Arkansas § 14-387-306 - Exemption of townships from district.
Full text of Arkansas Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated § 14-387-306 — Exemption of townships from district., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 14-387-306. Exemption of townships from district.
A majority of the legal electors residing within the territory of any one (1) township included in the adoption shall have the right to file their petition with the court within sixty (60) days after the election showing cause why the township should not be included with the other townships where the adoption has been made. If the petitioners and qualified electors shall show good and valid reason why the territory of the townships should not be governed by the order and shall, before the filing of the petition, give fifteen (15) days' notice, by publication, of their intention of filing and presenting the petition, and shall set forth in the notice their reasons why the township and petitioners should be exempt from the order adopting the act, then the court shall hear the petition, together with any remonstrance to it. If the court should find that the township and the citizens of it should be exempt from the provisions of the adoption, and that no injury will be done to citizens residing within adjoining townships, then the court shall make an order exempting the township from the adoption.
Source: official Arkansas text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 14-387-306 ("Exemption of townships from district.") is part of the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Arkansas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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