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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-58-101

Payment of fees prerequisite to entry of action or issuance of writ

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Ward v. Hutchinson (2018)

Most recently applied in Ward v. Hutchinson (September 2018)

Acts 1875, No. 77, § 8, p. 167; C. & M

(1) No action shall be entered upon the docket of any court nor any original mesne or final process issued in the action, except in criminal cases and cases where the state is plaintiff, until the fees for entering the case upon the docket and for issuing the writ and the taxes thereon, if any, are paid, or bond and security to the approval of the clerk given therefore.

(2) No clerk shall be liable to an action for refusing to docket a cause or issue any writ unless the fee and tax thereon is first tendered or secured as provided in this section.

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.