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27-50-1004. Reports by private citizens.
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27-50-1004. Reports by private citizens.
When a report of an accident is made by a driver of a vehicle involved in any accident, as required by §§ 27-53-202 and 27-53-203, the Office of Driver Services of the Department of Finance and Administration shall determine if sufficient evidence exists in the report to make an analysis and may require that supplemental information be filed by the person making the report or by any other person involved in the accident, before a final determination is made.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-50-1004
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27-50-1004. Reports by private citizens.
When a report of an accident is made by a driver of a vehicle involved in any accident, as required by §§ 27-53-202 and 27-53-203, the Office of Driver Services of the Department of Finance and Administration shall determine if sufficient evidence exists in the report to make an analysis and may require that supplemental information be filed by the person making the report or by any other person involved in the accident, before a final determination is made.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
27-53-202. Reports of accidents required — Supplemental reports.
(a) The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or total property damage to an apparent extent of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more shall notify the nearest law enforcement agency immediately. All persons involved in the accident shall make themselves readily available to the investigating agency's officer or officers.
(b)(1)(A) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, the driver of any taxicab, motor bus, or other motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person shall notify the nearest law enforcement agency immediately.
(B) The driver of any taxicab, motor bus, or other motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire shall make himself or herself readily available to the investigating agency's office or officers.
(2)(A) Except as provided under subdivision (b)(2)(B) of this section, the accident report shall contain a full and complete list of the names and addresses of all passengers occupying the taxicab, bus, or other vehicle at the time of the accident.
(B) The name and address of a minor occupant who is under eighteen (18) years of age shall be included in the report, but the name and address of the minor occupant shall:
(i) Not be open to public inspection under this subchapter or the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., unless the requestor is:
(a) The parent, legal guardian, or legal custodian of the minor occupant; or
(b) A representative of an insurance company that insures a person involved in the accident; and
(ii) Be redacted on copies including without limitation written, photostatic, or electronic copies, produced
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-53-202
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 27-53-202. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
27-53-203. Incapacity to make report.
(a) Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of reporting an accident, as required by § 27-53-202(a), and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of making a report, the occupant shall make or cause to be made the report.
(b) Whenever the driver of any taxicab, bus, or other motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire is physically incapable of reporting an accident, as required by § 27-53-202(b), it shall be the duty of the person in charge of the nearest office of the taxicab company, bus company, or other motor vehicle public carrier to make the report or cause it to be made.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-53-203
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 27-53-203. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.