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Title 27 Transportation

Subtitle 2. Motor Vehicle Registration And Licensing

Chapter 19 Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

27-19-101. Title.

This chapter may be cited as the “Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act”.

History. Acts 1953, No. 347, § 94; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1493.


Research References

U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev.

Survey of Legislation, 2003 Arkansas General Assembly, Transportation, Changes to Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, 26 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 503, 509.
Case Notes



In General.

In General.

Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Act, § 27-22-101, et seq., is supplemental to and cumulative to the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, § 27-19-101, et seq.Branscumb v. Freeman, 360 Ark. 171, 200 S.W.3d 411 (2004).

Trial court did not err when it dismissed a negligence suit brought by injured motorist against the owner of an uninsured motorcycle that was being driven by someone else at the time of the accident because the motorist had failed to state a claim under the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, § 27-19-101, et seq., or the Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Act, § 27-22-101, et seq.Branscumb v. Freeman, 360 Ark. 171, 200 S.W.3d 411 (2004).

Cited: Cousins v. Dennis, 298 Ark. 310, 767 S.W.2d 296 (1989); Hawkins v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 302 Ark. 582, 792 S.W.2d 307 (1990); City of Caddo Valley v. George, 340 Ark. 203, 9 S.W.3d 481 (2000); Branscumb v. Freeman, 360 Ark. 171, 200 S.W.3d 411 (2004).

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