Arkansas Code Title 16, Subtitle 2, Chapter 19, Subchapter 4 - Jurisdiction and Venue

• § 16-19-401 - Jurisdiction in Townships Having a Municipal Court.
  (a) Justices of the peace in the townships subject to this act shall have original jurisdiction coextensive with the county.(b) The jurisdiction of justices...
• § 16-19-402 - Venue Generally.
  (a) Actions cognizable before a justice of the peace, instituted by summons or warrant, shall be brought before a justice of the peace in...
• § 16-19-403 - Joinder of Defendants in Different Townships -- Service of Process by Constable.
  If there are several defendants who reside in different townships and who are jointly liable to a suit, the suit may be brought in...
• § 16-19-404 - Venue Where No Justice of the Peace in Township or All Justices Disqualified.
  Whenever there is no justice of the peace within the township where any suit cognizable before a justice ought to be brought, or when...
• § 16-19-405 - Venue Where Defendants Residing in Different Counties.
  In any civil action cognizable before any justice of the peace in a township of the county in which any of the defendants resides,...
• § 16-19-406 - Change of Venue to Another Justice Upon Showing of Interest or Prejudice.
  (a) Either party in a suit before a justice of the peace may take a change of venue from one justice of the peace...
• § 16-19-407 - Change of Venue From Township.
  (a) Either party, at the calling of a cause before a justice of the peace, may make an affidavit to the effect that he...
• § 16-19-408 - Improper Venue of Action.
  (a) Whenever an objection is made by a defendant in any action cognizable before a justice of the peace or a municipal court, instituted...
• § 16-19-409 - Change of Venue From Justice of Peace to Municipal Court.
  (a) In any case, either civil or criminal, brought before a justice of the peace in any township in the county wherein a municipal...
• § 16-19-410 - Additional Compensation of Justices of the Peace in Townships Having a Municipal Court.
  A justice of the peace in a township subject to this act shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of twenty-five dollars...
• § 16-19-411 - Filing of Reports of Fees and Costs.
  Justices of the peace in townships subject to this act shall, on or before the first day of county court, at each term thereof,...
• § 16-19-412 - Improper Use of Process -- Granting Privileges -- Failure to Report or Pay Over Fines.
  Any municipal judge, or any justice of the peace in townships subject to this act, who makes use, directly or indirectly, of the process...
• § 16-19-413 - [Repealed.]

Last modified: November 15, 2016