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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023)
Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206)
Subtitle 5 - CIVIL PROCEDURE GENERALLY (§§ 16-55-101 — 16-68-607)
Chapter 65 - JUDGMENTS GENERALLY (§§ 16-65-101 — 16-65-604)
Subchapter 5 - SURVIVAL AND REVIVAL (§§ 16-65-501 — 16-65-505)
Section 16-65-504 - Revival of judgment against personal representatives, heirs, and devisees of deceased defendant
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AR Code § 16-65-504 (2023)
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- (a) A judgment may be revived against the personal representatives, heirs, and devisees, or any of them, of a deceased defendant by an action in circuit court without verification of the complaint.
- (b) A judgment or decree may be revived against the representatives of any deceased defendant by scire facias in the name of:
- (1) The name of the surviving plaintiff; and
- (2) Those plaintiffs who are deceased.
Rev. Stat., ch. 84, § 16; Civil Code, § 442; C. & M. Dig., §§ 6310, 6313; Pope's Dig., §§ 8265, 8268; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 29-612, 29-613; Acts 2003, No. 1185, § 198.
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