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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2024)
Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105)
Subtitle 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING (§§ 27-13-101 — 27-25-113)
Chapter 16 - DRIVER'S LICENSES GENERALLY (§§ 27-16-101 — 27-16-1309)
Subchapter 6 - LICENSING REQUIREMENTS (§§ 27-16-601 — 27-16-606)
Section 27-16-601 - Driver's license to be carried and exhibited on demand
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AR Code § 27-16-601 (2024)
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- (a) A licensee shall have his or her driver's license in his or her immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall display the driver's license upon demand of a justice of the peace, a peace officer, or an employee of the Office of Driver Services.
- (b) No person charged with violating this section shall be convicted if he or she produces in court a driver's license issued to him or her and valid at the time of his or her arrest.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 261,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 557,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1937, No. 280, § 19; Pope's Dig., § 6843; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-323; Acts 1993, No. 445, § 10.
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