Incorporated towns and cities of the first and second class are empowered to order the owner of lots and other real property within their towns or cities to cut weeds; to remove garbage, rubbish, and other unsightly and unsanitary articles and things upon the property; and to eliminate, fill up, or remove stagnant pools of water or any other unsanitary thing, place, or condition which might become a breeding place for mosquitoes, flies, and germs harmful to the health of the community, after the town or city has provided therefor by an ordinance to that effect.
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-54-901
Municipal authority
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Tsann Kuen Enterprises Co. v. Campbell (2003)
Most recently applied in Sharmon Rester v. City of El Dorado (April 2025)
Acts 1943, No. 100, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-2325.
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