In counties having two (2) levying courts or in counties having a population of not less than thirteen thousand two hundred fifty (13,250) and not more than fourteen thousand (14,000) according to the most recent federal census where territory contiguous to the county seat needs fire, police, water, and sanitary services of that town to protect the public health, safety, and convenience of inhabitants of both the town and its contiguous territory, the council of any such incorporated town or city of the second class shall have the power to annex the territory contiguous thereto by ordinance, passed and published in the manner provided by law for the passage and publication of ordinances.
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-40-201
Territory contiguous to county seat
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Gay v. City of Springdale (1989)
Most recently applied in Patrick v. McSperitt (December 1998)
Acts 1939, No. 401, § 1; 1941, No. 469, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-308.
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.