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Title 27 Transportation

Subtitle 4. Motor Vehicular Traffic

Chapter 53 Accidents

Subchapter 2 - Accident Reports

27-53-201. Penalty.

(a) Any person who fails or refuses to comply with § 27-53-202 or § 27-53-203 shall be punished, upon a conviction in the county where the accident occurred, by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(b) For willful refusal to comply with § 27-53-202 or § 27-53-203, the commissioner shall revoke the driver's license or commercial driver's license of the person so convicted.

History. Acts 1937, No. 300, § 41; 1949, No. 464, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-906; Acts 1995, No. 659, § 1.


Case Notes



Refusal to Answer Questions.

Refusal to Answer Questions.

Although this section subjects to statutory fine or suspension of license to drive any motorist who fails to render a required automobile accident report, there is no such penalty for a motorist who refuses to answer the questions of the investigating officer. Stephens v. State, 320 Ark. 426, 898 S.W.2d 435 (1995).

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