Arkansas § 16-10-114 Courts not to open on Sunday - Exceptions

Arkansas Statutes

§ 16-10-114 — Courts not to open on Sunday - Exceptions

Arkansas § 16-10-114

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Bluebook

Ark. Code Ann. § 16-10-114 (2026).

Text

(a)No court shall be opened or transact business on Sunday unless it is for the purpose of receiving a verdict or discharging a jury.

(b)Every adjournment of a court on Saturday shall always be to some other day than Sunday, except such adjournment as may be made after a cause has been committed to a jury.

(c)This section shall not prevent the exercise of the jurisdiction of any magistrate when it may be necessary in criminal cases to preserve the peace or arrest the offenders; nor shall this section inhibit the exercise of the jurisdiction of any magistrate on Sunday in disposing of misdemeanor cases where the defendant desires to and does enter a plea of guilty or a plea of nolo contendere.

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(a) No court shall be opened or transact business on Sunday unless it is for the purpose of receiving a verdict or discharging a jury. (b) Every adjournment of a court on Saturday shall always be to some other day than Sunday, except such adjournment as may be made after a cause has been committed to a jury. (c) This section shall not prevent the exercise of the jurisdiction of any magistrate when it may be necessary in criminal cases to preserve the peace or arrest the offenders; nor shall this section inhibit the exercise of the jurisdiction of any magistrate on Sunday in disposing of misdemeanor cases where the defendant desires to and does enter a plea of guilty or a plea of nolo contendere.