Arkansas Code Title 16, Subtitle 2, Chapter 21, Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 16-21-101 - Residence.
  Each prosecuting attorney shall reside in the judicial district for which he may be elected, under the provisions of the Constitution of this state.
• § 16-21-102 - Opinion on Criminal Law Matters to Be Given to Public Officers.
  The prosecuting attorney, without fee or reward, shall give his opinion to any county or township office in his judicial district, on matters of...
• § 16-21-103 - Duty to Commence and Prosecute Criminal Actions.
  Each prosecuting attorney shall commence and prosecute all criminal actions in which the state or any county in his district may be concerned.
• § 16-21-104 - Summoning Witnesses Before Grand Jury.
  It shall be the duty of each prosecuting attorney, whenever he has information of the commission of any offense against the criminal and penal...
• § 16-21-105 - Justice of the Peace to Notify Prosecutor of Pendency of Certain Criminal Proceedings -- Duty of Prosecutor.
  (a) In any criminal action pending before any justice of the peace court, where the defendant is charged with any offense of carrying weapons...
• § 16-21-106 - Assistance to Victims and Witnesses of Crimes -- Victim of Crimes Case Coordinator.
  (a) (1) The prosecuting attorneys shall, upon request, provide to a victim and the immediate family members of all homicide victims, whether or not...
• § 16-21-107 - Victim/witness Coordinator.
  (a) This section shall be known as the "Victim/Witness Coordinator Act".(b) There is created a Victim/Witness Coordinator to provide technical assistance and support to...
• § 16-21-108 - Child Support Enforcement -- Participation in Federal Programs -- Collection and Assessment of Costs.
  (a) The prosecuting attorneys of the several judicial districts in the State of Arkansas shall be designated as local units of government for the...
• § 16-21-109 - Fees in Felony Cases Paid to General Revenue Fund of County.
  The prosecuting attorney's fees provided by law shall be charged against the defendants in felony cases, and when they are collected shall be paid...
• § 16-21-110 - Report Of, and Payment Over Of, Moneys Received -- Penalty for Noncompliance.
  (a) Each prosecuting attorney shall, on or before January 1 in each year, file in the office of the Auditor of State, and in...
• § 16-21-111 - Law Library.
  (a) In all judicial districts in this state in which there is a county with more than one hundred twenty thousand (120,000) inhabitants according...
• § 16-21-112 - Prosecuting Attorney Pro Tempore.
  (a) If any prosecuting attorney neglects, or fails from sickness or any other cause, to attend any of the courts of the district for...
• § 16-21-113 - Deputies.
  (a) (1) The prosecuting attorneys of the several judicial districts of this state may appoint one (1) deputy in each of the several counties...
• § 16-21-114 - County Attorneys.
  (a) A county civil attorney or county attorney may be selected pursuant to ordinance of the quorum court for each county in the state.(b)...
• § 16-21-115 - City Attorneys.
  A prosecuting attorney may designate the duly elected or appointed city attorney of any municipality within the prosecutor's district to prosecute in the name...
• § 16-21-116 - Indictment and Punishment for Misdemeanor in Office or Neglect of Duty -- Prosecution.
  (a) Prosecuting attorneys may be indicted for any misdemeanor in office or neglect of duty and punished by fine of not less than fifty...
• § 16-21-117 - Salaries of Prosecuting Attorneys -- Classification of Judicial Districts.
  For the purposes of fixing just and equitable salaries for the several prosecuting attorneys of the State of Arkansas, the judicial districts of the...
• § 16-21-118 - Division a Districts.
  The prosecuting attorneys in the Division A Judicial Districts shall not engage in the private practice of law during their terms in office.
• § 16-21-119 - Contingent Expense Funds Generally.
  (a) The prosecuting attorney of each judicial district shall be allowed a contingent expense of his office, including telephone, telegraph, postage, printing, office supplies...
• § 16-21-120 - Fees From Persons Issuing Bad Checks -- Special Fund -- Expenditures -- Reports.
  (a) Fees collected under this act shall be deposited in a special fund to be administered by the prosecuting attorney.(b) Expenditures from this fund...
• § 16-21-121 - First Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney.
  The First Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-122 - The Second Judicial District.
  The Second Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-123 - The Third Judicial District.
  The Third Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-124 - The Fourth Judicial District.
  The Fourth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-125 - The Fifth Judicial District.
  The Fifth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-126 - The Sixth Judicial District.
  The Sixth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-127 - The Seventh Judicial District -- the Twenty-Second Judicial District.
  (a) The Seventh Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.(b) The Twenty-second Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-128 - The Eighth Judicial District.
  (a) The Eighth Judicial District-North shall be a Division A Judicial District.(b) Effective January 1, 1999, the Eighth Judicial District-South shall be a Division...
