Arkansas Code Annotated

Ark. Code Ann. § 4-1-101 (2026)

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This subtitle may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Code.
This chapter may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code — General Provisions.

History. Acts 1961, No. 185, § 1-101; reen. 1967, No. 303, § 1 (1-101); A.S.A. 1947, § 85-1-101; Acts 2005, No. 856, § 1.

Research References

Ark. L. Rev.

Carroll, Uniform Laws in Arkansas, 52 Ark. L. Rev. 313.

Evolving Sales Law: Highlights of the Shifting Landscape of Arkansas Purchasing Law, 57 Ark. L. Rev. 835.

U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev.

Survey of Legislation, 2005 Arkansas General Assembly, Business Law, 28 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 321.

Case Notes

Usury.

Uniform Commercial Code does not affect Arkansas law on usury. Cooper v. Cherokee Village Dev. Co., 236 Ark. 37, 364 S.W.2d 158 (1963).

Cited: Myers v. Council Mfg. Corp., 276 F. Supp. 541 (W.D. Ark. 1967); Beverage Prods. Corp. v. Robinson, 27 Ark. App. 225, 769 S.W.2d 424 (1989); Herringer v. Mercantile Bank, 315 Ark. 218, 866 S.W.2d 390 (1993).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1988–1993 · leading case: Herringer v. Mercantile Bank of Jonesboro, 866 S.W.2d 390 (Ark. 1993).

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Herringer v. Mercantile Bank of Jonesboro, 866 S.W.2d 390 (Ark. 1993). · cites it 4× “See also, the statement of purposes of the UCC at Ark. Code Ann. § 4-1-101 (1987). Therefore, when the legislature adopted the landlord’s lien in 1987, it was mindful of this state’s longstanding aversion to a landlord’s lien and of the strict construction that would be applied…”

Sogelease Corp. v. McGehee Publ'g Co., 704 F. Supp. 892 (E.D. Ark. 1988). · cites it 2× “In this opinion, quotations from the UCC are taken from Ark.Code Ann. §§ 4-1-101 et seq. (1987). However, the UCC will be cited without reference to any particular statutory compilation.”

Beverage Prods. Corp. v. Robinson, 769 S.W.2d 424 (Ark. Ct. App. 1989). “Sections 4-1-101 through 4-10-104 (1987), builds and expands upon the general common law rule.”

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