Arkansas procedural guides

Plain-English guides to the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure, each one tied to the rules it relies on. Every rule named in a guide has its own page with the official text.

• Responding to an Arkansas complaint: 30 days, 60 if you are incarceratedArkansas Rule 12(a) gives 30 days after service of the summons and complaint to file an answer, 60 days for an incarcerated defendant — and only a court, never a clerk, enters a default judgment.
• Setting aside an Arkansas default judgment: no deadline, but you must show a meritorious defenseArkansas Rule 55(c) sets aside default judgments on four grounds with no stated time limit — but the rule requires a meritorious defense unless the judgment is void.
• The Arkansas motion to compel: failing to supplement is its own sanctionable failureArkansas Rule 37(e) allows sanctions where a party fails to supplement seasonably and another party suffers prejudice — a ground most states leave out.
• The Arkansas motion to dismiss: eight grounds, and the test is factsArkansas Rule 12(b)(6) asks whether the pleading states facts upon which relief can be granted, and adds a parallel-action ground the federal rule lacks.
• Arkansas summary judgment: forty-five days before trial, and the motion must specify the issuesArkansas Rule 56 requires any summary judgment motion to be filed no later than 45 days before trial and to specify the issues on which judgment is sought.

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