Arkansas Code Title 16, Subtitle 5, Chapter 55, Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
- § 16-55-101 - Title of Code.
This code shall be known as the "Code of Practice in Civil Cases" in this state.
- § 16-55-102 - [Repealed.]
- § 16-55-103 - Applicability of Code.
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, this code shall regulate the procedure in all civil actions and proceedings in the courts of this...
- § 16-55-104 - Construction of Code.
(a) The rule of common law that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed shall not be applied to...
- § 16-55-105 - Amendment or Repeal of Code.
No act shall have the effect to amend or repeal or be construed as amending or repealing any title, chapter, article, section, clause, or...
- § 16-55-106, 16-55-107 - [Repealed.]
- § 16-55-108 - Authority of Deputies.
Any duty enjoined by this code upon a ministerial officer and any act permitted to be done by him or her may be performed...
- § 16-55-109 - [Repealed.]
- § 16-55-110 - Boards -- Authority of Majority.
An authority conferred upon three (3) or more persons may be exercised by a majority of them and a majority of three (3) or...
- § 16-55-111 - Classes of Remedies.
Remedies in civil cases are divided into two (2) classes: (1) Actions; (2) Special proceedings.
- § 16-55-112 - Authority to Grant Provisional Remedy.
A provisional remedy as provided in this code may be granted only by the judge of the court in which the action is brought,...
- § 16-55-113 - Writ of Ne Exeat Abolished.
The writ of ne exeat as a remedy in a civil action is abolished.
- § 16-55-114 - Notices -- Form -- Service Generally.
(a) (1) The notices mentioned in this code shall be in writing and may be served by a sheriff, constable, coroner, or marshal of...
- § 16-55-115 - Notice -- Additional Method of Service.
(a) Wherever, in connection with the taking of depositions, the filing of motions, or in any other matters either during the pendency of a...
- § 16-55-116 - Notice -- Service Upon Certain Persons.
(a) (1) Where it is not otherwise specially provided, notice to a party in an action of any motion or proceeding to be made...
- § 16-55-117 - Notice -- Duty of Officer Serving.
(a) It shall be the duty of the sheriff and of every constable to whom any notice in an action may be delivered for...
- § 16-55-118 - Laws Requiring Notice or Summons for Specified Time Before Term Amended to Permit Action Taken on Any Day Court is in Session.
Whether specifically mentioned in this act or not, any law or part of a law requiring notice or summons to be served or published...
- § 16-55-119 - Computation of Time.
Where a certain number of days are required to intervene between two (2) acts, the day of one (1) only of the acts may...
- § 16-55-120 - Affirmation in Lieu of Oath.
Whenever an oath is required by this code, the affirmation of a person conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath shall have the same effect.
- § 16-55-121 - Successive Actions on Same Contract or Transaction.
Successive actions may be maintained upon the same contract or transaction whenever, after the former action, a new cause of action has arisen therefrom.
- § 16-55-122 - Contract Provisions Restricting Disclosure of Environmental Hazards are Void.
(a) Any provision of a contract or agreement entered into to settle a lawsuit which purports to restrict any person's right to disclose the...
Last modified: November 15, 2016