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Arkansas civil deadline calculator

Calculate 2 fixed time limits from the released Arkansas pack. Choose the deadline and trigger date to see the raw date, calculation steps, citation and checks that still need to be made.

Cited time limits
2
Rule review
6 August 2026
Output
Review date

Check the result before use

This is a self-check calculation of the sourced base period, not a final filing instruction. Arkansas legal holidays, court-specific closures and emergency closure orders are not bundled. Weekend expiries are identified but not shifted, and a weekday result may still be a local non-business day. Check Ark. R. Civ. P. 6(a) and Ark. R. App. P.-Civ. 9 and the current court calendar before filing or serving. Check the cited rule, the correct factual branch, every order and any electronic-filing cut-off.

30 days from Service of the summons and complaint on the defendant

Ark. R. Civ. P. 12(a)(1)AdvisoryVerify against the rules

An incarcerated defendant has 60 days. This entry is only the ordinary non-incarcerated circuit-court branch; special proceedings and a timely Rule 12 motion require separate checks.

Legal disclaimer

Deadline Engine calculates dates from encoded procedural rules. It is software, not legal advice, and no output is approved for your matter. Check the jurisdiction, inputs, current cited rule, facts and any order or agreement before recording or using the date. Responsibility for the operative deadline and diary remains with you.

Exact released scope

Deadlines covered by this calculator

Every row below is rendered from the calculator catalogue. It shows the encoded base period, exact trigger, citation, counting direction and retained primary source. Rules or orders outside this list are not implied to be covered.

Answer an ordinary Arkansas civil complaint

30 days
Trigger
Service of the summons and complaint on the defendant
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Scope
An incarcerated defendant has 60 days. This entry is only the ordinary non-incarcerated circuit-court branch; special proceedings and a timely Rule 12 motion require separate checks.
Relief or exception
The circuit court may enlarge time under Ark. R. Civ. P. 6(b), subject to the rule and any court order.
Check before use
This is the sourced base period, not a final filing date. Apply the cited computation rule, current legal holidays, court closures, service branch and any order before use.

File a notice of appeal in an ordinary Arkansas civil case

30 days
Trigger
Entry of the judgment, decree or order appealed from
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Scope
A timely post-trial motion listed in Rule 4(b), cross-appeal or special statutory appeal changes the calculation and is outside this ordinary branch.
Relief or exception
Only the relief expressly allowed by Rule 4 applies to the notice deadline.
Check before use
This is the sourced base period, not a final filing date. Apply the cited computation rule, current legal holidays, court closures, service branch and any order before use.

Source boundary

Official sources and calculation basis

The base-period calculation uses Ark. R. Civ. P. 6(a) and Ark. R. App. P.-Civ. 9. The source pack was reviewed on 6 August 2026. A newer amendment, local rule, closure direction or case-specific order can change the date.

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