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Ark. Code Ann. § 23-13-237

Common carriers — Rates, fares, and charges to be just and reasonable — Unreasonable preferences or advantages prohibited

Acts 1955, No. 397, § 16; A.S.A. 1947, § 73-1769.

(1) All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered by any common carrier by motor vehicle engaged in the transportation of passengers or property as provided in § 23-13-236, or in connection therewith, shall be just and reasonable. Every unjust and unreasonable charge for such a service or any part thereof is prohibited and declared to be unlawful.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any common carrier by motor vehicle to make, give, or cause any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, port, gateway, locality, region, district, territory, or description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever or to subject any particular person, gateway, locality, region, district, territory, or description of traffic to any unjust discrimination or any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever.

(3) This shall not be construed to apply to discrimination, prejudices, or disadvantages to the traffic of any other carrier of whatever description.

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.