Conway, AR Code Violation Reporting: How to Report (2026)

Section 5.09.02 puts enforcement of the Nuisance Abatement Code in the hands of every duly sworn, city-authorized Code Enforcement Officer, and also allows any sworn Conway Police Department law enforcement officer to enforce it. Officers must carry identification and present it on request while performing duties under the code. When an officer's investigation determines a public nuisance is being maintained, the officer issues a written notice to the person committing or maintaining the nuisance, requiring them to remedy and abate it. Importantly, the code does not obligate the city to act on every complaint: it explicitly excuses the city from enforcing against alleged violations found to be frivolous complaints, those lacking substantive evidence to constitute a nuisance, those with evidentiary value too weak to support a court conviction, or violations the city cannot recognize because it lacks the resources.

Section 5.09.03 backs up investigations with a right of entry: officers may enter structures or premises at reasonable times to inspect, subject to constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure, and if entry is refused, officers may pursue whatever search authorization the law allows. Officers must document findings in writing and may rely on outside expert opinion for unusual technical issues that arise during an inspection.