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Ark. Code Ann. § 14-23-106

Allowance of more than amount due unlawful

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Brewer v. Carter (2006)

Most recently applied in Brewer v. Carter (March 2006)

Acts 1873, No. 31, §§ 11, 26, p. 57; 1875 (Adj

(1) It shall be unlawful for any county court in this state to allow any greater sums for any account, claim, demand, or fee bill against the county than the amount actually due, estimating one dollar ($1.00) in county warrants as at par with one dollar ($1.00) in lawful money of the United States, dollar for dollar, according to the legal or ordinary and customary compensation for services rendered, materials furnished, and salaries or fees of officers, when they are paid in such lawful money.

(2) No county court shall direct the issue of any warrants, nor, if directed in violation of this act, shall any clerk issue any such warrant upon such accounts, claims, demands, or fee bills for more than the actual amount so allowed, which is one dollar ($1.00) in lawful money of the United States for one dollar ($1.00) in county warrants, and no more.

(3) Any county court, or any judge of the county court, or clerk of the court who shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this act, or neglect or refuse to perform any duty imposed in this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and shall be removed from office.

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.