Liens assignable — Enforcement
Known as the Medical, Nursing, Hospital, and Ambulance Service Lien Act
The act spans §§ 18–18 (17 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Fort Smith Service Finance Corp. v. Parrish (1990)
Most recently applied in In re Petry (September 1998)
Acts 1933, No. 130, § 11; Pope's Dig., §§ 7999, 10828; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-811; Acts 1993, No. 271, § 7.
(1) All liens or claims of liens that accrue to any practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service providers under this chapter are assignable.
(2) Proceedings to enforce assigned liens or claims of liens may be maintained by, and in the name of, the assignee. The assignee shall have as full and complete power to enforce the lien or claim of lien assigned to him or her as if proceedings to that end were taken under this chapter by and in the name of the assignor.
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.