However, Washington County Clerk Becky Lewallen rejected the initiative because 332 of the signatures were collected by paid canvassers who were not Arkansas residents.Progress for Cane Hill challenged the rejection in the Washington County Circuit Court. The circuit court found that the residency requi...
First, effective immediately, attorneys may begin requesting electronic records from the circuit clerk, and the circuit clerk is required to provide the record in electronic format. Second, the Arkansas Supreme Court published for comment revisions to the rules that accommodate these electronic records....
Cleburne County Clerk Dana Guffey said she met with County Judge Jerry Holmes early Monday to notify him of her intent to resign. No staff in her office had yet received any requests for a same-sex marriage license by mid-afternoon Monday, following theU.S. Supreme Court rulingFriday legali...
At the county level, elected officials include the county judge (the chief executive), clerk, treasurer, sheriff, collector, assessor, and coroner. Most cities operate with a mayor-council form of government, although a few have a council-manager system. For nearly a century after the end of...
The clerk described how her office takes an extra step to follow up with property owners, thus making them more likely to be summoned for jury duty. When discussing individuals who cannot afford phone service or who do not have voice mail, she stated, "You can't talk to them. So I ...
South Carolina 40 South Carolina Fresno Detroit Arkansas 40 County Clerk Associations in Hot Spot Over Same-Sex Marriage Associations Now JULY 2, 2015 In Arkansas a county clerk resigned, citing moral objections to the ruling. “The Association, therefore, suggests that parish clerks begin implementa...
Please consult the new Rules and the Per Curiam decision (linked above) the next time you are contemplating a rehearing or review petition. If in doubt, call the always-helpful Clerk’s Office at the Arkansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. ...
Faubus’s actions attracted national television attention and set the stage for the South’s resistance tointegration. After leaving office in 1967, having served six terms, Faubus worked as a bank clerk and made three (1970, 1974, 1986) unsuccessful bids for the governorship. He defended his...
The Pulaski County clerk's office issued its first same-sex marriage license shortly after 8 a.m. After business hours closed Friday, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza ruled that Arkansas' voter-approved ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional - heralding the arrival of gay marriage in...
Moreover, the Bank did not file, during the pendency of the breach of contract action, a properly acknowledged written transfer covering the assignment of rights to the cause of action with the clerk of court of either the Hempstead County Circuit Court or the United States District Court for...