Category: Arkansas Attorney General Opinions

Gordon Webb Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered March 20, 1991 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Gordon Webb Prosecuting Attorney P.O. Box 483 Harrison, AR 72601 Dear Mr. Webb: This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding a quorum court’s authority to add extra duties to an elected official. […]

Vic Snyder Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered August 4, 1994 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Vic Snyder State Senator 324 South Valmar Little Rock, AR 72205 Dear Senator Snyder: This is in response to your request for an opinion on the following question: Do the confidentiality provisions in A.C.A. § 11-10-314 […]

Robert A. Adcock Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered July 26, 2004 MIKE BEEBE, Attorney General Mr. Robert A. Adcock, Jr. Bank Commissioner Arkansas State Bank Department 400 Hardin Road, Suite 100 Little Rock, AR 72211-3502 Dear Mr. Adcock: You have presented the following question for my opinion: Will Arkansas law allow commercial […]

Bob C. Burns Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered December 8, 1994 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General Bob C. Burns, Ph.D., President NorthWest Arkansas Community College P.O. Box `1408 Bentonville, AR 72712 Dear Dr. Burns: This is in response to your request for an opinion under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) as […]

Jack McCoy Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion August 18, 1987 STEVE CLARK, Attorney General The Honorable Jack McCoy State Representative 712 McNeil Street Malvern, AR 73104 Dear Representative McCoy: This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding Ark. Stat. Ann. 82-3201 et seq. (Repl. 1976). You have asked whether these provisions […]

Larry Goodwin Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered November 5, 1991 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Larry Goodwin State Representative P.O. Box 129 Cave City, AR 72521 Dear Representative Goodwin: This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding a particular piece of equipment that is being kept in storage […]

Jim Holt Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered September 13, 2005 MIKE BEEBE, Attorney General The Honorable Jim Holt State Senator 2835 South 56th St. Springdale, AR 72762-0844 Dear Senator Holt: You have requested my opinion concerning certain website material that has been excerpted from a number of books in the Fayetteville public […]

Wayne Wagner Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered December 13, 1991 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Wayne Wagner State Representative P.O. Box 1135 Manila, Arkansas 72442 Dear Representative Wagner: This is in response to your request for an opinion on whether A.C.A. § 7-5-106, which requires runoff elections for certain local offices, […]

Mark L. Pryor Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered July 19, 1991 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Mark L. Pryor State Representative 2200 Worthen Bank Building 200 West Capitol Avenue Little Rock, Arkansas 72201-3699 Dear Representative Pryor: This is in response to your request for an opinion concerning the residency requirement for […]

Jerry Allison Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered October 16, 1997 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Jerry Allison State Representative 26 CR 744 Jonesboro, Arkansas 72401-9563 Dear Representative Allison: This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding the authority of a person who is both a constable and a […]

Roy C. Farley Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered October 6, 2008 DUSTIN McDANIEL, Attorney General Roy C. Farley, Ed.D., LPC Chairman, Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling 124 South Jackson McAlester Building, Suite 312 Magnolia, Arkansas 71753 Dear Chairman Farley, I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on […]

Tom W. Kimbrell Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered October 18, 2010 DUSTIN McDANIEL, Attorney General Dr. Tom W. Kimbrell, Commissioner Arkansas Department of Education Four Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR 72201-1019 Dear Commissioner Kimbrell: I am writing in response to your request for my opinion on the following questions relating to the […]

Steve Higginbothom Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered June 27, 2005 MIKE BEEBE, Attorney General The Honorable Steve Higginbothom State Senator Post Office Box 242 Marianna, AR 72360-0242 Dear Senator Higginbothom: I am writing in response to your request for my opinion on the following questions: 1. In light of the recent consolidation […]

Phillip T. Jacobs Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered June 9, 2000 MARK PRYOR, Attorney General The Honorable Phillip T. Jacobs State Representative 819 Miller Street Clarksville, AR 72830-2239 Dear Representative Jacobs: You have requested an Attorney General opinion concerning a situation involving a consolidated school district. You indicate that your question arises […]

Steve Higginbothom Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered September 24, 2003 MIKE BEEBE, Attorney General The Honorable Steve Higginbothom State Senator P.O. Box 242 Marianna, AR 72360 Dear Senator Higginbothom: You have presented the following question for my opinion: Can the City of West Helena hire a convicted felon to serve in the […]

Gary L. Smith Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered April 30, 2010 DUSTIN McDANIEL, Attorney General The Honorable Gary L. Smith State Representative 600 Ouachita 31 Camden, AR 71701-9561 Dear Representative Smith: I am writing in response to your request for my opinion on the following question: Is it legally permissible for the […]

Alvin Simes Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered October 9, 2001 MARK PRYOR, Attorney General The Honorable Alvin Simes State Senator 43 Lambert Circle West Helena, AR 72390 Dear Senator Simes: You have requested an Attorney General opinion concerning a proposed ordinance creating a municipal human and civil rights commission. I am issuing […]

Gordon Webb Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered September 22, 2000 MARK PRYOR, Attorney General The Honorable Gordon Webb Prosecuting Attorney 14th Judicial District P.O. Box 483 Harrison, AR 72602-0483 Dear Mr. Webb: I am writing in response to your request for my opinion on the following questions: 1. Is it an automatic […]

Bill Walters Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered February 22, 1996 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Bill Walters State Senator P.O. Box 280 Greenwood, Arkansas 72936 Dear Senator Walters: This opinion is being issued in response to your recent question regarding the licensing requirements for engaging in physical and spiritual therapy that […]

Marion A. Humphrey Attorney General of Arkansas — Opinion Opinion Delivered February 24, 1998 WINSTON BRYANT, Attorney General The Honorable Marion A. Humphrey Circuit Judge, Sixth Judicial District, First Division 401 West Markham, Room 420 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Dear Judge Humphrey: This official Attorney General opinion is rendered in response to a question you […]