27-50-1101. Nonconsensual towing of vehicles.
Effective Dates. Acts 1969, No. 195, § 3: Mar. 7, 1969. Emergency clause provided: It is hereby found and determined by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that an immediate need exists for an expeditious and economical means of disposing of the large number of vehicles abandoned within this State. Therefore, an emergency is declared to exist and this Act being necessary for the public peace, health and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
Acts 1981, No. 433, § 3: Mar. 12, 1981. Emergency clause provided: It is hereby found and determined by the General Assembly that the present law pertaining to the disposition of abandoned motor vehicles is unclear as to the procedures involved when multiple vehicles are disposed of at a single sale, and that this Act is immediately necessary to establish such procedures. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
Research References
Ark. L. Rev.
Abandoned Property, 7 Ark. L. Rev. 339.
Case Notes
Sections 27-50-1101, 27-50-1102, 27-50-1201 - 27-50-1203, and 27-50-1204 - 27-50-1210 [repealed and reenacted] have not implicitly amended the common law rule now embodied in § 16-89-103, since the laws are not so inconsistent that they cannot stand together. Routh Wrecker Serv., Inc. v. Wins, 312 Ark. 123, 847 S.W.2d 707 (1993).