Arkansas Code Title 16, Subtitle 2, Chapter 17, Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 16-17-101 - [Repealed.]
• § 16-17-102 - Exchange of Jurisdictions by District Court Judges.
  (a) District judges may temporarily exchange districts by joint order entered of record in their respective courts. They may hold court for each other...
• § 16-17-103 - Residency Requirement of Judges.
  The judge of a district court shall be a qualified elector within the geographical area from which he or she is chosen.
• § 16-17-104 - Law License Requirement for District Judges.
  District judges shall have been licensed attorneys of this state for at least four (4) years immediately preceding the date of assuming office.
• § 16-17-105 - [Repealed.]
• § 16-17-106 - Deputy District Court Clerks Generally.
  (a) (1) The judge of the district court of any city in this state may, with the approval of the governing body of the...
• § 16-17-107 - [Repealed.]
• § 16-17-108 - Salaries of Personnel and Other Requirements of Various District Courts.
  (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, the salaries of the judges and other personnel of the various district courts shall be established as follows:...
• § 16-17-109 -- 16-17-113 - [Repealed.]
• § 16-17-114 - Restriction on Receipt of Fees and Costs by Constables in Certain Localities.
  (a) This section shall apply to: (1) All cities in which there are located, or may be located, state-supported educational institutions with campus enrollments...
• § 16-17-115 - County's, Town's, and City's Portion of District Court Expenses -- Appropriation.
  (a) Except as authorized otherwise, the county in which a district court is held shall pay one-half (1/2) of the salaries of the district...
• § 16-17-116 - [Repealed.]
• § 16-17-117 - [Repealed.]
• § 16-17-118 - Power to Postpone or Suspend Sentence in Misdemeanor Cases.
  Each judge of the district court shall have the same power to postpone or suspend sentence in misdemeanor cases as is conferred upon the...
• § 16-17-119 - Counties With Populations Over 250,000 -- District Court Expenses.
  (a) (1) The salaries and operational expenses of district courts in any county having a population of two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) or more...
• § 16-17-120 - [Repealed.]
• § 16-17-121 - Salary Increases -- Factors to Consider.
  (a) In the event the General Assembly establishes a district court cost fund to be used exclusively for the operation and expenses of the...
• § 16-17-122 - [Repealed.]
• § 16-17-123 - [Repealed.]
• § 16-17-124 - Fee for Appeal Transcript -- Disposition.
  (a) When required to make a certification of disposition of court proceedings, including without limitation certified copies of the docket, certified copies of civil...
• § 16-17-125 - Pretrial Release Alternative Administration Fee.
  (a) An administrative fee may be levied and collected, in district court or city court, from each pretrial detainee charged with either a felony...
• § 16-17-126 - Fee for Filing and Issuing Writs -- Disposition.
  (a) (1) The district court clerk shall collect a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for filing or issuing writs, including writs of garnishment and...
• § 16-17-127 - Contractors Providing Certain Services.
  (a) Upon request of the district court judge or city court judge, the governing body in which a district court or city court is...
• § 16-17-128 - [Repealed.]
• § 16-17-129 - Levy to Defray Cost of Incarcerating City and County Prisoners.
  (a) (1) (A) In addition to all fines now or as may hereafter be provided by law, the governing body of each town or...
• § 16-17-130 - Single District Judge to Be Elected Countywide.
  The judge of any district court located in a county with only one (1) district court shall hereafter be elected countywide.
• § 16-17-131 - Suspension of License for Failure to Appear.
  (a) A person required to appear before a district court in this state, having been served with any form of notice to appear for...
• § 16-17-132 - District Court Generally.
  (a) All fines, penalties, and costs received by the district courts shall be collected and distributed in the manner provided by laws affecting the...
• § 16-17-133 - Limitation of the Incarceration of Juvenile Defendants in District Courts.
  (a) (1) District courts have jurisdiction of juvenile defendants for violation of local codes or ordinances, game and fish violations, and traffic offenses. (2)...
• § 16-17-134 - Change of Venue From Lower Courts in Certain Counties to Municipal Court.
  Notwithstanding § 16-19-409 or any other law to the contrary: (1) (A) In any criminal case brought before any city court in a county...
• § 16-17-135 - Counties Authorized to Employ and Compensate District Court Judges As Criminal Magistrates.
  (a) (1) A county may employ one (1) or more district court judges to act as criminal magistrates in accordance with the provisions of...
• § 16-17-136 - Waiver of Appearance and Entry of Plea to Traffic Violations in District Court.
  Notwithstanding any rule of criminal procedure to the contrary: (1) A person who is charged in district court with committing an offense, excluding a...
• § 16-17-137 - Jurisdiction Over Certain Criminal Matters.
  (a) If authorized by the administrative plan for the judicial circuit required by Administrative Order No. 14 of the Supreme Court, a state district...
• § 16-17-138 - Mandatory Holding of Court for Departments of a District Court.
  (a) (1) A district court shall hold court in each department of the district court at least one (1) time a month unless mutually...

Last modified: November 15, 2016