Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-506 (2026)
Extended juvenile jurisdiction disposition hearing
✓ current as of May 2026
If a juvenile is found delinquent as an extended juvenile jurisdiction offender, the circuit court shall enter the following dispositions:
- Order any of the juvenile dispositions authorized by § 9-27-330; and
- Suspend the imposition of an adult sentence pending court review.
History. Acts 1999, No. 1192, § 6; 2003, No. 1166, § 30.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2024–2026 · leading case: Ayden Merrell v. State of Arkansas, 2026 Ark. 15 (Ark. 2026).
Ayden Merrell v. State of Arkansas, 2026 Ark. 15 (Ark. 2026). “Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-506 (Supp. 2025). 6 the nature of the offenses, the risk to public safety, the length of time he had been in DYS custody, the incidents while he was in custody, and the opinion of rehabilitative staff.”
Minor Child v. State of Arkansas, 2024 Ark. App. 320 (Ark. Ct. App. 2024). “Extended juvenile jurisdiction designation would provide for the protection of society in that sanctions would continue beyond the juvenile’s eighteenth (18th) birthday, including incarceration within the Division of Youth Services and any further sentencing beyond adulthood as…”
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