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Ark. Code Ann. § 17-12-702

No liability to persons not in privity — Exceptions

Known as the Public Accountancy Act

The act spans §§ 17–17 (49 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case McDonald v. Pettus (1999)

Most recently applied in McDonald v. Pettus (April 1999)

Acts 1987, No. 661, § 1.

No person, partnership, or corporation licensed or authorized to practice under this chapter, or any of its employees, partners, members, officers, or shareholders shall be liable to persons not in privity of contract with the person, partnership, or corporation for civil damages resulting from acts, omissions, decisions, or other conduct in connection with professional services performed by such a person, partnership, or corporation, except for:

(1) Acts, omissions, decisions, or conduct that constitutes fraud or intentional misrepresentations; or

(2) Other acts, omissions, decisions, or conduct if the person, partnership, or corporation was aware that a primary intent of the client was for the professional services to benefit or influence the particular person bringing the action. For the purposes of this subdivision (2), if the person, partnership, or corporation: Identifies in writing to the client those persons who are intended to rely on the services; and

(3) Sends a copy of the writing or similar statement to those persons identified in the writing or statement,

then the person, partnership, or corporation or any of its employees, partners, members, officers, or shareholders may be held liable only to the persons intended to so rely, in addition to those persons in privity of contract with such a person, partnership, or corporation.

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.