The driver of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the motor vehicle laws of this state that is in any manner involved in an accident within this state which accident has resulted in damage to the property of any one (1) person in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or in bodily injury to or in the death of any person shall report the accident to the Office of Driver Services within thirty (30) days after the accident on an electronic or paper form approved by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration subject to the exemptions provided in §§ 27-19-509 and 27-19-604.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-501
Report required
Known as the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act
The act spans §§ 27-19-101 to 27-19-719 (86 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Branscumb v. Freeman (2004)
Most recently applied in Kelley v. USAA Casualty Insurance (November 2007)
Acts 1953, No. 347, § 18; 1973, No. 334, § 1; 1975, No. 1007, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1418; Acts 1991, No. 721, § 1; 2001, No. 1156, § 1; 2005, No. 199, § 1; 2019, No. 910, § 4692.
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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.