Stay of Enforcement Request - Arkansas

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MOTION FOR STAY OF ENFORCEMENT IN ARKANSAS CIRCUIT COURT

Before you use this: This motion is for a reviewing circuit court in a pending judicial-review proceeding under Ark. Code Ann. § 25-15-212. Attach the challenged final agency decision and the petition for review or its docket information. Filing the petition does not automatically stay enforcement. For a healing-arts licensing board's disciplinary order, § 25-15-212(c) requires notice and hearing before the reviewing court uses its special power to postpone the action or preserve rights. Check the governing agency statute and current court rules for any additional conditions.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF [COUNTY] COUNTY, ARKANSAS

Party Role
[PETITIONER NAME] Petitioner
v.
[AGENCY NAME] Respondent

Case number: [________________________________]

MOTION TO STAY ENFORCEMENT OF AGENCY DECISION PENDING JUDICIAL REVIEW

Petitioner [NAME] moves under Ark. Code Ann. § 25-15-212(c) to stay enforcement of [EXACT DECISION AND PROVISIONS] pending disposition of this court's review and states:

  1. Review proceeding. [AGENCY] entered its final decision on [__/__/____] and served Petitioner on [__/__/____]. Petitioner filed the petition for judicial review in this case on [__/__/____]. A copy of the decision and relevant docket filings are attached as Exhibits [__] and [__]. The profession-specific or subject-specific review and stay provisions, if any, are [CITATION OR EXPLANATION].

  2. Present effect. The decision [DESCRIBE ORDER'S EXACT EFFECT] beginning [__/__/____]. Without an order staying enforcement, [CONCRETE CONSEQUENCE AND DATE]. The supporting declaration and record pages are [IDENTIFY].

  3. Issues on review. Petitioner challenges [SPECIFIC FINDING, PROCEDURE, OR LEGAL CONCLUSION] because [FACTS AND AUTHORITY]. The record support is [CITATION TO RECORD OR EXHIBIT]. The requested stay would preserve [SPECIFIC STATUS OR RIGHT] while the court considers that challenge.

  4. Agency and public interests. A stay on the proposed terms would affect the agency, other parties, and the public as follows: [FACTUAL DISCUSSION]. Petitioner proposes [LIMITED SCOPE, REPORTING, SUPERVISION, SECURITY IF SUPPORTED, OR OTHER CONDITIONS] to address [SPECIFIC CONCERN].

  5. Healing-arts order, if applicable. ☐ The decision is a disciplinary order of [BOARD] governing [HEALING-ARTS PROFESSION]. Petitioner requests the notice and hearing required by § 25-15-212(c) before the court considers postponing the decision's effective date or preserving status or rights. The persons to receive notice are [LIST]. The requested hearing date is [__/__/____].

  6. Agency stay action, if any. Petitioner requested an agency stay on [__/__/____]; the agency [GRANTED / DENIED / HAS NOT RULED]. The application and ruling are Exhibits [__].

Petitioner asks the court to stay [EXACT TERMS] beginning [DATE] until [EVENT OR DATE], on [PROPOSED CONDITIONS], and to set any required hearing before relief under the healing-arts provision.

Signature: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]

Printed name and capacity: [________________________________]

Arkansas Bar number, if counsel: [________________________________]

Address, telephone and email: [________________________________]

Certificate of service

I certify that on [__/__/____] I served this motion and its exhibits on [AGENCY AND ALL REQUIRED PARTIES/COUNSEL] at [ADDRESSES] by [METHOD PERMITTED BY THE COURT].

Signature: [________________________________]

Proposed court order

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF [COUNTY] COUNTY, ARKANSAS — CASE [NUMBER]

Having considered the motion, response, record, and any required notice and hearing, the Court ☐ grants ☐ denies a stay. If granted, enforcement of [EXACT PROVISIONS] is stayed from [DATE] until [EVENT OR DATE] on these terms: [CONDITIONS]. All other terms of the agency decision [REMAIN EFFECTIVE / ARE ADDRESSED AS FOLLOWS].

Judge: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]

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Last updated
September 30, 2026
Citations checked
September 30, 2026
Jurisdiction
Arkansas
Category
Administrative Law

Legal authority

  • Ark. Code Ann. § 25-15-212(c) (stay during judicial review of final agency adjudication)

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Ark. Code Ann. § 25-15-212(a) (checked September 30, 2026): "In cases of adjudication, any person, except an inmate under sentence to the custody of the Division of Correction, who considers himself or herself injured in his or her person, business, or property by final agency action shall be entitled to judicial review of the action under this subchapter."

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-15-212(b)(1) (checked September 30, 2026): "Proceedings for review shall be instituted by filing a petition within thirty (30) days after service upon petitioner of the agency's final decision in:"

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-15-212(c) (checked September 30, 2026): "The filing of the petition does not automatically stay enforcement of the agency decision, but the agency or reviewing court may do so upon such terms as may be just. However, on review of disciplinary orders issued by professional licensing boards governing professions of the healing arts, the reviewing court, only after notice and hearing, may issue all necessary and appropriate process to postpone the effective date of an agency action or to preserve status or rights pending conclusion of review proceedings."

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