Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 28-48-202 (2026)
Failure to give bond or file acceptance
✓ current as of May 2026
If at any time a personal representative fails to give a bond as required by the court or, if no bond is required, fails to file written acceptance of his or her appointment within the time fixed by the court, some other person shall be appointed in his or her stead. If letters have been issued, they shall be revoked.
History. Acts 1949, No. 140, § 87; A.S.A. 1947, § 62-2218.
Case Notes
Failure to Furnish Bond.
Where an administrator fails to furnish bond and otherwise fails to qualify as administrator, the court has full power to remove the administrator on its own initiative. Davis v. Adams, 231 Ark. 197, 328 S.W.2d 851 (1959).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2009–2009 · leading case: Travis Lumber Co. v. Deichman, 319 S.W.3d 239 (Ark. 2009).
Travis Lumber Co. v. Deichman, 319 S.W.3d 239 (Ark. 2009). “§ 28-48-202 (Repl.2004). From our review of the record, it appears undisputed that Deichman did not give bond prior to the filing of either the original or the amended complaint.”
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