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16-17-134. Change of venue from lower courts in certain counties to municipal court.
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16-17-134. Change of venue from lower courts in certain counties to municipal court.
Notwithstanding § 16-19-409 or any other law to the contrary:
(1)(A) In any criminal case brought before any city court in a county with a population between eighty-nine thousand (89,000) persons and one hundred fifty-three thousand (153,000) persons according to the 2000 Federal Decennial Census and in which a district court exists, the judge shall grant a change of venue to the district court, upon the defendant's motion, without the prepayment or tender of any fees.
(B) Upon filing the motion, the court shall have no further jurisdiction in the case, except for the purpose of preparing a transcript for the district court;
(2) In the event of any change of venue from a city court to a district court in a county with a population between eighty-nine thousand (89,000) persons and one hundred fifty-three thousand (153,000) persons according to the 2000 Federal Decennial Census and in which more than one (1) district court exists, the case shall be transferred to the district court geographically nearest in the county; and
(3) In no event shall any change of venue lie from any district court in a county with a population between eighty-nine thousand (89,000) persons and one hundred fifty-three thousand (153,000) persons according to the 2000 Federal Decennial Census to any city court in criminal cases.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-17-134
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16-17-134. Change of venue from lower courts in certain counties to municipal court.
Notwithstanding § 16-19-409 or any other law to the contrary:
(1)(A) In any criminal case brought before any city court in a county with a population between eighty-nine thousand (89,000) persons and one hundred fifty-three thousand (153,000) persons according to the 2000 Federal Decennial Census and in which a district court exists, the judge shall grant a change of venue to the district court, upon the defendant's motion, without the prepayment or tender of any fees.
(B) Upon filing the motion, the court shall have no further jurisdiction in the case, except for the purpose of preparing a transcript for the district court;
(2) In the event of any change of venue from a city court to a district court in a county with a population between eighty-nine thousand (89,000) persons and one hundred fifty-three thousand (153,000) persons according to the 2000 Federal Decennial Census and in which more than one (1) district court exists, the case shall be transferred to the district court geographically nearest in the county; and
(3) In no event shall any change of venue lie from any district court in a county with a population between eighty-nine thousand (89,000) persons and one hundred fifty-three thousand (153,000) persons according to the 2000 Federal Decennial Census to any city court in criminal cases.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
16-19-409. Change of venue from justice of peace to municipal court.
(a) In any case, either civil or criminal, brought before a justice of the peace in any township in the county wherein a municipal court exists, the judge may grant a change of venue to the municipal court, upon defendant's motion and a showing of good cause, without the prepayment or tender of any fees. Upon granting of the motion, the justice of the peace shall have no further jurisdiction in the case, except for the purpose of preparing a transcript for the municipal court.
(b) In the event of any change of venue from a justice of the peace to a municipal court in the counties where more than one (1) municipal court exists, the case shall be transferred to the nearest municipal court geographically in the county.
(c) In no event shall any change of venue lie from any municipal court to any justice of the peace in either civil or criminal cases.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-19-409
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 16-19-409. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.