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27-51-1304. Authority to remove illegally stopped vehicles.
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27-51-1304. Authority to remove illegally stopped vehicles.
(a) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter, the officer is authorized to move the vehicle or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move it to a position off the paved or improved or main-traveled part of the highway.
(b) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any bridge or causeway or in any tunnel where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, the officer is authorized to provide for the removal of the vehicle consistent with § 27-50-1207.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-51-1304
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Source file: gov.ar.code.title.27.odt
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27-51-1304. Authority to remove illegally stopped vehicles.
(a) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter, the officer is authorized to move the vehicle or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move it to a position off the paved or improved or main-traveled part of the highway.
(b) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any bridge or causeway or in any tunnel where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, the officer is authorized to provide for the removal of the vehicle consistent with § 27-50-1207.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
27-50-1207. Removal of vehicles.
(a)(1) A law enforcement agency that directs the removal of an unattended vehicle, abandoned vehicle, or impounded or seized vehicle shall adopt a written vehicle removal policy, the provisions of which shall not be in conflict with this subchapter.
(2)(A) Any vehicle removal policy shall provide that owner preference as defined by this subchapter shall be offered to the owner, to his or her agent, or to any competent occupant of any disabled or inoperative vehicle except in those instances of exigent circumstances or where the immediate clearing of a public thoroughfare mandates an expedited towing service.
(B) In those instances where exigent circumstances or where the immediate clearing of a public thoroughfare mandates an expedited towing service, owner preference shall be honored when the owner has requested a towing service that is located in the particular towing zone where services are to be rendered and is ready to promptly respond to the request for services.
(C)(i) If a law enforcement officer fails to provide an owner of a vehicle with an owner preference as required under this section, then the owner may file a complaint with the law enforcement agency that employs the law enforcement officer or the Arkansas Towing and Recovery Board, or both.
(ii) Nothing in this subsection precludes a person who has been denied the right of owner preference from seeking any other legal or equitable remedy.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the towing of a vehicle in violation of other provisions of this subchapter.
(b) All law enforcement officers shall comply with the policies prescribed by their agencies as to the removal of an unattended vehicle, abandoned vehicle, or impounded or seized vehicle a
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-50-1207
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 27-50-1207. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.