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26-2-113. Prosecution by state.
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26-2-113. Prosecution by state.
Nothing contained in this section and §§ 26-2-111, 26-2-112, and 26-2-114 shall preclude the State of Arkansas from prosecuting county officers or others for the acts complained of under any of the criminal laws of this state.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 26-2-113
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Source file: gov.ar.code.title.26.odt
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26-2-113. Prosecution by state.
Nothing contained in this section and §§ 26-2-111, 26-2-112, and 26-2-114 shall preclude the State of Arkansas from prosecuting county officers or others for the acts complained of under any of the criminal laws of this state.
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26-2-111. Fraudulent statement of accounts by collecting officer.
Any county sheriff, collector of revenues, constable, or other officer collecting moneys belonging to the State of Arkansas, or to any county therein, who fraudulently states his or her account for settlement and thereby deprives the State of Arkansas, or any county therein, of its just revenues; or any county clerk who keeps fraudulent accounts against the county collector or against the county treasurer or makes fraudulent and false additions of the tax books thereby concealing the true value of the same; or any county treasurer who keeps fraudulent accounts of the county revenues coming to his or her hands and, by any of these fraudulent acts, the State of Arkansas or any county therein is deprived of its just revenues, the officer so offending shall, upon conviction, be removed from office.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 26-2-111
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 26-2-111. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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26-2-112. Removal of county judge.
Any county judge who willfully approves any false and fraudulent account made by the county sheriff, county collector, county clerk, county treasurer, or other officer collecting or holding revenues belonging to the State of Arkansas, or to any county therein, or receives a bribe for doing an unlawful act shall, upon conviction, be removed from office.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 26-2-112
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 26-2-112. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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26-2-114. Taxpayer suit to recover taxes lost by corruption in office.
(a) If any taxpayer in any county in this state has knowledge of corruption in office whereby the State of Arkansas, or any county therein, has been deprived of its just revenues, he or she shall have the right, in his or her own name as a taxpayer, to institute legal proceedings against the officer, by a petition to the circuit judge sitting in equity, setting forth the facts and nature of the corrupt acts, together with exhibits and proofs, and the petition shall be verified by affidavit of the petitioner.
(b) Upon ten (10) days' notice to the defendant, the cause shall proceed as other causes. It shall be heard, tried, and determined at the first court after the petition has been filed if the required notice has been given.
(c)(1) The proceedings authorized by this section shall be summary. However, if it shall appear to the circuit court that the ends of justice require it, a continuance may be granted to either party to the next term of the circuit court, but not thereafter.
(2) The party to whom the continuance is granted shall be required to enter into additional bond, the amount to be fixed and the security to be approved by the circuit court.
(d)(1) Upon the trial, if it shall appear that the official acts of the officer are corrupt and fraudulent and by those acts and doings he or she shall have defrauded the State of Arkansas, or any county therein, of its just revenues, then a decree shall be entered against him or her ousting him or her from his or her office and declaring it to be vacant, and for all moneys which he or she may have unlawfully detained.
(2) If, upon the hearing of the cause, it shall appear that the defendant is not guilty and has not committed the fraudulent
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 26-2-114
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 26-2-114. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.