Supreme Court of Arkansas

In Re Response to Covid-19 Pandemic: Eviction Filings

April 28, 20202020 Ark. 166

Summary

The court exercised its superintending authority under Amendment 80 to impose a temporary pleading requirement in residential eviction cases filed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Until July 25, 2020, covered eviction complaints had to affirmatively plead that the property was not a covered dwelling under the CARES Act, reflecting the Act's moratorium on certain eviction actions.