2016 Arkansas Code
Title 18 - Property
Subtitle 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 4 - Miscellaneous Ownership Rights
Subchapter 2 - -- Arkansas Slayer Law
§ 18-4-203. Tolling of civil actions
If a criminal proceeding is brought against a person to establish the person's guilt concerning the unlawful killing of the decedent, a civil action that involves an issue of whether the person unlawfully killed the decedent may be brought within one (1) year after a final determination is made in the criminal proceeding, including a determination concerning the person's:
(1) Mental capacity under § 5-2-312 or § 5-2-313 or similar provisions of another state's law; or
(2) Fitness to proceed under § 5-2-309 or a similar provision of another state's law.
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