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27-53-201. Penalty.
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27-53-201. Penalty.
(a) Any person who fails or refuses to comply with § 27-53-202 or § 27-53-203 shall be punished upon a conviction in the county where the accident occurred by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(b) For willful refusal to comply with § 27-53-202 or § 27-53-203, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall revoke the driver's license or commercial driver's license of the person so convicted.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 27-53-201
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27-53-201. Penalty.
(a) Any person who fails or refuses to comply with § 27-53-202 or § 27-53-203 shall be punished upon a conviction in the county where the accident occurred by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(b) For willful refusal to comply with § 27-53-202 or § 27-53-203, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall revoke the driver's license or commercial driver's license of the person so convicted.
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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.
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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.