Commencing an Action: Arkansas | Practical Law

Commencing an Action: Arkansas | Practical Law

A Q&A guide to commencing an action in Arkansas. This Q&A addresses the requirements for drafting and filing initiating papers, serving process and amending the complaint. Answers to questions can be compared across a number of jurisdictions (see Commencing an Action: State Q&A Tool).

Commencing an Action: Arkansas

Practical Law State Q&A w-000-2792 (Approx. 20 pages)

Commencing an Action: Arkansas

by Kathy McCarroll, Friday, Eldredge & Clark LLP, with Practical Law Litigation
Law stated as of 14 Sep 2023 • Arkansas, United States
A Q&A guide to commencing an action in Arkansas. This Q&A addresses the requirements for drafting and filing initiating papers, serving process and amending the complaint. Answers to questions can be compared across a number of jurisdictions (see Commencing an Action: State Q&A Tool).
Following the suspension or modification of nonessential judicial functions in 2020 due to COVID-19, Arkansas courts have resumed most operations, but local courts may impose special rules impacting some litigation (such as remote proceedings). Check the Arkansas Judiciary's Arkansas Supreme Court Statement on Novel Coronavirus Outbreak and the Courts for the latest developments in this jurisdiction.