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21-6-413. Probate and county matters — Miscellaneous court fees.
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21-6-413. Probate and county matters — Miscellaneous court fees.
(a) Miscellaneous court fees are established as follows:
(1) Dissolutions of incorporation $25.00 (2) Articles of incorporation 25.00 (3) Amendments to articles of incorporation 25.00 (4) Filing last will and testament for safekeeping 5.00 (5) Authentication certificate 5.00 (6) Certify and seal document 5.00 (7) Marriage license 30.00 (8) Certified copy of marriage license 5.00 (9) Underage marriages — Petition and order 10.00 (10) Small estates 25.00 (11) Assumed names 25.00 (12) Limited partnerships 25.00 (13) Alcoholics and insane persons 25.00 (14) Clerk's tax deed 5.00 (15) Recording doctors' and nurses' credentials 5.00 (16) Recording ministers' credentials 5.00 (17) Filing affidavit of claim against an estate 5.00 (18) Filing power of attorney 10.00 (19) Filing and recording all accounts and settlements 50.00 (20) Certified copies of all letters 5.00 (21) Issuing subpoena or summons 5.00 (22) Putting up advertisement of settlement of executors, administrators, and guardians 5.00 (23) Preparing notices of settlements to be published in paper each month 5.00 (24) Filing exceptions 5.00.
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(b) With respect to probate matters, this section applies to circuit clerks and any county clerk who serves as ex officio clerk of the probate division of the circuit court.
(c) Any fee not specifically provided for in subsection (a) of this section shall be set by the circuit court if it is a probate matter or by the county judge if it is a county court matter.
(d) The fee provisions provided for in subsection (a) of this section shall be in lieu of any or all fees now established by law.
(e)(1)(A) Fees collected under this section shall
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-6-413
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21-6-413. Probate and county matters — Miscellaneous court fees.
(a) Miscellaneous court fees are established as follows:
(1) Dissolutions of incorporation $25.00 (2) Articles of incorporation 25.00 (3) Amendments to articles of incorporation 25.00 (4) Filing last will and testament for safekeeping 5.00 (5) Authentication certificate 5.00 (6) Certify and seal document 5.00 (7) Marriage license 30.00 (8) Certified copy of marriage license 5.00 (9) Underage marriages — Petition and order 10.00 (10) Small estates 25.00 (11) Assumed names 25.00 (12) Limited partnerships 25.00 (13) Alcoholics and insane persons 25.00 (14) Clerk's tax deed 5.00 (15) Recording doctors' and nurses' credentials 5.00 (16) Recording ministers' credentials 5.00 (17) Filing affidavit of claim against an estate 5.00 (18) Filing power of attorney 10.00 (19) Filing and recording all accounts and settlements 50.00 (20) Certified copies of all letters 5.00 (21) Issuing subpoena or summons 5.00 (22) Putting up advertisement of settlement of executors, administrators, and guardians 5.00 (23) Preparing notices of settlements to be published in paper each month 5.00 (24) Filing exceptions 5.00.
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(b) With respect to probate matters, this section applies to circuit clerks and any county clerk who serves as ex officio clerk of the probate division of the circuit court.
(c) Any fee not specifically provided for in subsection (a) of this section shall be set by the circuit court if it is a probate matter or by the county judge if it is a county court matter.
(d) The fee provisions provided for in subsection (a) of this section shall be in lieu of any or all fees now established by law.
(e)(1)(A) Fees collected under this section shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the fund to be known as the “county clerk's cost fund”.
(B) With the exception of those funds referred to in subdivision (e)(2) of this section, all funds deposited into the county clerk's cost fund are general revenues of the county and may be used for any legitimate county purpose.
(2)(A) At least thirty-five percent (35%) of the moneys collected annually shall be used to purchase, maintain, and operate an automated records system.
(B) The acquisition and update of software for the automated records system shall be a permitted use of these funds.
(C) Funds set aside for automation may be allowed to accumulate from year to year or at the discretion of the clerk may be transferred to the county general fund by a budgeted appropriated transfer.
(3)(A)(i) In those counties having combined offices of circuit clerk and county clerk, the clerk shall elect to use the automation fund authorized by this section or the automation fund allowed by the county recorder's cost fund, § 21-6-306.
(ii) In those counties having combined offices of county clerk and recorder, the clerk shall elect to use the automation fund authorized by this section or the automation fund allowed by the county recorder's cost fund, § 21-6-306.
(B) The clerk's election shall be made in writing and filed in the office of the circuit clerk.
(C) Under no circumstances shall the clerk be allowed to use both the automation fund as authorized by § 21-6-306 and the county clerk's cost fund as authorized in this subchapter, except for the revenue generated under § 16-20-407(b).
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16-20-407. Additional marriage license fee.
(a) Each county clerk in this state shall charge an additional fee of thirteen dollars ($13.00) for each marriage license issued.
(b)(1) The clerk shall deposit two dollars ($2.00) of the moneys collected under this section into the county treasury to the credit of the county clerk's cost fund as special revenue as provided under § 21-6-413(e)(2) and shall be appropriated and expended exclusively for the operation of the office of county clerk.
(2) The clerk shall transmit eleven dollars ($11.00) of the moneys collected under this section to the Treasurer of State who shall deposit it in the Domestic Peace Fund as special revenue.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-20-407
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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.