Arkansas Code Title 8, Chapter 6, Subchapter 4 - Litter Control Act
- § 8-6-401 - Title.
This subchapter shall be cited and known as the "Litter Control Act".
- § 8-6-402 - Purpose.
The purpose of this subchapter is to accomplish the control of litter, inoperative household appliances, and junk motor vehicles throughout the state by regulating...
- § 8-6-403 - Definitions.
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Abandoned" means property to which no person claims or exercises right of ownership;...
- § 8-6-404 - Disposition of Fines Collected.
All fines collected under §§ 8-6-406 -- 8-6-408 shall be deposited as follows: (1) If a municipality or county where the offense occurs is...
- § 8-6-405 - Injunction.
In addition to all other remedies provided by this subchapter, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, the Attorney General of this state, the prosecuting...
- § 8-6-406 - Littering and Commercial Littering.
(a) It is unlawful to drop, deposit, discard, or otherwise dispose of litter upon any public or private property in this state or upon...
- § 8-6-407 - Refuse Hauling by Uncovered Vehicles.
(a) A person engaged in commercial or for-hire hauling who operates a truck or other vehicle within this state shall not transport litter, trash,...
- § 8-6-408 - Discarding Certain Items Prohibited.
(a) It is unlawful for a person to place or cause to be placed any junk motor vehicle, old vehicle tire, or inoperative or...
- § 8-6-409 - Prima Facie Evidence Against Drivers.
If the throwing, dumping, or depositing of litter was done from a motor vehicle, except a motor bus, it shall be prima facie evidence...
- § 8-6-410 - Notice to the Public Required.
The state shall erect signs containing pertinent portions of this subchapter along the public highways of this state and in all campgrounds and trailer...
- § 8-6-411 - Litter Receptacles.
The state shall place litter receptacles along public highways in appropriate numbers to provide motorists with convenient methods of litter disposal.
- § 8-6-412 - Enforcement Generally.
(a) All Arkansas-certified law enforcement officers: (1) Shall enforce this subchapter; (2) May issue citations to or arrest persons violating any provision of this...
- § 8-6-413 - Authority to Take Possession of Discarded Items -- Notice.
(a) (1) Any enforcement agency described in § 8-6-412 which has knowledge of, discovers, or finds any junk motor vehicle, old vehicle tire, or...
- § 8-6-414 - Notification to Motor Vehicle Owner and Lienholders -- Reclamation.
(a) (1) The enforcement agency which takes into custody and possession any junk motor vehicle, within thirty (30) days after taking custody and possession...
- § 8-6-415 - Sale of Junk Vehicles and Discarded Items.
(a) If a junk motor vehicle is not reclaimed as provided for in § 8-6-414, the enforcement agency in possession of the junk motor...
- § 8-6-416 - Disposition of Sale Proceeds.
(a) From the proceeds of any sale, the enforcement agency which sold the junk motor vehicle, old vehicle tire, or inoperative or discarded household...
- § 8-6-417 - [Repealed.]
- § 8-6-418 - Possession or Use of Glass Containers on Navigable Waterways.
(a) (1) Except for containers for medicinal substances contained in a first-aid kit or prescribed by a licensed physician, and except as provided under...
Last modified: November 15, 2016