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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-41-506

Expenses of municipal prisoners held in county jails

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Miss. Cnty. v. City of Blytheville (2018)

Most recently applied in 2025 Ark. App. 157 - City of Pine Bluff v. Jefferson County, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Gerald Robinson, in His Official Capacity as Jefferson County Judge; Lafayette Woods, Jr., in His Official Capacity as Jefferson County Sheriff; Justice Alfred Carroll, Sr., in His Official Capacity; Justice Reginald Adams, in His Official Capacity; Justice Reginald Johnson, in His Official Capacity; Justice Patricia Royal Johnson, in Her Official Capacity; Justice Jimmie Lee Fisher, Sr., in His Official Capacity; Justice Glenda Daniels, in Her Official Capacity; Justice Melanie Johnson Dumas, in Her Official Capacity; Justice Roy Agee, in His Official Capacity; Justice Cedric Jackson, in His Official Capacity; Justice Conley F. B (March 2025)

Acts 1981, No. 796, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 46-419.1; Acts 1993, No. 516, § 1; 1993, No. 1290, § 1; 1995, No. 555, § 1.

(1) In the absence of an agreement on jail costs between a county and all municipalities having law enforcement agencies in the county, the quorum court in a county in this state may by ordinance establish a daily fee to be charged municipalities for keeping prisoners of municipalities in the county jail.

(2) The fee shall be based upon the reasonable expenses which the county incurs in keeping such prisoners in the county jail.

(3) Municipalities whose prisoners are maintained in the county jail shall be responsible for paying the fee established by the quorum court in the county.

(4) When a person is sentenced to a county jail for violating a municipal ordinance, the municipality shall be responsible for paying the fee established by an agreement or ordinance of the quorum court in the county.

(5) Municipalities may appropriate funds to assist the county in the maintenance and operation of the county jail.

(6) Each county sheriff shall bill each municipality monthly for the cost of keeping prisoners in the county jail.

(7) Each county sheriff shall remit to the county treasurer monthly the fees collected under this section, and such fees shall be credited to the county general fund.

(8) Counties shall give priority to in-county municipalities over contracts for out-of-county prisoners.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.