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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-55-116

Notice — Service upon certain persons

Civil Code, §§ 708-710, 712, 713; C. & M

(1) Where it is not otherwise specially provided, notice to a party in an action of any motion or proceeding to be made or taken in the action in court or before a judge may be served upon the party or his or her attorney.

(2) The service upon the attorney in any such case shall be by delivering to him or her a copy of the notice.

(3) A notice to a person constructively summoned and not appearing shall be served on the attorney appointed to defend for him or her.

(4) A notice to an infant or person of unsound mind shall be served on the guardian or next friend bringing or defending the action for him or her.

(5) A notice to a corporation may be served in the same manner as a summons in an action against it.

(6) Where the party has no known place of abode in this state and no attorney in the county where the action is pending, or where the parties, plaintiffs, or defendants are numerous, the court may direct the mode of serving notices and to which persons they shall be given.

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.