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20-22-305. No bond for costs of prosecution required.
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20-22-305. No bond for costs of prosecution required.
No bond for costs shall be required in any courts of this state for prosecution for violation of §§ 20-22-301, 20-22-303, 20-22-304, 20-22-306, and this section.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-22-305
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Source file: gov.ar.code.title.20.odt
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20-22-305. No bond for costs of prosecution required.
No bond for costs shall be required in any courts of this state for prosecution for violation of §§ 20-22-301, 20-22-303, 20-22-304, 20-22-306, and this section.
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20-22-301. Enforcement — Nonliability.
(a) The Arkansas Forestry Commission shall designate those employees who shall have the powers of peace officers in the enforcement of the fire laws, the laws pertaining to the unlawful disposal of solid waste when the unlawful disposal occurs on forest land, and any criminal laws pertaining to the unlawful damage, vandalism, or theft of trees, timber, logs, or personal property when the personal property is used in forestry or logging operations.
(b) Commission employees and fire crews under their direction or control shall be allowed to enter any lands, construct fire lines, set backfires, and obtain water, if necessary, to stop a fire then actually burning or to do other work necessary in the performance of their duties without liability for trespass or reasonable damage therefrom.
(c) Upon request of the landowner or the landowner's agent and after the wildfire danger has subsided, the commission or fire crews under its direction or control shall replace the water obtained under the authority of this section.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-22-301
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 20-22-301. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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20-22-303. Public nuisance — Duty to extinguish.
(a) Any fire on any forested, cut-over, brushlands, or grasslands burning uncontrolled is declared a public nuisance by reason of its menace to life or property.
(b)(1) Any person, firm, or corporation responsible for either the starting or the existing of such a fire is required to control or extinguish it immediately, and, if the person, firm, or corporation shall refuse, neglect, or fail to do so, the Arkansas Forestry Commission and any other organized fire suppression force may summarily abate the nuisance thus constituted by controlling or extinguishing the fire. The person, firm, or corporation responsible for the fire shall be liable for payment of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in suppressing the fire.
(2) Should the costs and expenses of suppression not be paid within ninety (90) days of the invoice date, then the costs shall be recoverable by civil action.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-22-303
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 20-22-303. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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20-22-304. Civil action for damages.
(a) Persons, firms, or corporations starting or being responsible for fires that cause damage to any other person shall make satisfaction in double damage to the party injured.
(b) Damages are to be recovered by civil action.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-22-304
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 20-22-304. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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20-22-306. Conviction as prima facie evidence in civil action.
Conviction for violation of § 5-38-310 or any part of § 5-38-311 shall be prima facie evidence of responsibility in civil action to recover damages or suppression costs under § 20-22-304.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-22-306
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 20-22-306. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.