# Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-1009: Limitation on actions and damages

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-1009
- **Heading:** Limitation on actions and damages
- **Jurisdiction:** Arkansas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** AR Code / Title 18 / Chapter 15 / Subchapter 10 / Section 18-15-1009

## Text

(a) All actions for the recovery of damages against any levee or drainage district for the appropriation of land or the construction or maintenance of either levees or drains shall be instituted within one (1) year after the construction of the levees or drains, and not thereafter. (b) The recovery of damages on account of the construction or maintenance of levees or drains shall be limited and confined to the elements of damage mentioned and provided for in this section, §§ 18-15-1001 - 18-15-1008 , and § 18-15-1010 . Acts 1945, No. 177, §§ 9, 10; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 35-1109, 35-1110.

(a) All actions for the recovery of damages against any levee or drainage district for the appropriation of land or the construction or maintenance of either levees or drains shall be instituted within one (1) year after the construction of the levees or drains, and not thereafter.

(b) The recovery of damages on account of the construction or maintenance of levees or drains shall be limited and confined to the elements of damage mentioned and provided for in this section, §§ 18-15-1001 - 18-15-1008 , and § 18-15-1010 .

Acts 1945, No. 177, §§ 9, 10; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 35-1109, 35-1110.

## Nearby sections

- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-1001 Purpose](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C15_S10_S18-15-1001.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-1002 Power of eminent domain](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C15_S10_S18-15-1002.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-1003 Appraisers](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C15_S10_S18-15-1003.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-1004 Petition - Appraisal - Summons](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C15_S10_S18-15-1004.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-1005 Exception - Trial - Injunction](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C15_S10_S18-15-1005.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-1006 Payment of award - Adjudication of claim](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C15_S10_S18-15-1006.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-1007 Refusal to pay award upon abandonment of line](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C15_S10_S18-15-1007.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-1008 Appropriation of land without owner's consent](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C15_S10_S18-15-1008.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-1009 Limitation on actions and damages](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C15_S10_S18-15-1009.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-1010 Fees](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C15_S10_S18-15-1010.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-1011 Acquisition of flowage and storage rights and other servitudes](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C15_S10_S18-15-1011.md)

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