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Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-801 (2026)

Methods of payment

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  1. Compensation shall be paid by check, by electronic funds transfer, or by state warrant.
  2. Payment shall be made payable to the order of the person entitled to the compensation and paid directly to the person entitled to the compensation.
  3. If the compensation beneficiary is a mental incompetent or a minor of tender years or immature judgment, the Workers' Compensation Commission, in the exercise of its discretion, may direct that payment shall be made to a legally appointed guardian of the estate of the incompetent or minor.

History. Init. Meas. 1948, No. 4, § 19, Acts 1949, p. 1420; Acts 1959, No. 167, § 1; 1979, No. 253, § 6; 1981, No. 290, §§ 7-9; 1983, No. 720, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 81-1319; Acts 2009, No. 726, § 3.

Case Notes

Statute of Limitations.

Under § 11-9-702(f)(2), the legislature intended to protect minors, residing with a natural parent who failed to pursue a claim on their behalf, by permitting them to file a claim after age eighteen; under § 11-9-702(f)(2) and this section, the legislature contemplated court action for the appointment of a guardian and the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission properly allowed the decedent's son's claim for dependent-death benefits pursuant to § 11-9-702(f)(2). Hicks v. Bates, 104 Ark. App. 348, 292 S.W.3d 850 (2009), rehearing denied, — Ark. App. —, — S.W.3d —, 2009 Ark. App. LEXIS 717 (Mar. 18, 2009), review denied, — Ark. —, — S.W.3d —, 2009 Ark. LEXIS 487 (June 4, 2009).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1999–2019 · leading case: Hicks v. Bates, 292 S.W.3d 850 (Ark. Ct. App. 2009).
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Hicks v. Bates, 292 S.W.3d 850 (Ark. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 6× “Additionally, we note that Arkansas Code Annotated section 11-9-801 (Repl. 2002) authorizes benefits to be paid to a minor’s “legally appointed guardian.”
Olson v. Olson, 2014 Ark. 537 (Ark. 2014). “Under these provisions, a covenant of marriage is entered into by couples “who understand and agree that the marriage between them is a lifelong relationship” that is to be severed “only when there has been a complete and total breach of the marital covenant commitn%ent.”
Seward v. Bud Avants Co., 985 S.W.2d 332 (Ark. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 3× “§ 11-9-716, A.C.A. § 11-9-801 and WCC Rule 10. II. The decision of the full Commission that the appellant’s one-half of the attorney’s fee awarded should be deducted from any of his accrued benefits or by withholding ten percent of his bi-weekly checks until his one-half of the…”
Ark. Dep't of Corr. v. Jackson, 571 S.W.3d 539 (Ark. Ct. App. 2019). “§ 11-9-715 , § 11-9-801, and WCC Rule 10. Pursuant to the Full Commission decisions of Coleman v.”
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