Arkansas § 22-9-205 Public improvements generally - Interest on delinquent payments

Arkansas Statutes

§ 22-9-205 — Public improvements generally - Interest on delinquent payments

Arkansas § 22-9-205

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Ark. Code Ann. § 22-9-205 (2026).

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Whenever any agency of this state or of any county, municipality, or school district, or other local taxing unit or improvement district enters into a contract covered by the provisions of §§ 22-9-202 - 22-9-204 for the making of repairs or alterations or the erection of buildings or for the making of any other improvements, or for the construction or improvement of highways, roads, streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, drainage or sewer projects, or for any other construction project, and the contract provides that payment therefor shall be made upon completion and acceptance of the project, and the contractor, upon completion and approval of the project, presents a claim for payment of the amount due thereon in accordance with the terms of the contract, and the claim is not paid by the pub

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Whenever any agency of this state or of any county, municipality, or school district, or other local taxing unit or improvement district enters into a contract covered by the provisions of §§ 22-9-202 - 22-9-204 for the making of repairs or alterations or the erection of buildings or for the making of any other improvements, or for the construction or improvement of highways, roads, streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, drainage or sewer projects, or for any other construction project, and the contract provides that payment therefor shall be made upon completion and acceptance of the project, and the contractor, upon completion and approval of the project, presents a claim for payment of the amount due thereon in accordance with the terms of the contract, and the claim is not paid by the public authority within ninety (90) days from the date of presentation of the claim, then the public authority shall pay to the contractor interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum on the unpaid amount due for all periods of time that the payment under the contract is not made subsequent to ninety (90) days after presentation of the claim.