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21-6-101. Fees in certain sections superseded.
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21-6-101. Fees in certain sections superseded.
The appropriate fee prescribed in §§ 21-6-306, 21-6-402, and 21-6-403 shall be in lieu of the fee prescribed in:
(1) Section 18-44-117 for filing mechanics' and materialmen's liens;
(2) Section 18-46-115 for filing medical, nursing, and hospital liens;
(3) Section 16-65-117 for filing judgments to establish judgment liens on lands; and
(4) Section 17-90-303 for recording licenses of optometrists.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-6-101
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21-6-101. Fees in certain sections superseded.
The appropriate fee prescribed in §§ 21-6-306, 21-6-402, and 21-6-403 shall be in lieu of the fee prescribed in:
(1) Section 18-44-117 for filing mechanics' and materialmen's liens;
(2) Section 18-46-115 for filing medical, nursing, and hospital liens;
(3) Section 16-65-117 for filing judgments to establish judgment liens on lands; and
(4) Section 17-90-303 for recording licenses of optometrists.
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18-44-117. Filing of lien.
(a)(1) A person who wishes to avail himself or herself of the provisions of this subchapter has a duty to file with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the building, erection, or other improvement to be charged with the lien is situated and within one hundred twenty (120) days after the things specified in this subchapter have been furnished or the work or labor done or performed:
(A) A just and true account of the demand due or owing to him or her after allowing all credits; and
(B) An affidavit of notice attached to the lien account.
(2)(A) The lien account shall contain a correct description of the property to be charged with the lien, verified by affidavit.
(B) For real property, a street address is not a correct description of the property under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section.
(3) The affidavit of notice shall contain:
(A) A sworn statement evidencing compliance with the applicable notice provisions of §§ 18-44-114 — 18-44-116;
(B) A copy of each applicable notice given under §§ 18-44-114 — 18-44-116; and
(C) A copy of the proof of service required under § 18-44-114.
(b)(1)(A) The clerk of the circuit court has a duty to endorse upon every account the date of its filing and to make an abstract of the account in a book kept by him or her for that purpose, properly indexed.
(B) This abstract shall contain:
(i) The date of the filing;
(ii) The name of the person laying or imposing the lien;
(iii) The amount of the lien;
(iv) The name of the person against whose property the lien is filed; and
(v) A description of the property to be charged with the lien.
(C) For real property, a street address is not a sufficient description under subdivision (b)(1)(B) of this section.
(2) For this
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-44-117
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 18-44-117. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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21-6-306. Recorders.
(a)(1) The uniform fees to be charged by the recorders in the various counties in this state shall be as follows:
(A) For recording deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages, release deeds, powers of attorney, plats, survey plats, notary bonds, foreign judgments, materialmen's liens, and other recordable instruments, except as otherwise prescribed in this section, fifteen dollars ($15.00) for one (1) page, one (1) side only, and five dollars ($5.00) for each additional page;
(B) For recording mortgage assignments, mortgage releases, and other instruments when multiple instruments are listed in a single document, an additional fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per instrument listed not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300) shall be charged; and
(C) Eight dollars ($8.00) for filing or recording a certificate of assessment or any other instrument not specified in this subsection.
(2) If the recorder waives the requirements of § 14-15-402(b)(1) for good cause, the instrument may be recorded for an additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(b)(1) All fees collected under this section shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the fund to be known as the “county recorder's cost fund”.
(2) Moneys deposited into this fund shall be appropriated and expended for the uses designated in this section by the quorum court at the direction of the recorder.
(3) Appropriated moneys shall be placed into line items within the recorder's budget as approved by the quorum court.
(c)(1) All moneys collected by the recorder as a fee as provided in this section shall be used by the recorder's office to offset administrative costs.
(2)(A) At least twenty-five percent (25%) of the moneys collected annually shall be used to purchase, maintain, and o
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-6-306
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 21-6-306. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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21-6-402. Circuit court clerks — Miscellaneous fees.
(a)(1) The fees to be charged by the clerks of the circuit courts for the following matters in the circuit courts in the state shall be as prescribed in this section.
(2) No portion of these fees shall be refunded.
(b) The fees shall be:
(1) For drawing and issuing, sealing any summons, subpoena $2.50
(2) For writs or executions 20.00
(3) For certificate and seal 5.00
(4) For making and preparing any transcript:
(A) Two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per page for the first one thousand (1,000) pages;
(B) Two dollars ($2.00) per page for pages one thousand one (1,001) through two thousand (2,000);
(C) One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per page for pages two thousand one (2,001) through three thousand (3,000);
(D) One dollar ($1.00) per page for pages three thousand one (3,001) through four thousand (4,000); and
(E) Fifty cents (50¢) per page for any page over four thousand one (4,001);
(5) For indexing each page .25
(6) For certifying costs 2.50
(7) For authentication certificate 5.00
(8) For filing an application for appointment to serve civil process under Supreme Court Administrative Order Number 20 140.00
(9) For filing a renewal of an appointment to serve civil process under Supreme Court Administrative Order Number 20 50.00.
(c) The fees to be charged by the circuit court clerks of this state to the Department of Finance and Administration shall be as follows:
(1) For filing a certificate of indebtedness issued by the Department of Finance and Administration 8.00
(2) For filing a release of a certificate of indebtedness 6.00
(3) For an execution on a certificate of indebtedness filed by the Department of Finance and Administration 10.00.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-6-402
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 21-6-402. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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21-6-403. Circuit court clerks — Uniform filing fees — Definition.
(a)(1) The uniform filing fees to be charged by the clerks of the circuit courts for initiating or reopening a cause of action in the circuit courts in the state shall be as prescribed in this section.
(2) No portion of the filing fees shall be refunded.
(b) The uniform filing fees are:
(1) For initiating a cause of action in the circuit court, including appeals $150.00
(2) For filing a mortgagee's or trustee's notice of default and intention to sell pursuant to § 18-50-104 140.00
(3) For reopening a cause of action in the circuit court 50.00
(4) For any cause of action which by court order is transferred from any district or circuit court to a circuit court 50.00.
(c) A fee shall not be charged or collected by the clerks of the circuit courts when the court, by order, pursuant to Rule 72 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure, allows an indigent person to prosecute a cause of action in forma pauperis.
(d) An initial filing fee shall not be charged for domestic violence petitions filed pursuant to § 9-15-201 et seq. Established filing fees may be assessed pursuant to § 5-26-310 and § 9-15-202(b) and (c).
(e)(1)(A) The fee established in subdivision (b)(3) of this section shall be assessed and collected by the circuit clerk to reopen a cause of action in which a final order has been entered, so long as the new claim involves the same parties and the same issues as were present in the initial cause of action.
(B) Otherwise, the circuit clerk shall assess and collect the fee established in subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
(2) A fee shall not be charged or collected by the clerks of the circuit courts for reopening a cause of action in the circuit court under the foll
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-6-403
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 21-6-403. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.