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2018 Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, and Courts
Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally
Chapter 84 - Bail Generally
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 16-84-102. Persons authorized to take bail
Universal Citation: AR Code § 16-84-102 (2018)
(a) The following may take bail:
(1) A judge, magistrate, or clerk of the court;
(2) A sheriff or deputy sheriff with respect to any person committed to the common jail of the county;
(3) Any law enforcement officer designated by a municipal police department with respect to any person committed to a municipal jail; and
(4) A law enforcement officer making an arrest as authorized under § 16-81-109.
(b) A constable shall not take bail.
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