27-16-601. License to be carried and exhibited on demand.
27-16-602. Driver's license required.
27-16-603. Persons exempted from licensing.
27-16-604. Persons not to be licensed.
27-16-605. Duties of person renting motor vehicle to another.
27-16-606. When residents and nonresidents to obtain state registration and license.
Effective Dates. Acts 1969, No. 142, § 8: July 1, 1969.
Acts 1989, No. 193, § 12: July 1, 1989. Emergency clause provided: It is hereby found and determined by the Seventy-Seventh Arkansas General Assembly that Arkansas does not currently have any specific standards for testing the eyesight of motor vehicle and motorcycle operators; that after the initial eyesight test of an applicant for a motor vehicle or motorcycle operator's license, Arkansas does not require on renewal of the license any subsequent examination of any driver's eyesight; and therefore all drivers on the public streets and highways are endangered since many drivers with less than adequate visual acuity are able to receive or renew their motor vehicle or motorcycle operator's license. Further, it is found and determined that Arkansas driver's licenses can be renewed for a two year period or for a four year period; that this dual option for renewal of driver's licenses requires an excessive amount of administrative resources and therefore the renewal period for Arkansas driver's licenses should be limited to a single four year period for all drivers. In order to prevent any further endangerment of the driving public and to reduce the administrative cost of issuing driver's licenses, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this act being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall be in full force from and after July 1, 1989.
Acts 1993, No. 445, § 37: §§ 1-36 effective on and after January 1, 1994.
Acts 1993, No. 445, § 46: Mar. 10, 1993. Emergency clause provided: It is hereby found and determined by the Seventy-Ninth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that the terms ‘operator's license’ and ‘chauffeur's license’ are obsolete and should be replaced with the term ‘driver's license’; that the chauffeur's license is no longer issued and has been replaced with the commercial driver's license; that federal law governing commercial driver's license authorizes the use of an assigned number on a commercial driver's license instead of the applicant's social security number; and that this act is necessary to eliminate obsolete references in the Arkansas Code and to be in compliance with federal law governing commercial driver's license. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this act being necessary for the preservation of public peace, health and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
Acts 2001, No. 1694, § 9: July 1, 2002.