The provisions of this subchapter requiring deposit of security and suspensions for failure to deposit security, subject to certain exemptions, shall apply to the driver and owner of any vehicle of a type subject to registration under the motor vehicle laws of this state which is in any manner involved in an accident within this state, which accident has resulted in bodily injury to or death of any person or damage to the property of any one (1) person in excess of five hundred dollars ($500).
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-19-601
Applicability generally
Known as the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act
The act spans §§ 27–27 (86 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Cousins v. Dennis (1989)
Most recently applied in Automobile Club Inter-Insurance Exchange v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (April 1990)
Acts 1953, No. 347, § 24; 1973, No. 499, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1424; Acts 1991, No. 721, § 2.
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.