Constitution of Arkansas (2025 publisher edition) — Amendment 41: ELECTION OF COUNTY CLERK.

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Amendment 41

AMEND. 41. ELECTION OF COUNTY CLERK.
Election of county clerk.
The provisions for the election of a county clerk upon a population basis are hereby abolished
and there may be elected a county clerk in like manner as a circuit clerk for the term of four (4)
years, and in such cases, the County Clerk may be ex officio clerk of the probate court of such
county until otherwise provided by the General Assembly. [As amended by Const. Amend. 95.]
Publisher’s Notes. This amendment was proposed by
H.J.R. No. 3 (see Acts 1951, p. 970) and filed in the office of
the Secretary of State on March 20, 1951. It was approved
at the general election on Nov. 4, 1952, by a vote of 178,278
for and 123,245 against.
The amendment contained a preliminary paragraph
which read “That the Constitution of the State of Arkansas
be amended modifying Section 19 of Article 7 and Section 3
of Amendment No. 24 of said Constitution, so as to provide
for the election of a County Clerk in all of the said counties
of the State, as follow: ….”
Amendment 80 to the Arkansas Constitution, effective
July 1, 2001, established circuit courts as the trial courts of
original jurisdiction of all justiciable matters not otherwise
assigned pursuant to the Constitution and specifically
provided that “jurisdiction conferred on Circuit Courts
established by this Amendment includes all matter previ-
ously cognizable by Circuit, Chancery, Probate and Juve-
nile Courts…”.
Ark. Const. Amend. 95, which amended this amendment
effective January 1, 2017, was proposed by H.J.R. 1027
during the 2015 Regular Session and adopted at the
November 2016 general election by a vote of 747,856 for
and 317,093 against. The amendment inserted “for the
term of four (4) years” and made stylistic changes.
Amend. 95, § 8(b) and (c), provided:
“(b) Persons elected to the following offices at the 2016
general election shall serve terms of two (2) years:
“(1) County judge;
“(2) Sheriff;
“(3) Circuit clerk;
“(4) County clerk;
“(5) Assessor;
“(6) Coroner;
“(7) Treasurer;
“(8) County surveyor; and
“(9) Collector of taxes.
“(c) Persons elected to the following offices at the 2018
general election shall serve terms of four (4) years:
“(1) County judge;
“(2) Sheriff;
“(3) Circuit clerk;
“(4) County clerk;
“(5) Assessor;
“(6) Coroner;
“(7) Treasurer;
“(8) County surveyor; and
“(9) Collector of taxes.”
Effective Dates.
Ark. Const. Amend. 41, last paragraph: effective on
adoption.