§ 16-66-215 — Evasion of exemption law in collection of debt - Penalty

Arkansas § 16-66-215

• Jurisdiction: Arkansas
• Title: 16

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Whoever, whether principal, agent, or attorney, under the statutes of this state on the subject of the exemption of property from levy and sale on execution, or in attachment or garnishment, with intent to deprive any resident of this state of his or her rights, sends or causes to be sent out of this state any claim for debt to be collected by proceeding in attachment, garnishment, or other mesne process when the creditor, debtor, person, and corporation owing for the earnings intended to be reached by such proceedings is each within the jurisdiction of the courts of this state shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined for each and every claim so sent out of this state in any sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00).

Legislative History

Acts 1909, No. 34, § 1, p. 77; C. & M. Dig., § 5547; Pope's Dig., § 7186; A.S.A. 1947, § 30-217; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 83.