I. In General: Statutes of Limitations and Time-limiting Rules for Civil Proceedings

• Library: Guide to Arkansas Statutes of Limitations (2022 Ed.)

A. ACTIONS NOT OTHERWISE ADDRESSED. All actions not included in A.C.A. §§ 16-56-104, -105, -108 and -109 shall be commenced within five (5) years after the cause of action has accrued. A.C.A. § 16-56-115.

B. COMPUTATION OF TIME.

1. In general. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by these rules, by order of the Court or by any applicable statute, the day of the act, event or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or other day when the clerk's office is closed, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day that the clerk's office is open. When the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than fourteen (14) days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation. Ark. R. Civ. P. Rule 6(a).
2. Legal holidays. Legal holidays are "those days designated as a holiday by the President or Congress of the United States or designated by the laws of this State." Ark. R. Civ. P. Rule 6(a).
3. Sundays. Where the last day for commencing a wrongful death action within the three-year statute of limitations fell on a Sunday and where the summons was placed in the hands of the county sheriff on the following Monday, the action was timely. Vermeer Mfg. Co. v. Steel, 263 Ark. 323, 564 S.W.2d 518 (1978).

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