• § 16-21-129 - The Ninth Judicial District-East.
  The Ninth Judicial District-East shall be a Division B Judicial District.
• § 16-21-130 - The Ninth Judicial District-West.
  The Ninth Judicial District-West shall be a Division B Judicial District.
• § 16-21-131 - The Tenth Judicial District.
  The Tenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-132 - The Eleventh Judicial District-East.
  The Eleventh Judicial District-East shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-133 - The Eleventh Judicial District-West.
  The Eleventh Judicial District-West shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-134 - The Twelfth Judicial District.
  The Twelfth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-135 - The Thirteenth Judicial District.
  (a) Effective until July 1, 2017, the Thirteenth Judicial District shall be a Division B Judicial District.(b) Effective July 1, 2017, the Thirteenth Judicial...
• § 16-21-136 - The Fourteenth Judicial District.
  The Fourteenth Judicial District shall be a Division B Judicial District.
• § 16-21-137 - The Fifteenth Judicial District.
  (a) Effective until July 1, 2017, the Fifteenth Judicial District shall be a Division B Judicial District.(b) Effective July 1, 2017, the Fifteenth Judicial...
• § 16-21-138 - The Sixteenth Judicial District.
  The Sixteenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-139 - The Seventeenth Judicial District.
  The Seventeenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-140 - The Twenty-Third Judicial District.
  The Twenty-third Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-141 - The Eighteenth Judicial District-East.
  The Eighteenth Judicial District-East shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-142 - The Eighteenth Judicial District-West.
  The Eighteenth Judicial District-West shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-143 - The Nineteenth Judicial District.
  The Nineteenth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-144 - The Twentieth Judicial District.
  The Twentieth Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-145 - Authority to Appoint Deputies and Employees.
  Prosecuting attorneys shall have the power to appoint all deputies and employees without confirmation of any court or tribunal.
• § 16-21-146 - Appropriation of Funds for Salaries and Expenses.
  (a) The quorum courts of the respective counties of a judicial district shall annually appropriate sufficient amounts to cover the salaries and expenses of...
• § 16-21-147 - Powers of Deputy Prosecuting Attorney -- Disposition of Federal Forfeiture Funds.
  (a) A deputy prosecuting attorney who is duly appointed in any county of a judicial district shall, with the prosecuting attorney's consent, have the...
• § 16-21-148 - Deputy Prosecutor for Civil Asset Forfeiture Actions.
  (a) In addition to the deputy prosecuting attorney positions created by § 16-21-113(a)(1) and other Arkansas Code provisions and laws, a prosecuting attorney shall...
• § 16-21-149 - Appointment of Special Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the prosecuting attorney in every judicial district is authorized to appoint as special deputy prosecuting attorneys: (1)...
• § 16-21-150 - Prosecution of Appeals.
  No prosecuting attorney shall prosecute city misdemeanor cases or appeals to circuit or appellate courts unless the prosecuting attorney consents to do so.
• § 16-21-151 - Prosecutor's Victim/witness Fund.
  (a) In those offices where the prosecuting attorney is desirous of paying for the victim/witness program from more than one (1) county or fund,...
• § 16-21-152 - The Twenty-First Judicial District.
  The Twenty-first Judicial District shall be a Division A Judicial District.
• § 16-21-153 - License -- Confirmation -- Vacancies.
  (a) Each person selected as a deputy prosecuting attorney shall be licensed to practice law in the State of Arkansas.(b) Deputy prosecuting attorneys shall...
• § 16-21-154 - Entry-Level Salary.
  The entry level salaries of deputy prosecuting attorneys shall be consistent with that established by the state pay plan for the appropriate grade of...
• § 16-21-155 - Attendance and Leave.
  The deputy prosecuting attorneys shall be subject to the Uniform Attendance and Leave Policy Act, § 21-4-201 et seq., as administered by the elected...
• § 16-21-156 - Funding of Expenses and Additional Employees of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Offices.
  Each county or counties within a judicial district shall continue to bear the responsibility and expense of providing, at the county's expense through an...
• § 16-21-157 - State Employment and Assignment of Positions.
  (a) On January 1, 2000, all deputy prosecuting attorneys shall become state employees.(b) The number of positions authorized by this section equal the total...
• § 16-21-158 - Hour Limitations -- Part-Time Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys.
  There are no upper limit restrictions on the number of hours which a part-time deputy prosecuting attorney may work.
• § 16-21-159 - Duty After Receiving Notice of Vacancy on District Board.
  A prosecuting attorney who receives notice under § 16-20-401(d) of a continuing vacancy on a board or commission of a levee, drainage, irrigation, watershed,...

Last modified: November 15, 2016