Supreme Court of Arkansas

In Re Response to Covid-19 Pandemic: Amendment to Court Rules

April 28, 20202020 Ark. 164

Summary

The court suspended the time requirements for service of process and specified discovery responses statewide until further order because of social-distancing restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The suspension applies to specified civil-procedure and district-court rules in state courts and clerks’ offices, with stated exceptions for administrative, federal, and federal clerks’ offices.