2012 Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally
Chapter 88 - Jurisdiction And Venue
Subchapter 1 - -- General Provisions
§ 16-88-116 - Traffic citations issued within a municipality with a municipal court or a city court -- Placement on docket. [Effective until January 1, 2012.]

(a) All traffic citations issued within the boundaries of a municipality of this state which has a district or city court shall be placed on the docket of the district or city court of that municipality unless the presiding judge of that court authorizes a transfer to another court exercising jurisdiction over the area in which the citation was issued.

(b) If a municipality has more than one (1) court exercising subject matter jurisdiction over traffic citations issued within the boundaries of that municipality, then all traffic citations issued within the boundaries of that municipality shall be placed on the docket of the municipality's district or city court in the closest proximity to where the offense occurred.

§ 16-88-116 - Traffic citations issued within a town or city with a district court -- Placement on docket. [Effective January 1, 2012.]

All traffic citations issued within the boundaries of a town or city of this state which has a district court shall be placed on the docket of the district court of that town or city, unless the presiding judge of that court authorizes a transfer to another court exercising jurisdiction over the area in which the citation was issued.