Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
Subchapter 3 - Penalties and Administrative Sanctions
Subchapter 5 - Accident Reports
Subchapter 6 - Security Following Accident
Subchapter 7 - Proof of Future Financial Responsibility
Research References
Am. Jur. 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Auto., § 190 et seq.
Ark. L. Rev.
Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility, 5 Ark. L. Rev. 395.
Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, 7 Ark. L. Rev. 351.
Legislative Note: Uninsured Motorist Clause, 19 Ark. L. Rev. 377.
Procedure - Discovery - Amount of Adversary's Insurance, 20 Ark. L. Rev. 376.
Note, Shelter Mutual Insurance Co. v. Irvin - The Arkansas Supreme Court's Retroactive Application of the Amended Underinsured Motorist Act, 46 Ark. L. Rev. 737.
C.J.S. 60 C.J.S., Motor Veh., §§ 316-323.
U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev.
Survey - Insurance, 10 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 587.
Case Notes
Applicability.
Recovery for Minimum Limit.
Taxicab Liability.
Requirements of the financial responsibility law relating to conditions of insurance policies only apply to policies which are issued as proof of financial responsibility under this chapter. M.F.A. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Mullin, 156 F. Supp. 445 (W.D. Ark. 1957).
Insurance provisions of Arkansas Financial Responsibility Act apply only to persons who have been convicted of, or forfeited bail for, certain offenses under motor vehicle laws or have failed to pay judgments on causes of actions arising out of ownership, maintenance, or use of registrable vehicles. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Simpson, 228 Ark. 157, 306 S.W.2d 117 (1957).
Where a plaintiff collects only a portion of the minimum from a joint tortfeasor or any other responsible persons or organization, he may collect the balance up to the minimum from his uninsured motorist carrier, since an individual is entitled to only one recovery for the minimum limit of the Financial Responsibility Act. Black v. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., 272 Ark. 406, 614 S.W.2d 937 (1981).
The provisions of this chapter did not repeal § 27-14-1501 relating to taxicab liability coverage requirements. Yarbrough v. Checker Cab Co., 256 Ark. 314, 507 S.W.2d 105 (1974).
Cited: General Am. Cas. Co. v. Austin, 125 F. Supp. 721 (E.D. Ark. 1954); Swan v. Estate of Monette ex rel. Monette, 265 F. Supp. 362 (W.D. Ark. 1967); Pinkus v. Southern Farm Bureau Cas. Ins. Co., 292 F. Supp. 141 (E.D. Ark. 1968); Alexander v. Pilot Fire & Cas. Ins. Co., 331 F. Supp. 561 (E.D. Ark. 1971); Salley v. Central Ark. Transit Auth., 326 Ark. 804, 934 S.W.2d 510 (1996).