Arkansas § 26-39-201 Time for payment

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§ 26-39-201 — Time for payment

Arkansas § 26-39-201

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Bluebook

Ark. Code Ann. § 26-39-201 (2026).

Text

(a)(1) A county clerk, probate clerk, circuit clerk, county sheriff, county collector, or any other county official shall pay over to the county treasurer on the first of each month, or within ten (10) days thereafter, all funds in his or her possession belonging to the county or its subdivisions that are by law required to be paid into the county treasury, whether taxes, fines, or any moneys that are collected for any purpose by law and belonging to the county.

(2)Inmate commissary trust account balances belonging to the inmate and held by the county sheriff are not deemed county funds and are not subject to this section.

(b)(1) This section does not mean that the county collector shall make a distribution of taxes to all funds but that he or she shall settle with the county treasurer

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(a) (1) A county clerk, probate clerk, circuit clerk, county sheriff, county collector, or any other county official shall pay over to the county treasurer on the first of each month, or within ten (10) days thereafter, all funds in his or her possession belonging to the county or its subdivisions that are by law required to be paid into the county treasury, whether taxes, fines, or any moneys that are collected for any purpose by law and belonging to the county. (2) Inmate commissary trust account balances belonging to the inmate and held by the county sheriff are not deemed county funds and are not subject to this section. (b) (1) This section does not mean that the county collector shall make a distribution of taxes to all funds but that he or she shall settle with the county treasurer in a lump sum, and the county treasurer shall credit it to the county collector's unapportioned account. (2) Upon the issuance of a certificate of the county clerk or other county officer designated pursuant to § 26-28-102(a) that is issued on or before the fifteenth day of each month, the county treasurer shall transfer to the various funds ninety percent (90%) of the advance payments made by the county collector during the collecting period and, upon final settlement, the proper adjustments shall be made with the various accounts, and the balance remaining in the unapportioned account shall be distributed upon order of the county court approving the final settlement of the county collector.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2023, No. 472,§ 6, eff. 8/1/2023. Amended by Act 2019, No. 310,§ 7, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2015, No. 741,§ 5, eff. 1/1/2016. Amended by Act 2013, No. 1158,§ 4, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 1935, No. 282, § 7; Pope's Dig., § 13905; Acts 1973, No. 160, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 84-1401; Acts 1995, No. 856, § 1; 2009, No. 721, § 2; 2011, No. 617, § 4.