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1 State of Arkansas A Bill
2 95th General Assembly
3 Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 629
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5 By: Senator Caldwell
6 By: Representative Dalby
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO ALLOW AN OFFICER OF A CLOSELY HELD
10 CORPORATION TO REPRESENT THE CORPORATION IN COURT FOR
11 THE PURPOSE OF EVICTION PROCEEDINGS AND UNLAWFUL
12 DETAINER PROCEEDINGS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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15 Subtitle
16 TO ALLOW AN OFFICER OF A CLOSELY HELD
17 CORPORATION TO REPRESENT THE CORPORATION
18 IN COURT FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVICTION
19 PROCEEDINGS AND UNLAWFUL DETAINER
20 PROCEEDINGS.
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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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24 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 16-22-211(d) concerning the prohibition
25 against the practice of law for corporations or associations, is amended to
26 read as follows:
27 (d) This section does not apply to a:
28 (1) For-profit corporation or voluntary association lawfully
29 engaged in:
30 (A) The examination and insuring of titles to real
31 property; or
32 (B) Employing an attorney or attorneys in and about its
33 own immediate affairs or in any litigation to which it is or may become a
34 party;
35 (2) Nonprofit corporation or voluntary association lawfully
36 engaged in representing or assisting an indigent, poor, or disadvantaged
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1 person as a client in a civil or criminal matter, if any legal services
2 rendered by the nonprofit corporation or voluntary association are furnished
3 through licensed attorneys in accordance with rules governing the practice of
4 law in Arkansas; or
5 (3) Nonprofit corporation, voluntary association, or
6 instrumentality of the government recognized under 26 U.S.C. � 115 that is
7 engaged in representing or assisting as a client in a civil matter one (1) of
8 the following entities, if any legal services rendered are furnished through
9 licensed attorneys in accordance with rules governing the practice of law in
10 Arkansas:
11 (A) A city, county, or public school district;
12 (B) The officers and employees of a city, county, or
13 public school district;
14 (C) A self-funding group of a city, county, or public
15 school district as required under � 14-60-101 et seq., � 14-26-101 et seq.,
16 or � 6-17-1401 et seq.; or
17 (D) A self-insurance risk pool of a city, county, or
18 public school district; or
19 (4) Closely held corporation engaged in representing the closely
20 held corporation if the:
21 (A) Closely held corporation has fewer than twenty (20)
22 shareholders;
23 (B) Proceedings are related to an eviction under � 18-17-
24 901 et seq. or an unlawful detainer under � 18-60-301 et seq; and
25 (C) Closely held corporation is represented in the
26 proceedings by an officer of the closely held corporation.
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