Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023)
Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206)
Subtitle 7 - PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS AND REMEDIES (§§ 16-105-201 — 16-131-206)
Chapter 123 - CIVIL RIGHTS (§§ 16-123-101 — 16-123-605)
Subchapter 3 - ARKANSAS FAIR HOUSING COMMISSION (§§ 16-123-301 — 16-123-348)
Section 16-123-341 - Pattern and practice cases

• (a) At the request of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission, the Attorney General may file a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the respondent resides for appropriate relief if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that:
  • (1) A person is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any right granted by this subchapter; or
  • (2) A person has been denied any right granted by this subchapter and that denial raises an issue of general public importance.

• (b) In an action under this section the court may:
  • (1) Award preventive relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order against the person responsible for a violation of this subchapter as necessary to assure the full enjoyment of the right granted by this subchapter;
  • (2) Award other appropriate relief, including monetary damages, reasonable attorney's fees, and court costs; and
  • (3) To vindicate the public interest, assess a civil penalty against the respondent in an amount that does not exceed:
    • (A) Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a first violation; and
    • (B) One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for a second or subsequent violation.

• (c) A person may intervene in an action under this section if the person is:
  • (1) An aggrieved person to the discriminatory housing practice; or
  • (2) A party to a conciliation agreement concerning the discriminatory housing practice.

Acts 2001, No. 1785, § 42.