Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023)
Title 4 - BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LAW (§§ 4-1-101 — 4-119-105)
Subtitle 7 - CONSUMER PROTECTION (§§ 4-86-101 — 4-119-105)
Chapter 88 - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (§§ 4-88-101 — 4-88-1404)
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 4-88-101 — 4-88-117)
Section 4-88-112 - Failure to cooperate in investigations - Proceedings

• (a) In the event any person fails or refuses to file a statement, appear, or produce records as required by § 4-88-111, the Attorney General, acting through the Consumer Counsel of Arkansas, may file, in the circuit court of the county in which the person resides or transacts business or of the judicial district in which the State Capitol is located, a petition for an order of such court for the civil enforcement of such section.

• (b) Upon the filing of the petition and service upon the person, the court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the matter so presented and to enter such order, including temporary injunctions, as may be required to effectuate this chapter.

• (c) Willful concealment, destruction, alteration, or falsification of any documentary material which would be subject to subpoena by the court or the disobedience of any order of the court is declared to be unlawful and shall be punished as contempt of court.

• (d) Any final order shall be subject to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Acts 1971, No. 92, § 10; A.S.A. 1947, § 70-910; Acts 1991, No. 1177, § 3; 1995, No. 836, § 3.