Statutes > Arkansas Statutes > Title 20 - Public Health And Welfare > Subtitle 3 - Mental Health > Chapter 47 - Treatment of the Mentally Ill > Subchapter 1 - General Provisions > § 20-47-102 - Officer's duty to make application to circuit court.

§ 20-47-102 - Officer's duty to make application to circuit court.

20-47-102. Officer's duty to make application to circuit court.

Whenever any sheriff, coroner, or constable shall discover any person to be of unsound mind who resides in the county, it shall be his or her duty to make application to the circuit court for the exercise of its jurisdiction, and thereupon the like proceedings shall be had as directed in 20-47-103.