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Ark. Code Ann. § 14-54-303 (2026)

Authority of incorporated towns

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In order to better provide for the public welfare, safety, comfort, and convenience of their inhabitants, incorporated towns may alter or change the width or extension of streets, sidewalks, alleys, avenues, parks, wharves, and other public grounds, and vacate or lease out such portions thereof as may not for the time being be required for corporation purposes, and, where lands have been acquired or donated to the town for any object or purpose which has become impossible or impracticable to achieve, the lands may be used or devoted for other proper public or corporate purposes or sold by order of the town council and the proceeds applied for public or corporate purposes.

History. Acts 1989, No. 729, § 1.

Case Notes

Proper Authority.

Trial court did not err in deciding that this section was controlling for the town to vacate a street, because an incorporated town's ability to vacate a street under this section was independent, and §§ 14-301-301 to 14-301-303 had no application when an incorporated town used its authority under this section. Riley v. Town of Higginson, 2009 Ark. App. 294, 307 S.W.3d 34 (2009).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2009–2020 · leading case: Riley v. Town of Higginson, 307 S.W.3d 34 (Ark. Ct. App. 2009).
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Riley v. Town of Higginson, 307 S.W.3d 34 (Ark. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 12× “On May 27, 2008, the court filed its decree, finding that Ark.Code Ann. § 14-54-303 was controlling, that it stood alone, and that it was not directly dependent on other acts.”
Town of Springtown, Arkansas v. Michael M. Evans, 2020 Ark. App. 176, 598 S.W.3d 538. · cites it 2× “WHEREAS Ark. Code Ann. § 14-54-303 provides that incorporated towns may alter or change the width of streets, and vacate such portions thereof as may not for the time be required for corporation purposes; and WHEREAS, it is the desire and intent of the Town Council to change the…”
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