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Ark. Code Ann. § 13-4-302

Court records

Acts 1991, No. 800, § 1; 2007, No. 226, § 1; 2015, No. 83, § 1; 2017, No. 560, § 2.

If a county of the State of Arkansas maintains records for the county courts, the county shall maintain these records as follows:

(1) For circuit court, civil and criminal, domestic relations, and probate records: The county shall permanently maintain: Complete case files and written exhibits for all courts;

(2) Case indices for all courts;

(3) Case dockets for all courts;

(4) Grand jury reports;

(5) Grand juror lists;

(6) Petit jury lists in criminal cases;

(7) Original records, documents, and transcripts relating to the summoning of jurors and jury selection for a petit jury in a criminal case; and

(8) All probate records required to be maintained under § 28-1-108;

(9) The county shall maintain for ten (10) years, after audit by Arkansas Legislative Audit: Records and reports of costs; and

(10) Fees assessed and collected; and

(11) The county shall maintain for three (3) years, after audit by Arkansas Legislative Audit: Canceled checks;

(12) Bank statements;

(13) Petit jury lists in civil cases and original records, documents, and transcripts relating to the summoning of jurors and jury selection for a petit jury in a civil case; and

(14) Served and quashed warrants.

(15) The county shall maintain records of the juvenile division of circuit court, in accordance with § 9-27-309 and other provisions of Title 9 and the Arkansas Juvenile Code of 1989, § 9-27-301 et seq.;

(16) For county court records: The county shall permanently maintain: County court records;

(17) Cemetery permits;

(18) Statements of receipt and expenditures; and

(19) County improvement district reports; and

(20) The county shall maintain for ten (10) years, after audit by Arkansas Legislative Audit: County court files;

(21) County general claims dockets;

(22) County road claims dockets;

(23) Contracts for lease-purchase on rental payments;

(24) County school board financial reports;

(25) Solid waste disposal revenue bonds; and

(26) Allocations of state funds for solid waste disposal; and

(27) For quorum court records: The county shall permanently maintain: Ordinance, appropriation ordinance, and resolution registers;

(28) Records of proceedings;

(29) Codification of ordinances;

(30) Registers of county advisory and administrative boards;

(31) Appointments to subordinate service districts; and

(32) Quorum court minutes; and

(33) The county shall maintain for one (1) year the county treasurer's monthly financial report.

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.