Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-74-201 (2026)
Policy
✓ current as of May 2026
- The General Assembly finds and declares that the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices in areas adjacent to certain sections of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, and federal-aid primary and other state highways designated by the State Highway Commission in the Arkansas state highway system shall be controlled in accordance with the terms of this chapter and rules promulgated pursuant thereto, in order to protect the public interest; to promote the public health, safety, and welfare; to preserve natural beauty; and to promote reasonable, orderly, and effective display of outdoor advertising in the State of Arkansas.
- The State of Arkansas finds and declares that the removal of certain directional signs, displays, and devices in certain specified areas lawfully erected under state law in force at the time of their erection which do not conform to the requirements of 23 U.S.C. § 131(c), which provide directional information about goods and services in the interest of the traveling public, and which were in existence on May 6, 1976, would work a substantial economic hardship in the defined areas.
History. Acts 1967, No. 640, Art. 1, § 1; 1977, No. 386, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-2502; Acts 2019, No. 315, § 3168.
Amendments. The 2019 amendment substituted “rules” for “regulations” in (a).
Case Notes
Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the reasonable, orderly, and effective display of outdoor advertising, to promote the safety and recreational value of public travel, and to preserve natural beauty. Files v. Arkansas State Hwy. & Transp. Dep't, 325 Ark. 291, 925 S.W.2d 404 (1996).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1996–2015 · leading case: Seiz Co. v. Arkansas State High. & Transp. Dep't, 324 S.W.3d 336 (Ark. 2009).
Seiz Co. v. Arkansas State High. & Transp. Dep't, 324 S.W.3d 336 (Ark. 2009). “Both of these interpretations are congruent with the Arkansas Highway Beautification Act's stated purpose of preserving the natural beauty of the State and promoting the reasonable, orderly, and effective display of outdoor advertising.”
Files v. Arkansas State High. & Transp. Dep't, 925 S.W.2d 404 (Ark. 1996). “See Ark. Code Ann. § 27-74-201 (Repl. 1994). Files relies on Ark.”
Arkansas State High. & Transp. Dep't v. RAM Outdoor Advert., 2015 Ark. App. 713 (Ark. Ct. App. 2015). “Ark. Code Ann. § 27-74-201 (a) (Repl. 2010).”
Arkansas State High. & Transp. Dep't v. Lamar Advantage Holding Co., 381 S.W.3d 787 (Ark. 2011). “2010), was adopted pursuant to a congressional directive, and its purpose is to promote the reasonable, orderly, and effective display of outdoor advertising, to promote the safety and recreational value of public travel, and to preserve natural beauty.”
— Ark. Code Ann. § 27-74-201(a) — 2 cases
Seiz Co. v. Arkansas State High. & Transp. Dep't, 324 S.W.3d 336 (Ark. 2009). “Both of these interpretations are congruent with the Arkansas Highway Beautification Act's stated purpose of preserving the natural beauty of the State and promoting the reasonable, orderly, and effective display of outdoor advertising.”
Arkansas State High. & Transp. Dep't v. Lamar Advantage Holding Co., 381 S.W.3d 787 (Ark. 2011). “2010), was adopted pursuant to a congressional directive, and its purpose is to promote the reasonable, orderly, and effective display of outdoor advertising, to promote the safety and recreational value of public travel, and to preserve natural beauty.”
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