2017 Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, and Courts
Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally
Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally
Subchapter 4 - Execution of Sentence -- Confinement
§ 16-90-402. Delivery of defendant and copy of judgment to proper officials

Universal Citation: AR Code § 16-90-402 (2017)
  • (a)
    • (1) In executing a judgment of confinement, the county sheriff shall deliver the defendant with a certified standardized copy of the sentencing order to the Department of Correction, Department of Community Correction, or to another detention facility, as indicated in the sentencing order.
    • (2) If electronic filing of court records has been implemented by the circuit clerk in the county where the defendant's conviction occurred, the standardized copy of the sentencing order may be electronically transmitted by the circuit clerk to the Department of Correction, the Department of Community Correction, or to another detention facility, as indicated in the sentencing order.
  • (b) The standardized copy of the sentencing order shall be developed by representatives from the Department of Correction, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Arkansas Sentencing Commission, and the Prosecutor Coordinator's office.
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