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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-2-317

Jurisdiction and venue

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In re Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure (2002)

Most recently applied in In re Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure (January 2002)

Acts 1995, No. 609, § 3; 2003, No. 1185, § 4; 2005, No. 1845, § 1; 2019, No. 910, § 5126.

(1) A circuit court has exclusive jurisdiction over a person acquitted by reason of mental disease or defect and committed to the custody of the Secretary of the Department of Human Services pursuant to § 5-2-314(b).

(2) Venue is determined as follows: For a person committed to the custody of the Department of Human Services pursuant to § 5-2-314(b) and who has been committed to the Arkansas State Hospital for examination, then venue may be in Pulaski County for the initial hearing pursuant to § 5-2-314 and for a conditional release hearing pursuant to § 5-2-315; and

(3) For a person who has been conditionally released pursuant to § 5-2-315, then venue for any hearing seeking the modification, revocation, or dismissal of a conditional release order is in the county where the person currently resides.

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.