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Ark. Code Ann. § 27-16-601

Driver's license to be carried and exhibited on demand

Known as the Motor Vehicle Driver's License Act

The act spans §§ 27–27 (100 sections).

Acts 1937, No. 280, § 19; Pope's Dig., § 6843; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-323; Acts 1993, No. 445, § 10; 2017, No. 557, § 1.

(1) A licensee shall have his or her driver's license or a digital copy of the driver's license provided by the Office of Driver Services under § 27-16-801 in his or her immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall display the driver's license or a digital copy of the driver's license upon demand of a justice of the peace, a peace officer, or an employee of the office.

(2) No person charged with violating this section shall be convicted if he or she produces in court a driver's license issued to him or her and valid at the time of his or her arrest.

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.