§ 26-39-201 - Time for payment. - Arkansas Statutes

26-39-201. Time for payment.

(a) (1) The county clerk and probate clerk, circuit clerk, constables, county sheriff, county collector, and any other county official in the State of Arkansas are required to pay over to the county treasurer of each county on the first of each month, or within five (5) working days thereafter, all funds in each of their hands belonging to the county or its subdivisions that are by law required to be paid into the county treasury, whether taxes, fines, or any moneys that are collected for any purpose by law and belonging to the county.

(2) The county collector shall pay to the Treasurer of State all moneys belonging to the State of Arkansas on the day mentioned in subdivision (a)(1) of this section.

(b) (1) This section does not mean that the county collector shall make a distribution of taxes to all funds but that he or she shall settle with the county treasurer in a lump sum, and the county treasurer shall credit it to the county collector's unapportioned account.

(2) Upon the issuance of a certificate of the county clerk or other county officer designated pursuant to 26-28-102(a) that is issued on or before the thirtieth day of each month, the county treasurer shall transfer to the various funds ninety percent (90%) of the advance payments made by the county collector during the collecting period and, upon final settlement, the proper adjustments shall be made with the various accounts, and the balance remaining in the unapportioned account shall be distributed upon order of the county court approving the final settlement of the county collector.