Arkansas Code Title 16, Subtitle 2, Chapter 13, Subchapter 2 - Circuit Courts Generally

• § 16-13-201 - Jurisdiction.
  (a) Circuit courts shall have original jurisdiction of all justiciable matters not otherwise assigned pursuant to the Arkansas Constitution.(b) (1) Circuit courts shall have...
• § 16-13-202 - [Repealed.]
• § 16-13-203 - Supervision of County Courts and County, Local, and Municipal Boards or Officers.
  (a) The circuit courts shall have superintending control over the judgments, final orders, and proceedings of county courts and county boards or officers.(b) The...
• § 16-13-204 - Issuance of Writs, Orders, or Process.
  (a) The circuit courts and their judges shall have the power to issue all proper writs, orders, or process in the cases mentioned in...
• § 16-13-205 - Writs of Certiorari -- Temporary Restraining Orders -- Enforcement.
  (a) The circuit courts shall have power to issue writs of certiorari to any officer or board of officers, city or town council, or...
• § 16-13-206 - Term of Court -- Court to Remain Open.
  (a) (1) The circuit court of each county and of each division in each county having two (2) or more divisions of circuit court...
• § 16-13-207 - Sessions.
  (a) (1) Each circuit court may by a rule or order fix times and places when the court will be in session for the...
• § 16-13-208 - Adjournments -- Recess.
  There shall be no adjournments of circuit courts. However, courts shall be deemed in recess while not engaged in the transaction of business.
• § 16-13-209 - Notice of Proceedings.
  Where the defendant or respondent has answered or otherwise pleaded and if the time has not been set by the court, all interested parties,...
• § 16-13-210 - Circuit Judge May Hear and Adjudicate Causes Pending in the Circuit.
  (a) (1) Any circuit judge of this state, at any time while mentally and physically competent and physically present in the geographical area of...
• § 16-13-211 - Proceedings During Vacation of Court or in Chambers.
  (a) The circuit judges of the circuit courts constituting the judicial districts over which they have jurisdiction and preside are empowered and authorized to...
• § 16-13-212 - [Repealed.]
• § 16-13-213 - [Repealed.]
• § 16-13-214 - Disqualification of Judges.
  No judge of the circuit court shall sit on the determination of any case in which he or she is interested in the outcome,...
• § 16-13-215 - Entry of Judge Into Armed Services -- Discharge -- Vacancy.
  (a) The entry of a regular judge into the armed services of the United States shall not have the effect of vacating his or...
• § 16-13-216 - Clerk and Court Reporter -- Assistants -- Salaries.
  (a) The circuit judge of any judicial district which had a total population between forty-two thousand (42,000) and forty-four thousand (44,000) according to the...
• § 16-13-217 - Law Clerks -- Service As Court Reporters and Masters.
  (a) (1) A circuit judge of any judicial district, any county of which has a population of two hundred forty thousand (240,000) or more...
• § 16-13-218 - [Repealed.]
• § 16-13-219 - Court Expenses -- Payment.
  (a) The expenses accruing in the circuit courts shall be paid out of the county treasury in which each court is held in the...
• § 16-13-220 - Counsel for Incompetents.
  In addition to all other authority granted by law, every circuit court is authorized to appoint legal counsel to represent a person the court...
• § 16-13-221 - Legal Counsel to Personnel.
  The Attorney General shall serve as the legal counsel to probation officers and support personnel of circuit courts and shall represent them in any...
• § 16-13-222 - Private Hearings by Circuit Courts.
  (a) (1) The circuit courts of the various judicial districts of the state shall hear the case or matter in privacy, upon application of...
• § 16-13-223 - Sale and Confirmation of Property.
  A circuit court may make orders for the sale of property in the custody of the court and may confirm the sale, but the...
• § 16-13-224 - Temporary Exchange of Districts -- Assignment.
  (a) Circuit judges may temporarily exchange judicial districts by joint order, and any circuit judge who consents may be assigned to another district for...
• § 16-13-225 - Juvenile Cases -- Information System.
  (a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts shall develop for the circuit courts a case-based management information system, capable of capturing...

Last modified: November 15, 2016