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Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-501

Extended juvenile jurisdiction designation

Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case 2012 Ark. App. 329 - D.D.R. v. State (2012)

Most recently applied in Ayden Merrell v. State of Arkansas (February 2026)

Acts 1999, No. 1192, § 1; 2003, No. 1809, § 13.

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(1) The state may request an extended juvenile jurisdiction designation in a delinquency petition or file a separate motion if the: Juvenile, under thirteen (13) years of age at the time of the alleged offense, is charged with capital murder, § 5-10-101, or murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102, and the state has overcome presumptions of lack of fitness to proceed and lack of capacity as set forth in § 9-27-502;

(2) Juvenile, thirteen (13) years of age at the time of the alleged offense, is charged with capital murder, § 5-10-101, or murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102.

(3) However, juveniles thirteen (13) years of age at the time of the alleged offense shall have an evaluation pursuant to § 9-27-502, and the burden will be upon the juvenile to establish lack of fitness to proceed and lack of capacity;

(4) Juvenile, fourteen (14) or fifteen (15) years of age at the time of the alleged offense, is charged with any of the crimes listed in § 9-27-318(b)(1) and (c)(2); or

(5) Juvenile, sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age at the time of the alleged offense, is charged with any of the crimes listed in § 9-27-318(b)(1) and (c)(2).

(6) The juvenile's attorney may file a motion to request extended juvenile jurisdiction if the state could have filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

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.