appoint a clerk for the court, who shall be designated and known as the district court clerk. (2) The district court clerk employed by a city or county is governed by the employee handbook and policies of the city or county. (3) If a district court […]
(a) The only fees and costs that shall be allowed in civil and criminal suits, prosecutions, and proceedings in district court are those specifically authorized by statute. (b) Nothing in this section or subchapter shall be construed as authorizing the collection by the prosecuting attorney or his or her deputies, the clerks of the district […]
(a) The county or city official, agency, or department designated under § 16-13-709 as primarily responsible for the collection of fines assessed in district courts shall pay over to the district court clerk by the fifth working day of each month all sums collected. (b) The county or city official, agency, or department designated under […]
(a) Any district judge who makes use, directly or indirectly, of the process of his or her own court, either as a party litigant or in interest or as an attorney or agent for any party litigant or in interest, or who offers or gives by way of remission of fees or otherwise any pecuniary […]
The prosecuting attorney or his or her deputies shall receive the same fees for prosecuting cases in the district court as they are allowed by law for the prosecution of misdemeanors in the circuit courts.
(a) All summons and other process in any civil cause pending in any district court shall be served in accordance with rules promulgated by the Supreme Court. (b) Where an arrest for a violation of state law committed within the township wherein the court sits is made upon a warrant filed by the prosecuting attorney […]
