Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-26-101 (2026)
Requirement generally
✓ current as of May 2026
- All counties shall be required to provide workers' compensation coverage for their officials, employees, and municipal volunteer fire-fighters.
- Coverages shall be provided for losses incurred while performing work for the county.
- Individuals convicted of a criminal offense and committed to a county detention facility or state correctional facility who are required to perform work for the county shall not be considered employees of the county.
History. Acts 1985, No. 866, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 81-1364; Acts 1993, No. 901, § 2.
Case Notes
Applicability.
A constable is an official of the county and thus covered by workers' compensation. Farnsworth v. White County, 39 Ark. App. 98, 839 S.W.2d 229 (1992), aff'd, 312 Ark. 574, 851 S.W.2d 451 (1993).
Where plaintiff was acting as constable when he sustained a gunshot wound to his abdomen, the county was required to furnish workers' compensation. Farnsworth v. White County, 312 Ark. 574, 851 S.W.2d 451 (1993).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1992–1993 · leading case: Farnsworth v. White Cnty., 851 S.W.2d 451 (Ark. 1993).
Farnsworth v. White Cnty., 851 S.W.2d 451 (Ark. 1993). “Appellant argues he is entitled to workers’ compensation under Ark. Code Ann. § 14-26-101 (1987) which requires all counties “to provide workers’ compensation coverage for their officials, employees, and municipal volunteer fire fighters.”
Farnsworth v. White Cnty. & Twp. of Cypert, 839 S.W.2d 229 (Ark. Ct. App. 1992). “Appellant argues that he is entitled to workers’ compensation under Ark. Code Ann. § 14-26-101 (1987) which requires all counties “to provide workers’ compensation coverage for their officials, employees, and municipal volunteer fire fighters.”
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