§ 83. — Arkansas.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC83]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
CHAPTER 5--DISTRICT COURTS
Sec. 83. Arkansas
Arkansas is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the
Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas.
Eastern District
(a) The Eastern District comprises five divisions.
(1) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Cross, Lee,
Monroe, Phillips, Saint Francis, and Woodruff.
Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Helena.
(2) The Western Division comprises the counties of Conway,
Faulkner, Lonoke, Perry, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline,
Van Buren, White, and Yell.
Court for the Western Division shall be held at Little Rock.
(3) The Pine Bluff Division comprises the counties of Arkansas,
Chicot, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Grant,
Jefferson, and Lincoln.
Court for the Pine Bluff Division shall be held at Pine Bluff.
(4) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Cleburne,
Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp, and Stone.
Court for the Northern Division shall be held at Batesville.
(5) The Jonesboro Division comprises the counties of Clay,
Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi,
Poinsett, and Randolph.
Court for the Jonesboro Division shall be held at Jonesboro.
Western District
(b) The Western District comprises six divisions.
(1) The Texarkana Division comprises the counties of Hempstead,
Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, and
Sevier.
Court for the Texarkana Division shall be held at Texarkana.
(2) The El Dorado Division comprises the counties of Ashley,
Bradley, Calhoun, Columbia, Ouachita, and Union.
Court for the El Dorado Division shall be held at El Dorado.
(3) The Fort Smith Division comprises the counties of Crawford,
Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Polk, Scott, and Sebastian.
Court for the Fort Smith Division shall be held at Fort Smith.
(4) The Harrison Division comprises the counties of Baxter,
Boone, Carroll, Marion, Newton, and Searcy.
Court for the Harrison Division shall be held at Harrison.
(5) The Fayetteville Division comprises the counties of Benton,
Madison, and Washington.
Court for the Fayetteville Division shall be held at
Fayetteville.
(6) The Hot Springs Division comprises the counties of Clark,
Garland, Hot Springs, Montgomery, and Pike.
Court for the Hot Springs Division shall be held at Hot Springs.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 874; Pub. L. 87-36, Sec. 5, May 19,
1961, 75 Stat. 84.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 144 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch.
231, Sec. 71, 36 Stat. 1106; Apr. 12, 1924, ch. 87, Sec. 1, 43 Stat. 90;
Feb. 17, 1925, ch. 252, 43 Stat. 948; Apr. 16, 1926, ch. 147, Sec. 1, 44
Stat. 296; Apr. 21, 1926, ch. 168, 44 Stat. 304; Feb. 7, 1928, ch. 29,
Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 58; Apr. 17, 1940, ch. 100, 54 Stat. 109; June 11,
1940, ch. 321, Sec. 1, 54 Stat. 302).
A provision making inoperative the terms of the last paragraph of
this section, whenever court accommodations shall be provided in Federal
buildings was omitted as unnecessary. When such buildings become
available the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts will, under section 604 of this title, provide court
accommodations therein.
Provisions relating to places for maintenance of clerks' offices and
requiring said offices to be kept open at all times were omitted as
covered by sections 452 and 751 of this title.
The provision authorizing the referee in bankruptcy for the western
division of the eastern district to serve by appointment in the Hot
Springs division of the western district is to be transferred to title
11, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Bankruptcy.
The provision with reference to court accommodations at Fayetteville
and Hot Springs was omitted as covered by section 142 of this title.
Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.
Amendments
1961--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87-36 struck out from enumeration in par.
(1) the parish of Desha and in par. (2) the parishes of Arkansas,
Chicot, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Grant, Jefferson, and Lincoln, added
par. (3) consisting of such parishes, and redesignated former par. (3)
and (4) as (4) and (5), respectively.
