Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-101-201 (2026)
Liability of owner, renter, operator, or lessee of vessel for injury or damage — Exception
✓ current as of May 2026
History. Acts 1959, No. 453, § 14; A.S.A. 1947, § 21-234; Acts 2005, No. 1156, § 1; 2013, No. 221, § 1.
Amendments. The 2013 amendment added “Exception” in the section heading; in (a), substituted “caused” for “occasioned” and deleted “the provisions of” following “violating”; rewrote (d); and added (e) and made stylistic changes.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev.
Survey of Legislation, 2005 Arkansas General Assembly, Transportation, 28 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 397.
Case Notes
Liability Not Shown.
Owner of vessel held not liable for wrongful death where passenger drowned while swimming. Williams v. Ingram, 320 Ark. 615, 899 S.W.2d 454 (1995).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1995–1995 · leading case: Williams v. Ingram, 899 S.W.2d 454 (Ark. 1995).
Williams v. Ingram, 899 S.W.2d 454 (Ark. 1995). “Three of the proffered plaintiff’s instructions were based on federal admiralty and maritime law, while the fourth, which was refused in part and delivered in part, was a modified version of AMI Civil 3d, 601, incorporating Ark. Code Ann. § 27-101-201 (a) (Repl. 1994).”
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