Notes and instruments in writing and other writings
Applied in 64 court decisions — leading case Sturgis v. Skokos (1998)
Most recently applied in 2024 Ark. App. 358 - Cody Tackett v. Amy Freedman, Special Administratrix of the Estate of John Z. Tackett, Jr. (May 2024)
Acts 1844, § 1, p. 24; 1889, No. 70, § 1, p. 87; C. & M
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) Actions to enforce written obligations, duties, or rights, except those to which § 4-4-111 is applicable, shall be commenced within five (5) years after the cause of action shall accrue.
(2) However, partial payment or written acknowledgment of default shall toll this statute of limitations.
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.