Arkansas § 27-16-601 Driver's license to be carried and exhibited on demand

Arkansas Statutes

§ 27-16-601 — Driver's license to be carried and exhibited on demand

Arkansas § 27-16-601

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Bluebook

Ark. Code Ann. § 27-16-601 (2026).

Text

(a)A licensee shall have his or her driver's license in his or her immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall display the driver's license upon demand of a justice of the peace, a peace officer, or an employee of the Office of Driver Services.

(b)No person charged with violating this section shall be convicted if he or she produces in court a driver's license issued to him or her and valid at the time of his or her arrest.

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(a) A licensee shall have his or her driver's license in his or her immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall display the driver's license upon demand of a justice of the peace, a peace officer, or an employee of the Office of Driver Services. (b) No person charged with violating this section shall be convicted if he or she produces in court a driver's license issued to him or her and valid at the time of his or her arrest.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2023, No. 261,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023. Amended by Act 2017, No. 557,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 1937, No. 280, § 19; Pope's Dig., § 6843; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-323; Acts 1993, No. 445, § 10.