Arkansas Code Title 27, Subtitle 4, Chapter 50, Subchapter 12 - Removal or Immobilization of Unattended or Abandoned Vehicles
- § 27-50-1201 - Applicability.
(a) This subchapter applies to a person that either: (1) Engages in the towing or storage of vehicles in the State of Arkansas and...
- § 27-50-1202 - Definitions.
As used in this subchapter: (1) "Abandoned vehicle" means a vehicle deemed to be an unattended vehicle as defined in this section: (A) As...
- § 27-50-1203 - Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board -- Creation.
(a) (1) There is hereby created the Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board consisting of nine (9) members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by...
- § 27-50-1204 - Penalties.
(a) (1) The following shall be liable for all reasonable costs of towing, recovery, storage, and other incidental costs related to a removal of...
- § 27-50-1205 - Tagging.
Any law enforcement officer or code enforcement officer as defined by municipal ordinance observing an unattended vehicle, abandoned vehicle, disabled vehicle, or inoperative vehicle...
- § 27-50-1206 - Notice to Storage Firm.
(a) (1) For all requests to a licensed towing and storage firm to remove and store an unattended vehicle, abandoned vehicle, or impounded or...
- § 27-50-1207 - Removal of Vehicles.
(a) (1) A law enforcement agency that directs the removal of an unattended vehicle, abandoned vehicle, or impounded or seized vehicle shall adopt a...
- § 27-50-1208 - Possessory Lien and Notice to Owners and Lienholders.
(a) (1) The towing and storage firm shall have a first priority possessory lien on the vehicle and its contents for all reasonable charges...
- § 27-50-1209 - Foreclosure of Liens.
(a) (1) The failure of the owner or lienholder to exercise his, her, or its right to reclaim the vehicle and its contents within...
- § 27-50-1210 - Nonjudicial Public Sale.
(a) After complying with the requirements of foreclosure of liens provided by this subchapter, ownership of the vehicle and its contents shall thereupon vest...
- § 27-50-1211 - Disposition of Funds.
(a) All fees, fines, and charges collected by the Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board under the provisions of this subchapter shall be paid to...
- § 27-50-1212 - Criminal Penalties.
(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to: (1) Operate a tow vehicle in violation of this subchapter; (2) Operate a tow vehicle...
- § 27-50-1213 - Limitation on Removing From the State.
(a) A towing or wrecker service licensed in a state other than Arkansas shall only remove a vehicle that was involved in a motor...
- § 27-50-1214 - Rules of Order or Procedure.
(a) The Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board shall prescribe its rules of order or procedure in hearings or other proceedings before it under this...
- § 27-50-1215 - Summons, Citation, and Subpoena.
(a) It shall be the duty of the sheriffs and constables of the counties of this state and of any employee of the Arkansas...
- § 27-50-1216 - Moving a Total-Loss Vehicle From a Storage Facility.
(a) As used in this section, "storage facility" means a facility where a wrecked or inoperable vehicle is stored that charges storage fees to...
- § 27-50-1217 - Reporting of Towing Rates.
(a) If a government entity implements a nonconsent towing rotation list, the government entity shall require each towing and storage firm that tows, removes,...
- § 27-50-1218 - Consumer Complaint Resolution.
(a) (1) When a consumer complaint against a towing company is filed with a law enforcement agency that administers a nonconsent written vehicle removal...
- § 27-50-1219 - Suspension From Law Enforcement Nonconsent Rotation List.
(a) (1) The Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board shall promulgate rules to establish a complaint process for the removal or suspension of a towing...
- § 27-50-1220 - Authority to Issue Citations.
(a) (1) An investigator employed by the Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board and the Director of the Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board may issue...
Last modified: November 15, 2016