§ 18-27-203 - Refusal to return property -- Liability. - Arkansas Statutes

18-27-203. Refusal to return property -- Liability.

(a) If any pawnbroker shall fail or refuse to return any property to the true owner thereof when requested to do so by him or her as provided in 18-27-202, it shall be necessary for the true owner to resort to legal action to recover the property.

(b) In the event that the true owner is successful in a legal action, the defendant pawnbroker shall be required to pay all reasonable expenses incurred by the owner in recovering the property, including court costs and attorneys' fees, and any damages suffered by the true owner as a result of the pawnbroker's failing or refusing to return the property to the true owner when so requested by him or her.