2014 Arkansas Code
Title 14 - Local Government
Subtitle 2 - County Government
Chapter 24 - County Warrants
Subchapter 2 - Payment by Check
§ 14-24-205 - Check disbursement record.

(a) If a county should adopt the payment by check system, the county treasurer shall maintain a check disbursement record which shall be a book or file of the duplicate copies of checks issued by the treasurer, arranged in numerical sequence. This book or file shall provide a detailed check-by-check record of the disbursements from the various funds accounts maintained by the treasurer in a fund account book reflecting receipts and disbursements of the various funds.

(b) In lieu of the provisions of this section pertaining to the requirement of the keeping of duplicate copies of the checks, if a county so chooses, the following provisions shall apply:

(1) The treasurer shall maintain a check disbursement record which shall provide a detailed check-by-check record, in numerical sequence, of the disbursements from the various fund accounts so maintained;

(2) For the purposes of this subsection, "check disbursement record" shall be a book or file similar to the warrant register previously maintained by the treasurer by § 14-24-110 [repealed], or, if the county utilizes computer equipment for check preparation, the computer product or check register showing the payee, specific appropriation, fund affected, check number, and claim number, the latter two (2) elements being in their respective numerical sequence; and

(3) The treasurer shall deliver to the county clerk a duplicate of the computer product or check register, which product shall be utilized for necessary posting to the claims docket.