{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-27-51-1302","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1302","heading":"Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places","body":"(a) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or a traffic control device, in any of the following places: (1) On a sidewalk; (2) In front of a public or a private driveway; (3) Within an intersection; (4) Within fifteen feet (15') of a fire hydrant; (5) On a crosswalk; (6) Within twenty feet (20') of a crosswalk at an intersection; (7) Within thirty feet (30') upon the approach to any flashing beacon, any stop sign, or any traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway; (8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet (30') of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the local traffic authority indicates a different length by signs or markings; (9) Within fifty feet (50') of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing; (10) Within twenty feet (20') of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five feet (75') of the entrance when properly signposted; (11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or any street obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic; (12) On a roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge of a curb or a street; (13) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel; (14) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping; or (15) On the shoulders, the median, the ramps, and all other highway rights-of-way along interstate or fully controlled access highways, except in designated parking areas, provided that stopping, standing, or parking that is brief in duration and is due to an emergency, a vehicle disablement, or to correct or avert an unsafe condition shall not be considered a violation of this section. (b) No person shall move a vehicle not owned by the person into any such prohibited area or away from a curb a distance that is unlawful. Acts 1937, No. 300, § 92; Pope's Dig., § 6749; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-649; Acts 2007, No. 997, § 1.\n\n(a) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or a traffic control device, in any of the following places: (1) On a sidewalk; (2) In front of a public or a private driveway; (3) Within an intersection; (4) Within fifteen feet (15') of a fire hydrant; (5) On a crosswalk; (6) Within twenty feet (20') of a crosswalk at an intersection; (7) Within thirty feet (30') upon the approach to any flashing beacon, any stop sign, or any traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway; (8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet (30') of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the local traffic authority indicates a different length by signs or markings; (9) Within fifty feet (50') of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing; (10) Within twenty feet (20') of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five feet (75') of the entrance when properly signposted; (11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or any street obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic; (12) On a roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge of a curb or a street; (13) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel; (14) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping; or (15) On the shoulders, the median, the ramps, and all other highway rights-of-way along interstate or fully controlled access highways, except in designated parking areas, provided that stopping, standing, or parking that is brief in duration and is due to an emergency, a vehicle disablement, or to correct or avert an unsafe condition shall not be considered\nre official signs prohibit stopping; or (15) On the shoulders, the median, the ramps, and all other highway rights-of-way along interstate or fully controlled access highways, except in designated parking areas, provided that stopping, standing, or parking that is brief in duration and is due to an emergency, a vehicle disablement, or to correct or avert an unsafe condition shall not be considered a violation of this section.\n\n(1) On a sidewalk;\n\n(2) In front of a public or a private driveway;\n\n(3) Within an intersection;\n\n(4) Within fifteen feet (15') of a fire hydrant;\n\n(5) On a crosswalk;\n\n(6) Within twenty feet (20') of a crosswalk at an intersection;\n\n(7) Within thirty feet (30') upon the approach to any flashing beacon, any stop sign, or any traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;\n\n(8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet (30') of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the local traffic authority indicates a different length by signs or markings;\n\n(9) Within fifty feet (50') of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;\n\n(10) Within twenty feet (20') of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five feet (75') of the entrance when properly signposted;\n\n(11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or any street obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;\n\n(12) On a roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge of a curb or a street;\n\n(13) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;\n\n(14) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping; or\n\n(15) On the shoulders, the median, the ramps, and all other highway rights-of-way along interstate or fully controlled access highways, except in designated parking areas, provided that stopping, standing, or parking that is brief in duration and is due to an emergency, a vehicle disablement, or to correct or avert an unsafe condition shall not be considered a violation of this section.\n\n(b) No person shall move a vehicle not owned by the person into any such prohibited area or away from a curb a distance that is unlawful.","path":["AR Code","Title 27","Chapter 51","Subchapter 13"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"bd1940c16fef8c1bc675807f2e2869b2e717a4abf4c9a2ad0b97ff52dc489a02","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-27-51-1301","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-27-51-1303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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